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But how many games will this Clippers lineup play together?

Tensions were high on the final day of the regular season.

Clippers star Bones Hyland, 22, was left thinking he was going to die after the team's charter plane headed for Denver in late February was struck by lightning shortly after leaving LA international

LOS ANGELES — Skip Robinson remembers the moment Bones Hyland first met Marcus Morris Sr. with vivid clarity, because seeing a middle-schooler issue a challenge to an NBA player 11 years his senior, before so much as saying hello, is not something that is easily forgotten.

There was enough tension to make a therapist blush, and if it helped condition the Nuggets for a deep postseason run, even better.

LOS ANGELES — Russell Westbrook entered his career's latest chapter Wednesday through a side door of the Clippers' practice facility, taking a seat on a podium surrounded by more cameras and microphones than have shown up at the Playa Vista headquarters in five months.

From the start of speculation earlier this month that Russell Westbrook might join the Clippers, the potential fit was not obvious.

Five months into a Clippers season that has sometimes felt like a slog, feeling less like joy than a constant examination under a microscope of their own championship expectations, the impression imparted on forward Nicolas Batum after Monday's practice, the team's first with its three new additions, was notable.

"He’s coming into a situation with a lot of great veterans that can help him and mentor him."