Lu: Simmons fell due to injury rather than mentality. He didn t play well in the Clippers. I was fully responsible.

September 5th News Recently, Clippers head coach Tyron Lu talked about Ben Simmons on the "ClubShayShay".

He said: "I just regarded that as a normal game round (Simmons didn't choose to pass the ball in the 76ers empty basket), and I don't think that round changed nothing. I think the injury is the real thing that hindered him. You know, he had back surgery before, and then we signed him this year, and then he found out that there was a problem with his knee - he had to overcome so many difficulties in order to be on the field, and I think that's the key factor that affected him."

"I was very annoyed with myself because Simmons needed to have the ball in hand, Harden, and Leonard needed it. The situation was tough, and it was really a tricky situation, and I took all the responsibility. I failed to solve this problem the way I needed."