PORTLAND – Austin Rivers once said he could score 100 on Cousy, but he looked like he just went 10 rounds with Marciano.
He was on the Moda Center floor, blood pouring from separate gashes above and below his left eye. The Clippers were already without Chris Paul. They were already without Blake Griffin. And now Rivers needed a towel to cover the stream coming from his face.
It was a Game 6 TKO, or it was headed that way, but somehow, Rivers and the Clippers got back up.
And they made it to the bell.