After scoring against the Golden State Warriors during the second half of an NBA basketball game on March 31, 2015, in Los Angeles, the Clippers’ Blake Griffin runs past fans holding out their hands for high-fives. (Danny Moloshok / Associated Press)
Actor and Clippers fan Billy Crystal reacts as the San Antonio Spurs and the Los Angeles Clippers play during Game 5 of the Western Conference quarterfinals of the 2015 NBA playoffs at Los Angeles’ Staples Center on April 28, 2015. (Stephen Dunn / Getty Images)
Los Angeles Clippers fans celebrate after their team scores during the first half of their first-round NBA playoff game at Los Angeles’ Staples Center on May 2, 2015. (Ringo Chiu / AFP/Getty Images)
Recording artist Drake, right, talks to another fan courtside at Los Angeles’ Staples Center during an NBA game between the Los Angeles Clippers and the Golden State Warriors on March 31, 2015. The Warriors won 110-106.
(Danny Moloshok / Associated Press)
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Los Angeles Clippers owner Steve Ballmer cheers on the players while Clippers guard Jamal Crawford greets fans after beating the San Antonio Spurs 111-109 in Game 7 of the first round of the Western Conference playoffs at Staples Center on May 2, 2015, in Los Angeles. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)
Los Angeles Clippers fan Mike Bond is sprayed with silly string as part of the pre-game festivities outside Houston’s Toyota Center before Game 1 in the second-round NBA playoff series between the Clippers and the Houston Rockets on May 4, 2015. (David J. Phillip / Associated Press)
Clippers fans cheer during Game 1 against the Denver Nuggets in the first round of the Western Conference playoffs at Los Angeles’ Staples Center on April 22, 2006. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)
The stands are nearly empty at the Los Angeles Sports Arena during a game between the Clippers and the Dallas Mavericks in 1996. (Iris Schneider / Los Angeles Times)