The LA Clippers edged out the Golden State Warriors in time beyond regulation to seal an finish of season thriller.
Draymond Inexperienced stated forward of the sport that the Golden State Warriors match-up with the LA Clippers was like a Sport 7.
He had a degree. The stakes have been excessive. The winners clinched a playoff spot, and the dropping Warriors fell into the Play-In event.
The Clippers gained the sport in time beyond regulation, 124-119, with James Harden going for 39 factors and Kawhi Leonard contributing 33. They will be exhausting to cease.
This was the most important sport of the season for the LA Clippers, and agonizingly, French veteran Nicolas Batum was pressured to overlook it.
Whereas he had began solely 8, Nicolas Batum has performed in 78 video games for the Clippers this season.
Batum was dominated out of the deciding sport for the Clippers with a groin harm, and needed to watch his teammates play a memorable match-up.
Following the Clippers win, Batum wrote on X: “It’s manner worse to look at it on TV than on the bench/courtroom
“Nice job my brothers”
The LA Clippers acquire per week off forward of the playoffs commencing, whereas the play-in event concludes. This is among the benefits of gaining a high six berth.
The Clippers’ 50-32 report landed them in fifth place, the place they will look ahead to going through the Denver Nuggets.
The Nuggets have proven an enchancment since firing Michael Malone, and can at all times be a menace with Nikola Jokic within the line-up, and each groups can start preparations.
The Warriors are actually set for a 7/8 play-in contest vs the Memphis Grizzlies.
