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DENVER — Losers of three straight and seeking a spark, the Los Angeles Clippers hoped this night would represent a turnaround.

LOS ANGELES — Five takeaways from the Miami Heat’s 110-100 win over the Los Angeles Clippers (21-18) on Monday night at Crypto.com Arena to improve to 2-1 on their five-game West Coast trip.

INDIANAPOLIS — Clippers guard John Wall sat in the corner of the locker room, glued to his phone. The Clippers had just lost in Philadelphia to begin a five-game trip and players were stewing over the breakdowns.

BOSTON — The Celtics weren’t happy with their first effort against the Clippers earlier this month in Los Angeles. Their star duo of Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown didn’t play up to standards. They lost their poise in one of their worst offensive performances of the season.

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The team’s Instagram account took a shot at him, and he responded cleverly in the comments section.

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PHILADELPHIA — Joel Embiid flipped the ball over his head, De’Anthony Melton put on a dribble move, and the shot went splash.

The first sign that things were different for the Clippers wasn’t seen so much as it was heard, some 90 minutes before Wednesday’s tipoff. It was the sound of sneakers on cement flooring reaching full speed down a hallway leading from the court to the team’s Crypto.com Arena locker rooms.

LOS ANGELES — Nicolas Batum, as passionate a fan of France's national soccer team as there is, said he tried recovering from Les Bleus' World Cup final defeat by spending Sunday walking around Disneyland with his family.