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NBA-Profiles of NBA Western Conference playoff teams

April 17 (Reuters) - Brief profiles of the eight Western Conference teams that qualified for the 2014 National Basketball Association (NBA) playoffs: SAN ANTONIO SPURS Regular season record: 62-20 How they qualified: Won Southwest Division Head coach: Gregg Popovich Top scorer: Tony Parker (16.7 points per game) Top rebounder: Tim Duncan (9.7 rebounds per game) NBA titles: Four (1999, 2003, 2005, 2007) Joined NBA: 1976 - - OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER Regular season record: 59-23 How they qualified: Won Northwest Division Head coach: Scott Brooks Top scorer: Kevin Durant (32 points per game) Top rebounder: Serge Ibaka (8.8 rebounds per game) NBA titles: *One (1979) Joined NBA: 1967 - - LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS Regular season record: 57-25 How they qualified: Won Pacific Division Head coach: Doc Rivers Top scorer: Blake Griffin (24.1 points per game) Top rebounder: DeAndre Jordan (13.6 rebounds per game) NBA titles: None Joined NBA: 1970 - - HOUSTON ROCKETS Regular season record: 54-28 How they qualified: Fourth in West Head coach: Kevin McHale Top scorer: James Harden (25.4 points per game) Top rebounder: Dwight Howard (12.2 rebounds per game) NBA titles: Two (1994, 1995) Joined NBA: 1967 - - PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS Regular season record: 54-28 How they qualified: Fifth in West Head coach: Terry Stotts Top scorer: LaMarcus Aldridge (23.2 points per game) Top rebounder: LaMarcus Aldridge (11.1 rebounds per game) NBA titles: One (1977) Joined NBA: 1970 - - GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS Regular season record: 51-31 How they qualified: Sixth in West Head coach: Mark Jackson Top scorer: Stephen Curry (24 points per game) Top rebounder: Andrew Bogut (10 rebounds per game) NBA titles: Two (*1956, 1975) Joined NBA: 1946 - - MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES Regular season record: 50-32 How they qualified: Seventh in West Head coach: David Joerger Top scorer: Zach Randolph (17.4 points per game) Top rebounder: Zach Randolph (10.1 rebounds per game) NBA titles: None Joined NBA: 1995 - - DALLAS MAVERICKS Regular season record: 49-33 How they qualified: Eighth in West Head coach: Rick Carlisle Top scorer: Dirk Nowitzki (21.7 points per game) Top rebounder: Samuel Dalembert (6.8 points per game) NBA titles: One (2011) Joined NBA: 1980 - - * As Philadelphia Warriors (Compiled by Frank Pingue in Toronto; Editing by Steve Keating)