With their high-priced, All-Star-laden roster on the precipice of a series-deciding Game 7 against the Golden State Warriors, the Los Angeles Clippers would like to concentrate on basketball. But no matter how hard they try, it seems the cloud of controversy surrounding exiled owner Donald Sterling will follow.
The latest comes via his wife, Shelly, who was shown on TNT arriving at Staples Center for Saturday night's game. Her husband, Donald, was banned from the NBA for life by commissioner Adam Silver in a press conference this week and is not allowed to attend games regardless of venue.
Shelly Sterling, who was not tied in any way to the racist sentiments espoused by her husband on recordings leaked to TMZ last week, did not attend Game 6 in Golden State. She was, however, at Game 5 at Staples Center dressed in black as a sign of solidarity with Clippers players and the NBA.
"She's been through as much as anyone as well," Clippers coach Doc Rivers told reporters after Game 5. "And so she just wanted... She asked if she could come, which I thought was a very nice gesture. And she just wanted the players to know that ...
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