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Doc Rivers, head coach of the Los Angeles Clippers, says his team took some games before getting into a real playoff shape.

“I didn’t think we joined the playoffs until Game 4,” Rivers said after the Clippers’ big win over the Nuggets per Farbod Esnaashari.

Los Angeles won the first round 4-2 against the Mavericks. The series was tied at 2-2 before the Clippers thrashed Dallas by 43 points in Game 5 and went on to win Game 6 by 14 points.