How do the Dodgers’ biggest choke jobs compare to the Clippers’ Game 6 debacle?


We ask only the hardest-hitting questions here, so today we demanded answer to the query on everyone’s minds in Los Angeles: Was the Clippers’ second-half collapse in Game 6 of the NBA Western Conference semifinals the greatest collapse in Southern California sports history?

There’s an answer to this question. Better yet, there’s a top five list — including a few Dodgers games — which we can use to get to the bottom of this. Check it out.

What do you think was worse: the Clippers’ collapse Thursday, Tom Niedenfuer pitching to Jack Clark in the 1985 NLCS, or the Dodgers blowing a 2-0 lead in the 1978 World Series?

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About J.P. Hoornstra

J.P. Hoornstra covers the Dodgers, Angels and Major League Baseball for the Orange County Register, Los Angeles Daily News, Long Beach Press-Telegram, Torrance Daily Breeze, San Gabriel Valley Tribune, Pasadena Star-News, San Bernardino Sun, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, Whittier Daily News and Redlands Daily Facts. Before taking the beat in 2012, J.P. covered the NHL for four years. UCLA gave him a degree once upon a time; when he graduated on schedule, he missed getting Arnold Schwarzenegger's autograph on his diploma by five months.