2020–21 Los Angeles Clippers season

The 2020-21 Los Angeles Clippers season is the 51st season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA), their 43rd season in Southern California, and their 37th season in Los Angeles.

2020–21 Los Angeles Clippers season
Head coach	Tyronn Lue
General manager	Michael Winger
Owners	Steve Ballmer
Arena	Staples Center
Results
Record	16–6 (.727)
Place	Division: 2nd (Pacific) Conference: 3rd (Western)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	KCOP-TV Fox Sports West and Prime Ticket
Radio	KLAC

On September 28, 2020, the Clippers and head coach Doc Rivers mutually agreed to part ways after seven seasons with the team.[1] On October 20, 2020, the Clippers promoted Tyronn Lue as their new head coach.[2]

Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College / Club
2	57	Reggie Perry	PF	United States	Mississippi State

Roster

Roster listing

Los Angeles Clippers roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY-MM-DD) From G/F 33 Batum, Nicolas 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1988-12-14 France 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 9 Ibaka, Serge 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1989-09-18 Republic of the Congo G 1 Jackson, Reggie 6 ft 2 in (1.88 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 G 5 Kennard, Luke 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 206 lb (93 kg) 1996-06-24 Duke 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 F 8 Morris, Marcus 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 218 lb (99 kg) 1989-09-02 Kansas C 10 Oturu, Daniel 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1999-09-20 Minnesota F 54 Patterson, Patrick 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1989-03-14 Kentucky G/F 4 Scrubb, Jay (TW) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 2000-09-01 John A. Logan 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 Tyronn Lue Assistant coach(es) Kenny Atkinson Chauncey Billups Jeremy Castleberry Dan Craig (associate HC) Larry Drew Brendan O'Connor Roy Rogers 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: December 1, 2020

Standings

Division

Pacific Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div	GP
Los Angeles Lakers	19	6	.760	0.0	7–4	12–2	0–2	25
Los Angeles Clippers	17	8	.680	2.0	8–4	9–4	5–2	25
Phoenix Suns	14	9	.609	4.0	7–4	7–5	2–2	23
Golden State Warriors	13	12	.520	6.0	8–5	5–7	3–2	25
Sacramento Kings	12	12	.500	6.5	7–7	5–5	2–4	24

Conference

Western Conference
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	GP
1	Utah Jazz *	20	5	.800	–	25
2	Los Angeles Lakers *	19	6	.760	1.0	25
3	Los Angeles Clippers	17	8	.680	3.0	25
4	Phoenix Suns	14	9	.609	5.0	23
5	Portland Trail Blazers	13	10	.565	6.0	23
6	San Antonio Spurs *	14	11	.560	6.0	25
7	Denver Nuggets	12	11	.522	7.0	23
8	Golden State Warriors	13	12	.520	7.0	25
9	Sacramento Kings	12	12	.500	7.5	24
10	New Orleans Pelicans	11	12	.478	8.0	23
11	Memphis Grizzlies	9	10	.474	8.0	19
12	Houston Rockets	11	13	.458	8.5	24
13	Dallas Mavericks	11	14	.440	9.0	25
14	Oklahoma City Thunder	10	13	.435	9.0	23
15	Minnesota Timberwolves	6	18	.250	13.5	24

Game log

Preseason

2020 preseason game log Total: 0–3 (Home: 0–1; Road: 0–2)
Preseason: 0–3 (Home: 0–1; Road: 0–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 December 11 @ L.A. Lakers L 81–87 Paul George (10) Ivica Zubac (10) 4 tied (2) Staples Center 0–1 2 December 13 @ L.A. Lakers L 106–131 Lou Williams (12) Ivica Zubac (6) Terance Mann (5) Staples Center 0–2 3 December 17 Utah L 105–125 Paul George (16) Nicolas Batum (8) Paul George (5) Staples Center 0–3
2020–21 season schedule

Regular season

2020–21 game log Total: 17–8 (Home: 8–4; Road: 5–4)
December: 4–1 (Home: 2–1; Road: 2–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 December 22 @ L.A. Lakers W 116–109 Paul George (33) 4 tied (6) Nicolas Batum (6) Staples Center 0 1–0 2 December 25 @ Denver W 121–108 Paul George (23) Nicolas Batum (10) Paul George (9) Ball Arena 0 2–0 3 December 27 Dallas L 73–124 Paul George (15) Serge Ibaka (9) Paul George (4) Staples Center 0 2–1 4 December 29 Minnesota W 124–101 Lou Williams (20) Serge Ibaka (8) George, Williams (5) Staples Center 0 3–1 5 December 30 Portland W 128–105 Kawhi Leonard (28) Paul George (10) George, Leonard (7) Staples Center 0 4–1
January: 12–4 (Home: 6–1; Road: 6–3) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 6 January 1 @ Utah L 100–106 Paul George (25) Kawhi Leonard (16) Kawhi Leonard (9) Vivint Smart Home Arena Limited Seating 4–2 7 January 3 @ Phoenix W 112–107 Paul George (39) Patrick Beverley (9) Reggie Jackson (6) Phoenix Suns Arena 0 5–2 8 January 5 San Antonio L 113–116 Kawhi Leonard (30) Nicolas Batum (9) Kawhi Leonard (10) Staples Center 0 5–3 9 January 6 @ Golden State W 108–101 George, Leonard (21) Serge Ibaka (14) Kawhi Leonard (4) Chase Center 0 6–3 10 January 8 @ Golden State L 105–115 Paul George (25) Serge Ibaka (7) Paul George (7) Chase Center 0 6–4 11 January 10 Chicago W 130–127 Kawhi Leonard (35) 3 tied (7) Paul George (9) Staples Center 0 7–4 12 January 13 New Orleans W 111–106 Kawhi Leonard (28) Ivica Zubac (7) Kawhi Leonard (9) Staples Center 0 8–4 13 January 15 @ Sacramento W 138–100 Kawhi Leonard (27) Ivica Zubac (7) Kennard, Leonard (7) Golden 1 Center 0 9–4 14 January 17 Indiana W 129–96 3 tied (20) 3 tied (7) Patrick Beverley (6) Staples Center 0 10–4 15 January 20 Sacramento W 115–96 Kawhi Leonard (32) Ivica Zubac (12) Paul George (12) Staples Center 0 11–4 16 January 22 Oklahoma City W 120–116 Kawhi Leonard (31) Serge Ibaka (11) Lou Williams (8) Staples Center 0 12–4 17 January 24 Oklahoma City W 108–100 Kawhi Leonard (34) Ivica Zubac (11) Kawhi Leonard (8) Staples Center 0 13–4 18 January 26 @ Atlanta L 99–108 Reggie Jackson (20) Ivica Zubac (10) Reggie Jackson (8) State Farm Arena 0 13–5 19 January 28 @ Miami W 109–105 Nicolas Batum (18) Serge Ibaka (13) Reggie Jackson (6) American Airlines Arena 0 14–5 20 January 29 @ Orlando W 116–90 Paul George (26) George, Ibaka (9) Paul George (5) Amway Center 3,763 15–5 21 January 31 @ New York W 129–115 Kawhi Leonard (28) Paul George (8) George, Williams (5) Madison Square Garden 0 16–5
February: 1–3 (Home: 0–2; Road: 1–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 22 February 2 @ Brooklyn L 120–124 Kawhi Leonard (33) Serge Ibaka (10) Paul George (6) Barclays Center 0 16–6 23 February 3 @ Cleveland W 121–99 Paul George (36) Ivica Zubac (16) Paul George (6) Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 0 17–6 24 February 5 Boston L 115–119 Kawhi Leonard (28) Kawhi Leonard (11) Lou Williams (6) Staples Center 0 17–7 25 February 7 Sacramento L 110–113 Lou Williams (23) Ivica Zubac (14) Lou Williams (5) Staples Center 0 17–8
March: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record
April: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record
May: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record
2020–21 season schedule

Transactions

Overview

Players Added Via draft Via trade Via free agency

Players Lost Via free agency Via retirement Waived

Trades

November 19, 2020[3]	To Los Angeles Clippers Luke Kennard (from Detroit) Justin Patton (from Detroit) Draft rights to Jay Scrubb (#55) (from Brooklyn) 2023 POR second-round pick (from Detroit) 2024 DET second-round pick (from Detroit) 2025 DET second-round pick (from Detroit) 2026 DET second-round pick (from Detroit)	To Detroit Pistons Džanan Musa (from Brooklyn) Rodney McGruder (from LA Clippers) Draft rights to Saddiq Bey (#19) (from Brooklyn) Draft rights to Jaylen Hands (2019 #57) (from Brooklyn) 2021 TOR second-round pick (from Brooklyn) cash considerations (from LA Clippers)
	To Brooklyn Nets Landry Shamet (from LA Clippers) Bruce Brown (from Detroit)
November 19, 2020[4]	To Los Angeles Clippers Draft rights to Daniel Oturu (#33)	To Oklahoma City Thunder Draft rights to Mathias Lessort (2017 #50) 2023 DET second-round pick

Re-signed

Player	Signed
Marcus Morris[5]	November 25, 2020
Patrick Patterson[6]	November 25, 2020
Reggie Jackson	December 1, 2020

Additions

Player	Signed	Former team
Serge Ibaka	November 25, 2020	Toronto Raptors
Ky Bowman	November 26, 2020	Golden State Warriors
Nicolas Batum	December 1, 2020	Charlotte Hornets

Subtractions

Player	Reason left	New team
JaMychal Green[7]	Free agency	Denver Nuggets
Montrezl Harrell[8]	Free agency	Los Angeles Lakers
Justin Patton	Waived	Milwaukee Bucks
Johnathan Motley[9]	Free agency	Phoenix Suns
Joakim Noah	Waived	TBD
Ky Bowman	Waived	TBD

References

1. Reynolds, Tim (September 28, 2020). "Doc Rivers out as LA Clippers coach after 7 seasons". NBA.com. Retrieved September 28, 2020.
2. "Clippers Name Tyronn Lue Head Coach". NBA.com. October 20, 2020. Retrieved October 20, 2020.
3. "LA Clippers Acquire Kennard, Patton, Scrubb and Four Second-Round Picks In Three-Team Deal". NBA.com. November 19, 2020. Retrieved November 19, 2020.
4. "LA Clippers Acquire Draft Rights to Daniel Oturu". NBA.com. November 19, 2020. Retrieved November 19, 2020.
5. "LA Clippers Re-Sign Forward Marcus Morris Sr". NBA.com. November 25, 2020. Retrieved November 25, 2020.
6. "LA Clippers Re-Sign Forward Patrick Patterson". NBA.com. November 25, 2020. Retrieved November 25, 2020.
7. "Denver Nuggets sign forward JaMychal Green". NBA.com. November 30, 2020. Retrieved November 30, 2020.
8. "Lakers Sign Montrezl Harrell". NBA.com. November 22, 2020. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
9. "SUNS SIGN MOORE, GALLOWAY & JONES". NBA.com. November 30, 2020. Retrieved November 30, 2020.