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.
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.
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 are back to .500 after losing two straight home games, to the Kings and the Spurs, respectively. Yet, most Clippers fans were more concerned about Kawhi Leonard's status than the outcome of the two games.
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.
The Los Angeles Clippers fell to a 119-115 loss to the San Antonio Spurs after a back-and-forth affair, which saw both teams hold 20-point leads at a time.
Victor Wembanyama scored 21 points and grabbed 13 rebounds, Stephon Castle added 23 points and eight assists and the San Antonio Spurs continued their late-season surge with a 119-115 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers on Monday at Inglewood, Calif.
Los Angeles Clippers star forward Kawhi Leonard has had an incredible career in the NBA. Playing in his 14th year in the league, Leonard has averaged 20.7 points, 6.4 rebounds, 3.1 assists and 1.7 steals per contest in 786 career games.
The LA Clippers’ former star is having some fun this week with their current star. Blake Griffin, the retired six-time NBA All-Star, was doing a studio segment on Friday for Amazon Prime.