Why Everyone Should Be a Clippers Fan Tonight.

Which will undoubtedly be the last time I ever do this, I'm going to give you two reason to watch and root for the Clippers tonight.

Reason 1:
This year, unlike any of the past 20, there is actually a reason to watch the Los Angeles Clippers night in and night out. BLAKE GRIFFIN! This guy is a beast. There are few rookies that impress you so much with a combination of skill and physical stature. Now, there have been plenty of rookies with great talent in recent years, some with a lot more talent than Griffin. Kevin Durant was ballin' the first day he stepped onto an NBA court. But Durant doesn't exactly 'WOW' you with his physical presence. His limbs look like they would stand no chance in a D.C. ice storm. Blake is overflowing with raw talent, but also looks like a man when he walks out onto the floor. A man that could shatter the backboard at any minute. There are only two others that really come to mind when talking about a rookie with this combination of talent and beastliness, Shaq and Lebron. Now, I present to you the next first-name-only phenom...BLAKE.

Reason 2:
The second reason to pay attention to tonight's game, in my opinion, is by the far the more important reason. If the Clippers defeat the Cleveland Cavaliers tonight, it will be the 27th straight loss for the ailing Cavs, setting a North American pro sports record for consecutive losses. Now, I'm not the type that wishes failure upon others (not regularly anyway), but a Cavs loss tonight will set up the perfect storm of awfulness on Sunday. My beloved Washington Wizards travel to Cleveland on Sunday riding their own extraordinarily unimpressive streak, 25 straight road losses. When is the last time we've seen two streaks of this nature come head-to-head like this? One of these two streaks, which are both more than 30% of an NBA season, would have to come to an end on Sunday, at the bigger loser's expense (lets be honest, the winner of this game is still a loser). The winner will pop champagne and celebrate like world champions at center court. The losers(who should just be abolished at this point) will have to live with their never-ending streak of embarrassment for at least one more day.

Who wouldn't want to watch this game? Call it the toilet bowl, air it on prime-time national television, let the humility ensue. It's time we embrace the losers as well as the winners. Now, that I've hyped up this great showdown of mediocrity, we all need to pray for one thing tonight; a Clippers victory. Without one, this whole spectacle becomes obsolete, and more importantly, this post will have been a complete waste of my time. So for now...GO CLIPPERS!

Shout out to Tony Kornheiser for inspiring this article.