But if anyone knows what it takes to beat the odds, it is Lue.
The Clippers, though, will lean on their experience of winning while facing elimination, as they did in Dallas in Game 6 of the first round when they trailed 3-2.
But that was when they had Kawhi Leonard, who scored 45 points in that Game 6 win in Dallas.
I can’t speak on the extent of his injury or, you know, what he and cannot give us.
Even without Leonard, the Clippers had every chance to win Game 4.
But he missed the second foul shot, and the Clippers would miss 15 of their final 17 shots from the field.
After playing 13 games in 25 days this month, the Clippers finished 0-for-12 in the fourth quarter on shots that could’ve tied the game or taken the lead.
Lue acknowledged that weary legs could’ve been the reason for the cold shooting in the fourth, but said, “It’s no excuses at this time of the season.
Adding to the frustration was an out-of-bounds call that the Clippers thought should have been reviewed after a ball went out of bounds off of Nicolas Batum.
“Per rule, if the calling official has no doubt on the play, then play review is not used,” crew chief Zach Zarba told a pool reporter after the game.
The Suns would steal the game 104-103 on an alley-oop pass off the inbounds from Jae Crowder to Deandre Ayton with seven-tenths of a second remaining.