Clippers vow to keep fighting for playoffs post-trades, visit Rockets

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The Los Angeles Clippers' impressive climb up the Western Conference standings, from 15 games below .500 to a spot squarely in the play-in tournament, outwardly seemed undone by the jettisoning of James Harden and Ivica Zubac at last week's trade deadline.

Clippers forward Kawhi Leonard and his unyielding teammates appear to believe otherwise.

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