The Clippers began this season believing their depth and talent would put them in a class apart within the Western Conference.
Sixty-seven games in, they have done exactly that, transforming from what some believed would be one of the NBA’s best teams to perhaps its most confounding.
Appearing headed toward free-fall in Sunday’s third quarter, they went full-throttle to close out the season’s gutsiest, most desperately needed victory, a 135-129 win against Memphis.