LOS ANGELES — It might be dumb to doubt Tyronn Lue’s culinary prowess.

Let the man cook, let him tinker. Listen to him tell you enough times to your face “ nothing’s changed, nothing’s any different ,” even after darn near everything has changed and is different. And then watch his teams go out and play like they don’t care whether the sky is green and the ball is turkey-shaped and Kawhi Leonard and/or Paul George is or isn’t available – and you’d also have faith in Lue’s ability to turn just about any mess into chicken salad.

Time and again over his five-plus seasons as the Clippers’ head coach, Lue has proved he can make a difficult situation palatable. That he’s capable of squeezing a lot out of a lemon. He’s the Clippers’ most reliable asset that way.

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