/ STAFF WRITER
It was late December, and the Clippers had built a healthy first-quarter lead against the Denver Nuggets at Staples Center. Far from the action, in a trailer parked in the unglamorous concrete bunker of the arena’s outer ring, Matt Drummond studied a panel of monitors.
“Nice pass,” Drummond announced to the production crew working around him.
DeAndre Jordan had drawn his defender toward J.J. Redick and slipped toward the rim. Redick didn’t miss him, whipping a one-armed delivery into the paint. Without a dribble, Jordan turned and dunked with two hands, swinging from the rim like a gymnast preparing for a handstand on the high bar.