Walton missed 68 games due to foot injuries (which he also suffered in his final years in Portland).San Diego finished 35–47 as key players missed games due to injuries.Walton missed the entire season again due to foot injuries.Free was traded to the Golden State Warriors in exchange for guard Phil Smith.The Clippers' early days in Los Angeles were marred with many seasons of hapless performances.Despite fielding a squad of talented veterans, the organization suffered systematic injuries to many of its star players.
— A Providence mother and native of Guatemala is on her way back to her husband and two young children in Providence.Mc Adoo led the NBA in scoring three consecutive seasons and was named the league's MVP in the 1974–75 season.The Braves qualified for the playoffs three times in a row, losing twice to the eventual Eastern Conference champions (the Boston Celtics in 19, and the Washington Bullets in 1975).San Diego team officials did not think Braves was a representative nickname for the club and a contest decided on "Clippers", because the city was known for the great sailing ships that passed through San Diego Bay.When the Clippers moved to Los Angeles in 1984, they kept their nickname.
He and Manchester’s Albert Neal never really seemed to get along – an antipathy that lasted from the mid 1940s to the early 1960s.
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