INGLEWOOD, Calif. >> David Adelman’s comment this week was just another brick in The Wall.

He didn’t even intend it as a passive-aggressive dig. He was simply pointing out a fact of life that his team would be dealing with in Los Angeles this week: The speaker system at Intuit Dome is really bleeping loud.

But all it takes is a little push to provoke Clippers fans. Decades of failure and inferiority within their own city have forged an enormous chip on their collective shoulder. As both a towering monument to that attitude and a living manifestation of it, they have The Wall now — a steep, continuous 51-row section behind one of the baskets at Intuit Dome, rising from court-level to the top of the arena.

It was conceived as a heckling device against opposing foul shooters, and it’s serving its purpose: The Clippers held their visitors to the second-lowest free throw percentage in the league this season, including a 10-for-19 game from Denver.

The Wall does not forgive or forget. Every perceived slight, every ounce of shade thrown is another brick. So when Adelman was asked about the NBA’s newest venue before it hosted its first-ever playoff game, you’d better believe The Wall was listening closely.

“Two things stood out to me,” he said, referring to Denver’s only regular-season visit to Intuit Dome. “One, they have the crowd toward our bench that’s like a high school crowd, which is actually really cool. And the other thing is, they pump sound in that place. That place is so loud. It reminds me of Phoenix. We lost there a couple years ago in the second round, where you couldn’t even hear each other. … So that building, it’s very loud, whether the crowd is cheering or not.”

The Wall was defiant. During its playoff debut on Thursday, the section passed around a sign mocking Adelman’s noise tolerance. He was depicted in headphones, surrounded by text: “WAAAAH. TOO LOUD!” Adelman is now an enemy of The Wall.

“He’s talking about we’re pumping sound up in here. It’s no sound pumping,” Nicole Williams, one of The Wall’s section leaders, told The Denver Post before Game 3. “He’s gonna find out tonight. We want to see what he says after this game. This is us. We’re loud every game. No noise pumping. He’s gonna regret he said that.”

This is a rite of passage for Adelman. Every head coach ticks off an opposing fan base with comments to the media sooner or later. He’s just getting it out of the way sooner, after only five games as Denver’s interim coach.

“I think it’s really cool. And I know people got out of sorts because I said ‘pumping noise’ or whatever,” he said the next time he spoke to reporters. “It’s just really loud. … I love what they’re doing here. The NBA needs more of that. More creativity.”

The Wall is about to discover another enemy. Here’s an unbiased verdict on Adelman’s initial comments, from a beat writer (me) who has now covered games at all 30 NBA venues after experiencing Intuit Dome for the first time this week: Completely accurate. Completely justified. In fact, when Adelman said what he said, I didn’t think twice about it until I noticed that Clippers fans were up in arms the next day on social media.

Their arena is magnificent. Immediately, one of my favorites in the league. It threads its intended needle, feeling futuristic while simultaneously honoring the classic, old-school fan sections usually reserved for small college gyms. It operates on a grand scale with an intimate touch.

But let’s not kid ourselves. According to ESPN, the Clippers ranked dead last in attendance in the Western Conference this season, despite the team’s success. New Orleans and Sacramento sold more tickets to watch rosters that missed the playoffs inside venues that seat fewer people.

Intuit Dome’s speaker system is objectively outrageous. Why wouldn’t it be? The building’s selling point is state-of-the-art technology. Cooler effects. Crisper images on the wraparound jumbotron. Louder volume. I haven’t met another person in the media who disagrees with Adelman.

“It is an amazing place, by the way,” he said in those initial comments Wednesday. “I’d love to go see a concert there. It’s absolutely crazy.”

Specifically, he elaborated, The War on Drugs. (Not Pink Floyd. Alas.)

The Clippers ended up treating Intuit’s inaugural playoff crowd to a concert of sorts, even pandering to The Wall. The Ying Yang Twins made a surprise appearance during a first-half timeout to perform “Get Low.” They knocked it out of the park. To the window, to the … ya know.

Williams works in human relations. She used to be employed by the Clippers as a communications intern back in the 1990s. She’s been a loyal fan since ’92, and she’ll push back on the notion that her ups and downs as a fan have been mostly downs. “We’ve had good seasons,” she said indignantly, referencing Nuggets backup center DeAndre Jordan and the Lob City Clippers.

Most of the regulars on The Wall know each other well by now. They’ve established a community in their first season together as an organized section. The Clippers might not have the international reach or A-list status of the Lakers, but that just makes their most loyal fans that much more commendable.

“We are not paid actors,” Williams said. “We are real fans who are passionate and believe in our Clippers.”

It’s genuinely cool to witness the concept paying off this postseason, to see fervent fans like Williams rewarded for their patience with an arena that values them.

David Adelman would agree. But it doesn’t matter to The Wall, because David Adelman is the enemy now.