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2020–21 Los Angeles Clippers Season
The 2020–21 Los Angeles Clippers season was the 51st season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA), their 43rd season in Southern California, and their 37th season in Los Angeles. On September 28, 2020, the Clippers and head coach Doc Rivers mutually agreed to part ways after seven seasons with the team. On October 20, 2020, the Clippers promoted Tyronn Lue as their new head coach. The Clippers made the deepest playoff run in their 51-year history. They advanced to the Conference Finals for the first time in franchise history after defeating the Utah Jazz in six games in the Conference Semifinals. Their run would come to an end against the Phoenix Suns (who were led by former Clippers star Chris Paul) in the Conference Finals, losing in six games. The Clippers were the first team to come back from down 2-0 twice in the same playoffs, denying the Dallas Mavericks and the Utah Jazz a chance at a 3-0 series lead, which no team in NBA history has ever come ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tyronn Lue
Tyronn Jamar Lue (pronounced ''Ta-RON LEW''; born May 3, 1977) is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is the head coach for the Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He formerly served as the head coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers, helping them win their first NBA title in franchise history. A former point guard, Lue played college basketball for the Nebraska Cornhuskers before being selected by the Denver Nuggets in the first round of the 1998 NBA draft with the 23rd overall pick. He was traded to the Los Angeles Lakers shortly thereafter. As a member of the Lakers, Lue won two NBA championships in his first three seasons. After his playing career ended in 2009, Lue became Director of Basketball Development for the Boston Celtics. In 2014, he was hired by the Cavaliers as associate head coach. Lue was promoted to head coach during the 2015–16 season, replacing the fired David Blatt. That same season, Lue coached the Caval ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dallas Mavericks
The Dallas Mavericks (often referred to as the Mavs) are an American professional basketball team based in Dallas. The Mavericks compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Western Conference (NBA), Western Conference Southwest Division (NBA), Southwest Division. The team plays its home games at the American Airlines Center, which it shares with the National Hockey League's Dallas Stars. Throughout the 1980s, the Mavericks were a perennial playoff team, led by List of NBA All-Stars, All-Stars Rolando Blackman and Mark Aguirre. The team struggled during the 1990s, entering into a period of rebuilding. In 1998, the franchise's fortunes would change drastically with the acquisition of Dirk Nowitzki, who would become the cornerstone of the most successful period in franchise history, leading the team to its first and, as of 2022, only NBA championship in 2011 NBA Finals, 2011. The Mavericks later entered a rebuilding phase in the tail end of Nowitzki's s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Rajon may refer to: *Districts of Belarus (singular: ''rajon'') *Districts of Latvia (singular: ''rajons'') People *Rajon Das (born 1978), Bangladeshi architect *Rajon Rondo (born 1986), American basketball player *Claude Rajon (1866-1932), French politician *Paul Adolphe Rajon (1843–1888), French painter and printmaker Others *Rajon Music Group, one of the largest independent record labels in Australia See also *Rajan (other) *Raion A raion (also spelt rayon) is a type of administrative unit of several post-Soviet states. The term is used for both a type of subnational entity and a division of a city. The word is from the French (meaning 'honeycomb, department'), and is co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Reginald Martinez Jackson (born May 18, 1946) is an American former professional baseball right fielder who played 21 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Kansas City / Oakland Athletics, Baltimore Orioles, New York Yankees, and California Angels. Jackson was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1993. Jackson was nicknamed "Mr. October" for his clutch hitting in the postseason with the Athletics and the Yankees. He helped Oakland win five consecutive American League West divisional titles, three straight American League pennants and three consecutive World Series titles from 1972 to 1974. Jackson helped New York win four American League East divisional pennants, three American League pennants and back to back World Series titles, in 1977 and 1978. He also helped the California Angels win two AL West divisional titles in 1982 and 1986. Jackson hit three consecutive home runs at Yankee Stadium in the clinching game six of the 1977 World Series. Jackson ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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