Los Angeles Clipper coach Doc Rivers has been there, done that.
He knows what it's like to lose a superstar.
Five years ago, Rivers was coaching the Boston Celtics and his team had just beat one of the best teams in the NBA: the Miami Heat.
His point guard, Rajon Rondo, went down with a torn ACL that day.
Rivers was determined not to let the season crumble.
"You can write the obituary, I'm not," Rivers told the media after that game in 2013.
Five years to the day later, Rivers was in the Smoothie King Center watching the Pelicans (minus DeMarcus Cousins) try to do the same thing.