After dancing with disaster time and again, the Los Angeles Clippers are looking to make that all-important leap from good to great.
Their last two campaigns ended in heartbreak and disappointment. During the 2014 playoffs, Chris Paul fumbled away what would've been a Game 5 win in Oklahoma City before the Thunder secured a spot in the Western Conference Finals in Game 6.
This past spring, the Clippers were almost over the proverbial hump. They survived a classic first-round series against the defending champion San Antonio Spurs by the skin of their teeth and seemed to have a trip to the third round, opposite their rival Golden State Warriors, in the bag. But Doc Rivers' squad, already low on gas, let the Houston Rockets off the hook—and let a 3-1 series lead and 19-point advantage in Game 6 slip away.
The Clippers came close to yet another disaster this past summer, when DeAndre Jordan decided to sign with the Dallas Mavericks. Fortunately for L.A., Jordan had second thoughts and opted, instead, to rejoin the Clippers for his eighth season, and his fifth alongside Chris Paul and Blake Griffin.
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