SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Los Angeles Clippers guard Norman Powell arrived at Golden 1 Center before Friday night’s tipoff against the Sacramento Kings with his left arm still in a sling, a day after injuring his shoulder while reaching out to stop a would-be Golden State rebounder.
After a fifth consecutive loss, this a 128-127 defeat decided in the final seven seconds, his team’s grand postseason aspirations are similarly battered.
In a reversal of last week’s double-overtime frenzy between these teams that required extra time after Sacramento’s 14-point comeback in the final four minutes of the fourth quarter, the Clippers trailed by 13 with 7:41 to play, only to take the lead by one with 34 seconds left after a contested layup by Paul George.
