After dropping an overtime heartbreaker in Game 2 and getting blasted on Friday night to fall behind the San Antonio Spurs two games to one, a lot of us wondered how the Los Angeles Clippers would respond on Sunday. Would they once again get trampled by a surging Spurs squad led by newly minted Defensive Player of the Year and top scoring threat Kawhi Leonard? Or would they fight their way out of the corner into which they'd painted themselves?
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They came out swinging, scoring the game's first six points, and kept fighting throughout to notch an impressive 114-105 victory that evened up their best-of-seven first-round series at two games apiece.