Los Angeles Clippers, expert basketball team and one of seven teams in the Pacific Division of the Western Conference of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Los Angeles Clippers play in the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California, and wear jerseys of red, white, and blue. The Los Angeles Clippers team played as the Buffalo Braves and the San Diego Clippers before moving to Los Angeles.

Along with the Portland Trail Blazers and the Cleveland Cavaliers, the Buffalo Braves entered the NBA in 1970 as a growth team. The Los Angeles Clippers team finished both the 1970-71 and 1971-72 seasons with a win-loss record of 22-60. Center Bob McAdoo attached the team for the 1972-73 season, winning the rookie of the year award even though the Braves ended with another losing record. An exceptional shooter, McAdoo led the league in scoring in each of the next three years, averaging more than 30 points per game. He helped the Braves advance to the playoffs each of those seasons. Throughout the 1974-75 season McAdoo won the NBA most precious player (MVP) award.

Throughout the 1976-77 season, owner John Y. Brown sold McAdoo’s contract to the New York Knicks, and the Braves rapidly dropped out of playoff contention. The team also suffered in attendance, and in 1978 Brown and Boston Celtics owner Irv Levin traded franchises. A California businessman, Levin wanted to own a team on the West Coast. He moved the Braves to San Diego, California, and renamed the club the Los Angeles Clippers. In the 1978-79 season the team posted a 43-39 win-loss record, which stood as its best mark for 12 years.

The Los Angeles Clippers’ roster throughout the early 1980s featured veterans such as guard Norm Nixon and centers Swen Nater and Bill Walton, as well as gifted young players such as forwards Tom Chambers and Terry Cummings. In 1981 attorney and real estate developer Donald T. Sterling bought the permit, but when the team failed to reach the playoffs and attendance dropped, he moved the club to Los Angeles in 1984. Sterling hired former Los Angeles Lakers player Elgin Baylor as universal manager in 1986. Through a series of trades and top draft picks, Baylor rebuilt the Los Angeles Clippers. Larry Brown took over as head coach during the 1991-92 season and helped the Los Angeles Clippers finish with a winning mark of 45-37. Forward Danny Manning and guard Ron Harper led the team to its first playoff look since the 1978-79 season. The team made the playoffs again the next season, but Brown then left the club, which dropped to the bottom of the Pacific Division in the mid-1990s.

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