“Hell Yeah. HELL YEAH.” A reaction usually to designed to express exuberant joy, “I told you so’s”, and exhilaration at beating your opponent was used for all of that Monday night. As the outspoken leader of this rag-tag Clippers team (and their most ardent believer), Patrick Beverley had perhaps the boldest early season claim from a player in recent memory that this 2018-19 Clippers team were still the best team in Los Angeles. This statement received the ire of NBA fans worldwide, and mocking gifs on Twitter: the Lakers had signed the “best player in the world” (we might want to rethink this one now), and the Clippers were getting proposed contract extensions turned down and openly admitting to setting their eyes on the 2019 offseason.