NBA ahead: Clippers play at Oklahoma City on Sunday

Oklahoma City Thunder forward Kevin Durant drives to the basket during a loss to the Miami Heat on Thursday. Durant and the Thunder play host to the Clippers on Sunday.

By Ben Bolch

Feb. 22, 2014 12 AM PT

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CLIPPERS AT OKLAHOMA CITY, 10 a.m. PST Sunday. TV: Channel 7.

More than two years after acquiring Chris Paul, the Clippers are still trying to prove they belong among the Western Conference elite. They have not finished above fourth in the conference standings and are now in fifth place after losing consecutive games to San Antonio and Memphis. Paul is expected to play after spraining his right thumb in the loss to the Grizzlies. Oklahoma City is 0-1 since Russell Westbrook returned from his latest knee injury, getting pounded by Miami in a 22-point loss. The Clippers and Thunder split their first two meetings this season, with each team winning on its home court.

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Ben Bolch

Ben Bolch has been a Los Angeles Times staff writer since 1999. He is serving his second stint as the UCLA beat writer, which seems fitting since he has covered almost every sports beat except hockey and horse racing. Bolch is also the author of the recently released book “100 Things UCLA Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die.” He previously covered UCLA basketball from 2010-11 before going on to cover the NBA and the Clippers for five years. He happily traded in gobs of hotel points and airline miles to return to cover UCLA basketball and football in the summer of 2016. Bolch was once selected by NBA TV’s “The Starters” as the “Worst of the Week” after questioning their celebrity journalism-style questions at an NBA All-Star game and considers it one of his finer moments.

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