Each NBA team’s most clutch player of all-time

Most clutch player in Los Angeles Clippers history: Chris Paul

The Los Angeles Clippers have had nothing approximating success throughout their long history. Before Chris Paul joined the team they had won just two playoff series in 41 seasons. Paul, one of the best point guards of the 21st century, led the Clippers to three in four years.

Paul and the “Lob City” Clippers remain at this writing the last Western Conference team to beat the Golden State Warriors in a playoff series. The level of success Paul brought to the Clippers legitimized them as a franchise and put them in positions of raised stakes. While he did not always come through, his passion drove him to make a number of big plays in big moments.

Key Moment: The 2015 Western Conference playoffs saw a number of teams with similar records all bunched together. The Los Angeles Clippers came out on top of the group, earning the third seed and, for their reward, a matchup with the defending champion San Antonio Spurs, who tumbled to sixth based on tiebreakers.

The series was incredible, a title bout where both teams traded haymakers, leading to a Game 7 at Staples Center. With the score tied and time running out, Chris Paul drove into the paint, going right at defensive anchor Tim Duncan. He flipped up a floater that just barely arced over Duncan’s fingers to drop in. The Clippers won, 111-109, knocking off a Spurs team many thought could win the title again. It was Paul’s finest moment for the Clippers.