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Malik Monk scored 45 points off the bench and De'Aaron Fox added 42 points and 12 assists as the visiting Sacramento Kings pulled off a 176-175 ...

NBA Twitter went wild after the Kings and Clippers combined for an eye-popping 351 points in a thrilling double overtime game at Crypto.com Arena.

Russell Westbrook was the center of attention at the start of his Los Angeles Clippers debut, but all eyes were on the scoreboard by the end.

In Russell Westbrook, the Clippers found a path to the 2017 NBA title ... No player in the NBA evokes more sentimental feelings than Russell Westbrook. Though he ...

While there are few statistics to measure how hard a player actually goes, the narrative of Westbrook as a hard worker no longer aligns with the numbers that do exist in 2023. This season, the Lakers had a 110.6 defensive rating when Westbrook was off the court. They didn’t seem to notice the flaming red flags on Westbrook’s game film this season — or really any of the past five. [shared a photoshopped](https://www.instagram.com/p/Co48EfJsnhH/) picture of Westbrook, already in a black Clippers jersey and generously positioned in the middle of his two all-star teammates, Kawhi Leonard and George. Conversely, Los Angeles outscored opponents by 125 points during James’s 1,632 minutes and were a plus-55 when the oft-injured Davis logged his abbreviated workload. Even [Don Lemon](https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2023/02/16/don-lemon-nikki-haley-cnn-prime-apology/?itid=lk_inline_manual_14) would suggest those Lakers were a “super team” past its prime. Even now, his 29 percent shooting from deep makes him an afterthought in the half court, while his This kind of heightened interest might have made sense back when Westbrook was a nightly triple-double machine on the cusp of winning the 2016-17 MVP award. Once upon a time, when a point guard could attain elite status by outplaying everyone, Westbrook, Leonard and George would have been a nightmare for the rest of the league. Another’s social media team [airbrushed ](https://www.instagram.com/p/Co49jDGrZkQ/)Westbrook in front of George. [agreed to a deal with Westbrook](https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2023/02/20/russell-westbrook-clippers/?itid=lk_inline_manual_5), it felt as if it snatched up a player, whom the other Los Angeles team recently let go, in the same way someone might spy a discarded VCR on their neighbor’s curb: Sure looks perfectly fine, sturdy even. Westbrook’s teams — the Clippers will be his fifth since he inked that deal — have struggled in the playoffs.

Russell Westbrook went for a double-double of 17 points and 14 assists in his Clippers debut.

However, in comparison to the Lakers, the Clippers have an entire roster of perimeter shooters who can make up for Westbrook's lack of a threat from outside of the paint. 10 p.m. He took rookie forward Keegan Murray off the dribble, finishing at the rim to put LA up three with 15.2 seconds remaining. As LA looks to make a push for its first championship in franchise history, will Westbrook be the missing piece? Once he signed with the team, Head coach Ty Lue [didn't mince words when he discussed Westbrook's role](https://twitter.com/AndrewGreif/status/1628855705951412224?s=20), inserting him right into the starting lineup. It was immediately made clear that Westbrook wouldn't suit up for Utah, awaiting a contract buyout to gain the freedom to latch on to a team with championship aspirations. The potential spacing issue was known when the Clippers signed Westbrook but in his debut, we got a glimpse of what it looks like on a new team.

NBA Twitter went wild after the Kings and Clippers combined for an eye-popping 351 points in a thrilling double overtime game at Crypto.com Arena.

[actually cared about playing defense](https://www.nbcsports.com/bayarea/kings/kings-offensive-dominance-presents-new-challenge-mike-brown-believes). On the heels of the NBA All-Star Game in which Team Giannis defeated Team LeBron, 184-175, last weekend, fans were treated to another high-scoring contest. However, it was Sacramento that escaped

Malik Monk celebrates after the Sacramento Kings beat the Los Angeles Clippers in double overtime. Adam Pantozzi/NBAE/Getty Images. CNN ...

And Westbrook – who became just the second players ever to start a game for both the Clippers and the Lakers in the same season since the Clippers moved to LA in 1984-85 – had 17 points, 14 assists and five rebounds to go with seven turnovers. And yet again in overtime, the Clippers had a slender lead but could not hold on as Sacramento once again came racing back, with Fox’s bucket with 36.5 seconds remaining the final score. There was high-level talent that was on display. It looked as if the new-look Clippers would have been able to wrap up a high-scoring evening in regulation time on Friday, holding a 145-131 lead with just 4:25 left in the fourth quarter. Kudos to the players.” Clippers coach Tyronn Lue called it a “crazy game” with “a lot of momentum shifts,” while Kings coach Mike Brown said the spectators in attendance will have gone home happy.

Only once has an NBA game seen more offensive fireworks: The Detroit Pistons beat the Denver Nuggets 186-184 on Dec. 13, 1983, in three overtimes.

To squeak out the win, Monk hit a game-tying three-pointer with 1.1 seconds remaining in regulation and a pair of game-tying free throws with 20.4 seconds remaining in the first overtime. The Kings are on track to snap a 16-year postseason run, the league’s longest current drought. Fox finished off the win with a go-ahead jumper with 36 seconds to play. With the win, Sacramento improved to 34-25, good for the Western Conference’s No. But even by the standard of the ongoing scoring boom, this contest was in a category all to itself. Clippers forward Nicolas Batum missed a potential game-winning three-pointer just before the buzzer sounded. The teams combined to attempt 86 three-pointers and 71 free throws. The Kings set a franchise scoring record, surpassing the 165 points scored by the then-Cincinnati Royals against the San Diego Rockets in 1970. Unsurprisingly, almost everyone who took the court got his share of buckets Friday as 14 players — seven from each side — finished in double figures. The Kings and Clippers combined to smash the previous record for the second-highest score, 337 points in the San Antonio Spurs’ 171-166 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks on March 6, 1982, in three overtimes. 13, 1983, for a combined score of 370 points in three overtimes. The teams finished regulation tied at 153 and were deadlocked at 164 after the first overtime period.

Russell Westbrook tried to make the most of his debut Friday, but he and the Clippers had too many turnovers to beat Sacramento in high-scoring affair.

“Still learning the offense, still learning where guys like the basketball and running the plays and things like that, but I thought he did a really good job.” Doing his part with his new team meant “just trying to find ways to be effective while I’m on the floor, and whatever’s asked of me,” he said. Lue did acknowledge that he should have given more playing time to Terance Mann, who was shifted to the bench because of Westbrook’s arrival and played only 17:32. “Just how I can be able to help make the game even more easier for them, so they don’t have to work as hard,” he said, “and, you know, we’ll get there.“ The Clippers are down to their final 20 games, a stretch they’ll launch with a visit to Western Conference-leading Denver on Sunday and at home against Minnesota on Tuesday. “It’s a blessing, just the excitement in the building,” Westbrook said. The Clippers see him as the point guard they’ve long been unable to find, a complement to Paul George and Kawhi Leonard and not the third side of a triangle, as he was supposed to be with the Lakers alongside LeBron James and Anthony Davis. “It’s about what I imagined,” George said of Westbrook’s fit in his debut. [signed Russell Westbrook](https://www.latimes.com/sports/clippers/story/2023-02-20/clippers-reportedly-plan-to-sign-russell-westbrook) this week, coach Tyronn Lue said he wasn’t expecting miracles from the nine-time All-Star and future Hall of Famer. “I don’t know if I’ve ever been a part of a game with that many points. It was who do the Clippers want to be? The Clippers entered Friday’s game ranked fourth in the NBA points allowed per game at 111.1.

Sacramento and Los Angeles combined for 351 points in double-overtime thriller on Friday.

We were on the second night of a back-to-back but it is what it is. It was tied at 40 after the first quarter and Los Angeles led 80-76 at halftime. Nine-time All-Star made his Clippers debut Friday after being traded to the Utah Jazz from the Los Angeles Lakers. The 351-point total was the second-highest in NBA history. Friday's game was the first in Kings history when two teammates scored 40 or more points. Nuggets reserve Richard Anderson made one 3-pointer, and Hall of Famer Isiah Thomas made the other and finished with 47 points.

Los Angeles Clippers coach Tyronn Lue didn't waste much time seeing how well Westbrook would mesh with his new team. The eight-time All-Star signed after he ...

The Clippers will need Westbrook to continue to get up to speed with only 20 games remaining in the regular season. Still learning the offense, still learning where guys like the basketball and where to get the ball,” Lue said. He missed his first three 3-point attempts before making one in the corner in the first overtime. Westbrook was waived by Utah on Monday after being traded to the Jazz by the Lakers on Feb. “It was great to get back on the floor. Westbrook’s Clippers debut was overshadowed in what ended up being the second-highest-scoring game in NBA history.

The Detroit Pistons beat the Denver Nuggets 186-184 in triple overtime on Dec. 13, 1983, in what remains the highest-scoring NBA game. The Sacramento Kings' ...

The win was not enough to move the needle for the team, who remain at the bottom of the six-team T1 League with a 4-11 record. With the score still level at 2-2, the match went to a penalty shoot-out in which Taiwan’s Zhuo Li-ping hit the post and Pao Hsin-hsuan’s spot-kick was saved by goalkeeper Alicia Bobadilla, while all four of Paraguay’s penalty takers scored. RUNNING ON EMPTY: Union Berlin missed the opportunity to leapfrog Bayern Munich into first place with a miserable 0-0 draw at home to bottom club Schalke 04 Borussia Dortmund on Sunday blew the Bundesliga title race wide open with a 4-1 win over Hertha BSC, but in-form striker Karim Adeyemi limped off clutching his hamstring in the first half. It was the first time in franchise history that the Kings had two players score at least 40 points in a game. Los Angeles had a 145-131 advantage with 4 minutes, 25 seconds remaining before the Kings rallied back to force overtime with a 22-8 run. His manager in Turkey, Murat Uzunmehmet, told Demiroren News Agency on Saturday that his body had been found under the rubble of luxury flats that crumbled The Bucks pulled ahead for good four minutes into the game and rolled to their most lopsided victory of the season. We were on the second night of a back-to-back, but it is what it is. He was 16 of 22 from the field, including six three-pointers, in 46 minutes. The previous player to do it was James Harden in 2019. Teams have scored at least 170 points in a regular-season game only seven times. 13, 1983, in what remains the highest-scoring NBA game.

Russell Westbrook enjoyed an impressive debut with the Los Angeles Clippers, but it was not enough to prevent a narrow defeat in Chicago.

Sacramento's 176-175 victory over LA in double-overtime marks the 2nd highest-scoring game in NBA history.

The Clippers held a 145-131 lead with 4:25 left in the fourth quarter only for the Kings to force overtime with a 22-8 run. With the Clippers nursing a 162-156 cushion midway through the first overtime period, the Kings ripped off six unanswered points in 74 seconds. The Kings (34-25) created a 2-game cushion over the Phoenix Suns (33-28) and a 2-1/2 game edge over the Clippers (33-29) for third place in the West with 23 regular-season games remaining. Sacramento forced four turnovers within a 42-second span, leading to three Fox layups and a Keegan Murray dunk that cut the Clippers’ lead to 147-144 with 1:58 remaining in regulation. Trailing 175-169, they closed out the game with seven unanswered points, including Fox’s 19-foot jumper to put Sacramento up for good with 36.1 seconds remaining. That’s why in my opinion, our game is the greatest game on Earth.” “Kudos to the players. That’s because Brown has mostly preached defense during coaching stops with the Cleveland Cavaliers (2005-10, 2013-14), Los Angeles Lakers (2011-12) and now the Kings (2022-present). The Kings shot remarkably efficient from the field (65-for-111) and from 3-point range (18-for-41). But with the modern game consisting of quick scoring outbursts, a high volume of 3s and fast-paced offense, does it seem inevitable NBA teams will soon score at this rate on a more regular basis? The fatigue caught up to them on the second night of a back-to-back. No two NBA teams had scored at such a prolific rate since the Detroit Pistons edged the Denver Nuggets 186-184 in triple overtime on Dec.

In this week's letters to the Los Angeles Times Sports department, readers go over the pros and cons of Russell Westbrook joining the Clippers.

3 team yesterday 10-0 in five innings, but it wasn’t even worth a one-line mention in the Day in Sports column. But with a little help from The Times and others maybe it will someday be on the same level as the X Games. I have no delusion that track and field will ever be on the same level as the NFL or NBA. Let me get this straight: UCLA basketball players Jalen Hill, Cody Riley and Li'Angelo Ball stole sunglasses in China and were suspended for a season while Alabama star Brandon Miller supplied the gun used in a murder and he won’t miss a game. [Hernández: A Red Sox employee was suspended for sign-stealing role. [hired a key figure](https://www.latimes.com/sports/dodgers/story/2023-02-19/hernandez-dodgers-jt-watkins-red-sox-sign-stealing-scandal) from the 2018 Red Sox staff who technically cheated to help defeat them in that year’s World Series. [tries to write a nice column](https://www.latimes.com/sports/dodgers/story/2023-02-22/freddie-freeman-in-year-2-with-dodgers) about Freddie Freeman, doing a good job showing why the fans and his teammates fell in love with him so quickly last season, and he has to end it with a classless dig? Let’s quit whining and enjoy the “spectacle” for what it is. The Clippers’ decision to sign Russell Westbrook is really dumb. Russ isn’t going to fill the stat sheet or be a defensive stopper, but he can help raise the first Clippers’ banner. :: [would tell Russell Westbrook](https://www.latimes.com/sports/clippers/story/2023-02-20/clippers-reportedly-plan-to-sign-russell-westbrook) not to shoot threes, unless the clock is running down, since his three-point shooting is practically the worst in the NBA.

LOS ANGELES -- — There were a couple moments Friday night when Sacramento coach Mike Brown wishes he could have enjoyed being a part of the second-highest ...

Leonard had 21 points in the third quarter, which tied his career high for points scored in a quarter. We were on the second night of a back-to-back but it is what it is. It is the second time it has happened in an NBA game this season after Cleveland's The Clippers had a 175-169 advantage with 1:57 remaining before the Kings scored the final seven points, including Fox's jumper with 36.5 seconds remaining. A team has scored 170 points in a regular-season game only seven times. It is only the second time in the NBA's 76-year history that both teams have scored at least 170 points.

It used to be that you'd be considered a “knower of ball,” as the kids say, if you had the Los Angeles Clippers penned as your pick to make it out of the ...

And the Clippers’ new-look roster gives the team a chance to (arguably) handle more types of matchups than any other team in the association. By adding the likes of Eric Gordon, Mason Plumlee, Bones Hyland and Russell Westbrook (in the [buyout market](https://www.nba.com/news/russell-westbrook-signs-with-clippers)), they’ve ensured they have an answer for almost (we’ll get to that in a bit) any matchup they face. [adjusted offensive ratings](https://theanalyst.com/na/2021/05/nba-final-regular-season-team-ratings/), but they are the masters of the low-value shot. We’ve mostly glossed over the load of injuries they have had to manage (haha, see what I did there). But the Clips need their defense to keep their opponents in the mud with them because they don’t have the fighting power to win against the big guns in a shooting match (we’re speaking in metaphors here, they actually have plenty of great 3-point shooters). There are only two teams in the NBA this year with seven players who have played at least 1,000 minutes and have a neutral If he wants to turn up the tempo, let Westbrook and Mann run ablaze up and down the floor. It’s loosely akin to when [the Chicago Bulls](https://theanalyst.com/na/2021/06/1990s-michael-jordan-and-chicago-bulls-dynasty-teams/) got Ron Harper to guard the point-of-attack so that Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen could roam freely and wreak havoc as they pleased. The execution tightens up, the scheme becomes tailored toward a specific opponent, and most importantly, teams are actively trying to coerce opponents into taking low-value shots. The Clippers don’t need a conventional point guard who can handle the ball consistently and create because they have Leonard and George at the wings. Are the Clippers the team that their record indicates? But even with this information, his decision to promote Terance Mann to the role of starting point guard – he’s only ever been listed as a small forward or shooting guard on basketball reference – seemed questionable at first.

2012 London Olympics gold-medallist and former LA Lakers superstar Russel Westbrook marked a fantastic debut for LA Clippers against Sacramento Kings on Friday.

He scored his first bucket for his new team at the midway point in the game. In the first overtime, both teams scored 11 points each. With 14 assists, Westbrook's numbers were the highest in the match.

The LA Clippers fell short in the craziest NBA game we've seen in this era, providing maximum chaos for Russell Westbrook's debut. What are some of the main ...

If this is going to work and lead to a championship, it will require one of the best coaching efforts we’ve seen. Lue was already having a difficult time figuring out the proper rotations and allotment of minutes for all of his guards. Yet, with Westbrook entering the fold, Mann was squeezed to just 17 minutes and 32 seconds of playing time on Friday. The Kings took full advantage of his absence, getting to the rim 51 times in the double overtime thriller. Since LA is a team that primarily switches everything outside of actions involving their center, it’s imperative they keep the ball in front and limit those line-drives to the basket. The Kings were 18-of-26 (69.2%) when they attempted a shot on those drives, and got to the line 24 times. Additionally, teams are getting to the rim at a 34.1% rate (proportion of field goal attempts coming in the restricted area) and converting at a 68.4% clip. The Clippers failed to gang-rebound, often giving teams second and third chances in the halfcourt. Even with a nuanced breakdown and realizing the total number of turnovers doesn’t always tell the whole story, the Clippers knew what they were getting into. If you simulate Friday’s game 100 times and guarantee all of those factors, the Clippers are running away with a victory in at least 95 of those instances. It’s what allowed the Clippers to have the most efficient shooting season in NBA history in 2021, and why they feel confident a Finals appearance was in the cards if Kawhi didn’t get injured. With only 20 games remaining, there’s a lot to discuss about the state of the team.

In a game that effectively resembled a belated NBA All-Star exhibition matchup, the Los Angeles Clippers fell to the Sacramento Kings, 176-175, ...

The Suns have all the top-end talent in the world now, but any argument you could make against this Clippers team you could also make against them just as fiercely. We also don’t typically match up well against the Grizzlies, but they have shown some real signs of weakness this season too, and don’t have much by way of playoff experience. There were 58 minutes of basketball played in The Crypt in total last night. Unfortunately, it wasn’t enough to beat them this time, and there were moments when Westbrook was on the floor that played straight into De’Aaron Fox and Malik Monk’s hands especially. Russ had 17 points on 7-13 shooting from the field, with 14 assists and 5 rebounds in 40 minutes. However, 25 turnovers ultimately killed the home team, in front of a packed crowd there to witness Russell Westbrook’s first game as a Clipper.

Sacramento's double-overtime victory over the Clippers made history, and perhaps proved the Kings are who they say they are to the Western Conference once ...

And the wild numbers don't stop there. The matchup between the Kings and Clippers, Nos. [176-175 double-overtime victory](https://www.nbcsports.com/bayarea/kings/deaaron-fox-malik-monk-torch-clippers-kings-historic-double-ot-win) at Crypto.com Arena made history in a multitude of ways, and perhaps proved the Kings are who they say they are to the Western Conference once and for all.

The Sacramento Kings defeated the Los Angeles Clippers on Friday night in the second-highest-scoring game in NBA history.

The Sacramento Kings need to shore up a defense that is allowing 117.16 points per game before their contest Friday. They might have tired legs after a matchup ...

- Jan 06, 2017 - Los Angeles 106 vs. - Dec 26, 2017 - Los Angeles 122 vs. - Jan 11, 2018 - Los Angeles 121 vs. The Kings are 18-14 after wins this season, Los Angeles 17-15. - Dec 26, 2018 - Los Angeles 127 vs. - Jan 15, 2021 - Los Angeles 138 vs. - Jan 20, 2021 - Los Angeles 115 vs. - Dec 22, 2021 - Los Angeles 105 vs. They might have tired legs after a matchup yesterday as they head on the road against the Los Angeles Clippers at 10:30 p.m. [NBA picks](https://www.sportsline.com/nba/picks/#ttag=SL19_lk_cbssports_nba_htw) for every single game, including this one, from SportsLine's advanced computer model. Regional restrictions may apply.) The matchup made it Fox's fifth in a row with at least 31 points.

Robert Covington brought a decade of league experience and an All-Defensive First Team nod to the Clippers last season, but his value extends far beyond the ...

“Going to an HBCU is the best thing that ever happened to me.” “I’ve had a village that has been there to help me throughout life,” Covington shared. What makes Covington a Black Game Changer, a visionary, and a leader for those that now follow in his footsteps? The coaches spoke of the game as a paradigm of familial values: it builds a brotherhood. Our goal is to make sure these young men are ready for the real world,” Donte Jackson, head coach of the Grambling State men’s basketball team said. One of the biggest trailblazers in the league is on their own roster.

The Kings have ruled out KZ Okpala, and no one else is on their injury report for the matchup. Meanwhile, the Clippers will be without Brandon Boston Jr., Jason ...

Russell Westbrook was the center of attention at the start of his Los Angeles Clippers debut, but all eyes were on the scoreboard by the end.

On Friday, Malik Monk led the scoring for the Kings with 45 points, while De'Aron Fox added 42 points and 12 assists.

Making sense of the league’s scoring boom](https://theathletic.com/4069128/2023/01/09/making-sense-nba-scoring-boom/) [How Mike Brown and the Sacramento Kings are preparing for a season-defining stretch run](https://theathletic.com/4242694/2023/02/23/sacramento-kings-mike-brown/) The Kings and Clippers combined to make 44 3s, with the Clippers setting the record for most 3s made (26) in a loss. In the last 14 minutes of the game, the Kings scored 45 points. [Russell Westbrook](https://theathletic.com/nba/player/russell-westbrook-6Eb0XPY16UzzJWbc/), who fouled out at the end of the game, had a double-double in his debut with the team with 17 points, 14 assists, five rebounds and a steal. [Malik Monk](https://theathletic.com/nba/player/malik-monk-VB7T4MBDdeeVJnm1/)led all players in scoring on Friday with 45 points, while [De’Aaron Fox](https://theathletic.com/nba/player/deaaron-fox-HK4MAggNlmQ7dgSa/)added 42 points, 12 assists and five steals for the Kings. Fox scored or assisted on 13 of Sacramento’s final 17 points in regulation to help send the game to overtime, per StatMuse.

Kawhi Leonard finishes with 44 points and Russell Westbrook makes a solid debut for Clippers, but late mistakes send them to a 176-175 loss to the Kings.

When double-teams followed again on the next two possessions, Leonard’s passes led to a pull-up jumper by Marcus Morris Sr. Westbrook closed a breakneck first half with a left-handed finger-roll layup, then his drive in transition created enough room to dump off a pass to It was enough time for Monk to get off the a shot to send a game that had been an 11-point Clippers lead three minutes earlier into overtime, as Westbrook scrambled to challenge the shot. With defense optional for both teams, before the fourth quarter had even begun, Westbrook had already become the first Clipper to record at least 10 assists in their team debut since Sam Cassell, 18 years ago. Westbrook cut into the lane with his drives, drawing a foul on his first foray into the paint. Leonard’s scoring burst included six three-pointers, the last when Leonard dribbled on one defender, Monk, and fired a three-pointer as a second, Trey Lyles, rushed over for help in vain. for the league minimum Wednesday afternoon. Again, the Clippers could not hold it. Even more were revealed Friday, with 25 turnovers yielding 42 points for the Kings. This was no minor stage on which to debut a new starter in Westbrook. Sacramento leads the season series 2-1, with their final matchup next week. Just as important was what he cut out — the pull-up jump shots that rarely fell during his season-and-a-half in purple and gold.

The Kings top the Clippers in a 176-175 double-overtime thriller, which marks the second-highest scoring game in NBA history. By ...

Leonard had 21 points in the third quarter, which tied his career high for points scored in a quarter. We were on the second night of a back-to-back but it is what it is. It is the second time it has happened in an NBA game this season after Cleveland's The Clippers had a 175-169 advantage with 1:57 remaining before the Kings scored the final seven points, including Fox's jumper with 36.5 seconds remaining. A team has scored 170 points in a regular-season game only seven times. It is only the second time in the NBA's 76-year history that both teams have scored at least 170 points.

Los Angeles Lakers fans will always remember Russell Westbrook for interrupting LeBron James in the middle of a passionate locker room speech to remind ...

Westbrook was the first to score in the second overtime and had a turnover shortly after. 3 Kings (34-25) in the Western Conference. This marks the first time in NBA history that a game goes to OT with the score tied at 150 or more. Both franchises also set new records for points scored in a single game. He finished the contest with seven turnovers. The league record for a final score is 183-180.

The LA Clippers come back from the All-Star break with a big matchup against the Pacific Division leading Sacramento Kings Game Information Where:

They have one of the better duos in the NBA with De’Aaron Fox and Domantas Sabonis. The Sacramento Kings come to town on the second night of a back-to-back and as arguably the biggest surprise in the NBA this season. They are first in the NBA in points per game at 119.5 and second in offensive rating at 118.1. One other thing the Clippers need to monitor is the health of Ivica Zubac. He is a former MVP and will ultimately retire as one of the best guards to ever play the game. The Kings are exactly one game ahead of them in the Western Conference standings and a win would essentially move the Clippers into third place.