On April 16, Beijing time, the NBA play-off Clippers lost to the Pelicans 101-105 at home, missing the last playoff spot, officially ending the season's journey. In the case that Leonard was reimbursed for the season and George only played 31 games due to injury, the Clippers, with their tenacious will, fought for 42 wins, guaranteed a 50% win rate in the regular season, and also fought for a chance to compete for a playoff spot, but in the end they fell in front of the fate of "sad urging".
George returned at the end of the regular season and scored a game-high 34 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists and 4 steals in the playoff against the Timberwolves, but before the most critical game, he was forced to isolate and miss the game because of the trigger of the league's health and safety agreement, and the Clippers also regrettably lost the game and missed the opportunity to enter the playoffs.
In view of the Clippers' encounters, the US media StatMuse statistics posted the Clippers' tragic experiences in the playoffs in the past few seasons:
In the 2014 Western Conference semifinals against the Thunder, the key Battle of Tianwangshan G5 suffered a controversial penalty, and the Thunder reversed the game by scoring 8 consecutive points in the last minute, and finally missed the Western Conference Finals. (At the time, the Clippers owner was exposed to discriminating against black people.
In the 2015 Western Conference Semifinals, rivers led the Clippers in a 3-1 lead over the Rockets, which was crushed by the "Hairband Gang" and reversed. (At the time, paul also missed the first two games due to injury.)
In the 2016 playoffs, Paul in the first round of the game against the Blazers, because of a layup caused by a fracture of his right palm season reimbursement, without Paul's Clippers, and finally lost 2-4 to the Blazers, encountered a round of embarrassment.
In the 2017 playoffs, in the first round against the Jazz, Griffin was reimbursed for the season due to a right toe injury.
The 2020 Western Conference Semifinals were reversed by Jokic in a 3-1 lead over the Nuggets, when the Clippers had Leonard and George, and of course, the most critical Riveres was the head coach.
In the 2021 playoffs, the Clippers reversed the Lone Ranger in the first round, the Jazz in the second round, and the key Western Conference Finals Leonard was injured for the season reimbursement, and the Clippers were defeated 4-2 by the Suns and missed the Finals.
In the 2022 playoffs, the most critical game, the team's only superstar George was quarantined for triggering a security protocol.
After watching the Clippers' last 7 seasons of playoff journey, netizens have said that "fate is really back" and "this is the team that has really been cursed". To be honest, from the empty city led by Paul + Griffin + Jordan Jr., to leonard + Paul George leading the LinkedIn brave division, the Clippers have shown strong strength in the past period of time, and have also been given some opportunities to win honors, but in the end they can't escape the fate of the Western Conference floor. (Paul left to play the Finals, leonard was still the championship before he came)