The game was supposed to be a test of their endurance, a test to see how the Clippers could handle playing a fourth game in seven days while facing the top team in the Western Conference, the Oklahoma City Thunder.
The Clippers already have been tested this season, tests that gauged whether they could deliver late with a win hanging in the balance. It hasn’t gone well, with the Clippers losing three close games entering Saturday.
Clippers coach Tyronn Lue said the Thunder would “test our mentality and how we got to play.”
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