PHOENIX -- An emotional Ty Lue opened his news conference after the LA Clippers' final loss of the season by thanking the fans, coaching staff, players, ownership, management and organization as a whole for the support they have given him the last three seasons.
After the Phoenix Suns eliminated the Clippers with a hard-fought 136-130 win Tuesday night to clinch the Western Conference first-round series, Lue repeatedly talked about his "whole three years here" in Los Angeles. This season was perhaps Lue's most trying, both on and off the court, with injuries to his stars Kawhi Leonard and Paul George and deaths to seven family members.