The 2024–25 Los Angeles Clippers season was the 55th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA), their 47th season in Southern California, and their 1st season in Inglewood. The Clippers moved to the new Intuit Dome before the start of the season. On June 12, 2024, the NBA announced that the former great Lakers player and Clippers executive consultant Jerry West had died, several months removed from his third and final entry into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame (this time as a contributor to the sport both as an executive and as a consultant). Six days later, on June 18, Jeff Van Gundy would join the Clippers' coaching staff as an assistant coach, returning to a coaching staff for the first time since 2007. This was the first season since 2018–19 without Paul George, as on June 30, the Clippers announced that he will not return to the franchise.
Before the season opener commenced, it was announced that Kawhi Leonard would be out for an indefinite period of time due to an inflamed right knee, leaving James Harden as the only star player for the team during that period of time. For their season opener at the newly created Intuit Dome, the Clippers would have their opening night spoiled with a tense 116–113 overtime loss to the Phoenix Suns (though they would win their very first game held there against the Dallas Mavericks 110–96 during the preseason). They would eventually get their first win at their new home arena with a 113–104 win over the San Antonio Spurs on November 4, 2024. During the season, the Clippers would have their January 11, 2025 match against the Charlotte Hornets postponed due to the January 2025 Southern California wildfires.
On April 13, the Clippers clinched their third consecutive playoff berth following their victory over the Golden State Warriors. They would lose to the Denver Nuggets in the First Round.
Following the 2025 NBA Finals, where the Oklahoma City Thunder won the championship over the Indiana Pacers in seven games, the Clippers were mocked on social media for their trade of Shai Gilgeous-Alexander for Paul George.
Draft
+ Round Pick Player Position Nationality College / club 2 46 Cam Christie SG United States Minnesota
The Clippers entered this draft (which was two days long) with only one second-round selection, which originally belonged to the Indiana Pacers and acquired via trade with the Memphis Grizzlies as the most favorable pick in a three-team hierarchy. They had already traded their 2025 first-round pick to the Oklahoma City Thunder in 2019 in exchange for Paul George before ultimately landing with the Washington Wizards in the draft, as well as their original 2025 second-round pick to the Los Angeles Lakers in 2023.
On the second and final day of the draft, the Clippers used their only pick of the draft to select shooting guard Cam Christie from the University of Minnesota.
Roster
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Roster notes Forward Nicolas Batum makes his second tour of duty with the team having played for them from 2020 to 2023. Center Mo Bamba is the 32nd former Lakers player to play for the Clippers. He played in 28 games before getting traded in February.
Standings
Division
Conference
Game log Preseason During the preseason, the Clippers would play their final games under what was previously named Bally Sports West and Bally Sports SoCal. Bally Sports would rebrand itself to the FanDuel Sports Network before the start of the regular season.
|- style="background:#fcc" | 1 | October 5 | Golden State | | Ivica Zubac (14) | Kobe Brown (9) | James Harden (8) | Stan Sheriff Center10,300 | 0–1 |- style="background:#cfc" | 2 | October 8 | Brooklyn | | James Harden (14) | Alondes Williams (6) | Alondes Williams (7) | Frontwave Arena6,190 | 1–1 |- style="background:#cfc" | 3 | October 11 | Portland
| Derrick Jones Jr. (16) | Brown, K. Jones, Miller (6) | Harden, Williams (5) | Climate Pledge Arena18,300 | 2–1 |- style="background:#cfc" | 4 | October 14 | Dallas
| Kevin Porter Jr. (18) | Ivica Zubac (12) | James Harden (12) | Intuit Dome13,400 | 3–1 |- style="background:#cfc" | 5 | October 17 | Sacramento
| Jordan Miller (21) | Kobe Brown (8) | Kobe Brown (6) | Intuit Dome13,800 | 4–1
Regular season
|- style="background:#fcc | 1 | October 23 | Phoenix | | James Harden (29) | James Harden (12) | Harden, Jones (8) | Intuit Dome18,300 | 0–1 |- style="background:#cfc | 2 | October 26 | @ Denver | | Norman Powell (37) | Ivica Zubac (15) | James Harden (16) | Ball Arena19,691 | 1–1 |- style="background:#cfc | 3 | October 27 | @ Golden State | | Harden, Zubac (23) | Ivica Zubac (18) | James Harden (11) | Chase Center18,064 | 2–1 |- style="background:#fcc | 4 | October 30 | Portland | | Norman Powell (30) | Ivica Zubac (12) | James Harden (10) | Intuit Dome16,727 | 2–2 |- style="background:#fcc | 5 | October 31 | Phoenix | | James Harden (25) | Ivica Zubac (12) | James Harden (13) | Intuit Dome16,827 | 2–3
|- style="background:#fcc | 6 | November 2 | Oklahoma City | | Norman Powell (24) | James Harden (13) | James Harden (7) | Intuit Dome16,827 | 2–4 |- style="background:#cfc | 7 | November 4 | San Antonio | | Norman Powell (23) | Ivica Zubac (13) | Kevin Porter Jr. (7) | Intuit Dome15,927 | 3–4 |- style="background:#cfc | 8 | November 6 | Philadelphia | | Norman Powell (26) | Ivica Zubac (9) | Harden, Powell (6) | Intuit Dome15,627 | 4–4 |- style="background:#cfc | 9 | November 8 | @ Sacramento | | Norman Powell (31) | Ivica Zubac (15) | James Harden (8) | Golden 1 Center17,832 | 5–4 |- style="background:#cfc | 10 | November 9 | Toronto | | Harden, Powell (24) | Harden, Zubac (12) | James Harden (7) | Intuit Dome17,927 | 6–4 |- style="background:#fcc | 11 | November 11 | @ Oklahoma City | | Norman Powell (31) | Ivica Zubac (14) | James Harden (9) | Paycom Center17,430 | 6–5 |- style="background:#fcc | 12 | November 13 | @ Houston | | James Harden (19) | Terance Mann (7) | Kris Dunn (8) | Toyota Center16,493 | 6–6 |- style="background:#fcc | 13 | November 15 | @ Houston | | James Harden (21) | Ivica Zubac (11) | Coffey, Porter Jr. (3) | Toyota Center18,055 | 6–7 |- style="background:#cfc | 14 | November 17 | Utah | | Ivica Zubac (22) | Ivica Zubac (11) | James Harden (11) | Intuit Dome15,500 | 7–7 |- style="background:#cfc | 15 | November 18 | Golden State | | Norman Powell (23) | Ivica Zubac (17) | James Harden (16) | Intuit Dome17,927 | 8–7 |- style="background:#cfc | 16 | November 20 | Orlando | | James Harden (24) | Ivica Zubac (12) | Kevin Porter Jr. (6) | Intuit Dome16,563 | 9–7 |- style="background:#cfc | 17 | November 22 | Sacramento | | James Harden (22) | Ivica Zubac (15) | James Harden (9) | Intuit Dome16,228 | 10–7 |- style="background:#cfc | 18 | November 24 | @ Philadelphia | | James Harden (23) | Ivica Zubac (12) | James Harden (8) | Wells Fargo Center19,780 | 11–7 |- style="background:#fcc | 19 | November 25 | @ Boston | | Ivica Zubac (23) | Ivica Zubac (10) | James Harden (9) | TD Garden19,156 | 11–8 |- style="background:#cfc | 20 | November 27 | @ Washington | | James Harden (43) | Ivica Zubac (16) | James Harden (7) | Capital One Arena15,066 | 12–8 |- style="background:#fcc | 21 | November 29 | @ Minnesota | | James Harden (20) | Ivica Zubac (13) | James Harden (11) | Target Center18,978 | 12–9
|- style="background:#cfc | 22 | December 1 | Denver | | James Harden (39) | James Harden (9) | James Harden (11) | Intuit Dome16,182 | 13–9 |- style="background:#cfc | 23 | December 3 | Portland | | Norman Powell (30) | Ivica Zubac (10) | James Harden (7) | Intuit Dome15,583 | 14–9 |- style="background:#fcc | 24 | December 4 | Minnesota | | Bones Hyland (18) | Ivica Zubac (10) | James Harden (3) | Intuit Dome15,111 | 14–10 |- style="background:#fcc | 25 | December 8 | Houston | | Bones Hyland (22) | Ivica Zubac (12) | Kevin Porter Jr. (6) | Intuit Dome14,782 | 14–11 |- style="background:#fcc | 26 | December 13 | @ Denver | | Porter Jr., Powell (16) | Ivica Zubac (13) | James Harden (6) | Ball Arena19,779 | 14–12 |- style="background:#cfc | 27 | December 16 | Utah | | James Harden (41) | Ivica Zubac (12) | Harden, Porter Jr. (6) | Intuit Dome14,651 | 15–12 |- style="background:#cfc | 28 | December 19 | @ Dallas | | Norman Powell (29) | Ivica Zubac (15) | James Harden (7) | American Airlines Center20,044 | 16–12 |- style="background:#fcc | 29 | December 21 | @ Dallas | | Norman Powell (28) | Ivica Zubac (15) | Dunn, Harden, Porter Jr., Zubac (3) | American Airlines Center20,102 | 16–13 |- style="background:#cfc | 30 | December 23 | @ Memphis | | Norman Powell (29) | Ivica Zubac (19) | James Harden (9) | FedExForum17,265 | 17–13 |- style="background:#cfc | 31 | December 27 | Golden State | | Norman Powell (26) | Ivica Zubac (11) | James Harden (7) | Intuit Dome17,927 | 18–13 |- style="background:#cfc | 32 | December 30 | @ New Orleans | | Norman Powell (35) | Ivica Zubac (16) | Kris Dunn (6) | Smoothie King Center17,303 | 19–13 |- style="background:#fcc | 33 | December 31 | @ San Antonio | | James Harden (17) | Ivica Zubac (7) | Kevin Porter Jr. (4) | Frost Bank Center18,690 | 19–14
|- style="background:#fcc | 34 | January 2 | @ Oklahoma City | | Amir Coffey (26) | Ivica Zubac (9) | Dunn, Miller (5) | Paycom Center18,203 | 19–15 |- style="background:#cfc | 35 | January 4 | Atlanta | | Norman Powell (20) | Ivica Zubac (18) | James Harden (15) | Intuit Dome17,927 | 20–15 |- style="background:#fcc | 36 | January 6 | @ Minnesota | | Norman Powell (25) | Ivica Zubac (16) | James Harden (8) | Target Center18,978 | 20–16 |- style="background:#fcc | 37 | January 8 | @ Denver | | Norman Powell (30) | Bamba, Zubac (8) | James Harden (4) | Ball Arena19,711 | 20–17 |- style="background:#ccc | — | January 11 | Charlotte | colspan="6" | Postponed due to the January 2025 Southern California wildfires; Makeup date March 16 |- style="background:#cfc | 38 | January 13 | Miami | | Norman Powell (29) | Ivica Zubac (20) | James Harden (11) | Intuit Dome13,119 | 21–17 |- style="background:#cfc | 39 | January 15 | Brooklyn | | Kawhi Leonard (23) | Ivica Zubac (9) | James Harden (11) | Intuit Dome13,091 | 22–17 |- style="background:#cfc | 40 | January 16 | @ Portland | | Norman Powell (23) | Ivica Zubac (8) | James Harden (6) | Moda Center16,374 | 23–17 |- style="background:#cfc | 41 | January 19 | L.A. Lakers | | Norman Powell (22) | Ivica Zubac (19) | James Harden (12) | Intuit Dome17,927 | 24–17 |- style="background:#fcc | 42 | January 20 | Chicago | | Norman Powell (27) | Mo Bamba (7) | James Harden (10) | Intuit Dome15,293 | 24–18 |- style="background:#fcc | 43 | January 22 | Boston | | Derrick Jones Jr. (29) | Kobe Brown (11) | Mann, Porter Jr. (7) | Intuit Dome15,342 | 24–19 |- style="background:#cfc | 44 | January 23 | Washington | | Norman Powell (22) | James Harden (12) | James Harden (13) | Intuit Dome13,771 | 25–19 |- style="background:#cfc | 45 | January 25 | Milwaukee | | James Harden (40) | Ivica Zubac (10) | James Harden (9) | Intuit Dome17,927 | 26–19 |- style="background:#fcc | 46 | January 27 | @ Phoenix | | Ivica Zubac (25) | Ivica Zubac (16) | James Harden (10) | Footprint Center17,071 | 26–20 |- style="background:#cfc | 47 | January 29 | @ San Antonio | | Leonard, Powell (27) | Ivica Zubac (22) | James Harden (11) | Frost Bank Center18,354 | 27–20 |- style="background:#cfc | 48 | January 31 | @ Charlotte | | Norman Powell (27) | Ivica Zubac (11) | James Harden (10) | Spectrum Center15,342 | 28–20
|- style="background:#fcc | 49 | February 2 | @ Toronto | | James Harden (25) | Ivica Zubac (8) | James Harden (7) | Scotiabank Arena18,874 | 28–21 |- style="background:#fcc | 50 | February 4 | L.A. Lakers | | Norman Powell (20) | Ivica Zubac (10) | James Harden (9) | Intuit Dome17,927 | 28–22 |- style="background:#fcc" | 51 | February 6 | Indiana | | Harden, Powell (22) | Ivica Zubac (15) | James Harden (10) | Intuit Dome13,458 | 29–22