The Revival of the Clippers, was a tweet?

“If they go 15-3 in any stretch this season, will print and eat this tweet.”

That’s what Robert Flom, aka RichHomieFlom, posted on X on December 20, just an hour before the Los Angeles Clippers played the Los Angeles Lakers.

This tweet was in reference to the Clippers, who had just a 6-21 record at the time.

The Clips were in complete shambles at this point. Kawhi Leonard had already missed ten games due to injury, and no one on the roster outside of James Harden was having even an average season.

Oh yeah, and tanking was off the table. They do not own their first-round pick. Flom seemed to have made a harmless wager. What were the odds that this team could rally together and win 15 out of 18 at any point this season?

Apparently, higher than Flom thought. The Clippers would go on to beat the Lakers 103-88 that night. Then three nights later, they beat the Rockets. Then the Trailblazers. Then the Pistons, Kings, and Jazz.

A 30-point loss to the Celtics on January 3 preceded a one-point victory against the Warriors. After dropping a game to the Knicks in Madison Square Garden, the Clippers won six straight games.

A defeat against the Bulls broke that streak, but Los Angeles followed with two more wins. If you’re counting at home, that brings the Clippers record during this stretch to… 15-3.

Yes, not even sixty minutes after Robert Flom proclaimed his lack of faith in the Clippers odds to win fifteen games out of eighteen, LA began a stretch of exactly that record.

So, how did they do it?

Put simply, Kawhi Leonard turned back the clock. He dropped 30 points or more in the first six games of the Clippers' streak, including a 55-point game against Detroit and 45 point performance versus Utah.

The team also saw contributions from bench pieces that they did not have at the beginning of the year. Rookie center Yanic Konan Niederhauser had two 16-point games during this stretch, despite averaging just 3.5 points on the season.

26-year-old Jordan Miller has averaged 11.4 points per game throughout January compared to just four in December, including an active streak of eight consecutive double-digit scoring games. His minutes per game have doubled during this eighteen-game stretch.

The Clippers are now 22-24 and are the 10th seed in the Western Conference. Despite this incredible run to get close to .500, it does not seem likely this winning spell will continue.

Their next four games are against Denver, Phoenix, Philadelphia and Cleveland, four teams that are in the top six in their respective conferences.

Starting on February 8, Los Angeles has to play the Timberwolves twice, the Rockets twice, the Nuggets, the Lakers and the Magic all in a row. While this is mediated by the All-Star Break, it is a gauntlet of a schedule for any team.

For now, the Clippers sit three games above Dallas for the final Play-In game spot. Whether or not this team can sneak into the postseason party remains to be seen.

Regardless of what happens, their remarkable run where they won fifteen of eighteen games cannot go overlooked.

And yes, for those who were wondering, Robert Flom posted a 35-minute video on Clips N Dip, his Clippers podcast YouTube channel, where he ate a printed-out copy of his tweet.

Brendan Kern is a second-year majoring in Broadcast Journalism. To contact him, email bwk5372@psu.edu