The Clippers’ schedule the rest of the way is, on paper, the second-hardest in the league, so they’ll need to continue to earn their wins.
Now, Clips: That was a pretty encouraging win over the Celtics at Crypto.com Arena on Monday, when the Clippers got 26 points from Paul George and 25, nine rebounds and six assists from Kawhi Lenoard, and led by as many as 24 on their way toThey’re 16-13 overall, sixth in the Western Conference with about one-third of the season gone.
“Monday night certainly reminded the rest of the league how dangerous the Clippers can be when healthy,” Janis Car, who covers the team for the SCNG papers,, noting that the Celtics were held under 100 points for the first time this season. The Clippers started the season as second choices in Las Vegas odds to win the Western Conference, fourth choices to win the NBA championship, and second to the Celtics in over-under win-total betting .
Their inconsistent start has persuaded oddsmakers to drop them – slightly – to third choice to win the Western Conference andMarc Stein, the Basketball Hall of Fame writer who started out with The Orange County Register and Daily News, ranked the Clippers 14th in the league this week in his Stein Line newsletter on Substack and wrote: “A cynic would say that we’ll see Steve Ballmer’s new arena in Inglewood open before we see his basketball team whole for an extended stretch.
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