PLAYA VISTA >> They have not panicked, nor have they flung themselves into desperation mode. If the Clippers seemed remarkably at peace the morning after their stunning 98-96 loss in Game 1 of their first-round playoff series against Utah, it’s for one simple reason.
They’ve been here before.
“A lot of guys have played enough playoff games to know it’s truly a series,” Blake Griffin said Sunday. “Everybody says that. But we’ve been up 2-0 several times and lost a series (to Portland last year). We’ve been up 3-1 and lost a series (to Houston in 2015).