It’s one thing for Clippers coach Tyronn Lue to have his team’s mantra be “next man up.”
But it was another thing for Lue to tell his group that Monday night’s game against the Miami Heat was all about the next man up … then the next man up … then the next man up again … and then the next man up one more time.
Lue had to give that message to his team when it was missing four starters at Staples Center.
Despite being so depleted, the Clippers overcame the absences of Kawhi Leonard, Paul George, Patrick Beverley and Nicolas Batum by having six players score in double figures in pulling out a 125-118 victory.