Kawhi Leonard and Paul George are sitting out Sunday when the Clippers host the Bucks in their second early-afternoon game in two days.
The NBA scheduled the Clippers to tip off at noon Pacific time on Sunday after they beat Chicago 112-102 with a 1 p.m. start time on Saturday. Factoring in the hour lost to daylight saving time, that's two tipoffs in 22 hours for the Clippers , who decided not to put those demands on the lingering injuries nursed by Leonard and George.
The 17-time NBA champion Lakers are the most popular sports team by most measures in the country's second-largest metropolitan area, while the downtown arena is owned by Anschutz Entertainment Group, which also owns the Kings. "It was awful," Rivers said."I think we did two or three of these a year. It's just not natural. Being here, you get used to it, but it's still not normal."
The arena is the next major step for a franchise that has already shaken off its reputation as not-so-lovable losers from its long, undistinguished history, which included previous stops in Buffalo and San Diego. The Clippers were a perennial afterthought in Los Angeles and the NBA when they moved into Staples Center, but they've been transformed into annual Western Conference contenders since former owner Donald Sterling was ousted from the league.
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