Also during the offseason, they re-signed two-time NBA All-Defensive Team selection Patrick Beverley and three-time Sixth Man of the Year award winner Lou Williams.
[3][4] Despite a nagging shoulder injury and "load management" policy that caused stars Paul George and Kawhi Leonard, respectively, to sit out multiple games, the Clippers were consistently at the top of the Western Conference standings.
[6] The season was suspended by the league officials following the games of March 11[7] after it was reported that Rudy Gobert tested positive for COVID-19.
Their elimination extends their drought of failing to reach the conference finals to 50 years, the longest amongst the four major professional sports leagues.
Following the Clippers' elimination from the playoffs, the team was roundly mocked on social media for their failure to win the championship.