Dave DuFour

This L.A.

double-dip back-to-back has gotten a couple teams.

They got the Knicks the other night.

Now they've got the Wolves.

They've lost back-to-back games here in the West, and everything's super tight.

But the Clippers, look, they have been very good as of late.

They now, you know, they're a game above .500.

Kawhi Leonard, 45 points, is his fifth

40-plus point game this season.

Still got his 20-point game streak, you know, going.

This is some of the best basketball that Kawhi Leonard has maybe ever played.

And that's not hyperbole.

Like, he looks fantastic right now.

And the Clippers have no real hope of getting out of the play-in.

Like, I don't even think they can get to the seventh seed.

But, man, I would not want to play the Clippers with Kawhi Leonard looking like this in a must-win game.

Xena, are we going to see the Clippers maybe make some noise?

They feel so much younger, right?

Like they're way younger than they started the season.

And look, Yannick, Conan, Niederhausen being out is a huge bummer.