Right when we were about the write off the Clippers after the James Harden and Ivica Zubac trades, a funny thing happened...the Clips kept winning. Sandwiching the All-Star break, among recent efforts, Ty Lue's bunch has wins at Minnesota and Houston and then last night at home over the Nuggets, suggesting no one is throwing in the towel at Intuit Dome. Certainly not Kawhi Leonard and apparently not new add Bennedict Mathurin, either, who scored 38 last night vs. Denver. The Lakers had not been whole leading up to the All-Star break but haven't looked consistent enough to trust at this price. Play Clips