During their first six games together, all losses, the new-look Clippers were crushed. In their last three, all wins, they at last looked comfortable. It's their next five, all coming in a seven-day gantlet, that will give the best indication yet of who these Clippers really are.
In a game featuring a most unexpected moment - when San Antonio coach Gregg Popovich admonished the home crowd inside Frost Bank Center to "knock off the booing" as former Spurs star Kawhi Leonard shot first-half free throws - the Clippers did the expected Wednesday in a 109-102 win, beating reeling San Antonio, which has lost 10 consecutive games, for the second time in three days.
Leaving that five-game sample size with a winning record will require a cleaner effort than Wednesday. At one point late in the second quarter, the Spurs, who missed 14 of their first 15 shots, were shooting 27%
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