Less than a week ago, the Clippers made headlines acquiring Norman Powell alongside Robert Covington in a trade with the Portland Blazers.
Since then, the Clippers dropped three in a row to fall three games behind the seventh-seeded Minnesota Timberwolves. Don’t let the record fool you, though.
Powell, in the absence of Kawhi Leonard and Paul George, has stepped up as the team’s first option, capable of scoring double-digits night in and night out — in his stint with the Clippers, he’s averaging 21 points on an efficient 47.6 percent shooting from the field, 4 assists, and 3 rebounds.