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3 exciting takeaways from the LA Clippers’ seven-game winning streak

By Evan Desai

Paul George, Reggie Jackson, LA Clippers. Mandatory Credit: Kiyoshi Mio-USA TODAY Sports
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The LA Clippers just dropped their first game of November to the Chicago Bulls on Sunday night, ending their astonishing seven-game winning streak.

A lot of great basketball was played in those seven games, and the Clippers really proved themselves as one of the better teams in the league.

There were three takeaways in particular that were special for the Clips during the streak, and really are giving the Clippers an identity as they continue to figure out how to play together without Kawhi Leonard.

No. 3 exciting takeaway from the LA Clippers’ seven-game winning streak: The team’s ‘weakness’…isn’t very weak

Coming into the season, the LA Clippers’ weakest position was supposed to be the center position.

They were set to be missing Serge Ibaka, and therefore coming into the year with only two centers. Isaiah Hartenstein wasn’t the most proven guy, and he was the only one in the rotation with Ivica Zubac.

Those two, however, have really held it down lately in place of the oft-injured (this season) Ibaka.

The Clippers received a combined 19.3 points per game, 17.1 rebounds per game, 2.1 blocks per game from their two true big men during the winning streak, and that’s in just 42.7 minutes per game.

Zubac shot 74.4% from the field, and proves to be one of the more underrated players in the NBA. The Clippers’ ‘weakness’ truly isn’t all that weak.

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