Clippers expected to resume play Monday against Miami

INGLEWOOD — Three minutes before tipoff in Denver, Clippers veteran Nicolas Batum finally put down his phone. The Clippers had a game to play against the Nuggets on Wednesday as devastating wildfires were raging back home in Los Angeles.

He was back on his phone at halftime, checking on his wife and child, who reside in Simi Valley.

“I never do that, but I checked at halftime if my wife and kid were OK,” Batum said Sunday. “But that was a weird timing.”

The Clippers resume...