This is your daily reminder that the Los Angeles Clippers—who were so bad for so long their futility became Newton’s fourth law—are a very good basketball team and could be for the foreseeable future.
How good has their season been? History-making good, as a matter of fact.
With the Clips’ playoff seeding secure, it’ll be interesting to see whether head coach Doc Rivers opts to rest his players for the team’s final two games against the Denver Nuggets (lottery-bound) and Portland Trail Blazers who are closing in on the No. 5 seed.
Getting to 57 wins would certain give the team an extra jolt ahead of the playoffs, where L.A. is currently slated to take on the Golden State Warriors, with whom the Clippers have split their season series 2-2.
With a pair of losses over their last four games (to the Dallas Mavericks and Oklahoma City Thunder—each at home), the Clips have hit a mini skid in the home stretch, adding further credence to the idea that winning out might be good for morale.
But that hasn’t stopped Doc Rivers&m ...
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Article written by Jim Cavan