Chances are you were watching lots of football this afternoon when suddenly you saw an alert from ESPN or something on Twitter about the Los Angeles Clippers trailing the Dallas Mavericks at halftime and you thought nothing of it. But then you realized it said they trailed by 50 points and you were amazed/wondered if it was a typo.
It wasn’t a typo, though, as the Clippers really did go into halftime at home on Sunday trailing the Mavs by a ridiculous score of 77-27.
77-27!
That is just insane score and it’s a halftime deficit that we haven’t seen in quite some time at the NBA level. In fact, it’s a record:
Mavs lead by 50 points on the Clippers at the half.
That's the biggest halftime deficit in an NBA game during the shot-clock era, which started in 1954-55 😳 pic.twitter.com/JUUKmBPDrp
— ESPN (@espn) December 27, 2020
Kawhi Leonard isn’t playing today but that doesn’t make this any less embarrassing for the Clippers.
Magic Johnson sure enjoyed it:
I just happened to turn away from the football games and thought I was seeing things. The Mavericks were up 77-27 over the Clippers at halftime…. pic.twitter.com/pMXPYb4yV8
— Earvin Magic Johnson (@MagicJohnson) December 27, 2020
I’ve never seen anything like that before in the NBA and the Clippers are at home!😳
— Earvin Magic Johnson (@MagicJohnson) December 27, 2020
Lots of other NBA fans had fun crushing them:
espn decided all caps was the way to convey how bad these dudes are getting whooped pic.twitter.com/7Io98xOpip
— Reginald Adetula 🇳🇬 (@regadetula) December 27, 2020
So the Clippers are losing so bad Siri legit told me they’re being DEMOLISHED pic.twitter.com/Bkag93PIYP
— Marques Brownlee (@MKBHD) December 27, 2020
Kawhi deserves the MVP, Clippers are trash when he sits out lol https://t.co/40A12ZeD5Q
— gifdsports (@gifdsports) December 27, 2020
Clippers 2021 champs pic.twitter.com/Ua6GBeLEfM
— Brent Selders (@MelloFellowSU) December 27, 2020
Clippers heading back to their locker room after breaking the NBA record for biggest halftime deficit down 50 points 💀 pic.twitter.com/snKo9ngjf0
— LakeShowYo (@LakeShowYo) December 27, 2020
Damn Kawhi must just be the best player in the world if he effects the Clippers like this…down 50 at half?! Jesus Christ
— Kendrick Perkins (@KendrickPerkins) December 27, 2020
lol no Kawhi but how is this even possible https://t.co/XvgsTF29BL
— Kevin O'Connor (@KevinOConnorNBA) December 27, 2020
Hey guys I really have no idea what I’m doing… usually Lebron would take over right now 😅
— Mynor Morales (@mynamo2307) December 27, 2020
kawhi watching paul george lead the clippers without him pic.twitter.com/amkACp4yPZ
— buckets (@buckets) December 27, 2020
How it How it’s
started going
#Clippers pic.twitter.com/kwGpN4VNT2— NBA Stan (@BigBoyBuckets81) December 27, 2020
