#ivica-zubac

#ivica-zubac

The LA Clippers are trading center Ivica Zubac to the Indiana Pacers, sources told ESPN's Shams Charania. Bennedict Mathurin and Isaiah Jackson as well as two first-round picks are heading back to L.A. in the deal, sources said. The trade comes just a couple days after the Clippers moved point guard James Harden to the Cleveland Cavaliers in exchange for Darius Garland.

LA Clippers center Ivica Zubac is available to return to action for Saturday's home game against the Boston Celtics, sources told ESPN's Shams Charania. It will be a quick return for Zubac after sustaining a Grade 2 ankle sprain during a Dec. 20 Clippers win over the Los Angeles Lakers. Zubac fell to the court in a heap late in the first quarter and immediately hobbled to the locker room for evaluation.

Zubac emphasized the need for the team to embrace the challenge of elimination, focusing on the importance of a desperate, win-or-go-home mentality.

"High stakes, huh?" Clippers center Ivica Zubac said Friday night while soaking his swollen right ankle in a bucket of ice after a 101-100 win over the Sacramento Kings.