LA Clippers coach Ty Lue said he doesn't "give a damn" if anyone thinks his team purposely tanked the final two games of the regular season to drop to the fourth seed in an attempt to avoid the possibility of playing the Los Angeles Lakers in the first round of the playoffs.
The Clippers rested stars Kawhi Leonard and Paul George and other starters and rotation players in losses to the lottery-bound Houston Rockets (17-55) and Oklahoma City Thunder (22-50), dropping from third to fourth in the Western Conference playoff seeding.