INGLEWOOD — Clippers coach Tyronn Lue had hoped his players would remember the words printed on the coaches’ training camp shirts. A motto that was repeated daily during the early days of the season, a message about getting back on defense and preventing opponents from scoring in transition.

It took just three minutes into Monday’s game against the younger and faster Miami Heat for those words to sink in and then the Clippers seemingly forgot them in a tight 120-119 loss on Monday night at Intuit Dome.

James Harden made two costly turnovers that Bam Adebayo turned into a pull-up jumper and two free throws to give the Heat a 120-116 lead with 57 seconds to play.

Harden redeemed himself with a 25-foot 3-pointer to pull the Clippers to within 120-119 with 19 seconds left. After a jump ball

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