Clippers hike season ticket prices 15% for next season

Thanks to Chris Paul, the Clippers are a sellout at Staples Center -- and it will cost fans an average of 15% more next season to see them play.

The team announced Thursday that it was boosting its average season ticket price for the 2012-13 season, its first price hike in six years. The Clippers said prices for about 9,000 seats next season would climb by 11% or less.

The Clippers, with a 22-15 record, are percentage points ahead of the Lakers (23-16) for the top spot in the Pacific Division. But the Clippers have floundered since losing veteran guard Chauncey Billups to a season-ending Achilles injury on Feb. 6. They are 7-8 since then.

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