2009–10 Los Angeles Clippers season

{{short description|NBA professional basketball team season}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}

{{Infobox NBA season

| team = Los Angeles Clippers

| end_year = 2010

| wins = 29

| losses = 53

| division = pacific

| division_place = 3rd

| conf_place = 12th

| coach = Mike Dunleavy
Kim Hughes

| owners = Donald Sterling

| arena = Staples Center

| television = Prime Ticket

| radio = KFWB

| playoffs = Did not qualify

| bbr_team = LAC

}}

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

Summary

=NBA Draft 2009=

{{main|2009 NBA draft}}

Draft picks

{{main|2009 NBA draft}}

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! style="background:#CC0033; color:white" width="10%"| Round

! style="background:#CC0033; color:white" width="10%"| Pick

! style="background:#CC0033; color:white" width="20%"| Player

! style="background:#CC0033; color:white" width="15%"| Position

! style="background:#CC0033; color:white" width="15%"| Nationality

! style="background:#CC0033; color:white" width="20%"| College/Team

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| 1

| 1

| Blake Griffin

| PF

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Oklahoma

Roster

{{NBA roster header|team=Los Angeles Clippers|season=2009–10

| bg1 = #E30022 | color1 = #FFFFFF

| bg2 = #1A2E8B | color2 = #FFFFFF

}}

{{player2 | num = 2 | first = Steve | last = Blake | pos = G | ft = 6 | in = 3 | lbs = 172 | college = Maryland }}

{{player2 | num = 6 | first = Bobby | last = Brown | dab = basketball | pos = G | ft = 6 | in = 2 | lbs = 175 | college = Cal State Fullerton }}

{{player2 | num = 45 | first = Rasual | last = Butler | pos = G/F | ft = 6 | in = 7 | lbs = 205 | college = La Salle }}

{{player2 | num = 25 | first = Mardy | last = Collins | pos = G | ft = 6 | in = 6 | lbs = 220 | college = Temple }}

{{player2 | num = 1 | first = Baron | last = Davis | pos = G | ft = 6 | in = 3 | lbs = 215 | college = UCLA | inj = yes }}

{{player2 | num = 0 | first = Drew | last = Gooden | pos = F | ft = 6 | in = 10 | lbs = 250 | college = Kansas }}

{{player2 | num = 10 | first = Eric | last = Gordon | pos = G | ft = 6 | in = 3 | lbs = 222 | college = Indiana | note = IN }}

{{player2 | num = 32 | first = Blake | last = Griffin | pos = F | ft = 6 | in = 10 | lbs = 251 | college = Oklahoma | inj = yes | note = IN }}

{{player2 | num = 9 | first = DeAndre | last = Jordan | pos = F/C | ft = 6 | in = 11 | lbs = 250 | college = Texas A&M }}

{{player2 | num = 35 | first = Chris | last = Kaman | pos = C | ft = 7 | in = 0 | lbs = 265 | college = Central Michigan }}

{{player2 | num = 20 | first = Steve | last = Novak | pos = F | ft = 6 | in = 10 | lbs = 220 | college = Marquette }}

{{player2 | num = 34 | first = Travis | last = Outlaw | pos = F | ft = 6 | in = 9 | lbs = 207 | college = Starkville HS (MS) | inj = yes }}

{{player2 | num = 8 | first = Brian | last = Skinner | pos = F/C | ft = 6 | in = 11 | lbs = 215 | college = Baylor }}

{{player2 | num = 5 | first = Craig | last = Smith | dab = basketball, born 1983 |pos = F | ft = 6 | in = 7 | lbs = 250 | college = Boston College | inj = yes }}

{{NBA roster footer

| head_coach =

| asst_coach =

| ath_train =

  • Jasen Powell ({{college|Cal Poly Pomona}})

}}

=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

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colspan=11 style="background:#cc0033; color: #FFFFFF;" | 2009 Pre-season Game Log: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0)
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| #

DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordRecap
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| 1

October 20Maccabi Tel Aviv (Israel)Los Angeles Clippers

Regular season

=Standings=

{{2009–10 NBA Pacific standings|team=LAC}}

{{2009–10 NBA West standings|team=LAC}}

=Record vs. opponents=

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colspan=31|2009-10 NBA Records
width=100|Team

!style="background:#00004d;color:#C41E3a;width=35"|ATL

!style="background:#006400;color:#FFFFFF;width=35"|BOS

!style="background:#253E6A;color:#DF5106;width=35"|CHA

!style="background:#FF0000;color:#000000;width=35"|CHI

!style="background:#9F1F32;color:#001D43;width=35"|CLE

!style="background:#0055BA;color:#898D8F;width=35"|DAL

!style="background:#4C92CC;color:#FDB827;width=35"|DEN

!style="background:#006BB7;color:#ED164B;width=35"|DET

!style="background:#072E63;color:#DC5A34;width=35"|GSW

!style="background:#D31145;color:#CBD4D8;width=35"|HOU

!style="background:#000080;color:#FFD700;width=35"|IND

!style="background:#F9160D;color:#1A2E8B;width=35"|LAC

!style="background:#800080;color:#FFD700;width=35"|LAL

!style="background:#00265B;color:#BAD1EB;width=35"|MEM

!style="background:#000000;color:#8B0000;width=35"|MIA

!style="background:#00471B;color:#AC1A2F;width=35"|MIL

!style="background:#044D80;color:#000000;width=35"|MIN

!style="background:#12305B;color:#C4CED4;width=35"|NJN

!style="background:#0093B1;color:#FDB827;width=35"|NOH

!style="background:#0000FF;color:#FF8C00;width=35"|NYK

!style="background:#007DC3;color:#F05033;width=35"|OKC

!style="background:#0000FF;color:#000000;width=35"|ORL

!style="background:#FF0000;color:#0000FF;width=35"|PHI

!style="background:#800080;color:#FF4500;width=35"|PHO

!style="background:#000000;color:#FF0000;width=35"|POR

!style="background:#6846A8;color:#FFFFFF;width=35"|SAC

!style="background:#000000;color:#C0C0C0;width=35"|SAS

!style="background:#FF0000;color:#000000;width=35"|TOR

!style="background:#042A5C;color:#4C8ECC;width=35"|UTA

!style="background:#044D7D;color:#BC7A44;width=35"|WAS

style="text-align:left;" | Atlanta4–02–23–11–31–11–12–21–12–03–02–01–12–01–32–12–03–01–11–30–21–32–11–12–02–01–13–12–04–0
style="text-align:left;" | Boston0–43–02–22–21–11–12–11–11–12–11–11–11–13–02–22–03–11–13–11–11–33–10–22–02–01–14–01–13–1
style="text-align:left;" | Charlotte2–20–31–33–10–21–12–12–01–11–21–11–12–03–12–22–02–21–12–21–11–33–12–00–22–01–11–20–24–0
style="text-align:left;" | Chicago1–32–23–12–20–20–24–01–12–03–10–20–20–21–31–32–01–22–03–11–11–23–11–11–11–12–01–20–22–1
style="text-align:left;" | Cleveland3–12–21–32–21–10–24–02–01–13–12–02–01–13–03–12–04–02–03–02–02–23–02–02–02–01–13–11–12–1
style="text-align:left;" | Dallas1–11–12–02–01–12–12–03–12–22–03–02–23–12–02–03–12–02–21–12–21–11–12–11–34–03–11–11–21–1
style="text-align:left;" | Denver1–11–11–12–02–01–21–14–02–12–02–13–13–11–10–23–12–03–11–13–11–11–11–33–11–22–22–03–11–1
style="text-align:left;" | Detroit2–21–21–20–40–40–21–11–11–10–40–20–21–11–22–22–02–11–11–30–21–33–10–20–21–11–10–40–24–0
style="text-align:left;" | Golden State1–11–10–21–10–21–30–41–10–31–12–20–42–20–20–23–02–01–32–01–30–20–21–32–22–20–32–00–30–2
style="text-align:left;" | Houston0–21–11–10–21–12–21–21–13–00–22–11–34–00–22–03–02–01–32–03–10–21–10–42–22–22–21–12–22–0
style="text-align:left;" | Indiana0–31–22–11–31–30–20–24–01–12–01–10–20–20–40–41–14–00–22–21–11–32–11–10–21–10–22–21–13–1
style="text-align:left;" | L.A. Clippers0–21–11–12–00–20–31–22–02–21–21–12–22–21–11–13–11–10–40–21–20–22–00–41–31–30–40–21–32–0
style="text-align:left;" | L.A. Lakers1–11–11–12–00–22–21–32–04–03–12–02–22–11–12–03–02–02–12–03–11–12–03–11–24–02–21–13–12–0
style="text-align:left;" | Memphis0–21–10–22–01–11–31–31–12–20–42–02–21–21–10–23–12–02–22–01–21–11–12–22–22–12–22–01–22–0
style="text-align:left;" | Miami3–10–31–33–10–30–21–12–12–02–04–01–11–11–11–31–14–01–13–00–22–24–01–11–12–00–22–21–13–1
style="text-align:left;" | Milwaukee1–22–22–23–11–30–22–02–22–00–24–02–00–22–03–12–04–01–13–01–10–32–11–11–11–10–22–11–12–2
style="text-align:left;" | Minnesota0–20–20–20–20–21–31–30–20–30–31–11–30–31–31–10–22–00–41–10–40–21–10–40–42–20–30–22–21–1
style="text-align:left;" | New Jersey0–31–32–22–10–40–20–21–20–20–20–41–10–20–20–40–40–21–12–20–20–30–40–20–21–11–10–40–20–4
style="text-align:left;" | New Orleans1–11–11–10–20–22–21–31–13–13–12–04–01–22–21–11–14–01–10–21–21–10–21–31–22–10–40–21–31–1
style="text-align:left;" | New York3–11–32–21–30–31–11–13–10–20–22–22–00–20–20–30–31–12–22–00–20–33–11–11–10–20–20–40–23–1
style="text-align:left;" | Oklahoma City2–01–11–11–10–22–21–32–03–11–31–12–11–32–12–01–14–02–02–12–01–12–02–11–33–11–32–03–12–0
style="text-align:left;" | Orlando3–13–13–12–12–21–11–13–12–02–03–12–01–11–12–23–02–03–01–13–01–14–01–11–12–01–13–11–12–2
style="text-align:left;" | Philadelphia1–21–31–31–30–31–11–11–32–01–11–20–20–21–10–42–21–14–02–01–30–20–40–21–12–01–11–30–20–3
style="text-align:left;" | Phoenix1–12–00–21–10–21–23–12–03–14–01–14–01–32–21–11–14–02–03–11–11–21–12–01–24–02–12–02–22–0
style="text-align:left;" | Portland0–20–22–01–10–23–11–32–02–22–22–03–12–12–21–11–14–02–02–11–13–11–11–12–14–03–02–00–41–1
style="text-align:left;" | Sacramento0–20–20–21–10–20–42–11–12–22–21–13–10–41–20–21–12–21–11–22–01–30–20–20–40–40–41–12–11–1
style="text-align:left;" | San Antonio1–11–11–10–21–11–32–21–13–02–22–04–02–22–22–02–03–01–14–02–03–11–11–11–20–34–01–10–42–0
style="text-align:left;" | Toronto1–30–42–12–11–31–10–24–00–21–12–22–01–10–22–21–22–04–02–04–00–21–33–10–20–21–11–10–22–1
style="text-align:left;" | Utah0–21–12–02–01–12–11–32–03–02–21–13–11–32–11–11–12–22–03–12–01–31–12–02–24–01–24–02–02–0
style="text-align:left;" | Washington0–41–30–41–21–21–11–10–42–00–21–30–20–20–21–32–21–14–01–11–30–22–23–00–21–11–10–21–20–2

=Game log=

{{NBA game log start|Los Angeles Clippers|end_year=2010}}

{{NBA game log section|Los Angeles Clippers|October|first=yes|

| home_wins = 0

| home_losses = 2

| road_wins = 0

| road_losses = 2

}}

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 1

| October 27

| @ L. A. Lakers

| {{NBA game|date=20091027|id=LACLAL|pf=92|pa=99}}

| Eric Gordon (21)

| Chris Kaman (16)

| Baron Davis (8)

| Staples Center
18,997

| 0–1

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 2

| October 28

| Phoenix

| {{NBA game|date=20091028|id=PHXLAC|pf=107|pa=109}}

| Marcus Camby (23)

| Marcus Camby (11)

| Baron Davis (12)

| Staples Center
15,974

| 0–2

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 3

| October 30

| @ Utah

| {{NBA game|date=20091030|id=LACUTA|pf=98|pa=111}}

| Eric Gordon (22)

| Marcus Camby (13)

| Baron Davis (4)

| EnergySolutions Arena
19,911

| 0–3

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 4

| October 31

| Dallas

| {{NBA game|date=20091031|id=DALLAC|pf=84|pa=93}}

| Chris Kaman (27)

| Chris Kaman (11)

| Baron Davis (6)

| Staples Center
13,626

| 0–4

{{NBA game log section|Los Angeles Clippers|November|

| home_wins = 5

| home_losses = 3

| road_wins = 3

| road_losses = 3

}}

|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 5

| November 2

| Minnesota

| {{NBA game br|date=20091102|home=LAC|pf=93|pa=90}}

| Chris Kaman (25)

| Marcus Camby (15)

| Baron Davis (8)

| Staples Center
13,614

| 1–4

|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 6

| November 6

| @ Golden State

| {{NBA game br|date=20091106|home=GSW|pf=118|pa=90}}

| Eric Gordon, Baron Davis (25)

| Marcus Camby (12)

| Baron Davis (7)

| Oracle Arena
18,788

| 2–4

|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 7

| November 7

| Memphis

| {{NBA game br|date=20091107|home=LAC|pf=113|pa=110}}

| Chris Kaman (26)

| Chris Kaman (9)

| Eric Gordon (6)

| Staples Center
15,399

| 3–4

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 8

| November 9

| New Orleans

| {{NBA game br|date=20091109|home=LAC|pf=84|pa=112}}

| Chris Kaman, Rasual Butler, Ricky Davis (14)

| Marcus Camby (11)

| Baron Davis (8)

| Staples Center
14,760

| 3–5

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 9

| November 11

| Oklahoma City

| {{NBA game br|date=20091111|home=LAC|pf=79|pa=83}}

| Chris Kaman (20)

| Chris Kaman (11)

| Baron Davis (9)

| Staples Center
14,248

| 3–6

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 10

| November 13

| Toronto

| {{NBA game br|date=20091113|home=LAC|pf=89|pa=104}}

| Chris Kaman (25)

| Chris Kaman, Craig Smith (7)

| Baron Davis (7)

| Staples Center
15,615

| 3–7

|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 11

| November 15

| @ Oklahoma City

| {{NBA game br|date=20091115|home=OKC|pf=101|pa=93}}

| Chris Kaman (25)

| Marcus Camby (9)

| Baron Davis (6)

| Oklahoma City Arena
17,715

| 4–7

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 12

| November 17

| @ New Orleans

| {{NBA game br|date=20091117|home=NOH|pf=102|pa=110}}

| Al Thornton (30)

| Marcus Camby (14)

| Baron Davis (9)

| New Orleans Arena
13,116

| 4–8

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 13

| November 18

| @ Memphis

| {{NBA game br|date=20091118|home=MEM|pf=91|pa=106}}

| Baron Davis (23)

| Al Thornton, DeAndre Jordan (7)

| Sebastian Telfair, Baron Davis (5)

| FedEx Forum
10,012

| 4–9

|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 14

| November 20

| Denver

| {{NBA game br|date=20091120|home=LAC|pf=106|pa=99}}

| Rasual Butler (27)

| Chris Kaman (7)

| Baron Davis (9)

| STAPLES Center
18,155

| 5–9

|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 15

| November 23

| Minnesota

| {{NBA game br|date=20091123|home=LAC|pf=91|pa=87}}

| Al Thornton (31)

| Marcus Camby (18)

| Baron Davis (6)

| STAPLES Center
13,815

| 6–9

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 16

| November 25

| @ Indiana

| {{NBA game br|date=20091125|home=IND|pf=73|pa=86}}

| Baron Davis (25)

| Marcus Camby (21)

| Marcus Camby (3)

| Conseco Fieldhouse
12,356

| 6–10

|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 17

| November 27

| @ Detroit

| {{NBA game br|date=20091127|home=DET|pf=104|pa=96}}

| Chris Kaman (26)

| Marcus Camby (9)

| Baron Davis (10)

| The Palace of Auburn Hills
18,954

| 7–10

|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 18

| November 29

| Memphis

| {{NBA game br|date=20091129|home=LAC|pf=98|pa=88}}

| Eric Gordon (29)

| Marcus Camby (14)

| Baron Davis (6)

| Staples Center
14,854

| 8–10

{{NBA game log section|Los Angeles Clippers|December|

| home_wins = 4

| home_losses = 3

| road_wins = 2

| road_losses = 5

}}

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 19

| December 2

| Houston

| {{NBA game br|date=20091202|home=LAC|pf=85|pa=102}}

| Baron Davis (20)

| Marcus Camby (19)

| Baron Davis (6)

| Staples Center
13,836

| 8–11

|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 20

| December 5

| Indiana

| {{NBA game br|date=20091205|home=LAC|pf=88|pa=72}}

| Al Thornton (19)

| Marcus Camby (17)

| Marcus Camby (6)

| Staples Center
15,305

| 9–11

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 21

| December 8

| Orlando

| {{NBA game br|date=20091208|home=LAC|pf=86|pa=97}}

| Eric Gordon (21)

| Marcus Camby (13)

| Baron Davis (11)

| Staples Center
16,750

| 9–12

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 22

| December 13

| San Antonio

| {{NBA game br|date=20091213|home=LAC|pf=90|pa=115}}

| Baron Davis (20)

| Chris Kaman (10)

| Baron Davis (6)

| Staples Center
16,464

| 9–13

|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 23

| December 14

| Washington

| {{NBA game br|date=20091214|home=LAC|pf=97|pa=95}}

| Eric Gordon (29)

| Marcus Camby (15)

| Baron Davis (12)

| Staples Center
14,511

| 10–13

|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 24

| December 16

| @ Minnesota

| {{NBA game br|date=20091216|home=MIN|pf=120|pa=95}}

| Eric Gordon (25)

| Marcus Camby (18)

| Baron Davis (13)

| Target Center
12,526

| 11–13

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 25

| December 18

| @ New York

| {{NBA game br|date=20091218|home=NYK|pf=91|pa=95}}

| Chris Kaman (20)

| Marcus Camby (13)

| Baron Davis (4)

| Madison Square Garden
19,763

| 11–14

|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 26

| December 19

| @ Philadelphia

| {{NBA game br|date=20091219|home=PHI|pf=112|pa=107|ot=1}}

| Chris Kaman (24)

| Marcus Camby (22)

| Baron Davis (13)

| Wachovia Center
13,752

| 12–14

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 27

| December 21

| @ San Antonio

| {{NBA game br|date=20091221|home=SAS|pf=87|pa=103}}

| Chris Kaman (23)

| Chris Kaman (15)

| Baron Davis, Sebastian Telfair (6)

| AT&T Center
17,451

| 12–15

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 28

| December 22

| @ Houston

| {{NBA game br|date=20091222|home=HOU|pf=99|pa=108}}

| Chris Kaman (29)

| Marcus Camby (19)

| Baron Davis (9)

| Toyota Center
17,128

| 12–16

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 29

| December 25

| @ Phoenix

| {{NBA game br|date=20091225|home=PHO|pf=93|pa=124}}

| Rasual Butler (22)

| Chris Kaman (10)

| Baron Davis (8)

| US Airways Center
16,709

| 12–17

|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 30

| December 27

| Boston

| {{NBA game br|date=20091227|home=LAC|pf=92|pa=90}}

| Chris Kaman (27)

| Chris Kaman (12)

| Baron Davis (13)

| Staples Center
19,060

| 13–17

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 31

| December 30

| @ Portland

| {{NBA game br|date=20091230|home=POR|pf=99|pa=103}}

| Chris Kaman (25)

| Marcus Camby (11)

| Baron Davis (11)

| Rose Garden Arena
20,505

| 13–18

|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 32

| December 31

| Philadelphia

| {{NBA game br|date=20091231|home=LAC|pf=104|pa=88}}

| Chris Kaman (26)

| Chris Kaman, Marcus Camby (10)

| Baron Davis (7)

| Staples Center
15,257

| 14–18

{{NBA game log section|Los Angeles Clippers|January|

| home_wins = 5

| home_losses = 1

| road_wins = 1

| road_losses = 8

}}

|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 33

| January 4

| Portland

| {{NBA game br|date=20100104|home=LAC|pf=105|pa=95}}

| Chris Kaman (20)

| Marcus Camby (15)

| Baron Davis (9)

| Staples Center
15,104

| 15–18

|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 34

| January 6

| L. A. Lakers

| {{NBA game br|date=20100106|home=LAC|pf=102|pa=91}}

| Baron Davis (25)

| Marcus Camby (14)

| Baron Davis (10)

| Staples Center
19,388

| 16–18

|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 35

| January 10

| Miami

| {{NBA game br|date=20100110|home=LAC|pf=94|pa=84}}

| Chris Kaman (22)

| Marcus Camby (17)

| Baron Davis (14)

| Staples Center
19,060

| 17–18

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 36

| January 12

| @ Memphis

| {{NBA game br|date=20100112|home=MEM|pf=102|pa=104}}

| Baron Davis (27)

| Baron Davis (12)

| Baron Davis (12)

| FedEx Forum
11,004

| 17–19

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 37

| January 13

| @ New Orleans

| {{NBA game br|date=20100113|home=NOH|pf=94|pa=108}}

| Baron Davis (19)

| Marcus Camby (20)

| Baron Davis (6)

| New Orleans Arena
14,348

| 17–20

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 38

| January 15

| @ Lakers

| {{NBA game br|date=20100115|home=LAL|pf=86|pa=126}}

| Craig Smith, Eric Gordon (17)

| Marcus Camby (11)

| Sebastian Telfair (11)

| Staples Center
18,997

| 17–21

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 39

| January 16

| Cleveland

| {{NBA game br|date=20100116|home=LAC|pf=101|pa=102}}

| Rasual Butler (33)

| Marcus Camby (9)

| Baron Davis (8)

| Staples Center
19,277

| 17–22

|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 40

| January 18

| New Jersey

| {{NBA game br|date=20100118|home=LAC|pf=106|pa=95}}

| Chris Kaman (22)

| Marcus Camby (14)

| Baron Davis, Sebastian Telfair (9)

| Staples Center
14,533

| 18–22

|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 41

| January 20

| Chicago

| {{NBA game br|date=20100120|home=LAC|pf=104|pa=97}}

| Baron Davis (23)

| Marcus Camby (25)

| Baron Davis, Ricky Davis (6)

| Staples Center
16,794

| 19–22

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 42

| January 21

| @ Denver

| {{NBA game br|date=20100121|home=DEN|pf=85|pa=105}}

| Craig Smith (21)

| Craig Smith, Marcus Camby (6)

| Baron Davis (9)

| Pepsi Center
15,343

| 19–23

|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 43

| January 24

| @ Washington

| {{NBA game br|date=20100124|home=WAS|pf=92|pa=78}}

| Chris Kaman (20)

| Marcus Camby (19)

| Baron Davis (11)

| Verizon Center
12,356

| 20–23

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 44

| January 25

| @ Boston

| {{NBA game br|date=20100125|home=BOS|pf=89|pa=95}}

| Rasual Butler (17)

| Marcus Camby (14)

| Baron Davis (7)

| TD Garden
18,624

| 20–24

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 45

| January 27

| New Jersey

| {{NBA game br|date=20100127|home=NJN|pf=87|pa=103}}

| Chris Kaman (24)

| Chris Kaman (11)

| Bobby Brown (5)

| Izod Center
9,220

| 20–25

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 46

| January 29

| @ Minnesota

| {{NBA game br|date=20100129|home=MIN|pf=97|pa=111}}

| Baron Davis (28)

| Marcus Camby (20)

| Marcus Camby, Baron Davis (5)

| Target Center
13,398

| 20–26

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 47

| January 31

| @ Cleveland

| {{NBA game br|date=20100131|home=CLE|pf=89|pa=114}}

| Baron Davis (30)

| DeAndre Jordan (13)

| Baron Davis (7)

| Quicken Loans Arena
20,562

| 20–27

{{NBA game log section|Los Angeles Clippers|February|

| home_wins = 3

| home_losses = 3

| road_wins = 1

| road_losses = 5

}}

|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 48

| February 2

| @ Chicago

| {{NBA game br|date=20100202|home=CHI|pf=90|pa=82}}

| Eric Gordon (24)

| Chris Kaman (11)

| Baron Davis (7)

| United Center
19,335

| 21–27

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 49

| February 3

| @ Atlanta

| {{NBA game br|date=20100203|home=ATL|pf=97|pa=103}}

| Chris Kaman, Eric Gordon (17)

| Marcus Camby (20)

| Marcus Camby, Baron Davis (6)

| Philips Arena
13,303

| 21–28

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 50

| February 6

| San Antonio

| {{NBA game br|date=20100206|home=LAC|pf=81|pa=98}}

| Chris Kaman (21)

| Marcus Camby (12)

| Baron Davis (9)

| Staples Center
18,258

| 21–29

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 51

| February 9

| Utah

| {{NBA game br|date=20100209|home=LAC|pf=99|pa=109}}

| Chris Kaman (19)

| Marcus Camby (15)

| Baron Davis (9)

| Staples Center
15,467

| 21–30

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 52

| February 10

| @ Golden State

| {{NBA game br|date=20100210|home=GSW|pf=102|pa=132}}

| Al Thornton (18)

| DeAndre Jordan, Marcus Camby (8)

| Baron Davis (7)

| Oracle Arena
17,230

| 21–31

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 53

| February 16

| @ Portland

| {{NBA game br|date=20100216|home=POR|pf=87|pa=109}}

| Eric Gordon (20)

| DeAndre Jordan (11)

| Bobby Brown (5)

| Rose Garden Arena
20,265

| 21–32

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 54

| February 17

| Atlanta

| {{NBA game br|date=20100217|home=LAC|pf=92|pa=110}}

| Chris Kaman (21)

| Chris Kaman (10)

| Steve Blake (9)

| Staples Center
15,485

| 21–33

|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 55

| February 20

| Sacramento

| {{NBA game br|date=20100220|home=LAC|pf=99|pa=89}}

| Eric Gordon (30)

| Chris Kaman (16)

| Steve Blake (12)

| Staples Center
17,903

| 22–33

|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 56

| February 22

| Charlotte

| {{NBA game br|date=20100222|home=LAC|pf=98|pa=94}}

| Rasual Butler (20)

| Chris Kaman (13)

| Baron Davis (10)

| Staples Center
15,892

| 23–33

|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 57

| February 24

| Detroit

| {{NBA game br|date=20100224|home=LAC|pf=97|pa=91}}

| Chris Kaman (21)

| Chris Kaman (15)

| Baron Davis (7)

| Staples Center
16,095

| 24–33

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 58

| February 26

| @ Phoenix

| {{NBA game br|date=20100226|home=PHO|pf=112|pa=125}}

| Eric Gordon (25)

| Drew Gooden (9)

| Steve Blake (9)

| US Airways Center
18,043

| 24–34

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 59

| February 28

| @ Sacramento

| {{NBA game br|date=20100228|home=SAC|pf=92|pa=97}}

| Chris Kaman (18)

| Chris Kaman (11)

| Baron Davis (8)

| Power Balance Pavilion
13,071

| 24–35

{{NBA game log section|Los Angeles Clippers|March|

| home_wins = 2

| home_losses = 5

| road_wins = 1

| road_losses = 8

}}

|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 60

| March 1

| Utah

| {{NBA game br|date=20100301|home=LAC|pf=108|pa=104}}

| Eric Gordon (24)

| Chris Kaman (14)

| Baron Davis (12)

| Staples Center
15,422

| 25–35

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 61

| March 3

| Phoenix

| {{NBA game br|date=20100303|home=LAC|pf=101|pa=127}}

| Chris Kaman (24)

| Chris Kaman (9)

| Baron Davis (11)

| Staples Center
17,455

| 25–36

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 62

| March 5

| Oklahoma City

| {{NBA game br|date=20100305|home=LAC|pf=87|pa=104}}

| Chris Kaman, Craig Smith (19)

| Chris Kaman (15)

| Baron Davis (6)

| Staples Center
18,497

| 25–37

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 63

| March 6

| @ Utah

| {{NBA game br|date=20100306|home=UTA|pf=85|pa=107}}

| Drew Gooden (20)

| Chris Kaman (13)

| Baron Davis (8)

| EnergySolutions Arena
19,911

| 25–38

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 64

| March 9

| @ Orlando

| {{NBA game br|date=20100309|home=ORL|pf=87|pa=113}}

| Baron Davis (16)

| Drew Gooden (14)

| Baron Davis (9)

| Amway Arena
17,461

| 25–39

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 65

| March 10

| @ Miami

| {{NBA game br|date=20100310|home=MIA|pf=97|pa=108}}

| Rasual Butler (31)

| Drew Gooden (9)

| Baron Davis (9)

| AmericanAirlines Arena
14,785

| 25–40

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 66

| March 12

| @ Charlotte

| {{NBA game br|date=20100312|home=CHA|pf=98|pa=106}}

| Baron Davis (24)

| Chris Kaman (11)

| Steve Blake (9)

| Time Warner Cable Arena
15,835

| 25–41

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 67

| March 13

| @ San Antonio

| {{NBA game br|date=20100313|home=SAS|pf=88|pa=118}}

| Baron Davis (24)

| Chris Kaman (11)

| Steve Blake (9)

| AT&T Center
18,581

| 25–42

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 68

| March 15

| New Orleans

| {{NBA game br|date=20100315|home=LAC|pf=100|pa=108}}

| Rasual Butler (19)

| DeAndre Jordan (11)

| Baron Davis (17)

| Staples Center
15,617

| 25–43

|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 69

| March 17

| Milwaukee

| {{NBA game br|date=20100317|home=LAC|pf=101|pa=93}}

| Chris Kaman (20)

| Drew Gooden (11)

| Steve Blake (8)

| Staples Center
15,241

| 26–43

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 70

| March 21

| Sacramento

| {{NBA game br|date=20100321|home=LAC|pf=89|pa=102}}

| Eric Gordon (23)

| Chris Kaman (9)

| Steve Blake (6)

| Staples Center
17,233

| 26–44

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 71

| March 23

| @ Dallas

| {{NBA game br|date=20100323|home=DAL|pf=96|pa=106}}

| Drew Gooden (26)

| Drew Gooden (20)

| Baron Davis (13)

| American Airlines Center
19,705

| 26–45

|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 72

| March 25

| @ Houston

| {{NBA game br|date=20100325|home=HOU|pf=99|pa=93}}

| Craig Smith (25)

| Drew Gooden (14)

| Baron Davis (8)

| Toyota Center
15,201

| 27–45

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 73

| March 28

| Golden State

| {{NBA game br|date=20100328|home=LAC|pf=103|pa=121}}

| Rasual Butler (21)

| Chris Kaman (13)

| Baron Davis (7)

| Staples Center
17,868

| 27–46

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 74

| March 30

| @ Milwaukee

| {{NBA game br|date=20100330|home=MIL|pf=89|pa=107}}

| Drew Gooden (20)

| DeAndre Jordan (13)

| Eric Gordon, Steve Blake (6)

| Bradley Center
14,321

| 27–47

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 75

| March 31

| @ Toronto

| {{NBA game br|date=20100331|home=TOR|pf=92|pa=114}}

| Chris Kaman (22)

| Chris Kaman (13)

| Steve Blake (12)

| Air Canada Centre
16,106

| 27–48

{{NBA game log section|Los Angeles Clippers|April|

| home_wins = 2

| home_losses = 3

| road_wins = 0

| road_losses = 2

}}

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 76

| April 3

| @ Denver

| {{NBA game br|date=20100403|home=DEN|pf=90|pa=98}}

| Eric Gordon (23)

| Chris Kaman (11)

| Steve Blake (8)

| Pepsi Center
19,155

| 27–49

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 77

| April 4

| New York

| {{NBA game br|date=20100404|home=LAC|pf=107|pa=113}}

| Baron Davis (23)

| Chris Kaman (16)

| Baron Davis (11)

| Staples Center
16,083

| 27–50

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 78

| April 7

| Portland

| {{NBA game br|date=20100407|home=LAC|pf=85|pa=93}}

| Rasual Butler, Chris Kaman, Steve Blake (14)

| DeAndre Jordan (11)

| Baron Davis (8)

| Staples Center
16,790

| 27–51

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 79

| April 8

| @ Sacramento

| {{NBA game br|date=20100408|home=SAC|pf=94|pa=116}}

| Chris Kaman (23)

| DeAndre Jordan (10)

| Baron Davis (10)

| Power Balance Pavilion
11,418

| 27–52

|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 80

| April 10

| Golden State

| {{NBA game br|date=20100410|home=LAC|pf=107|pa=104}}

| Chris Kaman (27)

| DeAndre Jordan (15)

| Steve Blake (9)

| Staples Center
17,476

| 28–52

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 81

| April 12

| Dallas

| {{NBA game br|date=20100412|home=LAC|pf=94|pa=117}}

| Chris Kaman (17)

| DeAndre Jordan (13)

| Steve Blake (13)

| Staples Center
17,838

| 28–53

|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 82

| April 14

| Lakers

| {{NBA game br|date=20100414|home=LAC|pf=107|pa=91}}

| Steve Blake (23)

| Steve Blake, Travis Outlaw (10)

| Steve Blake (11)

| Staples Center
20,044

| 29–53

{{NBA game log end|lac|end_year=2010}}

Player statistics

{{NBA roster statistics legend}}

= Regular season =

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right;"
style="background:#D50032; color:#FFFFFF; border-top:#003DA5 3px solid; border-bottom:#003DA5 3px solid;"|Player

! style="background:#D50032; color:#FFFFFF; border-top:#003DA5 3px solid; border-bottom:#003DA5 3px solid;"|GP

! style="background:#D50032; color:#FFFFFF; border-top:#003DA5 3px solid; border-bottom:#003DA5 3px solid;"|GS

! style="background:#D50032; color:#FFFFFF; border-top:#003DA5 3px solid; border-bottom:#003DA5 3px solid;"|MPG

! style="background:#D50032; color:#FFFFFF; border-top:#003DA5 3px solid; border-bottom:#003DA5 3px solid;"|FG%

! style="background:#D50032; color:#FFFFFF; border-top:#003DA5 3px solid; border-bottom:#003DA5 3px solid;"|3P%

! style="background:#D50032; color:#FFFFFF; border-top:#003DA5 3px solid; border-bottom:#003DA5 3px solid;"|FT%

! style="background:#D50032; color:#FFFFFF; border-top:#003DA5 3px solid; border-bottom:#003DA5 3px solid;"|RPG

! style="background:#D50032; color:#FFFFFF; border-top:#003DA5 3px solid; border-bottom:#003DA5 3px solid;"|APG

! style="background:#D50032; color:#FFFFFF; border-top:#003DA5 3px solid; border-bottom:#003DA5 3px solid;"|SPG

! style="background:#D50032; color:#FFFFFF; border-top:#003DA5 3px solid; border-bottom:#003DA5 3px solid;"|BPG

! style="background:#D50032; color:#FFFFFF; border-top:#003DA5 3px solid; border-bottom:#003DA5 3px solid;"|PPG

{{sort|Blake, Steve|Steve Blake}}

| 29

1026.3.443style="background:#1A2E8B; color:#FFFFFF;"| .437.7502.46.1.7.16.8
{{sort|Brown, Bobby|Bobby Brown}}

| 23

08.3.329.281.714.91.8.3.03.0
{{sort|Butler, Rasual|Rasual Butler}}

| style="background:#1A2E8B; color:#FFFFFF;"| 82

6433.0.409.336.8412.91.4.4.811.9
{{sort|Camby, Marcus|Marcus Camby}}

| 51

5131.3.446.333.659style="background:#1A2E8B; color:#FFFFFF;"| 12.13.01.4style="background:#1A2E8B; color:#FFFFFF;"| 1.97.7
{{sort|Collins, Mardy|Mardy Collins}}

| 43

010.9.367.235.6191.21.0.5.02.6
{{sort|Curry, JamesOn|JamesOn Curry}}

| 1

00.0....0.0.0.0.0
{{sort|Davis, Baron|Baron Davis}}

| 75

7333.6.406.277.8213.5style="background:#1A2E8B; color:#FFFFFF;"| 8.0style="background:#1A2E8B; color:#FFFFFF;"| 1.7.615.3
{{sort|Davis, Ricky|Ricky Davis}}

| 36

213.9.434.381.5811.61.1.3.14.4
{{sort|Gooden, Drew|Drew Gooden}}

| 24

2230.2.492.000style="background:#1A2E8B; color:#FFFFFF;"| .9219.4.9.6.314.8
{{sort|Gordon, Eric|Eric Gordon}}

| 62

60style="background:#1A2E8B; color:#FFFFFF;"| 36.0.449.371.7422.63.01.1.216.9
{{sort|Jordan, DeAndre|DeAndre Jordan}}

| 70

1216.2style="background:#1A2E8B; color:#FFFFFF;"| .605.000.3755.0.3.2.94.8
{{sort|Kaman, Chris|Chris Kaman}}

| 76

style="background:#1A2E8B; color:#FFFFFF;"| 7634.3.490.000.7499.31.6.51.2style="background:#1A2E8B; color:#FFFFFF;"| 18.5
{{sort|Novak, Steve|Steve Novak}}

| 54

06.7.389.310.778.6.1.1.02.1
{{sort|Outlaw, Travis|Travis Outlaw}}

| 23

621.7.400.378.8003.61.1.5.48.7
{{sort|Rush, Kareem|Kareem Rush}}

| 7

08.3.364.333..9.6.3.41.3
{{sort|Skinner, Brian|Brian Skinner}}

| 16

17.7.400..7501.7.0.2.31.6
{{sort|Smith, Craig|Craig Smith}}

| 75

216.4.569.200.6353.81.1.4.37.8
{{sort|Telfair, Sebastian|Sebastian Telfair}}

| 39

114.9.404.234.7741.12.9.6.14.3
{{sort|Thornton, Al|Al Thornton}}

| 51

3027.5.478.357.7413.81.2.5.410.7

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

class="wikitable sortable sortable"

! style="background:#CC0033; color:white" width="10%"| Player

! style="background:#CC0033; color:white" width="10%"| Injury Date

! style="background:#CC0033; color:white" width="20%"| Injury Type

style="text-align: center"

| Blake Griffin

| October 23, 2009

| Stress fracture in left knee (out for the season)

style="text-align: center"

| Kareem Rush

| November 18, 2009

| ACL tear in right knee (out for the season)

Transactions

=Trades=

border=1 style="border-collapse:collapse; text-align: center; width: 100%" bordercolor="#DFDFDF" cellpadding="5"
bgcolor="eeeeee"

| style="width:12%" | July 17, 2009

| style="width:30%" valign="top"| To Los Angeles Clippers


Quentin Richardson

| style="width:30%" valign="top"| To Memphis Grizzlies


Zach Randolph

bgcolor="eeeeee"

| style="width:12%" | July 20, 2009

| style="width:30%" valign="top"| To Los Angeles Clippers


Mark Madsen


Craig Smith
Sebastian Telfair

| style="width:30%" valign="top"| To Minnesota Timberwolves


Quentin Richardson

bgcolor="eeeeee"

| style="width:12%" | August 12, 2009

| style="width:30%" valign="top"| To Los Angeles Clippers


Rasual Butler

| style="width:30%" valign="top"| To New Orleans Hornets


2016 2nd round draft pick

bgcolor="eeeeee"

| style="width:12%" | January 26, 2010

| style="width:30%" valign="top"| To Los Angeles Clippers


Bobby Brown

| style="width:30%" valign="top"| To New Orleans Hornets


2014 2nd round draft pick

bgcolor="eeeeee"

| style="width:12%" | February 16, 2010

| style="width:30%" valign="top"| To Los Angeles Clippers


Steve Blake


Travis Outlaw

| style="width:30%" valign="top"| To Portland Trail Blazers


Marcus Camby

bgcolor="eeeeee"

| style="width:12%" rowspan=2 | February 17, 2010

| style="width:30%" valign="top"| To Los Angeles Clippers


Drew Gooden (from Washington)

| style="width:30%" valign="top"| To Cleveland Cavaliers


Sebastian Telfair (from Los Angeles)


Antawn Jamison (from Washington)
bgcolor="eeeeee"

| colspan="3" style="width:30%; vertical-align:top;"| To Washington Wizards


Al Thornton (from Los Angeles)


Zydrunas Ilgauskas (from Cleveland)
Draft rights to Emir Preldžič (from Cleveland)
2010 first-round draft pick (from Cleveland)

=Free agents=

==Re-signed==

class="wikitable sortable sortable"

! style="background:#CC0033; color:white" width="10%"| Player

! style="background:#CC0033; color:white" width="10%"| Signed

! style="background:#CC0033; color:white" width="10%"| Contract

style="text-align: center"

| Steve Novak

| September 12, 2009

| One-year deal

style="text-align: center"

| Brian Skinner

| September 17, 2009

| One-year deal

==Additions==

class="wikitable sortable sortable"

! style="background:#CC0033; color:white" width="10%"| Player

! style="background:#CC0033; color:white" width="10%"| Signed

! style="background:#CC0033; color:white" width="20%"| Former Team

style="text-align: center"

| Kareem Rush

| September 30, 2009

| Philadelphia 76ers

style="text-align: center"

| JamesOn Curry

| January 22, 2010

| Springfield Armor (NBDL)

==Subtractions==

class="wikitable sortable sortable"

! style="background:#CC0033; color:white" width="10%"| Player

! style="background:#CC0033; color:white" width="10%"| Reason Left

! style="background:#CC0033; color:white" width="20%"| New Team

style="text-align: center"

| Jason Williams

| Released, July 24

| Orlando Magic

style="text-align: center"

| Mike Taylor

| Waived, July 31

| Memphis Grizzlies

style="text-align: center"

| Alex Acker

| Free Agency, August 1

| Olimpia Milano (Lega Basket Serie A)

style="text-align: center"

| Fred Jones

| Free Agency, August 1

| Pallacanestro Biella (Serie A2 Basket)

style="text-align: center"

| Mark Madsen

| Waived, August 21

| Utah Flash (NBDL) (assistant coach)

style="text-align: center"

| Kareem Rush

| Waived, January 22

| Detroit Pistons

style="text-align: center"

| JamesOn Curry

| Waived, January 26

| Springfield Armor (NBDL)

style="text-align: center"

| Ricky Davis

| Waived, February 16

| Türk Telekom B.K. (TBL)

References

{{Reflist|2}}