Swanson: Clippers undaunted scaling their own chasm

INGLEWOOD — Heard it first from a former college basketball coach: “How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time.”

Don’t know why anyone would want to eat an elephant, but I can appreciate imagery more colorful than the old “one game at a time” cliché.

Unfortunately for the 13-22 Clippers, they’re not looking at an elephant. They’re working their way through a task the size of a brontosaurus. Or maybe something even bigger – Jupiter?

That’s not a job many would have the appetite for...