2009–10 Los Angeles Clippers season

The 2009–10 Los Angeles Clippers season was the 40th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

The season saw the team draft Blake Griffin, but during a preseason game, he went down with a knee injury and was unable to play in what could have been his rookie season.

Key dates

• June 25 – The 2009 NBA draft took place in New York City.
• July 8 – The free agency period started.

Summary

NBA Draft 2009

Draft picks

Roster

Roster notes

• Power forward Blake Griffin missed the entire season due to a left knee injury.
• Guard Kareem Rush becomes the 15th former Laker to play with the crosstown rival Clippers.

Pre-season

Regular season

Standings

Game log

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 1 | October 27 | @ L. A. Lakers | | Eric Gordon (21) | Chris Kaman (16) | Baron Davis (8) | Staples Center<br />18,997 | 0–1 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 2 | October 28 | Phoenix | | Marcus Camby (23) | Marcus Camby (11) | Baron Davis (12) | Staples Center<br />15,974 | 0–2 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 3 | October 30 | @ Utah | | Eric Gordon (22) | Marcus Camby (13) | Baron Davis (4) | EnergySolutions Arena<br />19,911 | 0–3 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 4 | October 31 | Dallas | | Chris Kaman (27) | Chris Kaman (11) | Baron Davis (6) | Staples Center<br />13,626 | 0–4

|- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 5 | November 2 | Minnesota | | Chris Kaman (25) | Marcus Camby (15) | Baron Davis (8) | Staples Center<br />13,614 | 1–4 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 6 | November 6 | @ Golden State | | Eric Gordon, Baron Davis (25) | Marcus Camby (12) | Baron Davis (7) | Oracle Arena<br />18,788 | 2–4 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 7 | November 7 | Memphis | | Chris Kaman (26) | Chris Kaman (9) | Eric Gordon (6) | Staples Center<br />15,399 | 3–4 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 8 | November 9 | New Orleans | | Chris Kaman, Rasual Butler, Ricky Davis (14) | Marcus Camby (11) | Baron Davis (8) | Staples Center<br />14,760 | 3–5 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 9 | November 11 | Oklahoma City | | Chris Kaman (20) | Chris Kaman (11) | Baron Davis (9) | Staples Center<br />14,248 | 3–6 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 10 | November 13 | Toronto | | Chris Kaman (25) | Chris Kaman, Craig Smith (7) | Baron Davis (7) | Staples Center<br />15,615 | 3–7 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 11 | November 15 | @ Oklahoma City | | Chris Kaman (25) | Marcus Camby (9) | Baron Davis (6) | Oklahoma City Arena<br />17,715 | 4–7 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 12 | November 17 | @ New Orleans | | Al Thornton (30) | Marcus Camby (14) | Baron Davis (9) | New Orleans Arena<br />13,116 | 4–8 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 13 | November 18 | @ Memphis | | Baron Davis (23) | Al Thornton, DeAndre Jordan (7) | Sebastian Telfair, Baron Davis (5) | FedEx Forum<br />10,012 | 4–9 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 14 | November 20 | Denver | | Rasual Butler (27) | Chris Kaman (7) | Baron Davis (9) | STAPLES Center<br />18,155 | 5–9 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 15 | November 23 | Minnesota | | Al Thornton (31) | Marcus Camby (18) | Baron Davis (6) | STAPLES Center<br />13,815 | 6–9 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 16 | November 25 | @ Indiana | | Baron Davis (25) | Marcus Camby (21) | Marcus Camby (3) | Conseco Fieldhouse<br />12,356 | 6–10 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 17 | November 27 | @ Detroit | | Chris Kaman (26) | Marcus Camby (9) | Baron Davis (10) | The Palace of Auburn Hills<br />18,954 | 7–10 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 18 | November 29 | Memphis | | Eric Gordon (29) | Marcus Camby (14) | Baron Davis (6) | Staples Center<br />14,854 | 8–10

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 19 | December 2 | Houston | | Baron Davis (20) | Marcus Camby (19) | Baron Davis (6) | Staples Center<br />13,836 | 8–11 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 20 | December 5 | Indiana | | Al Thornton (19) | Marcus Camby (17) | Marcus Camby (6) | Staples Center<br />15,305 | 9–11 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 21 | December 8 | Orlando | | Eric Gordon (21) | Marcus Camby (13) | Baron Davis (11) | Staples Center<br />16,750 | 9–12 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 22 | December 13 | San Antonio | | Baron Davis (20) | Chris Kaman (10) | Baron Davis (6) | Staples Center<br />16,464 | 9–13 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 23 | December 14 | Washington | | Eric Gordon (29) | Marcus Camby (15) | Baron Davis (12) | Staples Center<br />14,511 | 10–13 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 24 | December 16 | @ Minnesota | | Eric Gordon (25) | Marcus Camby (18) | Baron Davis (13) | Target Center<br />12,526 | 11–13 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 25 | December 18 | @ New York | | Chris Kaman (20) | Marcus Camby (13) | Baron Davis (4) | Madison Square Garden<br />19,763 | 11–14 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 26 | December 19 | @ Philadelphia | | Chris Kaman (24) | Marcus Camby (22) | Baron Davis (13) | Wachovia Center<br />13,752 | 12–14 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 27 | December 21 | @ San Antonio | | Chris Kaman (23) | Chris Kaman (15) | Baron Davis, Sebastian Telfair (6) | AT&T Center<br />17,451 | 12–15 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 28 | December 22 | @ Houston | | Chris Kaman (29) | Marcus Camby (19) | Baron Davis (9) | Toyota Center<br />17,128 | 12–16 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 29 | December 25 | @ Phoenix | | Rasual Butler (22) | Chris Kaman (10) | Baron Davis (8) | US Airways Center<br />16,709 | 12–17 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 30 | December 27 | Boston | | Chris Kaman (27) | Chris Kaman (12) | Baron Davis (13) | Staples Center<br />19,060 | 13–17 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 31 | December 30 | @ Portland | | Chris Kaman (25) | Marcus Camby (11) | Baron Davis (11) | Rose Garden Arena<br />20,505 | 13–18 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 32 | December 31 | Philadelphia | | Chris Kaman (26) | Chris Kaman, Marcus Camby (10) | Baron Davis (7) | Staples Center<br />15,257 | 14–18

|- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 33 | January 4 | Portland | | Chris Kaman (20) | Marcus Camby (15) | Baron Davis (9) | Staples Center<br />15,104 | 15–18 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 34 | January 6 | L. A. Lakers | | Baron Davis (25) | Marcus Camby (14) | Baron Davis (10) | Staples Center<br />19,388 | 16–18 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 35 | January 10 | Miami | | Chris Kaman (22) | Marcus Camby (17) | Baron Davis (14) | Staples Center<br />19,060 | 17–18 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 36 | January 12 | @ Memphis | | Baron Davis (27) | Baron Davis (12) | Baron Davis (12) | FedEx Forum<br />11,004 | 17–19 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 37 | January 13 | @ New Orleans | | Baron Davis (19) | Marcus Camby (20) | Baron Davis (6) | New Orleans Arena<br />14,348 | 17–20 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 38 | January 15 | @ Lakers | | Craig Smith, Eric Gordon (17) | Marcus Camby (11) | Sebastian Telfair (11) | Staples Center<br />18,997 | 17–21 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 39 | January 16 | Cleveland | | Rasual Butler (33) | Marcus Camby (9) | Baron Davis (8) | Staples Center<br />19,277 | 17–22 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 40 | January 18 | New Jersey | | Chris Kaman (22) | Marcus Camby (14) | Baron Davis, Sebastian Telfair (9) | Staples Center<br />14,533 | 18–22 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 41 | January 20 | Chicago | | Baron Davis (23) | Marcus Camby (25) | Baron Davis, Ricky Davis (6) | Staples Center<br />16,794 | 19–22 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 42 | January 21 | @ Denver | | Craig Smith (21) | Craig Smith, Marcus Camby (6) | Baron Davis (9) | Pepsi Center<br />15,343 | 19–23 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 43 | January 24 | @ Washington | | Chris Kaman (20) | Marcus Camby (19) | Baron Davis (11) | Verizon Center<br />12,356 | 20–23 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 44 | January 25 | @ Boston | | Rasual Butler (17) | Marcus Camby (14) | Baron Davis (7) | TD Garden<br />18,624 | 20–24 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 45 | January 27 | New Jersey | | Chris Kaman (24) | Chris Kaman (11) | Bobby Brown (5) | Izod Center<br />9,220 | 20–25 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 46 | January 29 | @ Minnesota | | Baron Davis (28) | Marcus Camby (20) | Marcus Camby, Baron Davis (5) | Target Center<br />13,398 | 20–26 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 47 | January 31 | @ Cleveland | | Baron Davis (30) | DeAndre Jordan (13) | Baron Davis (7) | Quicken Loans Arena<br />20,562 | 20–27

|- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 48 | February 2 | @ Chicago | | Eric Gordon (24) | Chris Kaman (11) | Baron Davis (7) | United Center<br />19,335 | 21–27 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 49 | February 3 | @ Atlanta | | Chris Kaman, Eric Gordon (17) | Marcus Camby (20) | Marcus Camby, Baron Davis (6) | Philips Arena<br />13,303 | 21–28 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 50 | February 6 | San Antonio | | Chris Kaman (21) | Marcus Camby (12) | Baron Davis (9) | Staples Center<br />18,258 | 21–29 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 51 | February 9 | Utah | | Chris Kaman (19) | Marcus Camby (15) | Baron Davis (9) | Staples Center<br />15,467 | 21–30 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 52 | February 10 | @ Golden State | | Al Thornton (18) | DeAndre Jordan, Marcus Camby (8) | Baron Davis (7) | Oracle Arena<br />17,230 | 21–31 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 53 | February 16 | @ Portland | | Eric Gordon (20) | DeAndre Jordan (11) | Bobby Brown (5) | Rose Garden Arena<br />20,265 | 21–32 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 54 | February 17 | Atlanta | | Chris Kaman (21) | Chris Kaman (10) | Steve Blake (9) | Staples Center<br />15,485 | 21–33 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 55 | February 20 | Sacramento | | Eric Gordon (30) | Chris Kaman (16) | Steve Blake (12) | Staples Center<br />17,903 | 22–33 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 56 | February 22 | Charlotte | | Rasual Butler (20) | Chris Kaman (13) | Baron Davis (10) | Staples Center<br />15,892 | 23–33 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 57 | February 24 | Detroit | | Chris Kaman (21) | Chris Kaman (15) | Baron Davis (7) | Staples Center<br />16,095 | 24–33 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 58 | February 26 | @ Phoenix | | Eric Gordon (25) | Drew Gooden (9) | Steve Blake (9) | US Airways Center<br />18,043 | 24–34 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 59 | February 28 | @ Sacramento | | Chris Kaman (18) | Chris Kaman (11) | Baron Davis (8) | Power Balance Pavilion<br />13,071 | 24–35

|- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 60 | March 1 | Utah | | Eric Gordon (24) | Chris Kaman (14) | Baron Davis (12) | Staples Center<br />15,422 | 25–35 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 61 | March 3 | Phoenix | | Chris Kaman (24) | Chris Kaman (9) | Baron Davis (11) | Staples Center<br />17,455 | 25–36 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 62 | March 5 | Oklahoma City | | Chris Kaman, Craig Smith (19) | Chris Kaman (15) | Baron Davis (6) | Staples Center<br />18,497 | 25–37 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 63 | March 6 | @ Utah | | Drew Gooden (20) | Chris Kaman (13) | Baron Davis (8) | EnergySolutions Arena<br />19,911 | 25–38 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 64 | March 9 | @ Orlando | | Baron Davis (16) | Drew Gooden (14) | Baron Davis (9) | Amway Arena<br />17,461 | 25–39 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 65 | March 10 | @ Miami | | Rasual Butler (31) | Drew Gooden (9) | Baron Davis (9) | AmericanAirlines Arena<br />14,785 | 25–40 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 66 | March 12 | @ Charlotte | | Baron Davis (24) | Chris Kaman (11) | Steve Blake (9) | Time Warner Cable Arena<br />15,835 | 25–41 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 67 | March 13 | @ San Antonio | | Baron Davis (24) | Chris Kaman (11) | Steve Blake (9) | AT&T Center<br />18,581 | 25–42 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 68 | March 15 | New Orleans | | Rasual Butler (19) | DeAndre Jordan (11) | Baron Davis (17) | Staples Center<br />15,617 | 25–43 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 69 | March 17 | Milwaukee | | Chris Kaman (20) | Drew Gooden (11) | Steve Blake (8) | Staples Center<br />15,241 | 26–43 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 70 | March 21 | Sacramento | | Eric Gordon (23) | Chris Kaman (9) | Steve Blake (6) | Staples Center<br />17,233 | 26–44 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 71 | March 23 | @ Dallas | | Drew Gooden (26) | Drew Gooden (20) | Baron Davis (13) | American Airlines Center<br />19,705 | 26–45 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 72 | March 25 | @ Houston | | Craig Smith (25) | Drew Gooden (14) | Baron Davis (8) | Toyota Center<br />15,201 | 27–45 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 73 | March 28 | Golden State | | Rasual Butler (21) | Chris Kaman (13) | Baron Davis (7) | Staples Center<br />17,868 | 27–46 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 74 | March 30 | @ Milwaukee | | Drew Gooden (20) | DeAndre Jordan (13) | Eric Gordon, Steve Blake (6) | Bradley Center<br />14,321 | 27–47 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 75 | March 31 | @ Toronto | | Chris Kaman (22) | Chris Kaman (13) | Steve Blake (12) | Air Canada Centre<br />16,106 | 27–48

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 76 | April 3 | @ Denver | | Eric Gordon (23) | Chris Kaman (11) | Steve Blake (8) | Pepsi Center<br />19,155 | 27–49 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 77 | April 4 | New York | | Baron Davis (23) | Chris Kaman (16) | Baron Davis (11) | Staples Center<br />16,083 | 27–50 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 78 | April 7 | Portland | | Rasual Butler, Chris Kaman, Steve Blake (14) | DeAndre Jordan (11) | Baron Davis (8) | Staples Center<br />16,790 | 27–51 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 79 | April 8 | @ Sacramento | | Chris Kaman (23) | DeAndre Jordan (10) | Baron Davis (10) | Power Balance Pavilion<br />11,418 | 27–52 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 80 | April 10 | Golden State | | Chris Kaman (27) | DeAndre Jordan (15) | Steve Blake (9) | Staples Center<br />17,476 | 28–52 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 81 | April 12 | Dallas | | Chris Kaman (17) | DeAndre Jordan (13) | Steve Blake (13) | Staples Center<br />17,838 | 28–53 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 82 | April 14 | Lakers | | Steve Blake (23) | Steve Blake, Travis Outlaw (10) | Steve Blake (11) | Staples Center<br />20,044 | 29–53

Player statistics

Regular season

Awards, records and milestones

Awards

All-Star

• Chris Kaman selected as a reserve center for the Western Conference All-Stars. Kaman was chosen as a replacement for the injured Brandon Roy on the roster.

Injuries and surgeries

Transactions

Trades

Free agents

Re-signed

Additions

Subtractions

References

External links

• 2009–10 Los Angeles Clippers season at ESPN
• 2009–10 Los Angeles Clippers season at Basketball Reference