PORTLAND, Ore. -- Doc Rivers called it “bum’s luck.” DeAndre Jordan called it “bad luck.” J.J. Redick called it “tough luck.”
No matter how you want to frame it, luck, once again, wasn’t on the Clippers’ side during the postseason.
The Clippers have advanced to the playoffs the past five seasons -- a record run for a franchise that had previously finished better than .500 in consecutive seasons only once, and that was back when they were the Buffalo Braves from 1973 to 1976. But despite becoming a perennial playoff team, they have yet to make it out of the second round, and for the second time during this span, they failed to make it out of the first round Friday.