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What If · 2014 West first round
Clippers vs Warriors, 10,000 times
Chris Paul's Lob City against a young Steph Curry, before anyone knew a dynasty was coming. The real series went seven. We played it 10,000 more times to see how lucky that was.
Simulation result · 10,000 series
Clippers
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Warriors
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Sealed until the episode drops
The Lab has already played it out. The result, and the tool to run it yourself, unlock when the episode goes live. Until then, here's what goes in. Make your call.
What goes in
| Clippers | Warriors | |
|---|---|---|
| Record | 57–25 | 51–31 |
| Off rating | 112.1 | 107.5 |
| Def rating | 104.8 | 102.6 |
| Pace | 95.9 | 96.2 |
What you'll get to play with
- Open any one of the 10,000 series, game by game, with every final score.
- See every way it can end, from a sweep to a Game 7.
- Line the real seven games up against what the model expected.
- Move one assumption yourself: how much did losing Andrew Bogut cost the Warriors?
Your call
How often do the Clippers win it?
SIMULATION RESULT · LAB IT Series Simulator · not a Lab Result and not a Lab Score. Sims are a What If, never a verdict on who was better.
Photo credits
- Chris Paul: Erik Drost, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Blake Griffin: Verse Photography, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Stephen Curry: Clément Bardot, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Klay Thompson: Keith Allison from Hanover, MD, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons