Los Angeles Clippers closed their preseason with a loss to the Utah Jazz (125-105), the third in a row in his preparation and a match in which the Hispanic-Congolese Serge Ibaka did not step on the pitch. Ty Lue, Clippers coach, clarified in a press conference before the meeting that Ibaka would not play this game due to a “minor” problem.
Ibaka participated in the warm-up before the duel against the Jazz and was seen shooting to the basket without problems, so he is expected to be available on Tuesday for the The Clippers’ regular season opener against the Los Angeles Lakers.
In this atypical preparation of the NBA, due to the fact that the pandemic forced the end of the 2019-2020 season to be delayed, the Clippers have not had much fortune since they have lost all three games they have played.
Bojan Bogdanovic and Jordan Clarkson, with 20 points per head, they were today the most outstanding of the Jazz against some Clippers in which Paul george he was the leading scorer with 16 points.
The Clippers came from losing two games last week against the Lakers, winners of the NBA title in the “bubble” of Orlando (USA) and who in those two preparation games beat their neighbors and rivals without turn to its stars LeBron James and Anthony Davis.
Ibaka He added 6 points and 2 rebounds in the 8 minutes he played in the first preseason game. In the second he achieved 8 points and 5 rebounds in 20 minutes on the court.
In both games, the former Toronto Raptors player was part of the starting five as Lue bets on Ibaka as the starting center instead of Ivica Zubac.
