LOS ANGELES — Nicolas Batum, as passionate a fan of France's national soccer team as there is, said he tried recovering from Les Bleus' World Cup final defeat by spending Sunday walking around Disneyland with his family.
When he arrived for practice Tuesday morning after a rare two-day break amid the Clippers' jam-packed schedule, the 34-year-old wing saw something that could only have brightened his mood.
Everyone on the Clippers' walking wounded roster was set to practice.