1st-Place Clippers Continue Passing Tests and Monday NBA Takeaways

There is no defined set of steps in an NBA team’s progress toward true, asterisk-free title contention.

But if there were, the Los Angeles Clippers might have ascended to a new one Monday: In matter-of-factly dispatching a Toronto Raptors team 123-115 (that needed the victory more than they did), the Clips added a new and impressive achievement to an early season already riddled with them.

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