2013–14 Los Angeles Clippers season
Franchise-record 57 wins; Sterling banned after leaked remarks.
The 2013–14 Los Angeles Clippers season was the 44th season of the franchise in the NBA, their 36th in Southern California, and their 30th in Los Angeles. The team set a franchise record with 57 wins and 25 losses, securing the 3rd seed in the Western Conference. This season was also the last under Donald Sterling's ownership, as a leaked conversation involving racial remarks against black people, particularly toward former Lakers player Magic Johnson, came to light during the playoffs.
Quick Facts
- Team
- Los Angeles Clippers
- End year
- 2014
- Wins
- 57
- Losses
- 25
- Division
- Pacific
- Division place
- 1
- Coach
- Doc Rivers
- Owner
- Donald Sterling (until April 29, 2014); Andy Roeser (interim post April 29, 2014)
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Key dates
The 2013 NBA draft took place on June 27, 2013, at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. On April 2, 2014, the Clippers won their second Pacific Division championship by defeating the Suns in Phoenix, 112–108. On April 29, 2014, after an audio recording exposed controversial and racial remarks by owner Donald Sterling, NBA commissioner Adam Silver banned Sterling for life and fined him $2.5 million; team president Andy Roeser became interim owner for the rest of the season.
Roster
Assistant coach Alvin Gentry began his second stint as a Clippers assistant, having previously been head coach from 2000 to 2003. Armond Hill, another assistant, played for the team in 1982 when it was still the San Diego Clippers.
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