2019–20 Los Angeles Clippers season

The 2019–20 Los Angeles Clippers season is the 50th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA), their 42nd season in Southern California, and their 36th season in Los Angeles.

2019–20 Los Angeles Clippers season
Head coach	Doc Rivers
General manager	Michael Winger
Owners	Steve Ballmer
Arena	Staples Center
Results
Record	49–23 (.681)
Place	Division: 2nd (Pacific) Conference: 2nd (Western)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	KCOP-TV Fox Sports West and Prime Ticket
Radio	KLAC

On July 5, 2019, 2-time NBA champion, Finals MVP, and Defensive Player of the Year Kawhi Leonard agreed to join the Clippers, on the condition that the team trade for 6-time NBA All-Star Paul George from the Oklahoma City Thunder. Also during the offseason, they re-signed two-time NBA All-Defensive Team selection Patrick Beverley and three-time Sixth Man of the Year award winner Lou Williams.[1] [2]

The Clippers hope to improve on their 48–34 record last year after making the 8th seed in the Western Conference standings.

Despite a nagging shoulder injury and "load management" policy that caused stars Paul George and Kawhi Leonard, respectively, to sit out multiple games, the Clippers were consistently at the top of the Western Conference standings.

On January 23, 2020, Clippers forward Kawhi Leonard was named a starter for the 2020 NBA All-Star Game by fans, current players, and media, and was later named the game's MVP[3].

The season was suspended by the league officials following the games of March 11[4] after it was reported that Rudy Gobert tested positive for COVID-19.[5] On July 5, the NBA announced a return of the season which would involve 22 teams playing at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex at the Walt Disney World Resort in Florida.[6] Each of the remaining 22 teams will play eight seeding games to determine positioning for the NBA playoffs.[6] Play resumed on July 30.[7]

Draft

Main article: 2019 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
2	48	Terance Mann	SF	United States	Florida State
2	56	Jaylen Hands	PG	United States	UCLA

The Clippers hold no first-round picks but holds two second-round picks. The 56th pick was traded to the Brooklyn Nets along with a 2020 second round draft pick for Mfiondu Kabengele. [8]

Roster

Roster listing

Los Angeles Clippers roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY-MM-DD) From G 21 Beverley, Patrick 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1988–07–12 Arkansas G/F 7 Coffey, Amir (TW) 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1997–06–17 Minnesota F 13 George, Paul 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1990–05–02 Fresno State F/C 4 Green, JaMychal 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 227 lb (103 kg) 1990–06–21 Alabama F/C 5 Harrell, Montrezl 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1994–01–26 Louisville G 1 Jackson, Reggie 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 208 lb (94 kg) 1990–04–16 Boston College F/C 25 Kabengele, Mfiondu 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1997–08–14 Florida State F 2 Leonard, Kawhi 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1991–06–29 San Diego State G/F 14 Mann, Terance 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1996–10–18 Florida State G 19 McGruder, Rodney 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1991–07–29 Kansas State F 31 Morris, Marcus 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 218 lb (99 kg) 1989–09–02 Kansas F 15 Motley, Johnathan (TW) 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1995–05–04 Baylor F/C 55 Noah, Joakim 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 232 lb (105 kg) 1985–02–25 Florida F 54 Patterson, Patrick 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1989–03–14 Kentucky G 20 Shamet, Landry  6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1997–03–13 Wichita State G 23 Williams, Lou 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1986–10–27 South Gwinnett HS (GA) C 40 Zubac, Ivica 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1997–03–18 Croatia	Head coach Doc Rivers Assistant coach(es) Jeremy Castleberry Sam Cassell Armond Hill Rex Kalamian Tyronn Lue Brendan O'Connor John Welch Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended (GL) On assignment to G League affiliate (TW) Two-way affiliate player Injured Roster Last transaction: 2020–03–09

Standings

Division

Pacific Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div	GP
c – Los Angeles Lakers	52	19	.732	−3.5	25–10	27–9	10–3	71
x – Los Angeles Clippers	49	23	.681	0.0	27–9	22–14	8–6	72
Phoenix Suns	34	39	.466	15.5	17–22	17–17	6–9	73
Sacramento Kings	31	41	.431	18.0	16–19	15–22	8–5	72
Golden State Warriors	15	50	.231	30.5	8–26	7–24	2–11	65

Conference

Western Conference
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	GP
1	c – Los Angeles Lakers	52	19	.732	–	71
2	x – Los Angeles Clippers *	49	23	.681	3.5	72
3	y – Denver Nuggets *	46	27	.630	7.0	73
4	y – Houston Rockets *	44	28	.611	8.5	72
5	x – Oklahoma City Thunder	44	28	.611	8.5	72
6	x – Utah Jazz	44	28	.611	8.5	72
7	x – Dallas Mavericks	43	32	.573	11.0	75
8	x – Portland Trail Blazers	35	39	.473	18.5	74
9	Memphis Grizzlies	34	39	.466	19.0	73
10	Phoenix Suns	34	39	.466	19.0	73
11	San Antonio Spurs	32	39	.451	20.0	71
12	Sacramento Kings	31	41	.431	21.5	72
13	New Orleans Pelicans	30	42	.417	22.5	72
14	Minnesota Timberwolves	19	45	.297	29.5	64
15	Golden State Warriors	15	50	.231	34.0	65

Game log

Preseason

Regular Season

2019–20 game log Total: 49–23 (Home: 27–9; Road: 22–14)
October: 4–2 (Home: 3–0; Road: 1–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 October 22 LA Lakers W 112–102 Kawhi Leonard (30) Patrick Beverley (10) Lou Williams (7) Staples Center 19,068 1–0 2 October 24 @ Golden State W 141–122 Lou Williams (22) Ivica Zubac (10) Kawhi Leonard (9) Chase Center 18,064 2–0 3 October 26 @ Phoenix L 122–130 Kawhi Leonard (27) Kawhi Leonard (10) Kawhi Leonard (8) Talking Stick Resort Arena 15,802 2–1 4 October 28 Charlotte W 111–96 Kawhi Leonard (30) Leonard, Harrell (7) Kawhi Leonard (6) Staples Center 19,068 3–1 5 October 30 @ Utah L 96–110 Lou Williams (24) Zubac, Green (8) Terance Mann (5) Vivint Smart Home Arena 18,306 3–2 6 October 31 San Antonio W 103–97 Kawhi Leonard (38) Kawhi Leonard (12) L.Williams, Beverley (5) Staples Center 19,068 4–2
November: 10–4 (Home: 8–1; Road: 2–3) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 7 November 3 Utah W 105–94 Kawhi Leonard (30) Zubac, Beverley (9) Leonard, L.Williams, Beverley (3) Staples Center 19,068 5–2 8 November 6 Milwaukee L 124–129 Harrell, L.Williams (34) Montrezl Harrell (13) Lou Williams (11) Staples Center 19,068 5–3 9 November 7 Portland W 107–101 Kawhi Leonard (27) Leonard, Zubac (13) Lou Williams (8) Staples Center 19,068 6–3 10 November 11 Toronto W 98–88 Lou Williams (21) Green, Beverley (12) Kawhi Leonard (9) Staples Center 19,068 7–3 11 November 13 @ Houston L 93–102 Kawhi Leonard (26) JaMychal Green (14) Kawhi Leonard (7) Toyota Center 18,055 7–4 12 November 14 @ New Orleans L 127–132 Paul George (33) Paul George (9) Lou Williams (9) Smoothie King Center 17,147 7–5 13 November 16 Atlanta W 150–101 Paul George (37) Green, Zubac (9) Terance Mann (8) Staples Center 19,068 8–5 14 November 18 Oklahoma City W 90–88 Montrezl Harrell (28) Montrezl Harrell (12) Lou Williams (9) Staples Center 19,068 9–5 15 November 20 Boston W 107–104 (OT) Lou Williams (27) Patrick Beverley (16) Paul George (8) Staples Center 19,068 10–5 16 November 22 Houston W 122–119 Lou Williams (26) JaMychal Green (9) Lou Williams (8) Staples Center 19,068 11–5 17 November 24 New Orleans W 134–109 Montrezl Harrell (34) Montrezl Harrell (12) Kawhi Leonard (6) Staples Center 19,068 12–5 18 November 26 @ Dallas W 114–99 Kawhi Leonard (28) Leonard, Green (8) Lou Williams (6) American Airlines Center 20,407 13–5 19 November 27 @ Memphis W 121–119 Harrell, L.Williams (24) Montrezl Harrell (10) Lou Williams (13) FedExForum 16,721 14–5 20 November 29 @ San Antonio L 97–107 Kawhi Leonard (19) George, Green (8) Leonard, L.Williams (7) AT&T Center 18,354 14–6
December: 10–5 (Home: 3–2; Road: 7–3) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 21 December 1 Washington W 150–125 Kawhi Leonard (34) Montrezl Harrell (15) Lou Williams (8) Staples Center 19,068 15–6 22 December 3 Portland W 117–97 Montrezl Harrell (26) Leonard, Harrell (9) Lou Williams (7) Staples Center 19,068 16–6 23 December 6 @ Milwaukee L 91–119 Kawhi Leonard (17) Ivica Zubac (12) Kawhi Leonard (4) Fiserv Forum 17,732 16–7 24 December 8 @ Washington W 135–119 Kawhi Leonard (34) Kawhi Leonard (11) George, L.Williams (6) Capital One Arena 15,946 17–7 25 December 9 @ Indiana W 110–99 Paul George (36) Maurice Harkless (14) Lou Williams (6) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 14,644 18–7 26 December 11 @ Toronto W 112–92 Kawhi Leonard (23) Ivica Zubac (8) Lou Williams (8) Scotiabank Arena 20,144 19–7 27 December 13 @ Minnesota W 124–117 Paul George (46) Kawhi Leonard (11) Paul George (7) Target Center 17,585 20–7 28 December 14 @ Chicago L 106–109 Montrezl Harrell (30) Montrezl Harrell (7) Paul George (6) United Center 18,426 20–8 29 December 17 Phoenix W 120–99 Paul George (24) Rodney McGruder (11) Lou Williams (8) Staples Center 19,068 21–8 30 December 19 Houston L 117–122 Paul George (34) George, Leonard (9) Patrick Beverley (7) Staples Center 19,068 21–9 31 December 21 @ San Antonio W 134–109 Kawhi Leonard (26) Montrezl Harrell (8) Kawhi Leonard (9) AT&T Center 18,354 22–9 32 December 22 @ Oklahoma City L 112–118 Lou Williams (22) Harrell, Zubac (8) Lou Williams (7) Chesapeake Energy Arena 18,203 22–10 33 December 25 @ LA Lakers W 111–106 Kawhi Leonard (35) Kawhi Leonard (12) Lou Williams (7) Staples Center 18,997 23–10 34 December 28 Utah L 107–120 Paul George (20) Ivica Zubac (12) Lou Williams (9) Staples Center 19,068 23–11 35 December 31 @ Sacramento W 105–87 Kawhi Leonard (24) Ivica Zubac (13) Paul George (9) Golden 1 Center 16,231 24–11
January: 9–4 (Home: 5–2; Road: 4–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 36 January 2 Detroit W 126–112 Montrezl Harrell (23) JaMychal Green (11) Shamet, Leonard, L.Williams (5) Staples Center 19,068 25–11 37 January 4 Memphis L 114–140 Montrezl Harrell (28) Ivica Zubac (11) Lou Williams (7) Staples Center 19,068 25–12 38 January 5 New York W 135–132 Montrezl Harrell (34) JaMychal Green (10) Lou Williams (9) Staples Center 19,068 26–12 39 January 10 Golden State W 109–100 Kawhi Leonard (36) Patrick Beverley (11) Patrick Beverley (9) Staples Center 19,068 27–12 40 January 12 @ Denver L 104–114 Kawhi Leonard (30) Ivica Zubac (9) Patrick Beverley (7) Pepsi Center 19,520 27–13 41 January 14 Cleveland W 128–103 Kawhi Leonard (43) Maurice Harkless (11) Patrick Beverley (9) Staples Center 19,068 28–13 42 January 16 Orlando W 122–95 Kawhi Leonard (32) JaMychal Green (13) Patrick Beverley (7) Staples Center 19,068 29–13 43 January 18 @ New Orleans W 133–130 Kawhi Leonard (39) Leonard, Beverley (6) Leonard, Beverley (6) Smoothie King Center 17,959 30–13 44 January 21 @ Dallas W 110–107 Kawhi Leonard (36) Kawhi Leonard (11) L.Williams, Beverley (4) American Airlines Center 19,783 31–13 45 January 22 @ Atlanta L 95–102 Montrezl Harrell (30) Montrezl Harrell (7) Lou Williams (7) State Farm Arena 14,338 31–14 46 January 24 @ Miami W 122–117 Kawhi Leonard (33) Montrezl Harrell (11) Kawhi Leonard (10) American Airlines Arena 19,632 32–14 47 January 26 @ Orlando W 112–97 Kawhi Leonard (31) Kawhi Leonard (14) Kawhi Leonard (7) Amway Center 15,427 33–14 — January 28 @ LA Lakers Postponed due to the Death of Kobe Bryant. Makeup date July 30 (Originally April 9) [9]. [10] 48 January 30 Sacramento L 103–124 Lou Williams (22) Ivica Zubac (10) Lou Williams (6) Staples Center 19,068 33–15
February: 7–4 (Home: 5–1; Road: 2–3) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 49 February 1 Minnesota W 118–106 Kawhi Leonard (31) Ivica Zubac (10) Lou Williams (6) Staples Center 19,068 34–15 50 February 3 San Antonio W 108–105 Kawhi Leonard (22) Paul George (12) Paul George (8) Staples Center 19,068 35–15 51 February 5 Miami W 128–111 George, Shamet (23) Ivica Zubac (8) Paul George (10) Staples Center 19,068 36–15 52 February 8 @ Minnesota L 115–142 Kawhi Leonard (29) Ivica Zubac (8) Mann, L.Williams (5) Target Center 18,978 36–16 53 February 9 @ Cleveland W 133–92 Lou Williams (25) Montrezl Harrell (9) George, McGruder, Zubac (4) Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 17,240 37–16 54 February 11 @ Philadelphia L 103–110 Kawhi Leonard (30) Paul George (12) Kawhi Leonard (9) Wells Fargo Center 20,730 37–17 55 February 13 @ Boston L 133–141 (2OT) Lou Williams (35) Montrezl Harrell (13) Lou Williams (8) TD Garden 19,156 37–18 56 February 22 Sacramento L 103–112 Kawhi Leonard (31) Ivica Zubac (15) Kawhi Leonard (5) Staples Center 19,068 37–19 57 February 24 Memphis W 124–97 Kawhi Leonard (25) Ivica Zubac (10) Jackson, L.Williams (6) Staples Center 19,068 38–19 58 February 26 @ Phoenix W 102–92 Kawhi Leonard (24) Kawhi Leonard (14) Kawhi Leonard (5) Talking Stick Resort Arena 15,157 39–19 59 February 28 Denver W 132–103 Paul George (24) Montrezl Harrell (10) Jackson, L.Williams (7) Staples Center 19,068 40–19
March: 4–1 (Home: 1–1; Road: 3–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 60 March 1 Philadelphia W 136–130 Kawhi Leonard (30) Montrezl Harrell (9) Lou Williams (8) Staples Center 19,068 41–19 61 March 3 @ Oklahoma City W 109–94 Kawhi Leonard (25) Kawhi Leonard (8) Lou Williams (4) Chesapeake Energy Arena 18,203 42–19 62 March 5 @ Houston W 120–105 Kawhi Leonard (25) Ivica Zubac (12) Paul George (7) Toyota Center 18,055 43–19 63 March 8 LA Lakers L 103–112 Paul George (31) Montrezl Harrell (8) George, Williams (3) Staples Center 19,068 43–20 64 March 10 @ Golden State W 131–107 Kawhi Leonard (23) Ivica Zubac (12) Leonard, George, Shamet (5) Chase Center 18,064 44–20
Seeding games: 5–3 (Home: 2–2; Road: 3–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 65 July 30 @ LA Lakers L 101–103 Paul George (30) Reggie Jackson (6) Jackson, Leonard (4) The Arena No In-Person Attendance 44–21 66 August 1 New Orleans W 126–103 Paul George (28) Ivica Zubac (9) Kawhi Leonard (5) HP Field House No In-Person Attendance 45–21 67 August 4 Phoenix L 115–117 Kawhi Leonard (27) Ivica Zubac (12) Lou Williams (6) The Arena No In-Person Attendance 45–22 68 August 6 @ Dallas W 126–111 Kawhi Leonard (29) Ivica Zubac (15) Paul George (6) HP Field House No In-Person Attendance 46–22 69 August 8 @ Portland W 122–117 Paul George (21) Ivica Zubac (12) Reggie Jackson (5) HP Field House No In-Person Attendance 47–22 70 August 9 Brooklyn L 120–129 Kawhi Leonard (39) Ivica Zubac (15) Kawhi Leonard (6) The Arena No In-Person Attendance 47–23 71 August 12 @ Denver W 124–111 Paul George (27) Ivica Zubac (12) Lou Williams (7) The Arena No In-Person Attendance 48–23 72 August 14 Oklahoma City W 107–103 (OT) Terance Mann (25) Mann, Patterson (14) Terance Mann (9) HP Field House No In-Person Attendance 49–23
2019–20 season schedule

Postseason

Transactions

Main article: List of 2019–20 NBA season transactions

Overview

Players Added Draft Terance Mann Trade Paul George Maurice Harkless Free agency Kawhi Leonard Patrick Patterson Two-way contract Amir Coffey

Players Lost Trade Danilo Gallinari Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Free agency Garrett Temple Wilson Chandler Ángel Delgado Waived Tyrone Wallace Sindarius Thornwell

Trades

June 20, 2019	To Los Angeles Clippers Draft rights to Mfiondu Kabengele	To Brooklyn Nets Draft rights to Jaylen Hands 2020 first-round pick
July 6, 2019	To Los Angeles Clippers Maurice Harkless (from Portland) Draft rights to Mathias Lessort (from Philadelphia) 2023 first-round pick (from Miami)	To Portland Trail Blazers Hassan Whiteside (from Miami)
	To Philadelphia 76ers Josh Richardson (from Miami)	To Miami Heat Jimmy Butler (from Philadelphia) Meyers Leonard (from Portland) Cash considerations (from Los Angeles)
July 10, 2019	To Los Angeles Clippers Paul George	To Oklahoma City Thunder Danilo Gallinari Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 2021 first-round pick (from Miami) 2022 first-round pick 2023 first-round pick (from Miami) 2024 first-round pick 2026 first-round pick Right to swap first-round picks in 2023 and 2025
February 6, 2020	To Los Angeles Clippers Protected 2022 second-round pick	To Atlanta Hawks Derrick Walton, Jr. Cash considerations
February 6, 2020	To Los Angeles Clippers Marcus Morris (from New York) Isaiah Thomas (from Washington)	To New York Knicks Maurice Harkless (from LA Clippers) 2020 LAC first-round pick 2021 LAC first-round pick swap[lower-alpha 1] 2021 DET second-round pick (from LA Clippers) Draft rights to Issuf Sanon (2018 #44) (from Washington)
	To Washington Wizards Jerome Robinson (from LA Clippers)

Free agency

Re-signed

Player	Signed
Ivica Zubac	July 10, 2019
Rodney McGruder	July 10, 2019
Patrick Beverley	July 11, 2019
JaMychal Green	July 18, 2019
Johnathan Motley	July 25, 2019, Two-way contract

Additions

Player	Signed	Former team
Amir Coffey	July 9, 2019, Two-way contract	Minnesota Golden Gophers (NCAA)
Kawhi Leonard[11]	July 10, 2019, 3-year contract worth $103 million	Toronto Raptors
Patrick Patterson	August 15, 2019	Oklahoma City Thunder
Derrick Walton, Jr.	October 21, 2019, Exhibit 10 contract	Alba Berlin (BBL)
Reggie Jackson	February 20, 2020	Detroit Pistons
Joakim Noah	March 9, 2020, 10-day contract June 28, 2020, signed for rest of the season	Memphis Grizzlies

Subtractions

Player	Reason left	New team
Tyrone Wallace	Waived, July 6, 2019	Minnesota Timberwolves
Sindarius Thornwell	Waived, July 6, 2019	Cleveland Cavaliers
Garrett Temple	Free agency, July 8, 2019	Brooklyn Nets
Wilson Chandler	Free agency, July 8, 2019	Brooklyn Nets
Angel Delgado	Free agency, August 8, 2019	Beijing Royal Fighters (CBA)
Isaiah Thomas	Waived, February 8, 2020	TBD

Notes

1. Top 4 protected.

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