The calendar says the Clippers have until mid-April to be ready for the playoffs.Yet reality indicates something different: Their readiness and postseason seeding depends on tests that will begin next week, soon after the All-Star break.The haste with which the Clippers, 33-28 and in fourth place in the Western Conference standings, departed Phoenix late after a win Thursday for the break and its promise of relaxation - their readiness to bolt influenced by having the stress of having played a league-high-tying 61 games and the Feb. 9 trade deadline behind them - has nothing on the urgency that will be required when they return to practice.
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