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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Los Angeles Clippers signed head coach Doc Rivers to a new contract extension, keeping him with the team through the 2019 season, the team announced Wednesday.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The extension will be worth more than $50 million over five years, reports Adrian&amp;nbsp;Wojnarowski of Yahoo Sports.&amp;nbsp;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Rivers, who is also the team\u2019s president of basketball operations, led the Clippers to a franchise-best 57 wins and a division title in his first season in Los Angeles. The Clippers were eliminated in six games by the Oklahoma City Thunder in the Western Conference Semifinals.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Kobe on growing old, players he respects and finding his inner Zen&lt;/strong&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Rivers, 52, spent the previous eight seasons with the Boston Celtics, leading them to two NBA Finals appearances and a championship in 2008.&amp;nbsp;\r\n\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u2018This is an important day for this organization,\u201D Clippers owner Steve Ballmer said. \u201CI am excited to work with Doc for a long time as we build a championship culture that will deliver results both on and off the court.\"\r\n\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Rivers has a career coaching record of 644-498 in 16 seasons, with the Clippers, Celtics and Orlando Magic.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;- &lt;em&gt;Scooby &lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;Axson&lt;/em&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;\r\n&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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