Even with the Eastern Conference’s worst team in the building Wednesday night, concerns abounded for Steve Clifford.
The Charlotte Hornets coach anticipated Washington’s pace could be a problem and pose a stiff challenge. In a variety of ways. And it worried him.
“We’ve been terrible at getting back,” Clifford said. “Our defense can get a lot better quickly if we do two things — if we start getting our defense set, which we’ve been really poor at so far and they’ll take full advantage of. And then stop fouling.
