Former Clippers J.J. Redick and Matt Barnes discussed LA's 2015 collapse to the Houston Rockets.
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00:00In the wake of the L.A. Clippers' historic collapse at Denver Nuggets in the second round of this year's NBA playoffs,
00:05there's been a lot of talk among fans about how similar it felt to the Clippers' 2015 collapse at Houston Rockets.
00:10Not only did both teams blow a 3-1 advantage after coming one win shy of the franchise's first-ever Western Caribbean Finals appearance,
00:16but both were coached by Doc Rivers, who recently signed with the Philadelphia 76ers after his outstanding in the franchise last week.
00:21When former Clippers guard JJ Redick joined Matt Barnes and Steven Jackson on the All the Smoke earlier this week,
00:27the group broke down what it felt like to live out the meltdown into a negative team, saying,
00:49Redick also said he felt like this team would lose its mental toughness at times,
00:53which suddenly seemed to be an issue for this year's squad as well.
00:56There were multiple times during L.A.'s series of Nuggets the team seemed defeated, even before their elimination.
01:01After blowing double-digit leads in games 5, 6, and 7, the Clippers didn't believe they knew how to recover as a group,
01:06and said the offense got iso-heavy, with the ball ending up in either Paul George or Kawhi Leonard's hands on almost every possession.
01:12While that's not a bad thing, they were taking a lot of the shots as well.
01:15And while that's not a bad thing, there was just no movement or flow to the offense. It just seemed very disjointed.
01:21And Denver didn't have Corey Brewer or Josh Smith, but it did have Michael Corden Jr. and Paul Millsap,
01:26who led the charge for Denver to let all hope was lost.
01:29As awful as the 2015 series was, one could easily argue that this season's collapse was much worse.
01:35L.A. should have dominated the Nuggets. The Clippers were favored to win the NBA title almost all year long,
01:40but instead it ended in very familiar fashion.
01:42Check out the full interview with Redick and Matt Barnes and Steven Jackson in the link below.