Clippers respond to Norman Powell's message, beat Mavericks to stop skid at 6

Last week, after a fifth straight Clippers loss, there was no team meeting in the visitors' locker room at Target Center in Minneapolis. There were no grand pronouncements among players.

But there was one voice that cut through the quiet of a losing streak.

Four years after reserve guard Norman Powell played with Kawhi Leonard on a championship team with Toronto, Powell saw "championship DNA" in the Clippers too. Judging by the team's comments throughout training camp, as talk of a title swirled, everyone had. But when it had yet to translate into consistency, Powell, frustrated by the losing, spoke up.

He wanted, he said