It has been a whirlwind week for the Los Angeles Clippers, but the team came together Saturday night at the Staples Center to beat the Golden State Warriors in a thrilling 126-121 Game 7 win.

“This was a hard week,” Clippers coach Doc Rivers said after the game. “Was it a week? It feels like two months. I needed to be able to smile and laugh and cheer and be proud of something.”

Rivers could barely contain his emotion on the sidelines as the Clippers wrapped up the series.

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According to people with knowledge of the situation, the two teams engaged in a heated verbal exchange in a tunnel that connects the locker rooms (after hugging each other on the court). When the Clippers finally made it back to the locker room, Rivers had one message: “We needed that. The adversity is good for us.”