Clippers center Ivica Zubac played Tuesday with more on his mind than the Minnesota Timberwolves.
Zubac spent the hours before tipoff of a 124-101 victory making calls to Croatia, where at least seven people died after a magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck about half an hour southeast of Zagreb, a city where Zubac lived for six years as a teen while learning to play professionally.
“I talked to the people that are close to the center of the earthquake and thankfully everyone’s good, they were not affected by it,” Zubac said, after scoring 12 points with four rebounds and three blocks, in 18 minutes.