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).

2009–10 Los Angeles Clippers season
Head coach	Mike Dunleavy Kim Hughes
Owners	Donald Sterling
Arena	Staples Center
Results
Record	29–53 (.354)
Place	Division: 3rd (Pacific) Conference: 12th (Western)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	Prime Ticket
Radio	KFWB

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

Main article: 2009 NBA draft

Draft picks

Main article: 2009 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Team
1	1	Blake Griffin	PF	United States	Oklahoma

Roster

2009–10 Los Angeles Clippers roster

Players

Coaches

Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB From G 2 Blake, Steve 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 172 lb (78 kg) Maryland G 6 Brown, Bobby 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Cal State Fullerton G/F 45 Butler, Rasual 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 205 lb (93 kg) La Salle G 25 Collins, Mardy 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Temple G 1 Davis, Baron  6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 215 lb (98 kg) UCLA F 0 Gooden, Drew 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 250 lb (113 kg) Kansas G 10 Gordon, Eric (IN) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 222 lb (101 kg) Indiana F 32 Griffin, Blake  (IN) 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 251 lb (114 kg) Oklahoma F/C 9 Jordan, DeAndre 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 250 lb (113 kg) Texas A&M C 35 Kaman, Chris 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 265 lb (120 kg) Central Michigan F 20 Novak, Steve 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Marquette F 34 Outlaw, Travis  6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 207 lb (94 kg) Starkville HS (MS) F/C 8 Skinner, Brian 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Baylor F 5 Smith, Craig  6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 250 lb (113 kg) Boston College

Head coach Mike Dunleavy (South Carolina) Kim Hughes (interim) (Wisconsin) Assistant coach(es) Tony Brown (Arkansas) Fred Vinson (Georgia Tech) John Lucas (Maryland) Legend (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured

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

2009 Pre-season Game Log: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	October 20	Maccabi Tel Aviv (Israel)		Los Angeles Clippers

Regular season

Standings

Pacific Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
c-Los Angeles Lakers	57	25	.695	–	34–7	23–18	13–3
x-Phoenix Suns	54	28	.659	3	32–9	22–19	12–4
Los Angeles Clippers	29	53	.354	28	21–20	8–33	5–11
Golden State Warriors	26	56	.317	31	18–23	8–33	5–11
Sacramento Kings	25	57	.305	32	18–23	7–34	5–11

#	Western Conference
	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	c-Los Angeles Lakers	57	25	.695	–
2	y-Dallas Mavericks	55	27	.671	2
3	x-Phoenix Suns	54	28	.659	3
4	y-Denver Nuggets	53	29	.646	4
5	x-Utah Jazz	53	29	.646	4
6	x-Portland Trail Blazers	50	32	.610	7
7	x-San Antonio Spurs	50	32	.610	7
8	x-Oklahoma City Thunder	50	32	.610	7
9	Houston Rockets	42	40	.512	15
10	Memphis Grizzlies	40	42	.488	17
11	New Orleans Hornets	37	45	.451	20
12	Los Angeles Clippers	29	53	.354	28
13	Golden State Warriors	26	56	.317	31
14	Sacramento Kings	25	57	.305	32
15	Minnesota Timberwolves	15	67	.183	42

Record vs. opponents

2009-10 NBA Records
Team	ATL	BOS	CHA	CHI	CLE	DAL	DEN	DET	GSW	HOU	IND	LAC	LAL	MEM	MIA	MIL	MIN	NJN	NOH	NYK	OKC	ORL	PHI	PHO	POR	SAC	SAS	TOR	UTA	WAS
Atlanta	–	4–0	2–2	3–1	1–3	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	2–0	3–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–3	2–1	2–0	3–0	1–1	1–3	0–2	1–3	2–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	3–1	2–0	4–0
Boston	0–4	–	3–0	2–2	2–2	1–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–0	2–2	2–0	3–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	1–3	3–1	0–2	2–0	2–0	1–1	4–0	1–1	3–1
Charlotte	2–2	0–3	–	1–3	3–1	0–2	1–1	2–1	2–0	1–1	1–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	3–1	2–2	2–0	2–2	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–3	3–1	2–0	0–2	2–0	1–1	1–2	0–2	4–0
Chicago	1–3	2–2	3–1	–	2–2	0–2	0–2	4–0	1–1	2–0	3–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–3	1–3	2–0	1–2	2–0	3–1	1–1	1–2	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–2	0–2	2–1
Cleveland	3–1	2–2	1–3	2–2	–	1–1	0–2	4–0	2–0	1–1	3–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	3–0	3–1	2–0	4–0	2–0	3–0	2–0	2–2	3–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	3–1	1–1	2–1
Dallas	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	–	2–1	2–0	3–1	2–2	2–0	3–0	2–2	3–1	2–0	2–0	3–1	2–0	2–2	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	2–1	1–3	4–0	3–1	1–1	1–2	1–1
Denver	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–2	–	1–1	4–0	2–1	2–0	2–1	3–1	3–1	1–1	0–2	3–1	2–0	3–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–3	3–1	1–2	2–2	2–0	3–1	1–1
Detroit	2–2	1–2	1–2	0–4	0–4	0–2	1–1	–	1–1	1–1	0–4	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–2	2–2	2–0	2–1	1–1	1–3	0–2	1–3	3–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–4	0–2	4–0
Golden State	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–3	0–4	1–1	–	0–3	1–1	2–2	0–4	2–2	0–2	0–2	3–0	2–0	1–3	2–0	1–3	0–2	0–2	1–3	2–2	2–2	0–3	2–0	0–3	0–2
Houston	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–2	1–2	1–1	3–0	–	0–2	2–1	1–3	4–0	0–2	2–0	3–0	2–0	1–3	2–0	3–1	0–2	1–1	0–4	2–2	2–2	2–2	1–1	2–2	2–0
Indiana	0–3	1–2	2–1	1–3	1–3	0–2	0–2	4–0	1–1	2–0	–	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–4	0–4	1–1	4–0	0–2	2–2	1–1	1–3	2–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	2–2	1–1	3–1
L.A. Clippers	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	0–3	1–2	2–0	2–2	1–2	1–1	–	2–2	2–2	1–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	0–4	0–2	1–2	0–2	2–0	0–4	1–3	1–3	0–4	0–2	1–3	2–0
L.A. Lakers	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	2–2	1–3	2–0	4–0	3–1	2–0	2–2	–	2–1	1–1	2–0	3–0	2–0	2–1	2–0	3–1	1–1	2–0	3–1	1–2	4–0	2–2	1–1	3–1	2–0
Memphis	0–2	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	1–3	1–3	1–1	2–2	0–4	2–0	2–2	1–2	–	1–1	0–2	3–1	2–0	2–2	2–0	1–2	1–1	1–1	2–2	2–2	2–1	2–2	2–0	1–2	2–0
Miami	3–1	0–3	1–3	3–1	0–3	0–2	1–1	2–1	2–0	2–0	4–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	–	1–3	1–1	4–0	1–1	3–0	0–2	2–2	4–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	2–2	1–1	3–1
Milwaukee	1–2	2–2	2–2	3–1	1–3	0–2	2–0	2–2	2–0	0–2	4–0	2–0	0–2	2–0	3–1	–	2–0	4–0	1–1	3–0	1–1	0–3	2–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–1	1–1	2–2
Minnesota	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–3	1–3	0–2	0–3	0–3	1–1	1–3	0–3	1–3	1–1	0–2	–	2–0	0–4	1–1	0–4	0–2	1–1	0–4	0–4	2–2	0–3	0–2	2–2	1–1
New Jersey	0–3	1–3	2–2	2–1	0–4	0–2	0–2	1–2	0–2	0–2	0–4	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–4	0–4	0–2	–	1–1	2–2	0–2	0–3	0–4	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–4	0–2	0–4
New Orleans	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	2–2	1–3	1–1	3–1	3–1	2–0	4–0	1–2	2–2	1–1	1–1	4–0	1–1	–	0–2	1–2	1–1	0–2	1–3	1–2	2–1	0–4	0–2	1–3	1–1
New York	3–1	1–3	2–2	1–3	0–3	1–1	1–1	3–1	0–2	0–2	2–2	2–0	0–2	0–2	0–3	0–3	1–1	2–2	2–0	–	0–2	0–3	3–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–4	0–2	3–1
Oklahoma City	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–2	1–3	2–0	3–1	1–3	1–1	2–1	1–3	2–1	2–0	1–1	4–0	2–0	2–1	2–0	–	1–1	2–0	2–1	1–3	3–1	1–3	2–0	3–1	2–0
Orlando	3–1	3–1	3–1	2–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	3–1	2–0	2–0	3–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–2	3–0	2–0	3–0	1–1	3–0	1–1	–	4–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	3–1	1–1	2–2
Philadelphia	1–2	1–3	1–3	1–3	0–3	1–1	1–1	1–3	2–0	1–1	1–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–4	2–2	1–1	4–0	2–0	1–3	0–2	0–4	–	0–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–3	0–2	0–3
Phoenix	1–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–2	3–1	2–0	3–1	4–0	1–1	4–0	1–3	2–2	1–1	1–1	4–0	2–0	3–1	1–1	1–2	1–1	2–0	–	1–2	4–0	2–1	2–0	2–2	2–0
Portland	0–2	0–2	2–0	1–1	0–2	3–1	1–3	2–0	2–2	2–2	2–0	3–1	2–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	4–0	2–0	2–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	–	4–0	3–0	2–0	0–4	1–1
Sacramento	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–4	2–1	1–1	2–2	2–2	1–1	3–1	0–4	1–2	0–2	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–2	2–0	1–3	0–2	0–2	0–4	0–4	–	0–4	1–1	2–1	1–1
San Antonio	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–3	2–2	1–1	3–0	2–2	2–0	4–0	2–2	2–2	2–0	2–0	3–0	1–1	4–0	2–0	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–2	0–3	4–0	–	1–1	0–4	2–0
Toronto	1–3	0–4	2–1	2–1	1–3	1–1	0–2	4–0	0–2	1–1	2–2	2–0	1–1	0–2	2–2	1–2	2–0	4–0	2–0	4–0	0–2	1–3	3–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	–	0–2	2–1
Utah	0–2	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–1	1–3	2–0	3–0	2–2	1–1	3–1	1–3	2–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	2–0	3–1	2–0	1–3	1–1	2–0	2–2	4–0	1–2	4–0	2–0	–	2–0
Washington	0–4	1–3	0–4	1–2	1–2	1–1	1–1	0–4	2–0	0–2	1–3	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–3	2–2	1–1	4–0	1–1	1–3	0–2	2–2	3–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–2	0–2	—

Game log

2009–10 game log
October: 0–4 (home: 0–2; road: 0–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 October 27 @ L. A. Lakers L 92–99 Eric Gordon (21) Chris Kaman (16) Baron Davis (8) Staples Center 18,997 0–1 2 October 28 Phoenix L 107–109 Marcus Camby (23) Marcus Camby (11) Baron Davis (12) Staples Center 15,974 0–2 3 October 30 @ Utah L 98–111 Eric Gordon (22) Marcus Camby (13) Baron Davis (4) EnergySolutions Arena 19,911 0–3 4 October 31 Dallas L 84–93 Chris Kaman (27) Chris Kaman (11) Baron Davis (6) Staples Center 13,626 0–4
November: 8–6 (home: 5–3; road: 3–3) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 5 November 2 Minnesota W 93–90 Chris Kaman (25) Marcus Camby (15) Baron Davis (8) Staples Center 13,614 1–4 6 November 6 @ Golden State W 118–90 Eric Gordon, Baron Davis (25) Marcus Camby (12) Baron Davis (7) Oracle Arena 18,788 2–4 7 November 7 Memphis W 113–110 Chris Kaman (26) Chris Kaman (9) Eric Gordon (6) Staples Center 15,399 3–4 8 November 9 New Orleans L 84–112 Chris Kaman, Rasual Butler, Ricky Davis (14) Marcus Camby (11) Baron Davis (8) Staples Center 14,760 3–5 9 November 11 Oklahoma City L 79–83 Chris Kaman (20) Chris Kaman (11) Baron Davis (9) Staples Center 14,248 3–6 10 November 13 Toronto L 89–104 Chris Kaman (25) Chris Kaman, Craig Smith (7) Baron Davis (7) Staples Center 15,615 3–7 11 November 15 @ Oklahoma City W 101–93 Chris Kaman (25) Marcus Camby (9) Baron Davis (6) Oklahoma City Arena 17,715 4–7 12 November 17 @ New Orleans L 102–110 Al Thornton (30) Marcus Camby (14) Baron Davis (9) New Orleans Arena 13,116 4–8 13 November 18 @ Memphis L 91–106 Baron Davis (23) Al Thornton, DeAndre Jordan (7) Sebastian Telfair, Baron Davis (5) FedEx Forum 10,012 4–9 14 November 20 Denver W 106–99 Rasual Butler (27) Chris Kaman (7) Baron Davis (9) STAPLES Center 18,155 5–9 15 November 23 Minnesota W 91–87 Al Thornton (31) Marcus Camby (18) Baron Davis (6) STAPLES Center 13,815 6–9 16 November 25 @ Indiana L 73–86 Baron Davis (25) Marcus Camby (21) Marcus Camby (3) Conseco Fieldhouse 12,356 6–10 17 November 27 @ Detroit W 104–96 Chris Kaman (26) Marcus Camby (9) Baron Davis (10) The Palace of Auburn Hills 18,954 7–10 18 November 29 Memphis W 98–88 Eric Gordon (29) Marcus Camby (14) Baron Davis (6) Staples Center 14,854 8–10
December: 6–8 (home: 4–3; road: 2–5) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 19 December 2 Houston L 85–102 Baron Davis (20) Marcus Camby (19) Baron Davis (6) Staples Center 13,836 8–11 20 December 5 Indiana W 88–72 Al Thornton (19) Marcus Camby (17) Marcus Camby (6) Staples Center 15,305 9–11 21 December 8 Orlando L 86–97 Eric Gordon (21) Marcus Camby (13) Baron Davis (11) Staples Center 16,750 9–12 22 December 13 San Antonio L 90–115 Baron Davis (20) Chris Kaman (10) Baron Davis (6) Staples Center 16,464 9–13 23 December 14 Washington W 97–95 Eric Gordon (29) Marcus Camby (15) Baron Davis (12) Staples Center 14,511 10–13 24 December 16 @ Minnesota W 120–95 Eric Gordon (25) Marcus Camby (18) Baron Davis (13) Target Center 12,526 11–13 25 December 18 @ New York L 91–95 Chris Kaman (20) Marcus Camby (13) Baron Davis (4) Madison Square Garden 19,763 11–14 26 December 19 @ Philadelphia W 112–107 (OT) Chris Kaman (24) Marcus Camby (22) Baron Davis (13) Wachovia Center 13,752 12–14 27 December 21 @ San Antonio L 87–103 Chris Kaman (23) Chris Kaman (15) Baron Davis, Sebastian Telfair (6) AT&T Center 17,451 12–15 28 December 22 @ Houston L 99–108 Chris Kaman (29) Marcus Camby (19) Baron Davis (9) Toyota Center 17,128 12–16 29 December 25 @ Phoenix L 93–124 Rasual Butler (22) Chris Kaman (10) Baron Davis (8) US Airways Center 16,709 12–17 30 December 27 Boston W 92–90 Chris Kaman (27) Chris Kaman (12) Baron Davis (13) Staples Center 19,060 13–17 31 December 30 @ Portland L 99–103 Chris Kaman (25) Marcus Camby (11) Baron Davis (11) Rose Garden Arena 20,505 13–18 32 December 31 Philadelphia W 104–88 Chris Kaman (26) Chris Kaman, Marcus Camby (10) Baron Davis (7) Staples Center 15,257 14–18
January: 6–9 (home: 5–1; road: 1–8) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 33 January 4 Portland W 105–95 Chris Kaman (20) Marcus Camby (15) Baron Davis (9) Staples Center 15,104 15–18 34 January 6 L. A. Lakers W 102–91 Baron Davis (25) Marcus Camby (14) Baron Davis (10) Staples Center 19,388 16–18 35 January 10 Miami W 94–84 Chris Kaman (22) Marcus Camby (17) Baron Davis (14) Staples Center 19,060 17–18 36 January 12 @ Memphis L 102–104 Baron Davis (27) Baron Davis (12) Baron Davis (12) FedEx Forum 11,004 17–19 37 January 13 @ New Orleans L 94–108 Baron Davis (19) Marcus Camby (20) Baron Davis (6) New Orleans Arena 14,348 17–20 38 January 15 @ Lakers L 86–126 Craig Smith, Eric Gordon (17) Marcus Camby (11) Sebastian Telfair (11) Staples Center 18,997 17–21 39 January 16 Cleveland L 101–102 Rasual Butler (33) Marcus Camby (9) Baron Davis (8) Staples Center 19,277 17–22 40 January 18 New Jersey W 106–95 Chris Kaman (22) Marcus Camby (14) Baron Davis, Sebastian Telfair (9) Staples Center 14,533 18–22 41 January 20 Chicago W 104–97 Baron Davis (23) Marcus Camby (25) Baron Davis, Ricky Davis (6) Staples Center 16,794 19–22 42 January 21 @ Denver L 85–105 Craig Smith (21) Craig Smith, Marcus Camby (6) Baron Davis (9) Pepsi Center 15,343 19–23 43 January 24 @ Washington W 92–78 Chris Kaman (20) Marcus Camby (19) Baron Davis (11) Verizon Center 12,356 20–23 44 January 25 @ Boston L 89–95 Rasual Butler (17) Marcus Camby (14) Baron Davis (7) TD Garden 18,624 20–24 45 January 27 New Jersey L 87–103 Chris Kaman (24) Chris Kaman (11) Bobby Brown (5) Izod Center 9,220 20–25 46 January 29 @ Minnesota L 97–111 Baron Davis (28) Marcus Camby (20) Marcus Camby, Baron Davis (5) Target Center 13,398 20–26 47 January 31 @ Cleveland L 89–114 Baron Davis (30) DeAndre Jordan (13) Baron Davis (7) Quicken Loans Arena 20,562 20–27
February: 4–8 (home: 3–3; road: 1–5) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 48 February 2 @ Chicago W 90–82 Eric Gordon (24) Chris Kaman (11) Baron Davis (7) United Center 19,335 21–27 49 February 3 @ Atlanta L 97–103 Chris Kaman, Eric Gordon (17) Marcus Camby (20) Marcus Camby, Baron Davis (6) Philips Arena 13,303 21–28 50 February 6 San Antonio L 81–98 Chris Kaman (21) Marcus Camby (12) Baron Davis (9) Staples Center 18,258 21–29 51 February 9 Utah L 99–109 Chris Kaman (19) Marcus Camby (15) Baron Davis (9) Staples Center 15,467 21–30 52 February 10 @ Golden State L 102–132 Al Thornton (18) DeAndre Jordan, Marcus Camby (8) Baron Davis (7) Oracle Arena 17,230 21–31 53 February 16 @ Portland L 87–109 Eric Gordon (20) DeAndre Jordan (11) Bobby Brown (5) Rose Garden Arena 20,265 21–32 54 February 17 Atlanta L 92–110 Chris Kaman (21) Chris Kaman (10) Steve Blake (9) Staples Center 15,485 21–33 55 February 20 Sacramento W 99–89 Eric Gordon (30) Chris Kaman (16) Steve Blake (12) Staples Center 17,903 22–33 56 February 22 Charlotte W 98–94 Rasual Butler (20) Chris Kaman (13) Baron Davis (10) Staples Center 15,892 23–33 57 February 24 Detroit W 97–91 Chris Kaman (21) Chris Kaman (15) Baron Davis (7) Staples Center 16,095 24–33 58 February 26 @ Phoenix L 112–125 Eric Gordon (25) Drew Gooden (9) Steve Blake (9) US Airways Center 18,043 24–34 59 February 28 @ Sacramento L 92–97 Chris Kaman (18) Chris Kaman (11) Baron Davis (8) Power Balance Pavilion 13,071 24–35
March: 3–13 (home: 2–5; road: 1–8) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 60 March 1 Utah W 108–104 Eric Gordon (24) Chris Kaman (14) Baron Davis (12) Staples Center 15,422 25–35 61 March 3 Phoenix L 101–127 Chris Kaman (24) Chris Kaman (9) Baron Davis (11) Staples Center 17,455 25–36 62 March 5 Oklahoma City L 87–104 Chris Kaman, Craig Smith (19) Chris Kaman (15) Baron Davis (6) Staples Center 18,497 25–37 63 March 6 @ Utah L 85–107 Drew Gooden (20) Chris Kaman (13) Baron Davis (8) EnergySolutions Arena 19,911 25–38 64 March 9 @ Orlando L 87–113 Baron Davis (16) Drew Gooden (14) Baron Davis (9) Amway Arena 17,461 25–39 65 March 10 @ Miami L 97–108 Rasual Butler (31) Drew Gooden (9) Baron Davis (9) AmericanAirlines Arena 14,785 25–40 66 March 12 @ Charlotte L 98–106 Baron Davis (24) Chris Kaman (11) Steve Blake (9) Time Warner Cable Arena 15,835 25–41 67 March 13 @ San Antonio L 88–118 Baron Davis (24) Chris Kaman (11) Steve Blake (9) AT&T Center 18,581 25–42 68 March 15 New Orleans L 100–108 Rasual Butler (19) DeAndre Jordan (11) Baron Davis (17) Staples Center 15,617 25–43 69 March 17 Milwaukee W 101–93 Chris Kaman (20) Drew Gooden (11) Steve Blake (8) Staples Center 15,241 26–43 70 March 21 Sacramento L 89–102 Eric Gordon (23) Chris Kaman (9) Steve Blake (6) Staples Center 17,233 26–44 71 March 23 @ Dallas L 96–106 Drew Gooden (26) Drew Gooden (20) Baron Davis (13) American Airlines Center 19,705 26–45 72 March 25 @ Houston W 99–93 Craig Smith (25) Drew Gooden (14) Baron Davis (8) Toyota Center 15,201 27–45 73 March 28 Golden State L 103–121 Rasual Butler (21) Chris Kaman (13) Baron Davis (7) Staples Center 17,868 27–46 74 March 30 @ Milwaukee L 89–107 Drew Gooden (20) DeAndre Jordan (13) Eric Gordon, Steve Blake (6) Bradley Center 14,321 27–47 75 March 31 @ Toronto L 92–114 Chris Kaman (22) Chris Kaman (13) Steve Blake (12) Air Canada Centre 16,106 27–48
April: 2–5 (home: 2–3; road: 0–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 76 April 3 @ Denver L 90–98 Eric Gordon (23) Chris Kaman (11) Steve Blake (8) Pepsi Center 19,155 27–49 77 April 4 New York L 107–113 Baron Davis (23) Chris Kaman (16) Baron Davis (11) Staples Center 16,083 27–50 78 April 7 Portland L 85–93 Rasual Butler, Chris Kaman, Steve Blake (14) DeAndre Jordan (11) Baron Davis (8) Staples Center 16,790 27–51 79 April 8 @ Sacramento L 94–116 Chris Kaman (23) DeAndre Jordan (10) Baron Davis (10) Power Balance Pavilion 11,418 27–52 80 April 10 Golden State W 107–104 Chris Kaman (27) DeAndre Jordan (15) Steve Blake (9) Staples Center 17,476 28–52 81 April 12 Dallas L 94–117 Chris Kaman (17) DeAndre Jordan (13) Steve Blake (13) Staples Center 17,838 28–53 82 April 14 Lakers W 107–91 Steve Blake (23) Steve Blake, Travis Outlaw (10) Steve Blake (11) Staples Center 20,044 29–53
2009–10 season schedule

Player statistics

Legend

GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game

Regular season

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Steve Blake	29	10	26.3	.443	.437	.750	2.4	6.1	.7	.1	6.8
Bobby Brown	23	0	8.3	.329	.281	.714	.9	1.8	.3	.0	3.0
Rasual Butler	82	64	33.0	.409	.336	.841	2.9	1.4	.4	.8	11.9
Marcus Camby	51	51	31.3	.446	.333	.659	12.1	3.0	1.4	1.9	7.7
Mardy Collins	43	0	10.9	.367	.235	.619	1.2	1.0	.5	.0	2.6
JamesOn Curry	1	0	0.0	.	.	.	.0	.0	.0	.0	.0
Baron Davis	75	73	33.6	.406	.277	.821	3.5	8.0	1.7	.6	15.3
Ricky Davis	36	2	13.9	.434	.381	.581	1.6	1.1	.3	.1	4.4
Drew Gooden	24	22	30.2	.492	.000	.921	9.4	.9	.6	.3	14.8
Eric Gordon	62	60	36.0	.449	.371	.742	2.6	3.0	1.1	.2	16.9
DeAndre Jordan	70	12	16.2	.605	.000	.375	5.0	.3	.2	.9	4.8
Chris Kaman	76	76	34.3	.490	.000	.749	9.3	1.6	.5	1.2	18.5
Steve Novak	54	0	6.7	.389	.310	.778	.6	.1	.1	.0	2.1
Travis Outlaw	23	6	21.7	.400	.378	.800	3.6	1.1	.5	.4	8.7
Kareem Rush	7	0	8.3	.364	.333	.	.9	.6	.3	.4	1.3
Brian Skinner	16	1	7.7	.400	.	.750	1.7	.0	.2	.3	1.6
Craig Smith	75	2	16.4	.569	.200	.635	3.8	1.1	.4	.3	7.8
Sebastian Telfair	39	1	14.9	.404	.234	.774	1.1	2.9	.6	.1	4.3
Al Thornton	51	30	27.5	.478	.357	.741	3.8	1.2	.5	.4	10.7

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

Player	Injury Date	Injury Type
Blake Griffin	October 23, 2009	Stress fracture in left knee (out for the season)
Kareem Rush	November 18, 2009	ACL tear in right knee (out for the season)

Transactions

Trades

July 17, 2009	To Los Angeles Clippers Quentin Richardson	To Memphis Grizzlies Zach Randolph
July 20, 2009	To Los Angeles Clippers Mark Madsen Craig Smith Sebastian Telfair	To Minnesota Timberwolves Quentin Richardson
August 12, 2009	To Los Angeles Clippers Rasual Butler	To New Orleans Hornets 2016 2nd round draft pick
January 26, 2010	To Los Angeles Clippers Bobby Brown	To New Orleans Hornets 2014 2nd round draft pick
February 16, 2010	To Los Angeles Clippers Steve Blake Travis Outlaw	To Portland Trail Blazers Marcus Camby
February 17, 2010	To Los Angeles Clippers Drew Gooden (from Washington)	To Cleveland Cavaliers Sebastian Telfair (from Los Angeles) Antawn Jamison (from Washington)
	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

Player	Signed	Contract
Steve Novak	September 12, 2009	One-year deal
Brian Skinner	September 17, 2009	One-year deal

Additions

Player	Signed	Former Team
Kareem Rush	September 30, 2009	Philadelphia 76ers
JamesOn Curry	January 22, 2010	Springfield Armor (NBDL)

Subtractions

Player	Reason Left	New Team
Jason Williams	Released, July 24	Orlando Magic
Mike Taylor	Waived, July 31	Memphis Grizzlies
Alex Acker	Free Agency, August 1	Olimpia Milano (Lega Basket Serie A)
Fred Jones	Free Agency, August 1	Pallacanestro Biella (Serie A2 Basket)
Mark Madsen	Waived, August 21	Utah Flash (NBDL) (assistant coach)
Kareem Rush	Waived, January 22	Detroit Pistons
JamesOn Curry	Waived, January 26	Springfield Armor (NBDL)
Ricky Davis	Waived, February 16	Türk Telekom B.K. (TBL)

External links

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