Doc Rivers said there's going to be a learning curve before the Clippers start playing the way he thinks they can play.
"It just takes time," he said. "It's over and over and over again until it's actual trust. I thought last night when things got tough, we actually went back to just kind of making it up and doing our own thing. There's no good defensive team, or offensive team for that matter, that does it randomly."
In the Clippers 116-103 loss to the Lakers in their season opener Tuesday, Rivers pointed out a bunch of things he didn't like, including the Clippers' defense, which permitted the Lakers' bench to roll over them with 76 points, the team's poor rebounding and their energy level.
"The game just didn't look right to me, throughout the game," the first-year coach said. "I just didn't feel good about it during the game. I could sense it, I tried to relay it."
