NBA schedule and results: Warriors win 15th straight, tie NBA record

But somewhere, something’s not right. The bench doesn’t quite click and Jordan sometimes still seems haunted by the summer’s drama. Doc Rivers, a widely respected coach, isn’t finding solutions that are workable. And the result is seven losses for the Clippers, more than three weeks quicker than they reached that total last year.

There’s no excuse for Los Angeles, especially since they should have all the motivation to reprove themselves after last year’s terrible collapse. Even Golden State, the reigning NBA champions, found a way to motivate themselves over the summer. The Clippers, instead, look like they’re waiting every game for someone to say something mean, to “fire them up.” Far too often, they appear listless and lost, as if they’re lacking guidance. They actually made a late comeback on Sunday, coming as close as six points, before Portland tossed them away. But why that effort can be accepted in the second half when it’s not present in the first tells nearly all you need to know about Los Angeles through a month.

Can someone go check up on Steph? It looks like he wasn’t able to recover after Mudiay hit that three.

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