MEMPHIS — It took LA Clippers head coach Tyronn Lue a while to get to the pregame podium. When he finally arrived in the makeshift press conference room for visiting teams at FedExForum, he took a deep breath and settled in to address the assembled media. Kawhi Leonard was a late scratch due to personal reasons. It figured to be a missed opportunity for the Clippers, who not only were facing a Memphis Grizzlies team missing half its rotation (Jaren Jackson Jr., Desmond Bane, Tyus Jones and John Konchar were out) on the second night of a back-to-back, but also…