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Clippers open season against Oklahoma City Thunder

Clippers center DeAndre Jordan, left, speaks with teammate Blake Griffin during a game against the Dallas Mavericks in April.
(Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)
Los Angeles Times staff writer Ben Bolch
By Ben Bolch
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Clippers tonight

VS. OKLAHOMA CITY

When: 7:30.

Where: Staples Center.

On the air: TV: TNT; Radio: 980, 1330.

Records: Clippers 0-0, Thunder 0-1.

Record vs. Thunder (2013-14): 2-2.

Update: The Clippers begin the season relatively healthy, without only Glen Davis (groin). The Thunder will be without Kevin Durant (foot), Reggie Jackson (wrist), Jeremy Lamb (heel), Anthony Morrow (knee), Mitch McGary (foot) and Grant Jerrett (ankle), putting the onus on guard Russell Westbrook to have big games on a nightly basis. “You could put him on the court with ‘The Bad News Bears,’ ” Clippers guard Chris Paul said of Westbrook, “and he’s going to be ready to play.”

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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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