BOSTON - Head coach Doc Rivers doesn’t talk to his team about the uphill battle without Blake Griffin. He didn’t mention how that climb got even higher this road trip without Austin Rivers.
Somehow, the Clippers continue to truck on shorthanded, now finding themselves 18-4 since losing Griffin and 3-0 on this road trip without both Griffin and Rivers, a player the Clippers have commended particularly for his defensive contributions.
“We refuse to talk about injury,” Doc Rivers said. “We refuse to make excuses… We come to win, that’s the only thing we have to think about.