Bill Plaschke: Clippers had chance to steal Game 1, but Jazz ruined the plan
LOS ANGELES — On the Utah Jazz bench before the fourth quarter of a tie game with the Clippers on Tuesday night, Donovan Mitchell made a bold and blunt prediction. "They played Game 7 two days ago, it's all how we start this quarter!" he shouted to his teammates. "They'll call it quits and get ready for Game 2 if we make them!" The Clippers' intensity did not call it quits, but in the wake of ...
by Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times
Jun 09, 2021
4 minutes
LOS ANGELES — On the Utah Jazz bench before the fourth quarter of a tie game with the Clippers on Tuesday night, Donovan Mitchell made a bold and blunt prediction.
"They played Game 7 two days ago, it's all how we start this quarter!" he shouted to his teammates. "They'll call it quits and get ready for Game 2 if we make them!"
The Clippers' intensity did not call it quits, but in the wake of one of the most emotional wins in franchise history against Dallas on Sunday, everything else indeed failed them.
Their legs quit. Their shooting quit. Their defense quit. And ultimately, the Game 7 hangover gave them a splitting headache that
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