MEMPHIS, Tenn. — To reach the Memphis locker room after his pregame warmup Friday, the Grizzlies’ Luke Kennard had to first pass by a Clippers bench populated by a few of his former assistant coaches. Stopping to chat, Kennard playfully asked whether the Clippers, whose suffocating defense two nights earlier limited him to attempt three 3-pointers, would finally allow him the room to play.
Over the next two hours, Kennard would get his chances — sneaking away from defenders to try 10 3-pointers and make five en route to scoring 17 points.
But it wasn’t Kennard alone who made the Clippers’ night miserable at FedEx Forum during a 108-94 loss that dropped them to 41-37 this season. The Clippers accomplished that by themselves.
