Credit the Los Angeles Clippers. Let’s tip our hats to the Lakers, too. After both LA teams demolished the Celtics on the parquet floor, they’ve since gone on their longest win streak of seven games.
Let’s get the qualifier out of the way first: they haven’t been the biggest competition. Memphis, Atlanta, Washington, Miami (without Jimmy Butler), Brooklyn twice, and Chicago aren’t exactly the cream of the NBA crop, but considering the wins came during the doldrums of the season heading into the All-Star break, they didn’t lose a game to boredom and/or fatigue.