To paraphrase the great Ralph Lawler, it wouldn’t be a Clipper game if somebody didn’t get hurt. Incredibly, it was the seemingly uninjurable who finally succumbed.
Just over 18 minutes into what was shaping up to be a light romp inspired by the returns of Blake Griffin and Milos Teodosic, NBA iron man DeAndre Jordan landed awkwardly after a SPEC-TAC-U-LAR alley-oop dunk and never returned. The Clippers’ energy seemed to limp off the floor with their star big man.
Fortunately, despite having shocked the Warriors less than 24 hours and 90 miles prior, the Clippers mustered enough oomph from their fast-diminishing reserves to outlast the Sacramento Kings, 121-115.