Clippers to play host to Oklahoma City on Tuesday night

By Ben Bolch

Jan. 19, 2013 12 AM PT

OKLAHOMA CITY AT CLIPPERS: Tuesday, 7:30 p.m. TV: Prime.

Anyone who had this pegged before the season as a battle of teams with the NBA’s best records, please raise your hand. Besides you, Clipper Darrell. Strange as it may sound, the road to the Western Conference finals could go through Staples Center when the color scheme on the court is red and blue. The Clippers are following up their December to remember with another terrific month, recently completing a three-game road sweep even with star point guard Chris Paul sidelined because of a bruised right kneecap. One thing they haven’t done is beat the Thunder, a team the Clippers could see again come May.

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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.

Clippers to play host to Oklahoma City on Tuesday night

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