Trade deadline proves to have taken toll on Clippers in loss to Pacers
INDIANAPOLIS - As the clock neared 3 p.m., the Los Angeles Clippers focused on their phones. One after another, players fired off text messages in a group chat, saying their goodbyes.
Point guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, experiencing the NBA's trade deadline for the first time, couldn't look away.
"Just wowed me the whole time," he said. "It's the NBA. That's how it goes."
For a rookie navigating the realities of
