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• Davis injured, but LeBron leads Lakers past Denver 126-108
• Clippers
• PLAYER NEWS
Clippers vs Indiana Pacers (11.27.
• NBA All-Star Weekend
• UCLA-USC BASKETBALL

An 11-year NBA veteran and former NBA All-Star , Martin joined the Clippers after signing with the Xinjiang Guanghui Flying Tigers of the Chinese Basketball Association the previous summer. On February 6, 2012, during a game against the Orlando Magic, Billups tore his Achilles tendon and missed the remainder of the season. In March 2012, Nick Young joined the Clippers as part of a three-team trade with the Washington Wizards and the Denver Nuggets.

The bench kept that going in the first half, and once the starters trickled back in, you could see they had finally located some confidence. Los Angeles folded pretty quickly and let the Suns extend it to a 27-point advantage at halftime. If you have any feedback, ideas for improvement or things you’d like to see, email me at , and follow me on Twitter at @latimeshouston. 2007 — Major League Baseball’s Mitchell Report is released, identifying 85 names to differing degrees in the 409-page document. The biggest name linked by former Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell to illegal use of steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs is seven-time Cy Young Award winner Roger Clemens. 2004 — In Sestriere, Italy, World Cup leader Bode Miller wins a slalom to join Marc Girardelli as the only men to win races in all four disciplines in a season.

Davis injured, but LeBron leads Lakers past Denver 126-108

That move, along with the 1987 NBA draft of Ken Norman, the 1988 selections of Danny Manning and Charles Smith , and the 1990 draft of Loy Vaught, formed a nucleus that would make the franchise a playoff contender. On August 12, 2014, Ballmer officially took control of the team following an order by a California court that confirmed the sale from Shelly Sterling to Ballmer. The deal also included a stipulation that Steve Ballmer would keep the Clippers in Los Angeles. On November 6, the team hired its first major female executive as former Auto Club Speedway president Gillian Zucker was hired as the Clippers' president of business operations.

Later on, the Clippers unveiled a blue alternate uniform which spelled the city name in red with white trim. The Clippers also sent Lamond Murray to the Cleveland Cavaliers for Derek Anderson and Johnny Newman. However, Newman was then traded to the New Jersey Nets for Eric Murdock a month later without ever playing a game for the Clippers. The team finished with the worst record in the league (15–67) in the 1999–2000 season, while the Lakers had the best record that year (67–15), and won the NBA championship. In 1984, despite the pending lawsuits between franchise ownership and the NBA following the move, the Clippers began play at the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena. The Clippers finished their first season in Los Angeles 31–51 under head coach Jim Lynam.

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In July, former Chicago Bulls coach Vinny Del Negro was hired as the next head coach. In August, the team introduced new uniform designs at a photoshoot, at the team's practice facility. Griffin and DeAndre Jordan, who saw significant improvement in his two years with the team, modeled the new uniforms, which were re-designed for the first time since the 2000–01 season. The Clippers' primary and secondary logos, which are modifications of the previous ones, were introduced to the public weeks earlier, on the night of the 2010 NBA draft, where the Clippers selected Al-Farouq Aminu eighth overall.

Along with Loy Vaught, a collection of young players , and journeyman veterans , the Fitch-coached teams during this particular era struggled mightily, although they did make the playoffs once during this time. The 1996–97 team made the playoffs with a losing record (36–46) and were swept in the first round by the eventual Western Conference champions, the Utah Jazz, three games to none. Sterling attempted to relocate the franchise to Los Angeles in June 1982 but the NBA denied his request. Sterling then filed an unsuccessful antitrust lawsuit against the league, which subsequently filed a countersuit against the club and the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena, which Sterling had a tentative agreement with to become the franchise's new home. The attempted move, combined with the franchise mismanagement issues, prompted an investigation of the Clippers by an NBA committee of other owners. In September of that year, the committee recommended that Sterling's ownership be terminated, having found that he was late in paying creditors and players.

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Following the Celtics, the Clippers take on the Minnesota Timberwolves (13-13) on Wednesday in the first of back-to-back games before facing conference power Phoenix (16-10) at Crypto.com Arena. The Suns are tied for third in the Western Conference, 1½ games behind the leader, but have struggled lately, having lost their last three games. In the 2022–23 season, the Clippers updated their black "Statement" uniforms, replacing the "LAC" logo with the "Los Angeles" script first used in their 2019–20 and 2020–21 "City" uniforms. The three sails motif from the 2017–18 and 2021–22 "City" uniforms was also added. The Clippers introduced an alternate black uniform intended to celebrate downtown Los Angeles on November 6, 2015.

Before the ban was issued, Sterling told Fox News contributor Jim Gray that he had no plans to sell the team. The NBA installed former Citigroup and Time Warner chairman Richard Parsons as the interim CEO of the team on May 9, prior to allowing Steve Ballmer, a former CEO of Microsoft, to purchase the team for $2 billion. To buy the team, Ballmer reportedly beat out other candidates, including Eric Piatkowski and his group, Oprah Winfrey, Floyd Mayweather, Magic Johnson, as well as a group of crowdfunders.

2014 — Marcus Mariota wins the Heisman Trophy, becoming the first Oregon player to earn college football’s top individual honor. Mariota accounts for a Pac-12-record 53 touchdowns while directing the Ducks’ warp-speed spread offense, and leading Oregon to a spot in the first College Football Playoff. 1997 — Michigan’s Charles Woodson is named the first predominantly defensive player to receive the Heisman Trophy in the 63 years of the award. Woodson and the Wolverines go on to defeat Washington State in the 1998 Rose Bowl, claiming a perfect 12-0 season and a share of the National Championship. It’s about the Lakers and Celtics sharing the league record for the most championships with 17 each.

That was to counter the defection of Vladimir Radmanović to the Lakers in a similar deal. Radmanovic's contract lasted another year, but both players would make the same amount of money annually, which would be $6 million. Cassell (widely credited as the biggest reason for the Clippers' recent success) re-signed on a two-year, $13 million deal, while the team also signed veteran Aaron Williams to an undisclosed deal.

The injury ends of one of the greatest individual streaks in all of sports. And now you have to wonder if the Celtics will be extra fired-up to beat the Lakers tonight, or if they will lose their third game in a row to fall to 21-8. The Lakers (11-15) are in 12th in the Western Conference, 2 1/2 games out of a playoff spot. At 21-6, the Celtics own the best record in the NBA despite having lost to the Golden State Warriors on Saturday. They also have forward Jayson Tatum, whose 30 points per game rank sixth in the league and have put him in the MVP conversation, and guard Jaylen Brown, whose 26.8 points rank 12th. The two are combining for an average of 14.2 rebounds and 7.8 assists per game.

Midway through the 1991–92 season, the Clippers made yet another coaching change. Larry Brown, recently fired by the San Antonio Spurs, was hired as the team's head coach in late January 1992. He replaced Mike Schuler, who had led the team to a 22–25 record before his firing.

Replacing Deandre Ayton’s production became an issue, as Bismack Biyombo looked to step in with the starters. Still, Jock Landale looked like the starter for the night given his performance during the first half. Josh Okogie was once again everywhere and has more than earned a rotation spot with his inspiring play over this stretch. Booker was moving like himself and a 6-of-22 shooting night didn’t reflect that.

Over the course of their first 27 seasons in Los Angeles, the Clippers qualified for the postseason only four times and won a single playoff round. They were frequently considered a perennial loser in American professional sports, drawing unfavorable comparisons to the historically successful Lakers. To start the season, Leonard was limited by rust and an unusual reserve role.