Clippers get ready to take on Golden State, and it’s not just another game

It’s just one of 82 regular-season games the Clippers will play this season. But their opponent Wednesday night at Staples Center is the Golden State Warriors, and that strongly suggests that this game means a lot more.

For the Clippers, it’s about ending a six-game losing streak against the Warriors.

The Clippers also want to show they are on the same level as a Golden State team that has been to back-to-back NBA Finals — and won the title in 2015 — and is favored to return for a third consecutive year. The Warriors (18-3) also have the best record in the league.

So, yes, the Clippers admitted that this is a big game for them against a team that is more than just their Pacific Division rival.

“They’re a top team in the West, a top team in the league no matter what. Yeah, it’s a different type of game than if you’re playing the last seed in the East. Absolutely it is. I’d be lying to come in and just say it’s a regular game,” Blake Griffin said before the Clippers practiced Tuesday. “Anytime there’s hype. … This is the most media I’ve seen before a game this whole season. Obviously, you guys will make it that.”

Clippers Coach Doc Rivers called games against San Antonio, Cleveland and Golden State “fun games.”

“You play Cleveland — they are the world champs. You play San Antonio — they’ve been the world champs. You play Golden State — they’ve been the world champs,” Rivers said. “So those games are fun.”

The Clippers have shown they are up to the task against the NBA’s top teams, beating San Antonio, Toronto and Cleveland this season.

But the Clippers have also lost to a bad Brooklyn Nets team and fallen twice to a mediocre Indiana Pacers team.

So having lost four of their last six games, the Clippers are looking to get on the same page.

“We should be focusing and having that intensity against any team, not just the top teams,” forward Luc Mbah a Moute said. “But yeah … [when] you play against a team that’s really good, you want to play your best. For us, we’ve just got to, especially [given] the fact that we lost last the last game, hopefully get this practice to get stuff right defensively.”

Slowing down Golden State’s Stephen Curry, Kevin Durant — both of whom have won the league’s most valuable player award — and Klay Thompson, who scored a career-high 60 points Monday night in 29 minutes, will be a challenge for the Clippers.

“You look them in the eye, you guard them,” Rivers said. “They’re no different than anyone else. They just are really good. They’re great shooters.

“But, we’re good too. It’s funny. I don’t talk about them a lot or anyone a lot. I talk more about us, like what we have to do and get back to doing [things] defensively. But you guard them just like any other team. If I’ve learned anything in this league, when you start changing stuff, then you’re going to get destroyed against whoever that is.”

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