Clippers hope preseason success translates when real season begins next week
(WorldNews Sport)

LOS ANGELES - A win is a win, if you´re winning. Entering their final preseason tuneup Thursday - and, as Coach Doc Rivers noted, the last ever for play-by-play man Ralph Lawler, who´ll retire at season´s end - the Clippers were one of just two undefeated NBA teams in the exhibition season before the season. Going into their (non-televised) game against Israel´s Maccabi Haifa, the Clippers were 4-0, with victories against the Denver Nuggets, the Minnesota Timberwolves (minus the disgruntled Jimmy Butler), the Lakers (sans LeBron James and Lonzo Ball) and Australia´s Sydney Kings. The Utah Jazz, which played at...