LOS ANGELES — A jagged second quarter Warriors possession ended with a leaning Anderson Varejao tossing up a late-clock, low-percentage fade from the baseline. It bricked. DeAndre Jordan looked in position to clear the defensive rebound.
But he didn’t. Klay Thompson instead slipped in, untouched, snagging an extra possession and burying a 3-pointer 11 seconds later. That possession, and many more like it on Thursday night, summed up the Clippers’ 133-120 loss to the Warriors, a ninth straight frustrating defeat to Golden State.
The Clippers weren’t favored in the game, but they were expected to have a huge interior advantage.