Whicker: Clippers vs. Lakers, the morning after

LOS ANGELES — Clippers 112, Lakers 102, the morning after:
– Those who picked the Clippers to surpass the Lakers this season based it on quantity of quality. More good players, in other words. Nothing that happened Tuesday night invalidated that.
– The 60-19 bench differential was not unexpected, considering Lou Williams and Montrezl Harrell are starters who begin from a sitting position. But the Laker reserves shot 7 for 18, and the Clippers’ 40-28 second quarter was har