I actually feel really bad for the Clippers - or more specifically for Chris Paul.
CP3 has been a top 3 PG (and probably a top 10 player) in this league almost since the moment he stepped onto the court. When Blake Griffin went down to injury / stupidity, Paul put that team on his back and carried them every step of the way - and he elevated his game so much that they barely dropped off the pace they were at when Griffin was in the lineup.
He's given his everything to that team this year, and in any other season they would have been one of the undisputed favourites. Unfortunately he happened to take this team to it's pinnacle in a year where the Golden State Warriors and San Antonio Spurs emerged to have historical years.
Yet still, Paul kept carrying that team. He's been a beast in the playoffs - by far one of the top 3 or 4 guys in the playoffs so far. Maybe the best. Then just when things were going so well - injury that exits him from the playoffs.
Paul, like Stockton, will go down in history as one of the greatest PG's to ever play the game. He deserves to make the finals, and he deserves to win a ring. It's very disappointing to me that he's been cheated at that chance because of an injury something out of his control.
I think it's so much sadder that the Clippers exit because Paul is reaching the end of the twighlight of his career, and it's only a matter of time before age leaves him with no option but to start declining (and his chance to win a ring along with it).
Boston lost, but we are an underdog team that nobody really expected to win AND we had major injuries AND we have an incredibly bright future. Out elimination was disappointing, but still much to look forward to. I feel like there isn't much of a light at the end of the tunnel for the Clippers.