The first round's main event had throwdowns, players flying onto tables and -- really -- the kind of physicality one would expect from a playoff game. It also penned the first chapter of the series with a narrative fit for dudes in spandex.
Over the past five years, no one team has been as good at producing compelling NBA theater as the Clippers. Part of that is because LeBron James' traveling circus has followed him from Cleveland to South Beach (and back again), but LA is still the franchise that is as, well, Hollywood as it gets. From drama in the front office to unsavory on-court reputations and high-flying acrobatics, the league's other LA team has waffled between contender status and postseason disappointment, Youtube darlings and Four Horsemen-level villains.