While Nikola Jokić is the best player in this series, the Clippers have proven they can play at an elite level on both ends.

That’s what the LA Clippers needed to win only their second nationally televised game of the season. Poise and pressure tend to go together. In the 1997 movie “The Devil’s Advocate,” Al Pacino’s character states,

James Harden had 12 of his game-high 39 points in overtime Sunday afternoon, delivering the Los Angeles Clippers a 124-119 win over the Golden State Warriors in San Francisco that sends the Clippers into the playoffs while relegating the Warriors to the play-in bracket.

The Clippers face a high-stakes regular-season finale at Golden State on Sunday. Beat the Warriors and they will be no worse than the No. 5 seed, but a loss likely drops them to seventh and the

Brian Windhorst breaks down the missed opportunities that led to the Warriors' loss to the Clippers, which dropped them into the play-in round.