The undermanned Clippers nearly erase a 20-point deficit in the fourth quarter, but a 136-130 loss leaves them still searching for an NBA Finals berth four years after Kawhi Leonard and Paul George…
PHOENIX — Hope is a four-letter word.
The Clippers, you remember, raised hopes precariously on July 5, 2019, the night the news that All-Starson the Clippers. It turned a historically downtrodden franchise into something previously unimaginable: A bona fide championship contender. The odds-on favorite, in fact. Year 4 started with the greatest expectations yet, Leonard and George both professing to be healthy, ready to lead their deepest supporting cast so far.
It’s wrong, it is, to feel any sort of way but bummed about injuries – though not about the Clippers’ bedside manner, the organization’s unsteady drip-drip-drip of painful news. Just tell your long-suffering fans: Is the patient going to make it back soon or what? By season’s end, or not!?
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