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2013–14 Los Angeles Clippers season

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Head coach
  
Doc Rivers

Record
  
57–25 (.695)

Arena
  
Staples Center

Place
  
Division: 1st (Pacific) Conference: 3rd (Western)

Playoff finish
  
Conference Semifinals (eliminated by Thunder 2–4)

Television
  
Fox Sports West and Prime Ticket

The 2013–14 Los Angeles Clippers season is the 44th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA), their 36th season in Southern California, and their 30th season in Los Angeles.

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Key dates

  • June 27, 2013: The 2013 NBA draft took place at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
  • April 2, 2014: The Clippers win their second Pacific Division championship, defeating the Suns in Phoenix, 112-108.
  • April 29, 2014: After being exposed making controversial and racial remarks to a female friend via an audio recording, owner Donald Sterling is banned for life from the NBA by commissioner Adam Silver. Sterling was also fined $2.5 million for his remarks, and he and his family subsequently sold the team to former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer in August 2014.

    • Roster notes

  • Newly acquired coach Glenn "Doc" Rivers played for the franchise as its starting point guard in the 1991–1992 NBA season.
  • This will be Alvin Gentry's second stint as an assistant coach for the Clippers. He was also head coach of the team from 2000 to 2003.
  • New assistant coach Armond Hill played for the franchise back in 1982 when they were still the San Diego Clippers.
  • New assistant coach Tyronn Lue previously played for the crosstown rival Lakers from 1998 to 2001.
  • Forward Antawn Jamison and guards Darius Morris & Sasha Vujacic become the 21st, 22nd and 23rd former Lakers to play for the Clippers. All three players failed to stay as Clippers for the whole season.

    • References

    2013–14 Los Angeles Clippers season Wikipedia
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