These are not the same old LA Clippers. These are the Clippers that are going to try to outscore you on a night-to-night basis. The Clippers are in the middle of the pack in offensive rating (16th) and the BEST defensive team right now.
LA is only allowing 90 points per 100 possessions.
To put that into perspective, the Clippers allowed 101 points per 100 possessions last season. That’s quite the improvement.
Even though it’s almost unrealistic to believe that the Clippers will continue to post historic defensive numbers, the fact that they’ve been this good on that side of the ball for about two weeks has to be considered a really good sign. These aren’t the same old Clips.