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When asked about the Los Angeles Clippers' goals this upcoming offseason, vice president of basketball operations Gary Sacks answered with with no hesitation. "The No. 1 priority for us right now has to be re-signing our star player, Chris Paul," ...

Fredrick J. Brown/AFP/Getty Images The Los Angeles Clippers enjoyed their best season in franchise history, winning their first division title, a record 56 games, going on a 17-game winning streak and sweeping the Lakers for the first time. Their po...

PLAYA VISTA, Calif. -- The Los Angeles Clippers were still in shock Saturday. They didn't expect to be out of the playoffs just two weeks after they started. Chris Paul didn't have any plans on his calendar until after June. He doesn't know how he...

After Monday's buzzer-beating, game-winning shot in Game 2, Los Angeles Clippers guard Chris Paul was hailed as perhaps the best closer in the NBA. Three days later in Memphis, Paul was never put in a position to close Game 3 and he had as much to do...

Harry How/NBAE/Getty ImagesThe Grizzlies can't -- and probably won't -- get pummeled on the glass as they did in Game 1. The Glass Finding signs of encouragement after a 21-point loss can be like leading a search party in the dark, but if the Grizz...

As the playoffs approach, the Clippers and Vinny Del Negro are faced with the dilemma of shortening the rotation and determining their most-efficient lineups. The Clippers have given 13 different players rotation-level minutes at some point in the...

LOS ANGELES -- Los Angeles Clippers guard Eric Bledsoe and forward Ronny Turiaf will return to the lineup Saturday against the Brooklyn Nets while Chauncey Billups will be held out. This is the second game Billups has missed since suffering a rig...

LOS ANGELES -- As Philadelphia 76ers coach Doug Collins leaned against the wall outside of the visiting locker room at Staples Center, he looked at longtime Los Angeles Clippers announcer Ralph Lawler and smiled. "Lawler's Law!" Collins said, refe...

Los Angeles Clippers guard Chauncey Billups missed Wednesday's game against the Philadelphia 76ers with a right groin strain he suffered Tuesday in Sacramento.

In 2006, things were pretty scary for NBA hearts. The Hawks' Jason Collier had recently died of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, while a collection of players -- Fred Hoiberg, Robert Traylor and Ronny Turiaf among them-- needed heart surgery to avert dan...

LOS ANGELES -- The Los Angeles Clippers knew things would not be easy without Chris Paul and Chauncey Billups. The beauty of a backcourt like that is the ability of Billups, a five-time All-Star and former NBA Finals MVP, to simply slide over and...

Midseason thoughts on the Clippers' roster. STARTERS: PG: Chris Paul Season averages (39 GP): 16.6 PPG, 3.5 RPG, 9.7 APG, 2.6 SPG, 26.1 PER Don't let his numbers fool you: Paul is playing at an MVP-caliber level. Besides LeBron James and...

The Clippers are finding their entertainment niche in Los Angeles, writes Kevin Arnovitz.

Eric Bledsoe | Jamal Crawford | Matt Barnes | Ronny Turiaf | Lamar Odom Minutes Played: 230 Offensive Rating: 102.9 points per 100 possessions Defensive Rating: 87.2 points per 100 possessions How it works offensively Like a 10-cylinder sports...

Harry How/NBAE/Getty Images The Clippers' once-mediocre defense now ranks among the NBA's best. What happened? Defense is the NBA's dark art, the great unknown, a phenomenon whose essence we can't fully quantify with a simple measuring stick. We th...

LOS ANGELES -- The Los Angeles Clippers will tell you their 15-game winning streak doesn't matter. They're not focused on it as much as the way they are playing during the streak. It sounds like the same, old "taking it one game at a time" cliche ...