INGLEWOOD — The Clippers gave themselves 10 games to figure out how to play with each other. Eighteen days to nail down rotations, improve their transition defense and win games.

But that time has run out. Coach Tyronn Lue said the team needs to kick it in gear now, not tomorrow, not next week. Now, as in today.

Or perhaps Wednesday when they play again.

Riding a four-game losing streak, the Clippers gave off a sense of urgency at the start of Monday night’s game but couldn’t keep up the intensity despite a heroic effort from James Harden down the stretch and lost to the Atlanta Hawks, 105-102, at the Intuit Dome.

The gravity of the situation was clear. Win and end their skid or lose and drop further into a hole. Harden, who finished with a 35-point triple-double, seemed determined not

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