Clippers History
For three consecutive seasons (2014-2016), the LA Clippers were the only team in the league to produce at least two players selected to an All-NBA team.
In 2015, the Clippers became only the second team in history to have three players selected to an All-NBA team in the same season (Seattle became the first in 1995, and are now joined by the 2017 Warriors).
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Clipper fans remember the 2014-2015 season well. Having three players selected to an All-NBA team was, however, the footnote at the bottom of a blown 3-1 lead. 2015 was the year Doc should have been fired.
Blowing a 3-1 lead happens. It happened twice in the NBA and once in the World Series just last year. OKC blew their 3-1 lead against a 73-win Warrior team, then that Warrior team blew their own 3-1 lead against Cleveland, and then Cleveland returned the favor by blowing their 3-1 lead in the World Series against the Cubs. It happens, and there are very good reasons why it does happen, but there is no explanation why LAC lost that 3-1 lead.
It wasn’t just that the LA Clippers lost that series to Houston. It wasn’t just that they were up three games to one. It was how it happened. To this day, I am still not sure what exactly went so terribly wrong for the Clippers. What allowed Houston to come back from a 19-point deficit to force a game seven? What happened to a team with three All-NBA performers to produce such a monumental collapse?