AN ARENA NEAR YOU – With the playoffs set to start in about five weeks – I know, this season has really flown by – teams are starting to separate themselves from the pack, while others are grasping to stay on pace to get a one of the last slots to the playoffs.
And then there are those in the middle who seem well poised to be among the postseason brethren, but are looking quite wobbly entering this home stretch of play.
In this week's edition of the CSN Insiders notebook, CSN Bay Area Insider Monte Poole examines the Los Angeles Clippers who not so long ago were seen as a team on the rise that could potentially challenge anyone in the NBA – even the vaunted Golden State Warriors.