Then Powell re-entered the game and the veteran guard pushed the Clippers over the finish line for a 113-104 victory over the San Antonio Spurs at the Intuit Dome, their first regular-season victory in their glitzy new arena. The victory, which came after ...

The Los Angeles Clippers have a history of making things hard on themselves. So why should trying to win for the first time at their new home be any different?

The game was supposed to be a test of their endurance, a test to see how the Clippers could handle playing a fourth game in seven days while facing the top team in the Western Conference, the Oklahoma City Thunder.