Clippers underscore need for confidence, on and off the court

LOS ANGELES — From the front office to the backcourt, the conversation kept coming back to confidence Monday, when the Clippers played the Atlanta Hawks and came up short 123-118.
Before the game, Gillian Zucker, the NBA’s only female president of business operations, addressed about 50 people gathered on Staple Center’s outside terrace. It was the first event of the Clippers’ new monthly series they’re calling career coaching meet-ups, which will highlight women wi