The 2022–23 Los Angeles Clippers season was the 53rd season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA), their 45th season in Southern California and their 39th season in Los Angeles. Despite improving from last season and reaching the playoffs, they failed to get past the first round due to a number of injuries.
2022–23 Los Angeles Clippers season | |
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Head coach | Tyronn Lue |
General manager | Michael Winger |
Owner(s) | Steve Ballmer |
Arena | Crypto.com Arena |
Results | |
Record | 44–38 (.537) |
Place | Division: 3rd (Pacific) Conference: 5th (Western) |
Playoff finish | First Round (lost to Suns 1–4) |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Local media | |
Television | Bally Sports West Bally Sports SoCal KTLA[1] |
Radio | KLAC |
Draft
editRound | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | College/Club |
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2 | 43 | Moussa Diabaté | Center | France | Michigan |
Roster
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Roster |
Roster Notes
edit- Guard Eric Gordon makes his second tour of duty with team having played for them from 2008 to 2011.
- Guard Russell Westbrook is the 31st former Lakers player to play for the Clippers.
Standings
editDivision
editPacific Division | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Div | GP |
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y – Sacramento Kings | 48 | 34 | .585 | – | 23–18 | 25–16 | 9–7 | 82 |
x – Phoenix Suns | 45 | 37 | .549 | 3.0 | 28–13 | 17–24 | 9–7 | 82 |
x – Los Angeles Clippers | 44 | 38 | .537 | 4.0 | 23–18 | 21–20 | 9–7 | 82 |
x – Golden State Warriors | 44 | 38 | .537 | 4.0 | 33–8 | 11–30 | 7–9 | 82 |
x – Los Angeles Lakers | 43 | 39 | .524 | 5.0 | 23–18 | 20–21 | 6–10 | 82 |
Conference
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# | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | GP |
1 | c – Denver Nuggets * | 53 | 29 | .646 | – | 82 |
2 | y – Memphis Grizzlies * | 51 | 31 | .622 | 2.0 | 82 |
3 | y – Sacramento Kings * | 48 | 34 | .585 | 5.0 | 82 |
4 | x – Phoenix Suns | 45 | 37 | .549 | 8.0 | 82 |
5 | x – Los Angeles Clippers | 44 | 38 | .537 | 9.0 | 82 |
6 | x – Golden State Warriors | 44 | 38 | .537 | 9.0 | 82 |
7 | x – Los Angeles Lakers | 43 | 39 | .524 | 10.0 | 82 |
8 | x – Minnesota Timberwolves | 42 | 40 | .512 | 11.0 | 82 |
9 | pi – New Orleans Pelicans | 42 | 40 | .512 | 11.0 | 82 |
10 | pi – Oklahoma City Thunder | 40 | 42 | .488 | 13.0 | 82 |
11 | Dallas Mavericks | 38 | 44 | .463 | 15.0 | 82 |
12 | Utah Jazz | 37 | 45 | .451 | 16.0 | 82 |
13 | Portland Trail Blazers | 33 | 49 | .402 | 20.0 | 82 |
14 | Houston Rockets | 22 | 60 | .268 | 31.0 | 82 |
15 | San Antonio Spurs | 22 | 60 | .268 | 31.0 | 82 |
Game log
editPreseason
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Preseason: 2–2 (home: 2–2; road: 0–0)
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2022–23 season schedule |
Regular season
edit2022–23 game log Total: 44–38 (home: 23–18; road: 21–20) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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October: 3–4 (home: 1–2; road: 2–2)
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November
: 10–6 (home: 6–3; road: 4–3)
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December: 8–7 (home: 4–2; road: 4–5)
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January: 8–8 (home: 3–4; road: 5–4)
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February
: 4–6 (home: 1–4; road: 3–2)
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March
: 8–6 (home: 6–3; road: 2–3)
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April
: 3–1 (home: 2–0; road: 1–1)
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2022–23 season schedule |
Playoffs
edit2023 playoff game log Total: 1–4 (home: 0–2; road: 1–2) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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First Round: 1–4 (home: 0–2; road: 1–2)
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2023 playoff schedule |
Player statistics
editGP | 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
editPlayer | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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Terance Mann | 81 | 36 | 23.1 | .519 | .389 | .780 | 3.4 | 2.3 | .5 | .3 | 8.8 |
Nicolas Batum | 78 | 19 | 21.9 | .420 | .391 | .708 | 3.8 | 1.6 | .7 | .6 | 6.1 |
Ivica Zubac | 76 | 76 | 28.6 | .634 | .000 | .697 | 9.9 | 1.0 | .4 | 1.3 | 10.8 |
Marcus Morris Sr. | 65 | 65 | 28.1 | .426 | .364 | .782 | 4.0 | 1.8 | .6 | .3 | 11.2 |
Norman Powell | 60 | 8 | 26.1 | .479 | .397 | .812 | 2.9 | 1.8 | .8 | .3 | 17.0 |
Paul George | 56 | 56 | 34.6 | .457 | .371 | .871 | 6.1 | 5.1 | 1.5 | .4 | 23.8 |
Kawhi Leonard | 52 | 50 | 33.6 | .512 | .416 | .871 | 6.5 | 3.9 | 1.4 | .5 | 23.8 |
Reggie Jackson† | 52 | 38 | 25.7 | .418 | .350 | .924 | 2.2 | 3.5 | .7 | .1 | 10.9 |
Amir Coffey | 50 | 9 | 12.5 | .386 | .275 | .778 | 1.1 | 1.1 | .1 | .1 | 3.4 |
Robert Covington | 48 | 0 | 16.2 | .445 | .397 | .750 | 3.5 | 1.2 | .8 | .7 | 6.0 |
Luke Kennard† | 35 | 11 | 20.7 | .464 | .447 | .950 | 2.4 | 1.1 | .5 | .1 | 7.8 |
John Wall | 34 | 3 | 22.2 | .408 | .303 | .681 | 2.7 | 5.2 | .8 | .4 | 11.4 |
Moses Brown† | 34 | 1 | 8.5 | .635 | .458 | 4.1 | .1 | .1 | .4 | 4.6 | |
Mason Plumlee† | 23 | 4 | 19.9 | .727 | .772 | 6.9 | 1.7 | .5 | .5 | 7.5 | |
Eric Gordon† | 22 | 11 | 24.9 | .463 | .423 | .842 | 1.7 | 2.1 | .6 | .4 | 11.0 |
Brandon Boston Jr. | 22 | 1 | 11.3 | .418 | .414 | .763 | 1.4 | .9 | .4 | .0 | 6.5 |
Moussa Diabaté | 22 | 1 | 8.9 | .511 | .500 | .625 | 2.3 | .2 | .3 | .4 | 2.7 |
Russell Westbrook† | 21 | 21 | 30.2 | .489 | .356 | .658 | 4.9 | 7.6 | 1.1 | .5 | 15.8 |
Bones Hyland† | 14 | 0 | 18.9 | .401 | .351 | .750 | 3.5 | 3.4 | .8 | .1 | 10.8 |
Jason Preston | 14 | 0 | 8.9 | .439 | .278 | .000 | 1.6 | 1.9 | .1 | .0 | 2.9 |
Xavier Moon | 4 | 0 | 5.0 | .333 | .333 | .8 | 1.3 | .0 | .0 | 1.8 |
Playoffs
editPlayer | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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Russell Westbrook | 5 | 5 | 38.4 | .410 | .357 | .880 | 7.6 | 7.4 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 23.6 |
Eric Gordon | 5 | 5 | 29.8 | .409 | .345 | .833 | 1.4 | 2.6 | .6 | .4 | 10.2 |
Ivica Zubac | 5 | 5 | 26.0 | .567 | .750 | 9.6 | .6 | .6 | .2 | 9.2 | |
Norman Powell | 5 | 3 | 33.4 | .474 | .406 | .774 | 3.0 | 2.2 | .8 | .4 | 21.8 |
Nicolas Batum | 5 | 3 | 18.4 | .421 | .353 | 2.2 | 1.2 | .4 | .4 | 4.4 | |
Terance Mann | 5 | 0 | 26.6 | .576 | .474 | .667 | 3.2 | 2.2 | .8 | .2 | 10.6 |
Mason Plumlee | 5 | 0 | 18.2 | .875 | .929 | 6.8 | 1.8 | .4 | .4 | 8.2 | |
Bones Hyland | 5 | 0 | 16.4 | .341 | .250 | .800 | .8 | .8 | .8 | .2 | 8.6 |
Marcus Morris Sr. | 3 | 2 | 22.7 | .345 | .167 | 1.000 | 4.0 | .0 | .3 | .3 | 8.7 |
Kawhi Leonard | 2 | 2 | 40.0 | .545 | .600 | .882 | 6.5 | 6.0 | 2.0 | .5 | 34.5 |
Robert Covington | 2 | 0 | 6.0 | .000 | .000 | 1.0 | 1.0 | .0 | .5 | .0 | |
Brandon Boston Jr. | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | .0 | .0 | .0 | .0 | .0 | |||
Amir Coffey | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | .0 | .0 | .0 | .0 | .0 | |||
Jason Preston | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | .0 | .0 | .0 | .0 | .0 |
- † Denotes player spent time with another team in the season. Stats reflect time with the Clippers only.
Transactions
editTrades
editFebruary 9, 2023 | To Los Angeles Clippers Mason Plumlee |
To Charlotte Hornets Reggie Jackson 2028 LAC 2nd-round pick Cash considerations |
February 9, 2023 | To Los Angeles Clippers Eric Gordon (from Houston) 2024 conditional second-round pick (from Memphis) 2024 TOR second-round pick (from Memphis) 2027 MEM second-round pick (from Memphis) |
To Houston Rockets John Wall (from Los Angeles) Danny Green (from Memphis) 2023 right to swap first-round picks (from Los Angeles) |
To Memphis Grizzlies Luke Kennard (from Los Angeles) 2026 right to swap second-round picks (from Los Angeles) | ||
February 9, 2023 | To Los Angeles Clippers Bones Hyland (from Denver) |
To Denver Nuggets Thomas Bryant (from LA Lakers) |
To Los Angeles Lakers Mo Bamba (from Orlando) |
To Orlando Magic Patrick Beverley (from LA Lakers) |
Free agents
editRe-signed
editPlayer | Signed | Ref. |
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Nicolas Batum | July 6, 2022 | [2] |
Amir Coffey | July 6, 2022 | [3] |
Xavier Moon | July 9, 2022, Exhibit 10 contract | [4] |
Jay Scrubb | July 9, 2022, Exhibit 10 contract | [4] |
Additions
editPlayer | Signed | Former team | Ref. |
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John Wall | July 8, 2022 | Houston Rockets | [5] |
Moses Brown | July 9, 2022, Exhibit 10 contract | Cleveland Cavaliers | [4] |
Nate Darling | February 17, 2023, Two-way contract | Ontario Clippers | [6] |
Keaton Wallace | February 21, 2023, Two-way contract | Ontario Clippers | |
Russell Westbrook | February 22, 2023 | Utah Jazz | |
Xavier Moon | March 1, 2023, Two-way contract | Ontario Clippers |
Subtractions
editPlayer | Reason left | New team | Ref. |
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Isaiah Hartenstein | Free Agency | New York Knicks | [7] |
Jay Scrubb | Waived | Lakeland Magic | [8] |
Xavier Moon | Waived | Ontario Clippers | [9] |
Rodney Hood | Free Agency | Memphis Hustle | |
Moses Brown | Waived | Westchester Knicks | [10] |
Nate Darling | Waived | Ontario Clippers | |
Keaton Wallace | Waived | Ontario Clippers |
References
edit- ^ "Live LA Clippers Basketball Returns To Free Over-The-Air TV On KTLA 5". L.A Clippers. Los Angeles Clippers. Retrieved September 20, 2022.
- ^ "LA Clippers Re-sign Nicolas Batum". NBA.com. July 6, 2022. Retrieved July 7, 2022.
- ^ "LA Clippers Re-sign Amir Coffey". NBA.com. July 6, 2022. Retrieved July 7, 2022.
- ^ a b c Hill, Arthur (July 9, 2022). "Clippers Sign Moses Brown, Xavier Moon, Jay Scrubb". Hoops Rumors. Retrieved July 12, 2022.
- ^ "LA Clippers Sign Five-Time NBA All-Star John Wall". NBA.com. July 8, 2022. Retrieved July 9, 2022.
- ^ "Clippers Sign Nate Darling To Two-Way Deal". Hoop Rumors. February 17, 2023. Retrieved February 17, 2023.
- ^ "Knicks Sign Isaiah Hartenstein". NBA.com. July 12, 2022. Retrieved July 14, 2022.
- ^ "Lakeland Magic Announce 2022-23 Opening Night Roster". oursportscentral.com. November 3, 2022. Retrieved November 3, 2022.
- ^ "Ontario Clippers Announce Training Camp Roster for 2022-23 NBA G League Season". oursportscentral.com. November 3, 2022. Retrieved November 3, 2022.
- ^ "Clippers Waive Moses Brown". Hoop Rumors. February 17, 2023. Retrieved February 17, 2023.