2021–22 Los Angeles Clippers season
2021–22 Los Angeles Clippers season | |
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Head coach | Tyronn Lue |
General manager | Michael Winger |
Owner(s) | Steve Ballmer |
Arena | Crypto.com Arena[a] |
Results | |
Record | 42–40 (.512) |
Place | Division: 3rd (Pacific) Conference: 8th (Western) |
Playoff finish | Did not qualify |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Local media | |
Television | Bally Sports West Bally Sports SoCal |
Radio | KLAC |
The 2021–22 Los Angeles Clippers season was the 52nd season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA), their 44th season in Southern California and their 38th season in Los Angeles. The Clippers qualified for the postseason via the play-in, but failed to reach the playoffs for the first time since 2018 after being defeated by both the Minnesota Timberwolves and the New Orleans Pelicans in the play-in tournament, who coincidentally made their first playoff appearances since 2018.[1] It is also the first time in Kawhi Leonard's career that his team missed the playoffs, however, he did not feature at all for the Clippers during the season due to injury.
Draft
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1 | 25 | Quentin Grimes | SG | ![]() |
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Roster
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Roster notes
[edit]- Point guard Jason Preston missed the entire season due to a right foot injury.
- Small forward Kawhi Leonard missed the entire season due to a knee injury.
- Point guard Eric Bledsoe made his second tour of duty with team having played for them from 2010-13. He played in 54 games before getting traded away in February.
Standings
[edit]Division
[edit]Pacific Division | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Div | GP |
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z – Phoenix Suns | 64 | 18 | .780 | – | 32–9 | 32–9 | 10–6 | 82 |
x – Golden State Warriors | 53 | 29 | .646 | 11.0 | 31–10 | 22–19 | 12–4 | 82 |
pi – Los Angeles Clippers | 42 | 40 | .512 | 22.0 | 25–16 | 17–24 | 9–7 | 82 |
Los Angeles Lakers | 33 | 49 | .402 | 31.0 | 21–20 | 12–29 | 3–13 | 82 |
Sacramento Kings | 30 | 52 | .366 | 34.0 | 16–25 | 14–27 | 6–10 | 82 |
Conference
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# | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | GP |
1 | z – Phoenix Suns * | 64 | 18 | .780 | – | 82 |
2 | y – Memphis Grizzlies * | 56 | 26 | .683 | 8.0 | 82 |
3 | x – Golden State Warriors | 53 | 29 | .646 | 11.0 | 82 |
4 | x – Dallas Mavericks | 52 | 30 | .634 | 12.0 | 82 |
5 | y – Utah Jazz * | 49 | 33 | .598 | 15.0 | 82 |
6 | x – Denver Nuggets | 48 | 34 | .585 | 16.0 | 82 |
7 | x – Minnesota Timberwolves | 46 | 36 | .561 | 18.0 | 82 |
8 | pi – Los Angeles Clippers | 42 | 40 | .512 | 22.0 | 82 |
9 | x – New Orleans Pelicans | 36 | 46 | .439 | 28.0 | 82 |
10 | pi − San Antonio Spurs | 34 | 48 | .415 | 30.0 | 82 |
11 | Los Angeles Lakers | 33 | 49 | .402 | 31.0 | 82 |
12 | Sacramento Kings | 30 | 52 | .366 | 34.0 | 82 |
13 | Portland Trail Blazers | 27 | 55 | .329 | 37.0 | 82 |
14 | Oklahoma City Thunder | 24 | 58 | .293 | 40.0 | 82 |
15 | Houston Rockets | 20 | 62 | .244 | 44.0 | 82 |
Game log
[edit]Preseason
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Preseason: 1–3 (home: 1–2; road: 0–1)
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2021–22 preseason schedule |
Regular season
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October: 1–4 (home: 1–2; road: 0–2)
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November: 10–6 (home: 8–4; road: 2–2)
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December: 7–8 (home: 3–3; road: 4–5)
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January: 8–9 (home: 3–2; road: 5–7)
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February: 6–4 (home: 3–1; road: 3–3)
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March: 5–9 (home: 3–3; road: 2–6)
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April: 5–0 (home: 4–0; road: 1–0)
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2021–22 season schedule |
Play-in
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Play-in: 0–2 (home: 0–1; road: 0–1)
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2021–22 season schedule |
Player statistics
[edit]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
[edit]Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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Terance Mann | 81 | 33 | 28.6 | .484 | .365 | .780 | 5.2 | 2.6 | .7 | .3 | 10.8 |
Ivica Zubac | 76 | 76 | 24.4 | .626 | .727 | 8.5 | 1.6 | .5 | 1.0 | 10.3 | |
Reggie Jackson | 75 | 75 | 31.2 | .392 | .326 | .847 | 3.6 | 4.8 | .7 | .2 | 16.8 |
Luke Kennard | 70 | 13 | 27.4 | .449 | .449 | .896 | 3.3 | 2.1 | .6 | .1 | 11.9 |
Amir Coffey | 69 | 30 | 22.7 | .453 | .378 | .863 | 2.9 | 1.8 | .6 | .2 | 9.0 |
Isaiah Hartenstein | 68 | 0 | 17.9 | .626 | .467 | .689 | 4.9 | 2.4 | .7 | 1.1 | 8.3 |
Nicolas Batum | 59 | 54 | 24.8 | .463 | .400 | .658 | 4.3 | 1.7 | 1.0 | .7 | 8.3 |
Marcus Morris Sr. | 54 | 54 | 29.0 | .434 | .367 | .872 | 4.4 | 2.1 | .5 | .3 | 15.4 |
Eric Bledsoe | 54 | 29 | 25.2 | .421 | .313 | .761 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 1.3 | .4 | 9.9 |
Brandon Boston Jr. | 51 | 0 | 14.9 | .385 | .306 | .819 | 2.2 | 1.0 | .5 | .3 | 6.7 |
Justise Winslow† | 37 | 1 | 13.0 | .447 | .172 | .610 | 3.6 | 1.4 | .6 | .5 | 4.2 |
Serge Ibaka† | 35 | 10 | 15.4 | .490 | .387 | .690 | 4.3 | 1.0 | .2 | .7 | 6.6 |
Paul George | 31 | 31 | 34.7 | .421 | .354 | .858 | 6.9 | 5.7 | 2.2 | .4 | 24.3 |
Robert Covington† | 23 | 2 | 22.1 | .500 | .450 | .848 | 5.1 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 10.4 |
Jay Scrubb | 18 | 0 | 6.7 | .391 | .286 | .700 | .9 | .4 | .2 | .2 | 2.7 |
Keon Johnson† | 15 | 0 | 9.0 | .333 | .273 | .762 | 1.4 | .9 | .5 | .1 | 3.5 |
Rodney Hood† | 13 | 0 | 9.8 | .462 | .545 | .800 | .8 | .6 | .2 | .2 | 2.6 |
Xavier Moon | 10 | 0 | 13.7 | .490 | .357 | .600 | 1.4 | 2.4 | .7 | .3 | 5.8 |
Semi Ojeleye† | 10 | 0 | 9.8 | .414 | .444 | .813 | 1.6 | .4 | .2 | .1 | 4.1 |
Wenyen Gabriel† | 6 | 0 | 7.7 | .385 | .400 | .500 | 2.3 | .3 | .2 | .3 | 2.3 |
Norman Powell† | 5 | 2 | 25.0 | .508 | .542 | .857 | 2.8 | 2.8 | .4 | .8 | 21.4 |
James Ennis III† | 2 | 0 | 14.0 | .636 | .500 | 1.000 | 2.5 | .0 | .5 | .5 | 10.0 |
Moses Wright† | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | .0 | 1.0 | .0 | .0 | .0 |
- † Denotes player spent time with another team in the season. Stats reflect time with the Clippers only.
Transactions
[edit]Trades
[edit]July 29, 2021[2] | To Los Angeles Clippers Draft rights to Keon Johnson (No. 21) |
To New York Knicks Draft rights to Quentin Grimes (No. 25) 2024 DET second-round pick |
July 29, 2021[3] | To Los Angeles Clippers Draft rights to Jason Preston (No. 33) |
To Orlando Magic 2026 DET second-round pick Cash considerations |
August 7, 2021[4] | To Los Angeles Clippers Draft rights to Brandon Boston Jr. (No. 51) |
To New Orleans Pelicans 2022 SAC protected second-round pick Cash considerations |
August 16, 2021 | To Los Angeles Clippers Eric Bledsoe |
To Memphis Grizzlies Patrick Beverley Rajon Rondo Daniel Oturu |
February 4, 2022 | To Los Angeles Clippers Robert Covington Norman Powell |
To Portland Trail Blazers Eric Bledsoe Keon Johnson Justise Winslow 2025 DET 2nd-round pick |
February 10, 2022 | To Los Angeles Clippers Rodney Hood (from Milwaukee) |
To Milwaukee Bucks Serge Ibaka (from Los Angeles) |
To Detroit Pistons Marvin Bagley III (from Sacramento) |
To Sacramento Kings Donte DiVincenzo (from Milwaukee) |
Free agency
[edit]Re-signed
[edit]Player | Signed |
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Reggie Jackson[5] | August 11, 2021 |
Kawhi Leonard[6] | August 12, 2021 |
Nicolas Batum[7] | August 13, 2021 |
Amir Coffey | September 27, 2021, Two-way contract |
Additions
[edit]Player | Signed | Former team |
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Justise Winslow[8] | August 8, 2021 | Memphis Grizzlies |
Isaiah Hartenstein | September 27, 2021 | Cleveland Cavaliers |
Moses Wright | December 21, 2021, 10-day contract | Agua Caliente Clippers |
Xavier Moon | December 26, 2021, 1st 10-day contract January 4, 2022, 2nd 10-day contract January 14, 2022, 3rd 10-day contract March 26, 2022, Two-way contract |
Agua Caliente Clippers |
James Ennis III | December 29, 2021, 10-day contract | Brooklyn Nets |
Wenyen Gabriel | December 31, 2021, 1st 10-day contract January 11, 2022, 2nd 10-day contract |
Brooklyn Nets |
Subtractions
[edit]Player | Reason left | New team |
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Patrick Patterson | Free agency | Portland Trail Blazers |
Yogi Ferrell | Waived | Panathinaikos |
DeMarcus Cousins | Free agency | Milwaukee Bucks |
Moses Wright | Contract expired, December 31, 2021 | Agua Caliente Clippers |
James Ennis III | Contract expired, January 8, 2022 | Denver Nuggets |
Wenyen Gabriel | Contract expired, January 21, 2022 | Wisconsin Herd |
Xavier Moon | Contract expired, January 24, 2022 | Agua Caliente Clippers |
Semi Ojeleye | Waived, March 26, 2022 | Virtus Bologna |
Notes
[edit]- ^ Formerly the Staples Center until December 24, 2021
References
[edit]- ^ "Pelicans eliminate Clippers, will play Suns". The Athletic. Retrieved April 16, 2022.
- ^ "LA Clippers Acquire Draft Rights To Keon Johnson". NBA.com. July 29, 2021. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
- ^ "LA Clippers Acquire Draft Rights To Jason Preston". NBA.com. July 29, 2021. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
- ^ "LA Clippers Acquire Draft Rights To Brandon Boston Jr". NBA.com. August 7, 2021. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
- ^ "LA Clippers Re-Sign Reggie Jackson". NBA.com. August 11, 2021. Retrieved August 11, 2021.
- ^ "LA Clippers Re-Sign Five-Time NBA All-Star Kawhi Leonard". NBA.com. August 12, 2021. Retrieved August 12, 2021.
- ^ "LA Clippers Re-Sign Nicolas Batum". NBA.com. August 13, 2021. Retrieved August 13, 2021.
- ^ "LA Clippers Sign Justise Winslow". NBA.com. August 8, 2021. Retrieved August 9, 2021.