Clippers

Poor Clippers.

I live in Los Angeles, and I know what they have to go through each and every year being in the Lakers’ shadow.

In fact, they’d already lost to the Lakers earlier this season, a 117-79 demolition on opening night. Not the best way to get things underway.

But that was understandable. They’d signed a bunch of new players this offseason, Marcus Camby was still injured and not playing and Ricky Davis was shooting bricks like nobody’s business.

You could forgive them this once. Early season jitters out of the way, right?!

Five games later, the Clips still haven’t gotten rid of those jitters. After falling to the Lake Show yet again Wednesday, they’re now 0-5 on the season, with all five losses being of the double-digit variety.

Yikes.

Last night’s may have been the toughest one to take, too. They had a lead on their cross-lockerroom rivals in the fourth quarter, only to see Kobe and crew go on a ridiculous 22-0 run on their way to an 18-point loss at Staples Center.

Going 0-5 was not supposed to happen to this team. Not with tag team seven-footers in the middle. Not with Baron back in his hometown. Not with Al Thornton having a full year of seasoning under his belt.

But that’s what’s happened here. And it’s too bad. They need to turn things around in a hurry.

Until that happens, though, we have to pass out some Clippers-style Tough Love for L.A.’s second fiddle today.

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