Clippers stick to basics while integrating newest players into their system

LOS ANGELES — Doc Rivers rolled the basketball onto the court and asked the Clippers to play a pickup game. The Clippers’ coach figured it was one good way to find out the strengths and weaknesses of the three players acquired Monday in the trade that sent Blake Griffin to the Detroit Pistons.
It was also a quick way to find out who clicked with whom.
“We really just played pickup basketball,” Rivers said Saturday of the Clippers’ practice sessions Thursday and Frid