Los Angeles Clippers

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2005-2006 Los Angeles Clippers

Record: 47-35
Overall ranking: 405th, 1.723 points above average
    Appropriately, a defeat served as the defining moment for the most successful season in the Los Angeles Clipper franchise’s California history.
    The Clippers lost 101-95 at Memphis in the next-to-last game of the 2005-2006 season. The win gave the Grizzlies a “reward” in the form of the No. 5 seed for the Western Conference playoffs — and a first-round playoff matchup against the powerful Dallas Mavericks. Memphis lost the series against the eventual Western Conference champions in four games.
    Los Angeles “fell” to the No. 6 seed – and a first-round playoff matchup against the less-imposing Denver Nuggets. Denver held the No. 3 seed as the Northwest Division champion. But the Clippers got home court advantage for the series because of a superior regular season record.
    The Clippers used that home court advantage to beat the Nuggets in a pair of close games to start the postseason. Los Angeles went on to win the series in five games for the first playoff series victory in the franchise’s California history.
    The Clippers gave their long-suffering fans several other reasons to cheer during the 2005-2006 season.
    Los Angeles won 47 games, the most in the franchise’s West Coast history. The Clippers posted an average point differential of +1.6 points per game – hardly imposing, but the best mark of the team’s time in California.
    Power forward Elton Brand averaged a career-best 24.7 points per game and made the All-Star team. Veteran point guard Sam Cassell joined the Clippers as a free agent and provided the team a winning mindset, along with 17.2 points and 6.3 assists per game.
    Los Angeles’ season ended with — as usual — a loss. But not before the Clippers pushed the Phoenix Suns to seven games in the West semifinals.

Los Angeles Clippers From Top to Bottom

All-time Ranking			W-L	Playoffs
375	1974-75	Buffalo Braves	49-33	East semifinals
413	2005-06	Los Angeles Clippers	47-35	West semifinals
471	1991-92	Los Angeles Clippers	45-37	West first round
507	1975-76	Buffalo Braves	46-36	East semifinals
552	1992-93	Los Angeles Clippers	41-41	West first round
608	2006-07	Los Angeles Clippers	40-42
611	1973-74	Buffalo Braves	42-40	East semifinals
612	2001-02	Los Angeles Clippers	39-43
652	2004-05	Los Angeles Clippers	37-45
760	1980-81	San Diego Clippers	36-46
776	1978-79	San Diego Clippers	43-39
832	2000-01	Los Angeles Clippers	31-51
850	1996-97	Los Angeles Clippers	36-46	West first round
875	1989-90	Los Angeles Clippers	30-52
892	1983-84	San Diego Clippers	30-52
899	1990-91	Los Angeles Clippers	31-51
920	1995-96	Los Angeles Clippers	29-53
924	1977-78	Buffalo Braves	27-55
926	2002-03	Los Angeles Clippers	27-55
946	2003-04	Los Angeles Clippers	28-54
947	1979-80	San Diego Clippers	35-47
967	1976-77	Buffalo Braves	30-52
980	1984-85	Los Angeles Clippers	31-51
982	1982-83	San Diego Clippers	25-57
1019	1993-94	Los Angeles Clippers	27-55
1078	1985-86	Los Angeles Clippers	32-50
1084	1981-82	San Diego Clippers	17-65
1096	1997-98	Los Angeles Clippers	17-65
1108	1970-71	Buffalo Braves	22-60
1122	1994-95	Los Angeles Clippers	17-65
1123	1998-99	Los Angeles Clippers	9-41
1127	1972-73	Buffalo Braves	21-61
1134	1988-89	Los Angeles Clippers	21-61
1138	1971-72	Buffalo Braves	22-60
1141	1987-88	Los Angeles Clippers	17-65
1145	1999-00	Los Angeles Clippers	15-67
1147	1986-87	Los Angeles Clippers	12-70