First thing I usually do in the morning when there's West Coast games is go on Covers, because if something major happened, there's usually a "FIX!" or "Did you just see that?" kind of thread. Sure enough, there was a "Wow! Who's watching the Clippers game?", so I had the feeling they must have come back. Like I said before, that Blazers team makes literally no sense to me (although Pat Connaughton from Notre Dame really impressed me the other night), and pretty sure I'm not even going to bother trying once the season starts.
Good hit on Utah Paulie, and thanks to you, nbafan and tuck for helping keep the preseason talk flowing.