Another year, another crushing Clippers defeat
This has been the Clippers’ life cycle the past five seasons: Step 1: Begin a season with promise, saying all the right things to the media Step 2: Get in a groove, rip off a ton of wins in a row Step 3: Key player suffers injury, team slumps Step 4: By playoff time, everyone is back and hopes are reasonably high Step 5: Utter devastation It’s brutal. It’s crushing. It’s just...plain sad. The Clippers’ annual playoffs meltdown has become a sight to behold, and since the team resides in L.A., a fiery subject for diehard fans and detractors. Besides the debilitating playoff collapses, what makes this team so maddening is that they are objectively good! The Clippers boast the NBA’s 5th highest winning percentage over the past five years, are constantly a lock to win 50 games and have two of the top players in the league. When the Clippers’ fielded their ideal starting lineup of Chris Paul, J.J. Redick, Luc Richard Mbah a Moute, Blake Griffin and DeAndre Jorda