Inside the locker room, the streak has left players and coaches feeling as though their private confidence, even during the rocky first two weeks after Harden’s acquisition, was warranted, their focus on the long view of the trade’s effect correct. “Obviously, the guys have to get used to the guys on the floor we still are as well,” Leonard said about what has changed since Harden’s debut. “The coaching staff, as well, still have to figure out rotations, you know, what plays to call. This will be tested again in the next week, with road games against three of the top seven offenses in the league, at Indiana, Dallas and Oklahoma City. The Clippers finished Saturday with the seventh-best defensive rating. But one year ago to the day they ranked fifth - yet fell to 18th over the next two months. “Some great offensive teams, but we got some good defenders on this team and guys with high IQ, that read very well on defense that can make plays,” center Ivica Zubac said. This team could be insulated from such a fall because of the presence of a true backup center in Daniel Theis, compared with last season’s patchwork rotation at the position, and the health of Leonard and George, which has allowed Lue to assign them to opposing teams’ best players earlier in the season. In past seasons, he would usually reserve that tactic until the spring, hoping not to overwork his stars, or tip his hand.Ī game that finished in a pounding began with a roar as Zubac, a major figure in the team’s turnaround, albeit mostly in the background, moved to the forefront. We are now ending our live coverage of the Auckland shooting. You can read our full story on the shooting here. Two people were killed and six injured by a gunman in a shooting at a building site in central Auckland on Thursday morning, hours before the Women’s World Cup was due to start in the city. The shooter later died, in circumstances that are unclear. The shooting was not politically or ideologically motivated, New Zealand prime minister Chris Hipkins said. At least one police officer was among those injured during an exchange of fire. The offender was the subject of a home detention sentence, but had an exemption to work at the building site where the shooting occurred, New Zealand police commissioner Andrew Coster said. “The individual is known for primarily family violence history,” he said. He said there were “indications of mental health history” but that there was no evidence he was of high lethal risk and that his previous offences did not suggest he posed this kind of threat. Police did not identify the gunman, saying only that he was 24 and died after isolating himself in an elevator shaft at the top of the building site. The shooting occurred as the Fifa Women’s World Cup was due to begin in Auckland on Thursday night, with a match between New Zealand and Norway. Players staying in hotels nearby described their experiences as the shooting unfolded. “Aucklanders and those watching around the world can be assured that the police have neutralised the threat and that they are not seeking anybody else,” Hipkins said.Īuthorities said the tournament would proceed as planned and that there was no threat. The gunman was armed with a pump-action shotgun. “He moved through the building site and discharged his firearm. Upon reaching the upper levels of the building the man contained himself in an elevator and Police engaged with him, shots were fired and he was located a short time later,” the prime minister said.
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