With the loss to the Thunder, the Clippers remain winless at the Intuit Dome

The Clippers' locker room was mostly empty and quiet Saturday night, and a sense of fear seemed to grip the team after their third straight loss.

After a 105-92 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder, which left them 0-4 at the Intuit Dome – their new home in Inglewood – few players were in the mood to talk about the team's problems.

However, Norman Powell stood at his locker and answered questions. He was asked about the mood of a team that started 2-4 and star player Kawhi Leonard is out with inflammation in his right knee.

“How does it feel standing in here?” Powell asked the reporter.

He paused for a moment and repeated the question to the reporter: “How does it feel?”

“Not very good,” the reporter replied.

“It's bad right now,” said Powell, who had 24 points. “We just have to figure it out. I mean, I think we play a good 28, 32 minutes of basketball. But we just have to stick with it.”

James Harden had been talking all season but wasn't there when the media entered the locker room. He had another double-double with 12 points and 13 rebounds along with seven assists. But he was four for 13 from the field, two for nine from three-point range and minus-nine in his 32 minutes, 36 seconds of playing time.

Ivica Zubac was getting dressed when the media arrived, but also left without a word. He had nine points, 12 rebounds and was minus-nine during his 28:24.

“Zu, I think he was a little worn out today, a little tired and he wasn't at the basket like he normally was when he finished,” Clippers coach Tyronn Lue said. “So that kind of hurt us.”

It was the Clippers' fourth game in seven days and it tested their endurance. Did fatigue play a role in the loss, especially considering the Clippers played so poorly in the second half?

“I ask myself the same thing every night,” Lue said. “Is it tiredness? Can we do something different?”

But Oklahoma City didn't let up despite playing for the second straight night, improving to 6-0 behind 25 points from Shai Gilgeous-Alexander.

Still, Lue continued to encourage his team.

“Stick with it,” Lue said. “We played against some strong teams. The biggest message tonight is to stay the course.”

The Clippers started the first quarter strong and built a 13-point lead. They shot 6-for-16 from three-point range, setting a franchise record for three-point attempts in the first quarter.

But in the second quarter they struggled with turnovers and gave the ball away eight times, which resulted in eleven points. For the game, the Clippers had 20 turnovers.

Lue said before the game that he wanted the Clippers to take care of basketball. The Clippers averaged 16.4 turnovers per game, sixth-worst in the NBA. They failed to reduce turnovers against the Thunder, who led the league with an average of 13.8 steals per game entering Saturday.

At halftime, the Thunder cut the Clippers' lead to 57-53. Down 12-2 early in the fourth quarter, the Clippers fell into a 13-point hole and couldn't get any closer.

“It’s a variety of things,” Powell said. “The first thing I do is I look at myself in the mirror and see what I can do better, how I can bring the boys together, try to be vocal and encouraging, on the bench, watching the game, telling the guys to shoot, telling the guys to attack, play aggressively and get the ball out in transition. Hopefully we can generate some easy baskets that way.”