Two days after the big man had been reduced to a small role, Clippers center Ivica Zubac left his fingerprints all over another clutch finish in another comeback.
Standing his ground in the red-tinted paint of Houston's Toyota Center with 16 seconds to play as the last defender between Houston's Christian Wood and the basket, Zubac got his hand on Wood's dunk attempt, knocking it out of his two-handed grasp at the height of his leap.
Zubac was called for a foul, but the Clippers challenged. When the replay confirmed that Zubac's career-high sixth block had been clean, the Clippers dodged a letdown against a team with the Western Conference's worst record, their strong finish compensating for their lethargic start in a 99-98 victory.
