Los Angeles Clippers: 6 Steps the Team Must Take to Be Playoff Bound in 2012

The Los Angeles Clippers are coming off an up and down season that saw them finish with a rather misleading overall record of 32-50.

At first blush, it seemed like a typical Clips campaign. They lost 50 games for the 19th time in their 27 seasons in L.A., good for a 13th place finish in the Western Conference and a hopeless 14 games out of the playoffs.

Upon closer inspection though, the Clippers are nearer to a postseason berth than you might think. After getting off to a horrendous 5-21 start, the young Clips finally seemed to jell and righted the ship, going an impressive 14-7 over the next six weeks.

Their final undoing came at the hands of a murderous February schedule. They played 12 of their 14 Februar...

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