How Los Angeles Clippers Milestones is played

Every card in this deck carries a hidden value on the same scale — release years and dates — and the run is one long sorting problem. The first card is dealt face up. Each card after it goes into the gap where you think it belongs, and the value only shows once it lands. Get it wrong three times and the run ends with whatever you had placed.

This deck can also be shuffled together with any other deck measured in release years and dates — tick several on the deck tree to build one longer timeline out of them.

What's in the deck

25 of the 25 cards you could be dealt. The values stay hidden until you place them.

Founded as the Buffalo Braves Joined the NBA as an expansion team in western New York
Drafted Bob McAdoo Took the North Carolina center second overall
Bob McAdoo named Rookie of the Year Braves' second-year scoring big man won the debut honor
Bob McAdoo won his first scoring title Braves center led the league in points
Bob McAdoo named MVP High-scoring center won the league's top individual honor
Bob McAdoo won a third straight scoring title Braves center topped the league in points once more
Relocated to San Diego Franchise moved west and became the Clippers
Signed Bill Walton Hometown former MVP joined the San Diego club
Drafted Terry Cummings Second overall pick became Rookie of the Year
Relocated to Los Angeles Franchise moved up the coast to share a city with the Lakers
Hired Elgin Baylor as general manager Hall of Fame player took over front-office duties
Drafted Danny Manning Took the Kansas star first overall
Drafted Michael Olowokandi Took the Pacific center first overall
Drafted Lamar Odom Selected the Rhode Island forward fourth overall
Acquired Elton Brand Traded for the young Bulls big man
Drafted Chris Kaman Central Michigan center taken sixth overall
First playoff series win in Los Angeles Sam Cassell and Elton Brand won a first-round series
Drafted Blake Griffin Took the Oklahoma forward first overall
Traded for Chris Paul The 'Lob City' era began with the star point guard
Hired Doc Rivers Former Celtics champion coach took charge
Sterling banned, Ballmer buys in A lifetime ban preceded the former Microsoft CEO's record purchase
Re-signed DeAndre Jordan Center reversed a decision to leave for Dallas
Signed Kawhi Leonard Reigning Finals MVP joined alongside a Paul George trade
Reached the Western Conference Finals Kawhi Leonard and Paul George led a first-ever conference finals
Intuit Dome opened Moved into an Inglewood arena of their own