May 20, 2024 3 AM PT
Armed with a winning record, several top players and high hopes, the Los Angeles Clippers romped into the NBA playoffs for the fourth time in five seasons this year, but the end result was the same as ever: Plagued by injuries, the Clippers fell in the first round to the Dallas Mavericks, extending their long-standing reputation as a chronically cursed team.
As crushing as the early elimination was, however, it paled in comparison to the team’s 2014 playoff run, which collapsed in far more spectacular fashion.
That unforgettabledownfall, at the hands of an now-infamous triangle, takes center court in FX’s “Clipped: The Scandalous Story of L.