This LA Clippers team is full of talent and never quits. That’s not a surprise to anybody reading this, of course, but by overcoming an historic deficit in the playoffs against the defending champs, the Clippers made sure that everybody knows it.
All regular season, the Clippers were an “oh yeah, and also” team in the national media. As in, “here are all of your contenders and good teams. Oh yeah, and also the Clippers are overachieving. But they don’t have a top 10 player, so they aren’t going to make noise in the playoffs.” Of the 82 games the Clippers played all season, only 4 were nationally televised.