With the 2025-26 NBA season coming to a close, we are seeing the two Los Angeles teams heading in opposite directions. While the Lakers rise, winning 10 of their last 11 games, including wins over the Rockets, Timberwolves, Knicks, and Nuggets, the Clippers are sliding.
The Los Angeles Clippers suffered their third straight loss on Wednesday night, this time at the hands of the New Orleans Pelicans. Despite building a double-digit lead in the first quarter, the Clippers weren't particularly competitive in the next three quarters and fell below .500 for the season.
The Los Angeles Clippers have suffered three consecutive losses after a tough 124-109 loss to the New Orleans Pelicans. After LA got off to a red-hot start in the first quarter, the Pelicans' 36-point third quarter helped propel them to a win.
The Los Angeles Clippers had control early, even building an 18-point lead, but somewhere along the way, the game flipped, and when it did, it flipped hard.
The LA Clippers have been toying with different lineups since the NBA trade deadline as the team looks for ways to incorporate their newest players. Darius Garland, Bennedict Mathurin, and Isaiah Jackson all joined the Clippers through trades during deadline week, as James Harden and Ivica Zubac were surprisingly shipped out in the process.
Heroes run the NBA, but every story also needs a villain. For some franchises, it's a particularly hated opponent, but every now and then, it's one of their own.
Kawhi Leonard was sidelined for the Los Angeles Clippers on Monday as they suffered a 119-115 loss to Victor Wembanyama and the San Antonio Spurs. Leonard injured his ankle on Saturday against the Sacramento Kings.
The Los Angeles Clippers have 14 regular-season games left before their postseason fate is decided. They desperately need to hold onto the eighth seed in the Western Conference to give themselves a solid chance to clinch a playoff spot.
For all intents and purposes, the Los Angeles Clippers overperformed since the trade deadline. The widespread consensus was that the Clippers would struggle after the departures of Ivica Zubac and James Harden and fall in the Western Conference standings.
The Los Angeles Clippers are entering the last 14 games of the regular season. This crucial stretch will play a huge role in how far they can go this season.
The LA Clippers had been one of the best teams in the league since mid-December, but have faltered of late with a couple of losses as injuries have piled up.
After an extended homestand ended with a thud, the Los Angeles Clippers will be out to solidify their play-in tournament status with back-to-back road games against the New Orleans Pelicans starting Wednesday.
Basketball has changed so, so much since it was first played in the late 1800s. The NBA has a lot to do with this, and there are even a handful of players who can be credited with influencing significant shifts on their own.
Some say, "There's no such thing as losing. You win, or you learn." That is not the case for the LA Clippers. History suggests they lose, lose again, and refuse to learn from their unfortunate patterns.
Darius Garland did what he could. The Clippers needed a little more. Garland finished with 25 points and 10 assists, leading six players in double figures, but Los Angeles fell to the visiting Spurs on Monday for its second straight loss.
Clippers star Kawhi Leonard’s absence Monday looked notable. It may not be significant. Leonard sat out the loss to the Spurs with a left ankle sprain after being listed as doubtful earlier in the day.
The Los Angeles Clippers fell 119-115 to the San Antonio Spurs, and Kawhi Leonard’s absence quickly became the main storyline. The star forward missed the game, and his absence was felt in key moments on both ends of the floor.