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The Clippers had a bit of a disjointed start to 2019-20. Los Angeles enters Monday night with the league’s No. 10 offensive rating, and with Kawhi Leonard and Paul George each missing multiple games, much of the first season’s first month was spent with an incomplete picture of the Western Conference contender. Championship expectations remained, but the Lakers emerged as the premier story early in the battle of Los Angeles. That narrative flipped last week.
Leonard and George played together in a pair of national TV tilts, and the results were positively thrilling.