The Clippers wanted an end to the Lob City era, but they didn’t want to take a trip to tank town. So after DeAndre Jordan left for Dallas and Chris Paul negotiated a sign-and-trade to Houston, the Clippers rode Blake Griffin for half a season, then traded him to the Pistons for a package headlined by Tobias Harris and Avery Bradley. Los Angeles stayed competitive, finishing tenth in the West that year with 42 wins. They then traded Harris for draft assets and young players midway through the following season and secured the eighth seed in the playoffs, where they won two games in a first-round series against the eventual conference champion Golden State Warriors.