US EditionClippers return to scene of their opening night faceplant
The Clippers improved to 21-24 with a 15-3 run led by Kawhi Leonard and James Harden, fulfilling a blogger's tweet challenge that boosted team confidence.
- On January 26, 2026, the Los Angeles Clippers beat the Brooklyn Nets 126-89, capping a 15-3 run as blogger Robert Flom ate his printed tweet.
- On Dec. 20, the Clippers sat at 6-21 when Robert Flom vowed to eat his tweet if they went 15-3, and they beat the Lakers 103-88 that night.
- Coach Tyronn Lue credits Kawhi Leonard and James Harden for much of the Clippers' improvement, noting Leonard's 94.0% free-throw rate and Harden's 25.4 points and 8.1 assists per game.
- The 15-3 surge lifted the Clippers to a 21-24 overall record, placing them 10th in the Western Conference and into play-in tournament contention.
- Fans chanted `eat the tweet` at Intuit Dome as the Clippers social media team posted photos of the printouts, while players including Kawhi Leonard reacted publicly.
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Idaho Press
The Clippers can't lose. A man had to eat his tweet. It's a turnaround like none other in the NBA
The date was Dec. 20. It was the day everything changed for the Los Angeles Clippers.
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Clippers return to scene of their opening night faceplant
The Clippers’ current 15-3 run started with a victory against the Lakers more than a month ago when they handed their crosstown foes a 103-88 loss on Dec. 20. That night has proven to be the turning point in their young season. Before that, though, there were 21 losses and just six victories, a spiral that started with their season opener – an embarrassing 129-108 road defeat against the Utah Jazz. It was the Clippers’ most lopsided season-openi…
Clippers Win, Sentencing Blogger To Eat Words
On Dec. 20, with the Los Angeles Clippers sitting at 6-21 and one half-game out of last place in the Western Conference, Clippers blogger Robert Flom unwittingly turned his favorite team's season around through the power of posting. He will soon have to make like a beaver and eat some paper to pay for his alterations to the cosmic weft. Specifically, Flom responded to a tweet from ESPN's Dave McMenamin, in which the Lakers propagandist quoted Cl…
Clippers Fan Forced To Literally Eat His Own Words After Team's Unlikely 15-3 Run Comes Back To Haunt Him
Los Angeles Clippers logo The Clippers got off to an atrocious start this season, but they’ve clawed their way back into the playoff hunt during an impressive run that began shortly before Christmas. It was unlikely to the point where one fan promised to print out a tweet and eat it if the team was able to defy his expectations, and he’ll be doing exactly that after they turned things around in dramatic fashion. Tyronn Lue led the Clippers to th…
Clippers blogger ate his own words thanks to team's 15-3 run
Social media has a long memory. So if you’re going to publicly commit to do something outlandish around an outcome, you better be ready to make good when it happens. Clippers blogger Robert Flom is learning that lesson like so many before him. On December 20, the Los Angeles Clippers were a depressing 6-21. When a fan responded to an X post of his, claiming that the team would go 15-3 at some point this season, Flom, owner of Clippers blog 213Ho…
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