Demonstrators protest Clippers owner Donald Sterling outside the Staples Center at Game five of the NBA playoffs in Los Angeles

Following the National Basketball Association's lifetime ban on Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling, protestors gather outside the Staples Center before the Clippers Game Five against the Golden State Warriors in Los Angeles on April 29, 2014. NBA Commissioner Adam Silver announced today that Sterling was given an lifetime ban, a $2.5 million fine, as well as promising to steer the NBA Board of Governors to force Sterling to sell his NBA franchise. UPI/Jim Ruymen