The Orange County Register · Jan 9, 2017
Clippers keep their emotions, Heat in check
Clippers center Marreese Speights, left, shoots as Miami Heat forward Derrick Williams blocks it during the second half on Sunday at Staples Center. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)LOS ANGELES – The thought occurred to him as he got up from his postgame news conference.
“We didn’t get any techs today, did we?” DeAndre Jordan asked.
No, for once the Clippers weren’t the ones losing their composure.
An elbow caught J.J. Redick in the head and Goran Dragic flew to the ground after getting poked in the eye. As emotions flared, in the early days of Doc Rivers plea for his team to cut down on their technicals, the Clippers managed to stay above it.