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

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

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 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

Game log

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 1 | October 27 | @ L. A. Lakers | | Eric Gordon (21) | Chris Kaman (16) | Baron Davis (8) | Staples Center18,997 | 0–1 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 2 | October 28 | Phoenix | | Marcus Camby (23) | Marcus Camby (11) | Baron Davis (12) | Staples Center15,974 | 0–2 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 3 | October 30 | @ Utah | | Eric Gordon (22) | Marcus Camby (13) | Baron Davis (4) | EnergySolutions Arena19,911 | 0–3 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 4 | October 31 | Dallas | | Chris Kaman (27) | Chris Kaman (11) | Baron Davis (6) | Staples Center13,626 | 0–4

|- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 5 | November 2 | Minnesota | | Chris Kaman (25) | Marcus Camby (15) | Baron Davis (8) | Staples Center13,614 | 1–4 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 6 | November 6 | @ Golden State | | Eric Gordon, Baron Davis (25) | Marcus Camby (12) | Baron Davis (7) | Oracle Arena18,788 | 2–4 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 7 | November 7 | Memphis | | Chris Kaman (26) | Chris Kaman (9) | Eric Gordon (6) | Staples Center15,399 | 3–4 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 8 | November 9 | New Orleans | | Chris Kaman, Rasual Butler, Ricky Davis (14) | Marcus Camby (11) | Baron Davis (8) | Staples Center14,760 | 3–5 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 9 | November 11 | Oklahoma City | | Chris Kaman (20) | Chris Kaman (11) | Baron Davis (9) | Staples Center14,248 | 3–6 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 10 | November 13 | Toronto | | Chris Kaman (25) | Chris Kaman, Craig Smith (7) | Baron Davis (7) | Staples Center15,615 | 3–7 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 11 | November 15 | @ Oklahoma City | | Chris Kaman (25) | Marcus Camby (9) | Baron Davis (6) | Oklahoma City Arena17,715 | 4–7 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 12 | November 17 | @ New Orleans | | Al Thornton (30) | Marcus Camby (14) | Baron Davis (9) | New Orleans Arena13,116 | 4–8 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 13 | November 18 | @ Memphis | | Baron Davis (23) | Al Thornton, DeAndre Jordan (7) | Sebastian Telfair, Baron Davis (5) | FedEx Forum10,012 | 4–9 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 14 | November 20 | Denver | | Rasual Butler (27) | Chris Kaman (7) | Baron Davis (9) | STAPLES Center18,155 | 5–9 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 15 | November 23 | Minnesota | | Al Thornton (31) | Marcus Camby (18) | Baron Davis (6) | STAPLES Center13,815 | 6–9 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 16 | November 25 | @ Indiana | | Baron Davis (25) | Marcus Camby (21) | Marcus Camby (3) | Conseco Fieldhouse12,356 | 6–10 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 17 | November 27 | @ Detroit | | Chris Kaman (26) | Marcus Camby (9) | Baron Davis (10) | The Palace of Auburn Hills18,954 | 7–10 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 18 | November 29 | Memphis | | Eric Gordon (29) | Marcus Camby (14) | Baron Davis (6) | Staples Center14,854 | 8–10

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 19 | December 2 | Houston | | Baron Davis (20) | Marcus Camby (19) | Baron Davis (6) | Staples Center13,836 | 8–11 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 20 | December 5 | Indiana | | Al Thornton (19) | Marcus Camby (17) | Marcus Camby (6) | Staples Center15,305 | 9–11 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 21 | December 8 | Orlando | | Eric Gordon (21) | Marcus Camby (13) | Baron Davis (11) | Staples Center16,750 | 9–12 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 22 | December 13 | San Antonio | | Baron Davis (20) | Chris Kaman (10) | Baron Davis (6) | Staples Center16,464 | 9–13 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 23 | December 14 | Washington | | Eric Gordon (29) | Marcus Camby (15) | Baron Davis (12) | Staples Center14,511 | 10–13 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 24 | December 16 | @ Minnesota | | Eric Gordon (25) | Marcus Camby (18) | Baron Davis (13) | Target Center12,526 | 11–13 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 25 | December 18 | @ New York | | Chris Kaman (20) | Marcus Camby (13) | Baron Davis (4) | Madison Square Garden19,763 | 11–14 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 26 | December 19 | @ Philadelphia | | Chris Kaman (24) | Marcus Camby (22) | Baron Davis (13) | Wachovia Center13,752 | 12–14 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 27 | December 21 | @ San Antonio | | Chris Kaman (23) | Chris Kaman (15) | Baron Davis, Sebastian Telfair (6) | AT&T Center17,451 | 12–15 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 28 | December 22 | @ Houston | | Chris Kaman (29) | Marcus Camby (19) | Baron Davis (9) | Toyota Center17,128 | 12–16 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 29 | December 25 | @ Phoenix | | Rasual Butler (22) | Chris Kaman (10) | Baron Davis (8) | US Airways Center16,709 | 12–17 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 30 | December 27 | Boston | | Chris Kaman (27) | Chris Kaman (12) | Baron Davis (13) | Staples Center19,060 | 13–17 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 31 | December 30 | @ Portland | | Chris Kaman (25) | Marcus Camby (11) | Baron Davis (11) | Rose Garden Arena20,505 | 13–18 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 32 | December 31 | Philadelphia | | Chris Kaman (26) | Chris Kaman, Marcus Camby (10) | Baron Davis (7) | Staples Center15,257 | 14–18

|- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 33 | January 4 | Portland | | Chris Kaman (20) | Marcus Camby (15) | Baron Davis (9) | Staples Center15,104 | 15–18 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 34 | January 6 | L. A. Lakers | | Baron Davis (25) | Marcus Camby (14) | Baron Davis (10) | Staples Center19,388 | 16–18 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 35 | January 10 | Miami | | Chris Kaman (22) | Marcus Camby (17) | Baron Davis (14) | Staples Center19,060 | 17–18 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 36 | January 12 | @ Memphis | | Baron Davis (27) | Baron Davis (12) | Baron Davis (12) | FedEx Forum11,004 | 17–19 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 37 | January 13 | @ New Orleans | | Baron Davis (19) | Marcus Camby (20) | Baron Davis (6) | New Orleans Arena14,348 | 17–20 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 38 | January 15 | @ Lakers | | Craig Smith, Eric Gordon (17) | Marcus Camby (11) | Sebastian Telfair (11) | Staples Center18,997 | 17–21 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 39 | January 16 | Cleveland | | Rasual Butler (33) | Marcus Camby (9) | Baron Davis (8) | Staples Center19,277 | 17–22 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 40 | January 18 | New Jersey | | Chris Kaman (22) | Marcus Camby (14) | Baron Davis, Sebastian Telfair (9) | Staples Center14,533 | 18–22 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 41 | January 20 | Chicago | | Baron Davis (23) | Marcus Camby (25) | Baron Davis, Ricky Davis (6) | Staples Center16,794 | 19–22 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 42 | January 21 | @ Denver | | Craig Smith (21) | Craig Smith, Marcus Camby (6) | Baron Davis (9) | Pepsi Center15,343 | 19–23 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 43 | January 24 | @ Washington | | Chris Kaman (20) | Marcus Camby (19) | Baron Davis (11) | Verizon Center12,356 | 20–23 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 44 | January 25 | @ Boston | | Rasual Butler (17) | Marcus Camby (14) | Baron Davis (7) | TD Garden18,624 | 20–24 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 45 | January 27 | New Jersey | | Chris Kaman (24) | Chris Kaman (11) | Bobby Brown (5) | Izod Center9,220 | 20–25 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 46 | January 29 | @ Minnesota | | Baron Davis (28) | Marcus Camby (20) | Marcus Camby, Baron Davis (5) | Target Center13,398 | 20–26 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 47 | January 31 | @ Cleveland | | Baron Davis (30) | DeAndre Jordan (13) | Baron Davis (7) | Quicken Loans Arena20,562 | 20–27

|- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 48 | February 2 | @ Chicago | | Eric Gordon (24) | Chris Kaman (11) | Baron Davis (7) | United Center19,335 | 21–27 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 49 | February 3 | @ Atlanta | | Chris Kaman, Eric Gordon (17) | Marcus Camby (20) | Marcus Camby, Baron Davis (6) | Philips Arena13,303 | 21–28 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 50 | February 6 | San Antonio | | Chris Kaman (21) | Marcus Camby (12) | Baron Davis (9) | Staples Center18,258 | 21–29 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 51 | February 9 | Utah | | Chris Kaman (19) | Marcus Camby (15) | Baron Davis (9) | Staples Center15,467 | 21–30 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 52 | February 10 | @ Golden State | | Al Thornton (18) | DeAndre Jordan, Marcus Camby (8) | Baron Davis (7) | Oracle Arena17,230 | 21–31 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 53 | February 16 | @ Portland | | Eric Gordon (20) | DeAndre Jordan (11) | Bobby Brown (5) | Rose Garden Arena20,265 | 21–32 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 54 | February 17 | Atlanta | | Chris Kaman (21) | Chris Kaman (10) | Steve Blake (9) | Staples Center15,485 | 21–33 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 55 | February 20 | Sacramento | | Eric Gordon (30) | Chris Kaman (16) | Steve Blake (12) | Staples Center17,903 | 22–33 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 56 | February 22 | Charlotte | | Rasual Butler (20) | Chris Kaman (13) | Baron Davis (10) | Staples Center15,892 | 23–33 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 57 | February 24 | Detroit | | Chris Kaman (21) | Chris Kaman (15) | Baron Davis (7) | Staples Center16,095 | 24–33 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 58 | February 26 | @ Phoenix | | Eric Gordon (25) | Drew Gooden (9) | Steve Blake (9) | US Airways Center18,043 | 24–34 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 59 | February 28 | @ Sacramento | | Chris Kaman (18) | Chris Kaman (11) | Baron Davis (8) | Power Balance Pavilion13,071 | 24–35

|- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 60 | March 1 | Utah | | Eric Gordon (24) | Chris Kaman (14) | Baron Davis (12) | Staples Center15,422 | 25–35 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 61 | March 3 | Phoenix | | Chris Kaman (24) | Chris Kaman (9) | Baron Davis (11) | Staples Center17,455 | 25–36 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 62 | March 5 | Oklahoma City | | Chris Kaman, Craig Smith (19) | Chris Kaman (15) | Baron Davis (6) | Staples Center18,497 | 25–37 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 63 | March 6 | @ Utah | | Drew Gooden (20) | Chris Kaman (13) | Baron Davis (8) | EnergySolutions Arena19,911 | 25–38 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 64 | March 9 | @ Orlando | | Baron Davis (16) | Drew Gooden (14) | Baron Davis (9) | Amway Arena17,461 | 25–39 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 65 | March 10 | @ Miami | | Rasual Butler (31) | Drew Gooden (9) | Baron Davis (9) | AmericanAirlines Arena14,785 | 25–40 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 66 | March 12 | @ Charlotte | | Baron Davis (24) | Chris Kaman (11) | Steve Blake (9) | Time Warner Cable Arena15,835 | 25–41 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 67 | March 13 | @ San Antonio | | Baron Davis (24) | Chris Kaman (11) | Steve Blake (9) | AT&T Center18,581 | 25–42 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 68 | March 15 | New Orleans | | Rasual Butler (19) | DeAndre Jordan (11) | Baron Davis (17) | Staples Center15,617 | 25–43 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 69 | March 17 | Milwaukee | | Chris Kaman (20) | Drew Gooden (11) | Steve Blake (8) | Staples Center15,241 | 26–43 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 70 | March 21 | Sacramento | | Eric Gordon (23) | Chris Kaman (9) | Steve Blake (6) | Staples Center17,233 | 26–44 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 71 | March 23 | @ Dallas | | Drew Gooden (26) | Drew Gooden (20) | Baron Davis (13) | American Airlines Center19,705 | 26–45 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 72 | March 25 | @ Houston | | Craig Smith (25) | Drew Gooden (14) | Baron Davis (8) | Toyota Center15,201 | 27–45 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 73 | March 28 | Golden State | | Rasual Butler (21) | Chris Kaman (13) | Baron Davis (7) | Staples Center17,868 | 27–46 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 74 | March 30 | @ Milwaukee | | Drew Gooden (20) | DeAndre Jordan (13) | Eric Gordon, Steve Blake (6) | Bradley Center14,321 | 27–47 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 75 | March 31 | @ Toronto | | Chris Kaman (22) | Chris Kaman (13) | Steve Blake (12) | Air Canada Centre16,106 | 27–48

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 76 | April 3 | @ Denver | | Eric Gordon (23)