Flashbacks of the Clippers collapsing in the bubble.

Victor Oladipo turns down an extension according to reports.

What do the rockets do now?

A monumental Sacramento Kings loss.

So monumental, it's almost impressive,

and two more dunkers are named for All-Star Weekend.

Hey, I'm Tasmelis, and this is what you need to know in the NBA.

Clippers box in the national TV slot on Sunday afternoon, the Primo slot on ABC.

They were up five with four minutes left and then they didn't score

the rest of the way. Reminiscent of their offense stagnating against the Nuggets when they're up

3-1 in the bubble last year. They just didn't move that thing. It was just ISO ball after

ice ball after ISO ball. That's exactly what happened the last few minutes of this game.

Paul George and Kauai Lender took every shot.

There wasn't a ball mover to be seen.

And that's why the excuses after the game sounded similar to what happened last year in the bubble.

And also sounded similar to the guys making excuses.

Paul George and Kauai Leonard both said,

we needed to pick up the pace late, we slowed down.

Coming into this year, there's a lot of talk about them needing a point guard.

They needed somebody to be able to be a defense buster when things got stagnant.

They actually haven't needed anybody new with the way they've been playing. They've just been moving the ball so well. Three-point shots are raining down on opponents this year, but this looked like last year. Patrick Beverly couldn't get the job done. Luke Conard is a DNP-CD right now, which is shocking to me, but he hasn't been able to impose himself on the game. Couldn't help but think that Kyle Lowry, Kauai Leonard's old partner in crime,

would be the absolute perfect fit on this Clippers team, although, who knows if he wants to be traded.

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