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Top teams hold pat. Plus, the Suns’ slide continues.

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

INDIANAPOLIS — Clippers guard John Wall sat in the corner of the locker room, glued to his phone. The Clippers had just lost in Philadelphia to begin a five-game trip and players were stewing over the breakdowns.

BOSTON — The Celtics weren’t happy with their first effort against the Clippers earlier this month in Los Angeles. Their star duo of Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown didn’t play up to standards. They lost their poise in one of their worst offensive performances of the season.

DETROIT — After two days off due to the Christmas holiday, the Pistons hoped their recent third-quarter woes would not follow them into Monday's matchup against the LA Clippers.

The @HoopsHype staff decided to do an All-Exes starting lineup for all 30 NBA teams and the Thunder are clearly the best.

PHILADELPHIA — Joel Embiid flipped the ball over his head, De’Anthony Melton put on a dribble move, and the shot went splash.

The first sign that things were different for the Clippers wasn’t seen so much as it was heard, some 90 minutes before Wednesday’s tipoff. It was the sound of sneakers on cement flooring reaching full speed down a hallway leading from the court to the team’s Crypto.com Arena locker rooms.

LOS ANGELES — Nicolas Batum, as passionate a fan of France's national soccer team as there is, said he tried recovering from Les Bleus' World Cup final defeat by spending Sunday walking around Disneyland with his family.

LOS ANGELES — Three nights after the Clippers thumped the league-best Boston Celtics, their customers spent hundreds of dollars to enter the arena Thursday and watch a Clippers team that didn't include Kawhi Leonard …

LOS ANGELES — One by one, the starting lineup arrived inside Crypto.com Arena.