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Nearly two months later, Bronny was scoring 17 in a short-handed loss to Milwaukee, quietly handling his rare success with humility and grace, cementing what everyone had come to believe.

The pitching staff was never fully healthy, with absences wreaking havoc throughout the year and leaving the team short-handed by the start of the postseason.

Lue wasn’t going to accept any excuses, even if the Clippers were playing short-handed because of a trade made earlier in the day.

The Dodgers won the World Series last season in spite of their short-handed pitching.

UCLA’s troubles moving the ball on the ground went beyond a short-handed offensive line, Foster said.