Hedo Turkoglu is averaging just 2.7 points and 3.0 rebounds per game in 12 minutes, but has made an instant impact for Doc Rivers and the Los Angeles clippers.

“He’s been great,” Rivers said. “I was surprised in the first game (about) his ball-handling. Usually, when you miss the amount of games he missed, that’s the last thing that comes around because of the speed of the game and all that.”

Turkolgu is also bring intangibles to the Clippers as a veteran presence.

“The first game that he dressed, (DeAndre Jordan) came out and lost his mind over some play and before I got to him, Hedo ran out on the floor and grabbed him, told him he was wrong and let’s move on,” Rivers said. “I looked at them, and that’s a stranger talking to him right now.

“They listen because they know he’s been around. It’s easy for players to listen to each other when they have the right thing at heart. I think that makes a good team.”