LA Clippers advance to the 2nd Round of 2021 NBA Playoffs

NBA – the highly favored team in the Western Conference the Los Angeles Clippers keep their hopes alive after beating Luka and the Mavericks in Game 7 at the Staple Center in Los Angeles, California.

The LA Clippers advance to the 2nd round of the 2020 – 2021 NBA Playoffs after a hard Round 1 series matchup with the Dallas Mavericks that lead into Game 7.


The Clippers lost the first 2 games of the series Games 1 and 2 at home, but rally back to win Games 3 and 4 at the American Airlines Arena in Dallas, Texas.

Clippers lost Game 5 again at home and now down 2 - 3 in the series facing elimination in Game 6 in Dallas. Fortunately Kawhi Leonard had a monster game in Game 6 that lead into a deciding win or go home Game 7.

In Game 7, the Clippers had a home court advantage, but in this series they never win at home but lucky for them when it matter most the team finally came out strong and finished the tough Luka and the Mavs.

Kawhi Leonard had a monster game again in Game 7 with a near triple double of 28 points, 10 rebounds and 9 assists .“Playoff P” Paul George showed up and added 22 points, 10 assist and 6 rebounds.

Marcus Morris had a big game also with 23 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists just the right time to explode in a Do or Die Game.

The Clippers are now facing the West #1 seed Utah Jazz, the clippers have been stuck in the 2nd round of the NBA Playoffs in their franchise History as they never reach the Conference Finals.

This would be the best test for the Clippers to show what are they made of and not just on paper? Now that the defending Champion LA Lakers is out there is no team that can stop them to reach the NBA Finals?