If I told you before the start of the playoffs a team was going to lose the first two games of their first-round series at home, fall behind 30-11 in the first quarter of Game 3, trail 3-2 facing an elimination game on the road, and overcome all of the above to advance in seven games, you probably would not have picked the Los Angeles Clippers.
This was the front-running team who disappeared in the biggest of moments in the NBA bubble last year, a group that seemed ready to pack it in after another disappointing start to this postseason run.