The center is averaging career highs in points (15.0), rebounds (12.7) and assists (2.6) and remains a solid rim protector, drawing praise from coaches, teammates and opponents.

The Los Angeles Clippers continued an impressive record when center Ivica Zubac puts up a certain stat line. As star point guard James Harden hit a personal milestone, Ty Lue's team dominated the Los Angeles Lakers 116-102 in an impressive display on both ends.

So much of the meetings between the Lakers and Clippers in the LeBron James-Ty Lue era play out the same way. I touched on this in the takeaways from my recap on this contest, but I wanted to expound upon it a bit.