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Clippers' DeAndre Jordan leaves impression on Spurs

BY DAN WOIKE / STAFF WRITER

Clippers center DeAndre Jordan battles for the ball against the Spurs' Kawhi Leonard during Sunday's opening game of their Western Conference first-round playoff series at Staples Center. Jordan, a strong candidate for NBA Defensive Player of the Year, made his presence felt in the opener. ED CRISOSTOMO, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

PLAYA VISTA – Doc Rivers said he didn’t want to be controversial, but anyone who has listened to Rivers talk and talk and talk over his coaching career knows that’s not entirely true.

Earlier this season, the Clippers coach strongly disagreed with an analytically based argument against DeAndre Jordan’s Defensive Player of the Year credentials made by ESPN’s Tom Haberstroh.