The Los Angeles Clippers' 30-year NBA playoff drought has finally come to an end.

Cuttino Mobley and Corey Maggette each scored 23 points, Elton Brand added 21 points and 13 rebounds in defeating the Denver Nuggets 101-83 on Monday night, and winning the first-round, best-of-seven, Western Conference series 4-1.

The Clippers hadn't won a playoff series since 1976, when the team was playing in Buffalo and beat Philadelphia in the opening round before losing to Boston in the Eastern Conference semifinals.

The franchise moved to San Diego in 1978, then to Los Angeles in 1984. The Clippers are in the playoffs for just the seventh time in their 36-year history, only the fourth time since heading west, and the first time in nine years.