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Profiles of NBA Western Conference playoff teams

(Reuters) - Brief profiles of the eight Western Conference teams that qualified for the 2015 National Basketball Association (NBA) playoffs: GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS Regular season record: 67-15 How they qualified: Won Western Conference Head coach: Steve Kerr Top scorer: Stephen Curry (23.8 points per game) Top rebounder: Draymond Green (8.2 rebounds per game) NBA titles: Two (*1956, 1975) Joined NBA: 1946 * As Philadelphia Warriors - - HOUSTON ROCKETS Regular season record: 56-26 How they qualified: Won Southwest division Head coach: Kevin McHale Top scorer: James Harden (27.4 points per game) Top rebounder: Dwight Howard (10.5 rebounds per game) NBA titles: Two (1994, 1995) Joined NBA: 1967 - - LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS Regular season record: 56-26 How they qualified: Third in West Head coach: Doc Rivers Top scorer: Blake Griffin (21.9 points per game) Top rebounder: DeAndre Jordan (15 rebounds per game) NBA titles: None Joined NBA: 1970 - - PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS Regular season record: 51-31 How they qualified: Won Northwest division Head coach: Terry Stotts Top scorer: LaMarcus Aldridge (23.4 points per game) Top rebounder: LaMarcus Aldridge (10.2 rebounds per game) NBA titles: One (1977) Joined NBA: 1970 - - MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES Regular season record: 55-27 How they qualified: Fifth in West Head coach: David Joerger Top scorer: Marc Gasol (17.4 points per game) Top rebounder: Zach Randolph (10.5 rebounds per game) NBA titles: None Joined NBA: 1995 - - SAN ANTONIO SPURS Regular season record: 55-27 How they qualified: Sixth in West Head coach: Gregg Popovich Top scorer: Kawhi Leonard (16.5 points per game) Top rebounder: Tim Duncan (9.1 rebounds per game) NBA titles: Five (1999, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2014) Joined NBA: 1976 - - DALLAS MAVERICKS Regular season record: 50-32 How they qualified: Seventh in West Head coach: Rick Carlisle Top scorer: Monta Ellis (18.9 points per game) Top rebounder: Tyson Chandler (11.5 points per game) NBA titles: One (2011) Joined NBA: 1980 - - NEW ORLEANS PELICANS Regular season record: 45-37 How they qualified: Eighth in West Head coach: Monty Williams Top scorer: Anthony Davis (24.4 points per game) Top rebounder: Anthony Davis (10.2 rebounds per game) NBA titles: None Joined NBA: 2002 (Compiled By Cameron French in Toronto; Editing by Frank Pingue)