For most of Friday, the noise around the Clippers stemmed from the news that Russell Westbrook was no longer a starter.
By night’s end, the bigger change was that the Clippers finally showed that they could finish.
Mired in a six-game losing streak and 0-5 this season in close games, the Clippers held Houston to one point over the last 2 minutes 16 seconds as part of a 12-1 run to close a 106-100 victory that ended the team’s nightmare streak that had left them 0-for-November.
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For his first time in six games in a Clippers uniform, James Harden played the hero.