The Clippers Curse continues after L.A. blows 13-point 4th quarter lead to Steph Curry, Warriors in play-in collapse

There are collapses, and then there are Los Angeles Clippers collapses. The latest chapter of the Clippers Curse was authored on Wednesday night at the Intuit Dome when L.A.unraveled in the fourth quarter, blowing a 13-point lead to the Golden State Warriors that ultimately ended their season. The Clippers latest meltdown felt so familiar, so painfully on-brand, that it felt less like a loss and more like a highlight reel of the franchise’s greatest hits of heartbreak. The Clippers led their do-or-die elimination play-in game by for 85% of the game.

A majority of it by double-digits.They were up by 13 with nine minutes left, and they still found a way to lose. “I’m pissed off,” said Clippers head coach Ty Lue after the season-ending loss.

“We had the game in our hands.To be up 13 in the fourth quarter we have to finish that game.” He’s right.

But finishing off a diminished Warriors team playing without Jimmy Butler and Moses Moody is not what the Clippers do.It’s not in their DNA.

This is a franchise that keeps changing jerseys, logos, and arenas more than leaves change colors. But in Los Angeles, the ending never changes. On Wednesday night the Clippers didn’t just blow a big fourth quarter lead to the Warriors, they surrendered it piece by piece, like a team unsure if they even deserved to win in the first place.They committed 18 turnovers, gifting Golden State 26 points.

They allowed a 43-point fourth quarter. With their season on the line, they couldn’t even execute an inbounds pass.Possession after possession, chance after chance, it all slipped through the Clippers’ fingers like sand.“On the inbounds we threw the ball away,” said Lue.

“That was a big momentum shift for them.”The momentum didn’t shift on that turnover, it shifted when No.30 across the floor put on his cape and took over. Steph Curry, who only returned from a knee injury four games ago, scored 27 of his 35 points in the second half.

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