PLAYA VISTA, Calif. — Through all their years together, and all the twists and turns therein, the Los Angeles Clippers have, like Liam Neeson in Taken, acquired a particular set of skills, for better or worse.
Running pick-and-roll sets for lob after lob? Check.
Crumbling in the playoffs? Check.
Surviving without Blake Griffin? Check, check and check again.
"We don't want to get used to [playing without Griffin], I can tell you that," head coach Doc Rivers said.
That comment came a week before Griffin went back under the knife, this time to have "loose bodies" removed from his right knee.