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On December 9, 2011, the Clippers signed Mavericks forward Caron Butler to a $24 million deal and claimed veteran point guard Chauncey Billups from the New York Knicks three days later. Due to the strike, New York used a amnesty clause to rid themselves of Billups, and the Clippers acquired him with a bid of $2,000,032, paying homage to Griffin in the process. On December 14, 2011 they traded guard Eric Gordon, center Chris Kaman, forward Al-Farouq Aminu and Minnesota's 2012 first round pick acquired in 2005 for New Orleans Hornets' four-time all-star guard Chris Paul and two future 2nd round picks. Paul and Griffin were selected as starters for the Western Conference team in the 2012 NBA All-Star Game, taking place at Orlando's Amway Center, the first time in franchise history to have 2 All-Star starters in the same year.
On February 3, 2012, the Clippers signed forward Kenyon Martin. An eleven-year NBA veteran and former NBA All-Star (2004), Martin joined the Clippers after signing with the Xinjiang Guanghui Flying Tigers of the Chinese Basketball Association the previous summer. On February 6, 2012 during a game against the Orlando Magic, Billups tore his achilles tendon and missed the remainder of the 2011–12 season. On March 15, 2012, guard Nick Young joined the Clippers as part of a three-team trade with the Washington Wizards and the Denver Nuggets. He became the eighth player to debut in the 2011-2012 season.
After a stretch that saw the Clippers lose 12 of 19 games after Chauncey's season-ending achilles injury, with rumors of Vinny Del Negro's career as head coach of the Clippers possibly coming to an abrupt end, Los Angeles went on an absolute tear. The Clippers won 12 of their next 14 games, including road wins over the defending champion Dallas Mavericks and the Western-Conference-leading Oklahoma City Thunder, clinching only their fifth playoff birth since their 1976 conference semi-finals loss to the Boston Celtics (the last time they made the playoffs as the Buffalo Braves) before a dominating home win over the Oklahoma City Thunder on April 16, 2012. It was their 3rd win in four regular season games against the Thunder. Chris Paul's push for the NBA Most Valuable Player Award was at its peak. The 2011-2012 NBA season will be the first the Clippers will be in the Playoffs since 2005-2006.
The team gained the nickname "Lob City" due to several alley-oop plays, usually between Paul to Griffin or Jordan.