INGLEWOOD — The Clippers aren’t panicking but they do need to be better. Better with their defense and creating shots and better limiting their turnovers if they want to be better than a sub .500 team.

“We got to play better,” Coach Tyronn Lue said. “We got to do things better, starting with the coaches and everybody. We all gotta to look our ourselves in the mirror.”

What continues to stare back is a team that creates problems for itself, one that can’t seem to avoid injuries or double-digit deficits.

The Clippers managed to climb out of an 18-point hole on Saturday night, but like their three previous games, found the chasm too big and lost the Phoenix Suns, 114-103, at the Intuit Dome.

“We’re dealing with injuries and all that stuff, so we (need to) get our whole team back and under

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