The Los Angeles Clippers took down the San Antonio Spurs in a seven-game series that players sure loved.
But the Clippers weren't exactly favorites to advance to the second round of the NBA playoffs. In fact, before the series, coach Doc Rivers handed players one sheet of paper as motivation (read more about it here):
Yes, those are predictions from nationally known analysts, including many of ESPN's own.
Guess the Clippers might be paying attention to this page a little more closely than we thought ...
