Playoff hopes gone, Clippers will take aim at title run next season
LOS ANGELES — Eight months after tears rolled down Reggie Jackson's cheek and his voice cracked while trying to review a Clippers season over before he hoped it would end, the point guard was in the same room inside Crypto.com Arena late Friday undergoing the same task.
This time he departed bumping fists with team employees and arena staffers, his outlook sanguine. It was clearly different because it was clearly not about the eight months that had preceded the moment but what was to come next.
"It sucks the season ended the way it did this year," Jackson said. "I can't help but smile already thinking about next year."
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