The Los Angeles Clippers are headed back to the 2012 NBA Playoffs. Can they rally up on their in-city rivals and earn that third spot in the Western Conference Playoffs?
With the loss by the Houston Rockets earlier tonight against the Denver Nuggets the Clippers clinched a playoff berth. The Clippers have known they were probably playoff-bound for while now, and are really on the heels of the Lakers for the Pacific Division crown. The Clippers are currently in the fourth spot at 38-23, with the Lakers only a game ahead at 39-22.
The Clippers or the Lakers are the two teams likeliest to earn that third seed, which means a likely duel with either a sixth seed of Denver or Dallas. The runner-up gets Memphis. Neither the Clippers nor the Lakers want to face Memphis all that much. The race begins.
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