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LOS ANGELES — The coach’s words before tipoff sounded like a rallying cry.

DENVER — Losers of three straight and seeking a spark, the Los Angeles Clippers hoped this night would represent a turnaround.

One is the league’s best team, by record, the other perhaps its streakiest, by the eye test.

LOS ANGELES — The participation of Kawhi Leonard and Paul George in practice Friday wasn't a precursor to the injured stars' return, after all.

When the back of Reggie Jackson's head hit the hardwood late in the second quarter Tuesday, the thud following a hard fall could be heard throughout Moda Center.

LOS ANGELES — Coach Tyronn Lue said he knows he has been asking a lot of Clippers center Ivica Zubac, who has been averaging nearly 31 minutes a game, a heavy workload for the No. 5 position.

Two days after the Clippers played what their coach, Tyronn Lue, described as their finest basketball of an up-and-down season, players sat in folding chairs Monday morning inside their practice facility to rewatch what Lue had also deemed their “blueprint” for offensive success.

LOS ANGELES — There were moments in Saturday’s opening half when the Los Angeles Clippers’ offense looked nothing like it had all season.

SAN ANTONIO — For eight minutes Friday, the Clippers played like the team that left training camp openly declaring its championship aspirations — their long-armed defenders forcing consecutive stops on one end, their litany of shooters blowing open a lead with ruthless efficiency on the other.