IRVINE >> The score and the clock cooperated with Doc Rivers and the Clippers during Saturday’s intrasquad scrimmage at UC Irvine’s Bren Events Center.
With just seconds left and the score tired, DeAndre Jordan drew a foul, forcing him to face an old nemesis with the outcome on the line. As Jordan stepped to the line, Austin Rivers, his opponent for the day, encouraged the crowd to make noise.
Jordan missed the first attempt and Rivers cracked a smile, goading the crowd by saying “he can’t make free throws.”
But despite his routine struggles 15-feet from the basket, Jordan took a deep breath and sunk the scrimmage-winner, capping a successful week of training camp.