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Helene Elliott: Expecting an easy win against Grizzlies, Clippers instead receive a hard lesson

LOS ANGELES - A team that has been trying to figure out its identity learned some unhappy truths about itself Saturday.

The premise and promise of the Clippers' season has been that they would become a great team when everyone becomes healthy and they can practice and play cohesively, but what if who they were in their atrocious 140-114 loss to Memphis is who they will remain?

They were booed off the court at Staples Center, an entirely reasonable reaction to a performance that lacked

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