The Los Angeles Clippers’ spiral continued Thursday night in Houston, but the fallout from their 115-113 loss to the Rockets quickly moved beyond the final score. What should have been another painful entry in a disastrous season instead turned into a flashpoint for the franchise, after the Clippers issued a statement disputing reports that head coach Tyronn Lue was unavailable to the media postgame.

The loss itself was already damaging. It dropped the Clippers to 6-19, their worst 25-game start under Lue and one of the bleakest openings in franchise history. Despite strong individual efforts from Kawhi Leonard and James Harden, the Clippers once again failed in decisive moments. A late turnover, defensive breakdowns, and continued struggles on the glass doomed them against a Rockets team

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