DALLAS - LA Clippers coach Ty Lue described his team's performance for the first nine minutes Friday night as "a work of art."
As for the rest of the 144-126 loss to the Dallas Mavericks? To put it politely, consider it proof that the Clippers are a work in progress a few games after James Harden joined them following the blockbuster trade that freed him from the Philadelphia 76ers.
"What's the worst that you can be?" Lue said when asked for his description for the remainder of the game after the Clippers built a 12-point lead late in the first quarter.