New Year's resolution for Clippers: Stop getting technicals: DeAndre Jordan clearly disagreed with a foul that was called on the Clippers center with 2 minutes, 40 seconds left in Wednesday night’s 115-106 win over Memphis, one that resulted in two Marc Gasol free throws that pulled the Grizzlies to within two points. The pre-2017, combative Jordan, who ranks third in the NBA this season with eight technical fouls, would have lashed out at the referee. This Jordan — call him the benevolent big man — covered his mouth and played on. -- Los Angeles Times
Clippers' Doc Rivers challenges himself, his players to eliminate technical fouls: When he was a teenager playing basketball outside of Chicago, Glenn “Doc” Rivers once chased Isiah Thomas and his friends into a local post office after losing to the future Hall of Famer in a pick-up game.