If I were to tell you that a team that made the Western Conference Finals last year is fighting for the eighth seed, you probably wouldn’t believe me.
Well, it’s true. And it just happens to be the tale of this year’s L.A. Clippers.
There’s more to this narrative, though: the team has played without its best player the whole season and lost its second best player to an injury early in the season. On top of this, the team played many of its games without many of their role players due to COVID protocols and continued injuries.