coach in a mutual decision. Rivers was succeeded by Tyronn Lue. Despite losing Leonard to injury during the 2021 playoffs, the Clippers defeated the top-seeded Utah Jazz in the semifinals, leading them to their first Western Conference Finals appearance in franchise history. The Clippers lost the conference finals in six games to the Phoenix Suns, preventing them from reaching their first NBA Finals. Rivalries Los Angeles Lakers The rivalry between the Clippers and the Los Angeles Lakers is unique because they are the only two NBA teams to share an arena, the Crypto.com Arena. It is also one of only two intra-city rivalries in the NBA, the other being the crosstown rivalry between the New York Knicks and Brooklyn Nets. Los Angeles fans have historically favored the Lakers. Some contend that the term rivalry was inaccurate until the Clippers became more successful during the 2010s. Season-by-season record List of the last five seasons completed by the Clippers. For the full season-by-season history, see List of Los Angeles Clippers seasons. Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, W–L% = Winning percentage Home arenas Buffalo Memorial Auditorium (1970–1978) Maple Leaf Gardens (occasional games, 1971–1975) San Diego Sports Arena (1978–1984) Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena (1984–1999) Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim (occasional games, 1994–1999) Crypto.com Arena (1999–present) Intuit Dome (planned to open in 2024) Move to Intuit Dome On June 15, 2017, the Clippers and the city of Inglewood entered into an exclusive negotiating agreement in which the team plans to build a new privately funded 18,000 to 20,000-seat arena, Inglewood Basketball and Entertainment Center, planning to open by 2024, when the Clippers' current lease with Crypto.com Arena expires. The planned arena is expected to be located at Century Boulevard between Yukon and Prairie Avenues, directly south of the new SoFi Stadium, the home of the Los Angeles Rams and Los Angeles Chargers of the National Football League. The arena is also expected to house a practice facility and team headquarters for the Clippers, as the team's current practice facility in Los Angeles' Playa Vista neighborhood is still owned by the Sterling Family Trust, and is leased back to the team. The Inglewood city council unanimously voted for the agreement in which a subsidiary of the Clippers will purchase 22 acres covering four large city blocks in what is largely a lower-class/lower-middle-class residential neighborhood (Century to the north, 104th Street