Clippers have been struggling already without Leonard, now, it's Paul George who is out due to a serious injury. As per the report, it's unsure if he will return or when he will return, which means I doubt if the Clippers will stay in good standing.

https://www.si.com/nba/clippers/news/report-clippers-unsure-if-or-when-paul-george-will-return-from-injury

About Paul George, he is expecting to come back in "mid-January" but given the usual timeframe needed for a 100% full recovery from his injury, I doubt he will come back next month as we know he already missed games this month because of a different injury. They should not actually rush for getting him back. Clippers should just try to maintain their current standing between the 5th to 7th spot as much as possible.

With Clippers' both superstars out of the game, I'm expecting someone from the team will now have a chance to showcase a much-improved performance. For who is it, let's see after several games and I hope there is.

That's what I'm expecting to happen.

They will face Nets twice and the Suns in their next ten games. I see them losing those while the rest are also tough but still winnable. We'll evaluate again after that since Paul George is expected to return after those games.

Yeah, but we don't know what happened to him as it seems he has been in a slump after that huge performance in the playoffs. Reggie Jackson is reportedly to be out as well in their game against Nets.

But with Harden and Mills starting to be the big replacement for Kyrie so far, It's hard to bet on them to lose against the Clippers here.

These guys are finally back and they score big time vs Atlanta Hawks, they are winning some games again and building their new winning streaks. If they continue such games, they have a chance to regain back the top 1 in the eastern conference from the Nets again. It would be awesome to see them play against the Nets on January 13, I hope they won't postpone it.

Suns lost to Grizzlies last night, in a very interesting match, and ruin my bet as collateral
Grizzlies entered last quarter with 14 points plus, but Suns made series 11:0 and were back into match

in last minute Suns took a lead with Booker three pointer 5 seconds before the final whistle (I just thought, finally), but Morant put layup with a whistle for a Grizzlies win, bad luck

I didn't know Trae Young was also back and it became a battle of offense with him finishing at 29 points. Total score was 248. 
But those monster duo or we could add the other one that makes them a trio beast of the Chicago Bulls. Nikola Vucevic. 24 points 17 rebounds. 
Why do I feel like Vucevic found his home with the Bulls? He's enjoying the company of those two offensive players and his contribution went up compared to how he played with the Magic.

Watched the Bulls game from start to finish like I do most of their games and it was yet another impressive win and the big 3 (Lavine , Vuc and DeRozan) really came out to play. I think you’re right when it comes to Vucevic, I think he’s finally found his footing with this team. Took him some time to learn to be the 3rd/4th option on a team but he’s really starting to put that all together! Excited for their future !

That's what I think as well. If you see the Bulls record, you can literally tell they're actually playing very well this season.
The absolute team chemistry is the very reason for their performances. Not only these 3 players have contributed much to current Bulls roster, but basically each and every pieces they have on the roster.
However, I may not going to assume they'll dominate the Eastern conference in the Playoffs since the regular season and playoffs has a very different atmosphere and game intensity. The Bucks and the Nets are still the leading team to win the ECF.