2015–16 Los Angeles Clippers season NBA professional basketball team season
NBA professional basketball team season
The 2015–16 Los Angeles Clippers season was the 46th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA), their 38th season in Southern California , and their 32nd season in Los Angeles .
On July 8, despite offers from the Dallas Mavericks , DeAndre Jordan returned to the Clippers with a 4-year, $87.7 million deal.
During the offseason the Clippers signed veteran and Boston Celtics legend Paul Pierce and he played the rest of his career as a Clipper. The signing reunited Pierce with his former coach Doc Rivers , who coached the Celtics from 2004 to 2013 and won them a championship in 2008 .
The Clippers played most of the season without Blake Griffin , who broke his hand in a fight and was subsequently suspended for 4 games. He returned on April 3 after sitting out 45 games.
The Clippers entered the playoffs against the 5th-seeded 44–38 Portland Trail Blazers who were 9 games behind them. However, injuries robbed the team and that was their undoing as they were eliminated in the first round in six games by the Trail Blazers for the first time since 2013 , when the team was eliminated by the Memphis Grizzlies .
Draft
The Clippers did not have a pick in the 2015 NBA Draft.
Roster
2015–16 Los Angeles Clippers roster
Players
Coaches
Pos.
No.
Name
Height
Weight
DOB
From
C
45
Aldrich, Cole
6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)
250 lb (113 kg)
1988–10–31
Kansas
C
19
Ayres, Jeff (DL)
6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
252 lb (114 kg)
1987–04–29
Arizona State
SG
11
Crawford, Jamal
6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
200 lb (91 kg)
1980–03–20
Michigan
SF
22
Dawson, Branden
6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
225 lb (102 kg)
1993–02–01
Michigan State
SF
8
Green, Jeff
6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
235 lb (107 kg)
1986–08–28
Georgetown
PF
32
Griffin, Blake
6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
251 lb (114 kg)
1989–03–16
Oklahoma
SF
33
Johnson, Wesley
6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
215 lb (98 kg)
1987–07–11
Syracuse
C
6
Jordan, DeAndre
6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)
265 lb (120 kg)
1988–07–21
Texas A&M
SF
12
Mbah a Moute, Luc
6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
230 lb (104 kg)
1986–09–09
UCLA
PG
3
Paul, Chris
6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
175 lb (79 kg)
1985–05–06
Wake Forest
SF
34
Pierce, Paul
6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
235 lb (107 kg)
1977–10–13
Kansas
PG
9
Prigioni, Pablo
6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
185 lb (84 kg)
1977–05–17
Argentina
SG
4
Redick, JJ
6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
190 lb (86 kg)
1984–06–24
Duke
PG
25
Rivers, Austin
6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
200 lb (91 kg)
1992–08–01
Duke
SG
30
Wilcox, C. J.
6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
195 lb (88 kg)
1990–12–30
Washington
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
(DP) Unsigned draft pick(FA) Free agent(S) Suspended(DL) On assignment to D-League affiliate Injured
Roster Last transaction: 2016–03–29
Roster notes
Forward Wesley Johnson becomes the 25th former Laker to play for the crosstown rival Clippers.
Preseason
2015 pre-season game log Total: 3–3 (home: 3–1; road: 0–2)
Pre-season: 3–3 (home: 3–1; road: 0–2)
2015–16 season schedule
Standing
By Division
By Conference
Regular season game log
2015–16 game log Total: 53–29 (home: 29–12; road: 24–17) All game times Pacific
October: 3–0 (home: 2–0; road: 1–0)
November
: 7–8 (home: 6–4; road: 1–4)
Game
Date
Team
Score
High points
High rebounds
High assists
Location Attendance
Record
4
November 2 7:30 pm
Phoenix
W 102–96
Blake Griffin (22)
Blake Griffin (10)
Chris Paul (5)
Staples Center 19,060
4–0
5
November 4 7:30 pm
@ Golden State
L 108–112
Chris Paul (24)
DeAndre Jordan (13)
Chris Paul (9)
Oracle Arena 19,596
4–1
6
November 7 7:30 pm
Houston
L 105–109
Blake Griffin (35)
DeAndre Jordan (14)
Griffin , Pierce (5)
Staples Center 19,361
4–2
7
November 9 7:30 pm
Memphis
W 94–92
Blake Griffin (24)
Griffin , Jordan (12)
Chris Paul (4)
Staples Center 19,060
5–2
8
November 11 5pm
@ Dallas
L 108–118
Blake Griffin (21)
DeAndre Jordan (11)
Chris Paul (11)
American Airlines Center 19,805
5–3
9
November 12 7:30 pm
@ Phoenix
L 104–118
Jamal Crawford (18)
DeAndre Jordan (9)
Blake Griffin (4)
Talking Stick Resort Arena 17,204
5–4
10
November 14 12:30 pm
Detroit
W 101–96
Jamal Crawford (37)
DeAndre Jordan (16)
Blake Griffin (9)
Staples Center 19,060
6–4
11
November 19 7:30 pm
Golden State
L 117–124
Chris Paul (35)
DeAndre Jordan (8)
Chris Paul (8)
Staples Center 19,528
6–5
12
November 20 7pm
@ Portland
L 91–102
Blake Griffin (21)
DeAndre Jordan (15)
Chris Paul (8)
Moda Center 19,393
6–6
13
November 22 12:30 pm
Toronto
L 80–91
JJ Redick (17)
DeAndre Jordan (14)
Chris Paul (11)
Staples Center 19,060
6–7
14
November 24 6pm
@ Denver
W 111–94
Jordan , Griffin (18)
DeAndre Jordan (11)
Chris Paul (10)
Pepsi Center 13,257
7–7
15
November 25 7:30 pm
Utah
L 91–102
Blake Griffin (40)
Blake Griffin (12)
Chris Paul (8)
Staples Center 19,060
7–8
16
November 27 7:30 pm
New Orleans
W 111–90
Griffin , Paul (20)
DeAndre Jordan (11)
Chris Paul (8)
Staples Center 19,162
8–8
17
November 29 12:30 pm
Minnesota
W 107–99
Blake Griffin (26)
DeAndre Jordan (9)
Chris Paul (9)
Staples Center 19,060
9–8
18
November 30 7:30 pm
Portland
W 102–87
Blake Griffin (23)
DeAndre Jordan (24)
Griffin , Paul (6)
Staples Center 19,060
10–8
December
: 11–5 (home: 2–2; road: 9–3)
Game
Date
Team
Score
High points
High rebounds
High assists
Location Attendance
Record
19
December 2 7:30 pm
Indiana
L 91–103
Griffin , Stephenson (19)
DeAndre Jordan (15)
Blake Griffin (6)
Staples Center 19,060
10–9
20
December 5 7:30 pm
Orlando
W 103–101
Jamal Crawford (32)
DeAndre Jordan (14)
Blake Griffin (7)
Staples Center 19,146
11–9
21
December 7 5pm
@ Minnesota
W 110–106
DeAndre Jordan (20)
DeAndre Jordan (12)
Jamal Crawford (7)
Target Center 11,467
12–9
22
December 9 5pm
@ Milwaukee
W 109–95
JJ Redick (31)
DeAndre Jordan (21)
Chris Paul (18)
BMO Harris Bradley Center 14,224
13–9
23
December 10 5pm
@ Chicago
L 80–83
Blake Griffin (18)
DeAndre Jordan (14)
Chris Paul (5)
United Center 21,491
13–10
24
December 12 2pm
@ Brooklyn
W 105–100
Griffin , Redick (21)
DeAndre Jordan (12)
Chris Paul (14)
Barclays Center 15,689
14–10
25
December 14 4:30 pm
@ Detroit
W 105–103 (OT)
Blake Griffin (34)
DeAndre Jordan (14)
Chris Paul (12)
The Palace of Auburn Hills 13,525
15–10
26
December 16 7:30 pm
Milwaukee
W 103–90
Chris Paul (21)
Griffin , Jordan (8)
Chris Paul (8)
Staples Center 19,060
16–10
27
December 18 5pm
@ San Antonio
L 107–115
Chris Paul (27)
DeAndre Jordan (17)
Chris Paul (10)
AT&T Center 18,418
16–11
28
December 19 5pm
@ Houston
L 97–107
Blake Griffin (22)
DeAndre Jordan (11)
Chris Paul (10)
Toyota Center 18,212
16–12
29
December 21 7:30 pm
Oklahoma City
L 99–100
Chris Paul (32)
DeAndre Jordan (10)
Chris Paul (10)
Staples Center 19,415
16–13
30
December 25 7:30 pm
@ L.A. Lakers
W 94–84
Chris Paul (23)
DeAndre Jordan (14)
Chris Paul (6)
Staples Center 18,997
17–13
31
December 26 6pm
@ Utah
W 109–104
JJ Redick (25)
DeAndre Jordan (13)
Chris Paul (11)
Vivint Smart Home Arena 19,911
18–13
32
December 28 4pm
@ Washington
W 108–91
Chris Paul (23)
DeAndre Jordan (13)
Chris Paul (7)
Verizon Center 20,356
19–13
33
December 30 4pm
@ Charlotte
W 122–117
JJ Redick (26)
DeAndre Jordan (13)
Chris Paul (11)
Time Warner Cable Arena 19,145
20–13
34
December 31 5pm
@ New Orleans
W 95–89
JJ Redick (26)
DeAndre Jordan (20)
Chris Paul (12)
Smoothie King Center 16,920
21–13
January
: 11–3 (home: 7–1; road: 4–2)
Game
Date
Team
Score
High points
High rebounds
High assists
Location Attendance
Record
35
January 2 7:30 pm
Philadelphia
W 130–99
DeAndre Jordan (22)
DeAndre Jordan (13)
Chris Paul (14)
Staples Center 19,212
22–13
36
January 6 7pm
@ Portland
W 109–98
Chris Paul (21)
DeAndre Jordan (14)
Chris Paul (19)
Moda Center 18,598
23–13
37
January 9 12:30 pm
Charlotte
W 97–83
Chris Paul (25)
DeAndre Jordan (19)
Chris Paul (7)
Staples Center 19,060
24–13
38
January 10 12:30 pm
New Orleans
W 114–111 (OT)
Chris Paul (25)
DeAndre Jordan (11)
Chris Paul (11)
Staples Center 19,060
25–13
39
January 13 7:30 pm
Miami
W 104–90
Cole Aldrich (19)
Paul Pierce (9)
Chris Paul (12)
Staples Center 19,194
26–13
40
January 16 7:30 pm
Sacramento
L 103–110
JJ Redick (22)
Cole Aldrich (10)
Chris Paul (7)
Staples Center 19,191
26–14
41
January 18 7:30 pm
Houston
W 140–132 (OT)
JJ Redick (40)
DeAndre Jordan (15)
Chris Paul (12)
Staples Center 19,060
27–14
42
January 21 5pm
@ Cleveland
L 102–115
Chris Paul (30)
DeAndre Jordan (13)
Chris Paul (9)
Quicken Loans Arena 20,562
27–15
43
January 22 4:30 pm
@ New York
W 116–88
DeAndre Jordan (20)
DeAndre Jordan (8)
Chris Paul (13)
Madison Square Garden 19,812
28–15
44
January 24 3pm
@ Toronto
L 94–112
Chris Paul (23)
DeAndre Jordan (11)
Chris Paul (13)
Air Canada Centre 19,800
28–16
45
January 26 4pm
@ Indiana
W 91–89
Chris Paul (26)
DeAndre Jordan (19)
Chris Paul (7)
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 15,448
29–16
46
January 27 5pm
@ Atlanta
W 85–83
Jamal Crawford (21)
DeAndre Jordan (19)
Chris Paul (10)
Philips Arena 17,664
30–16
47
January 29 7:30 pm
L.A. Lakers
W 105–93
Chris Paul (27)
DeAndre Jordan (17)
Chris Paul (7)
Staples Center 19,495
31–16
48
January 31 12:30 pm
Chicago
W 120–93
Jamal Crawford (26)
DeAndre Jordan (20)
Chris Paul (7)
Staples Center 19,325
32–16
February
: 7–4 (home: 3–3; road: 4–1)
Game
Date
Team
Score
High points
High rebounds
High assists
Location Attendance
Record
49
February 3 7:30 pm
Minnesota
L 102–108
Chris Paul (22)
DeAndre Jordan (15)
Chris Paul (8)
Staples Center 19,060
32–17
50
February 5 4pm
@ Orlando
W 107–93
Chris Paul (21)
DeAndre Jordan (18)
Chris Paul (6)
Amway Center 16,647
33–17
51
February 7 11am
@ Miami
W 100–93
Chris Paul (22)
Aldrich , Jordan (11)
Chris Paul (7)
American Airlines Arena 19,624
34–17
52
February 8 4pm
@ Philadelphia
W 98–92 (OT)
Crawford , Redick (23)
DeAndre Jordan (21)
Chris Paul (7)
Wells Fargo Center 13,310
35–17
53
February 10 4:30 pm
@ Boston
L 134–139 (OT)
Chris Paul (35)
DeAndre Jordan (16)
Chris Paul (13)
TD Garden 18,186
35–18
All-Star Break
54
February 18 7:30 pm
San Antonio
W 105–86
Chris Paul (28)
DeAndre Jordan (17)
Chris Paul (12)
Staples Center 19,410
36–18
55
February 20 5:30 pm
Golden State
L 112–115
Chris Paul (24)
DeAndre Jordan (21)
Chris Paul (6)
Staples Center 19,585
36–19
56
February 22 7:30 pm
Phoenix
W 124–84
JJ Redick (22)
DeAndre Jordan (11)
Chris Paul (14)
Staples Center 19,060
37–19
57
February 24 7:30 pm
Denver
L 81–87
Crawford , Redick (20)
DeAndre Jordan (12)
Chris Paul (10)
Staples Center 19,060
37–20
58
February 26 7pm
@ Sacramento
W 117–107
Chris Paul (40)
DeAndre Jordan (11)
Chris Paul (13)
Sleep Train Arena 17,317
38–20
59
February 29 7:30 pm
Brooklyn
W 105–95
Jamal Crawford (26)
DeAndre Jordan (10)
Chris Paul (12)
Staples Center 19,060
39–20
March
: 8–8 (home: 5–2; road: 3–6)
Game
Date
Team
Score
High points
High rebounds
High assists
Location Attendance
Record
60
March 2 7:30 pm
Oklahoma City
W 103–98
Chris Paul (21)
DeAndre Jordan (18)
Chris Paul (13)
Staples Center 19,304
40–20
61
March 5 7:30 pm
Atlanta
L 97–107
Jordan , Paul (17)
DeAndre Jordan (11)
Chris Paul (11)
Staples Center 19,236
40–21
62
March 7 5:30 pm
@ Dallas
W 109–90
Chris Paul (27)
DeAndre Jordan (20)
Chris Paul (7)
American Airlines Center 20,002
41–21
63
March 9 6:30 pm
@ Oklahoma City
L 108–120
Jeff Green (23)
DeAndre Jordan (7)
Chris Paul (16)
Chesapeake Energy Arena 18,203
41–22
64
March 11 7:30 pm
New York
W 101–94
Chris Paul (24)
DeAndre Jordan (19)
Chris Paul (15)
Staples Center 19,175
42–22
65
March 13 12:30 pm
Cleveland
L 90–114
JJ Redick (19)
DeAndre Jordan (11)
Chris Paul (10)
Staples Center 19,342
42–23
66
March 15 5:30 pm
@ San Antonio
L 87–108
Chris Paul (22)
DeAndre Jordan (14)
Chris Paul (8)
AT&T Center 18,418
42–24
67
March 16 6:30 pm
@ Houston
W 122–106
JJ Redick (25)
DeAndre Jordan (16)
Chris Paul (16)
Toyota Center 18,304
43–24
68
March 19 5pm
@ Memphis
L 103–115
Chris Paul (25)
DeAndre Jordan (7)
Chris Paul (6)
FedExForum 18,119
43–25
69
March 20 3pm
@ New Orleans
L 105–109
Paul , Redick (21)
DeAndre Jordan (9)
Chris Paul (13)
Smoothie King Center 17,407
43–26
70
March 23 7:30 pm
@ Golden State
L 98–114
DeAndre Jordan (19)
DeAndre Jordan (20)
Chris Paul (8)
Oracle Arena 19,596
43–27
71
March 24 7:30 pm
Portland
W 96–94
Crawford , Paul (25)
DeAndre Jordan (13)
Chris Paul (5)
Staples Center 19,359
44–27
72
March 27 12:30 pm
Denver
W 105–90
DeAndre Jordan (16)
DeAndre Jordan (16)
Chris Paul (9)
Staples Center 19,060
45–27
73
March 28 7:30 pm
Boston
W 114–90
Austin Rivers (16)
DeAndre Jordan (13)
Chris Paul (14)
Staples Center 19,258
46–27
74
March 30 5pm
@ Minnesota
W 99–79
Chris Paul (20)
Chris Paul (8)
Chris Paul (16)
Target Center 12,252
47–27
75
March 31 6:30 pm
@ Oklahoma City
L 117–119
Jamal Crawford (32)
Cole Aldrich (10)
Jamal Crawford (7)
Chesapeake Energy Arena 18,203
47–28
April
: 6–1 (home: 4–0; road: 2–1)
2015–16 season schedule
Playoffs
Game log
2016 playoff game log Total: 2–4 (home: 2–1; road: 0–3)
First Round: 2–4 (home: 2–1; road: 0–3)
Game
Date
Team
Score
High points
High rebounds
High assists
Location Attendance
Series
1
April 17
Portland
W 115–95
Chris Paul (28)
Griffin , Jordan (12)
Chris Paul (11)
STAPLES Center 19,122
1–0
2
April 20
Portland
W 102–81
Chris Paul (25)
DeAndre Jordan (18)
Jordan , Paul (5)
STAPLES Center 19,127
2–0
3
April 23
@ Portland
L 88–96
Chris Paul (26)
DeAndre Jordan (16)
Chris Paul (9)
Moda Center 19,761
2–1
4
April 25
@ Portland
L 84–98
Green , Griffin (17)
DeAndre Jordan (15)
Chris Paul (4)
Moda Center 19,607
2–2
5
April 27
Portland
L 98–108
JJ Redick (19)
DeAndre Jordan (17)
Crawford , Prigioni (4)
STAPLES Center 19,060
2–3
6
April 29
@ Portland
L 103–106
Jamal Crawford (32)
DeAndre Jordan (20)
Austin Rivers (8)
Moda Center 19,768
2–4
2016 playoff schedule
Player statistics
Regular season
Playoffs
† Denotes player spent time with another team in the season. Stats reflect time with the Clippers only.
Transactions
Trades
Free agents
Re-signed
Additions
Subtractions
Player
Reason left
New team
Lester Hudson [ 7]
Waived, July 15, 2015
Liaoning Flying Leopards (CBA )
Ekpe Udoh [ 8]
Free Agency, July 28, 2015
Fenerbahçe Ülker (TBL )
Jordan Hamilton [ 9]
Waived, August 1, 2015
BC Krasny Oktyabr (VTB United League )
Glen Davis
Free Agency, September 1, 2015
Power (BIG3 )
Dahntay Jones
Free Agency, September 10, 2015
Brooklyn Nets
Hedo Türkoğlu
Retired, November 12, 2015
CEO (Turkish Basketball Federation )
Alex Stepheson
Contract Expired, March 12, 2016
Memphis Grizzlies
References
^ "CLIPPERS RE-SIGN JORDAN AND SIGN JOHNSON" . nba.com/clippers . July 9, 2015. Retrieved July 9, 2015 .
^ "CLIPPERS SIGN AUSTIN RIVERS AND COLE ALDRICH" . nba.com/clippers . July 13, 2015. Retrieved July 13, 2015 .
^ "CLIPPERS RE-SIGN JORDAN AND SIGN JOHNSON" . nba.com/clippers . July 9, 2015. Retrieved July 9, 2015 .
^ "CLIPPERS SIGN PAUL PIERCE" . nba.com/clippers . July 10, 2015. Retrieved July 10, 2015 .
^ "CLIPPERS SIGN AUSTIN RIVERS AND COLE ALDRICH" . nba.com/clippers . July 13, 2015. Retrieved July 13, 2015 .
^ "L.A. CLIPPERS SIGN PABLO PRIGIONI" . nba.com/clippers . August 3, 2015. Retrieved August 3, 2015 .
^ "Clippers waive guard Lester Hudson" . nba.com . July 16, 2015. Retrieved July 16, 2015 .
^ "Fenerbahce adds size with Udoh" . euroleague.net . July 28, 2015. Retrieved July 28, 2015 .
^ "Clippers waive forward Jordan Hamilton" . nba.com . August 1, 2015. Retrieved August 1, 2015 .
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