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#3. 2014-15 (56-26, Conference semifinals)
As with last season, LA Clippers fans will wonder what could have been had their side overcome the Houston Rockets in the 2015 conference semifinals.
The Clippers blew a 3-1 series lead, allowing James Harden and Dwight Howard to dominate proceedings. Perhaps they would have lost to a rampant Golden State Warriors side in the Conference Finals, but the loss marked the last time their 'Lob City' trio would pose a major threat in the West.
In a stacked conference, the Clippers ended up finishing on the same record as the Rockets in 2015 and only one game ahead of the Memphis Grizzlies and San Antonio Spurs. Blake Griffin and Chris Paul were voted into the All-Star game while DeAndre Jordan pulled down a league-leading 15 boards per contest.
Only the Warriors scored more points each night and had a better +/- than the Clippers. However, their ability to overcome the best sides in the playoffs was still lacking.
Nevertheless, it was another spectacular year of dunks for the franchise and who can forget Chris Paul's famous Game Seven buzzer beater against the San Antonio Spurs in the playoffs?
#2. 2020-21 (47-25, Conference Finals)
Although the LA Clippers team last season had a worse winning percentage than those gone by, they performed better than any in the playoffs. Even when Kawhi Leonard was injured after game four of the conference semifinals, his Clippers teammates dug deep to overcome the Utah Jazz in six games, a team who had finished the campaign with the best record in the NBA.
Although they would then fall to the Phoenix Suns in the Conference Finals, the Clippers will have felt it was an opportunity missed had Leonard not been injured. They did take two games off the Suns after all and were close to winning game two on the road had it not been for DeAndre Ayton's buzzer-beating dunk.
What was most impressive about the LA Clippers last season was their tenacity and the levels that some players took their game to, which can be largely put down to Ty Lue's coaching. Reggie Jackson exploded in the playoffs, averaging 17.8 points a game, while Nicolas Batum proved to be an extremely wiley pickup, helping the team on both ends of the court and playing as a reliable small-ball five.
Only the Brooklyn Nets scored more than the LA Clippers per game last season. However, no other team shot better from deep or from the free-throw line than Lue's side during the campaign. In fact, the Clippers were the only side to shoot above 40% from beyond the perimeter. If they can take that momentum into the upcoming campaign, they have a real chance at the title.
#1 2013-14 (57-25, Conference semifinals)
No LA Clippers side has ever won more games in the regular season or had a greater win percentage than in the 2013-14 campaign. They averaged the most points of any team in the NBA, with 107.9 per contest, and ranked in the top three for field-goal percentage and +/-.
DeAndre Jordan led the league in rebounds with 13.6 per game, while Chris Paul averaged the most dimes and steals of any player despite only playing in 62 fixtures. Blake Griffin was the team's leading scorer with 24.1 points each night while shooting at 52.8% from the field. Both he and Chris Paul earned All-Star call-ups, with Paul being voted onto the All-NBA first team and Griffin the All-NBA second team.
Aside from their trio of stars, the LA Clippers also had Jamal Crawford off the bench, who averaged 18.6 points per game and won the Sixth Man of the Year award, as well as three-point specialists JJ Redick and Matt Barnes. Despite their firepower, the Clippers fell short in the playoffs again, losing to the second-seeded Oklahoma City Thunder over a six-game series that boasted league MVP Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook on their side.
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