Clippers

Kawhi Leonard scored 33 points on 12-for-19 from the field, but he couldn't save the Clippers from falling 134-124 to the Denver Nuggets. By Josh Sexton ...

Perhaps they won’t need to show that kind of form in advance of the playoffs, and Ty can use the biggest stage of them all to pull off the rope-a-dope, but it feels like he’s making his own job harder at times. That period in the fourth quarter where he and Jokic were trading buckets was one of those truly great spells of basketball that you just have to sit and marvel at. However, it was the former’s time to move on and it wouldn’t be a surprise if the latter found himself out of the rotation as we edge closer to the postseason, because it’s tough to watch him right now. While he was a better defender during his time with both the This time around, the squad will feel that they didn’t do themselves justice in the extended period, just as they started off the game far too slowly and the home team made them pay. had a truly horrible night in Denver.