The moment called for a modest amount of celebration, for the Los Angeles Clippers to laud their maturity and the collective strides they made during their lengthy, arduous process of roster cohesion.
Hamstrung by the loss of All-Star forward Blake Griffin and facing a 15-point deficit, the Clippers did not blink. Instead they rode guard Chris Paul and center DeAndre Jordan to a 118-107 victory and season series sweep of the Houston Rockets on Saturday night (Sunday, PHL time) at the Toyota Center.