Clippers vs. Warriors Preview: Getting back to good times

Reggie Jackson’s all smiles during the Clippers’ win over the WarriorsThere’s this strange phenomenon in sport where a team in a bad way can completely outplay a team in a good way. They can turn up and just completely outhink and outfight the other team, as though the roles we’d seen going into the game were completely reversed for one night only. That’s what we saw when the Los Angeles Clippers took on the New York Knicks. It’s not up to Ty Lue and his squad to make sure it is just one off night.

In many ways Sunday night resembled games we saw earlier in the season, when the Clippers were having to deal with health and safety protocols and injuries on the fly. They didn’t shoot the ball…