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2004–05 Los Angeles Clippers season

NBA professional basketball team season

The 2004–05 Los Angeles Clippers season was the Clippers' 35th season in the National Basketball Association, and their 21st season in Los Angeles. With a young team with some promising talent led by Elton Brand and Corey Maggette, the Clippers got off to a solid start with an 11–7 record, but then lost five straight as they played around .500 for the first half of the season. However, after holding a 23–23 record as of February 3, the team struggled and lost eight straight games, losing nine of their twelve games during the month. The Clippers continued to struggled as they finished third in the Pacific Division with a 37–45 record, which was three more wins than their crosstown rival, the Los Angeles Lakers. However, the Clippers missed the playoffs for eight straight seasons. Bobby Simmons was named Most Improved Player of The Year averaging 16.4 points per game. Following the season, he left to sign as a free agent with the Milwaukee Bucks.

Draft picks

Main article: 2004 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	4	Shaun Livingston	PG		Peoria HS
2	34	Lionel Chalmers	PG		Xavier

Roster

Mike Dunleavy ()
Jim Eyen ()
Kim Hughes ()
Neal Meyer ()
Rory White ()

Roster Notes

This was Darrick Martin's second tour of duty with the franchise. He previously played for the team from 1996 to 1999. The Clippers released him after the second of his two ten-day contracts expired on January 25, 2005.

Regular season

Season standings

Game log

Player statistics

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Corey Maggette	66	60	36.9	43.1	30.4	85.7	6.0	3.4	1.1	0.1	22.2
Elton Brand	81	81	37.0	50.3	0.0	75.2	9.5	2.6	0.8	2.1	20.0
Bobby Simmons	75	74	37.3	46.6	43.5	84.6	5.9	2.7	1.4	0.2	16.4
Marko Jaric	50	41	33.1	41.4	37.1	72.0	3.2	6.1	1.7	0.3	9.9
Chris Kaman	63	50	25.9	49.7	0.0	66.1	6.7	1.2	0.4	1.1	9.1
Chris Wilcox	54	25	18.6	51.4	0.0	61.1	4.2	0.7	0.5	0.4	7.9
Shaun Livingston	30	15	27.1	41.4	0.0	74.6	3.0	5.0	1.1	0.4	7.4
	11	0	22.1	38.4	33.3	60.0	2.9	1.8	0.7	0.3	6.3
Zeljko Rebraca	58	2	16.0	56.8	0.0	85.9	3.2	0.4	0.2	0.7	5.8
Rick Brunson	80	39	24.3	37.6	36.9	77.0	2.3	5.1	1.0	0.1	5.5
Mikki Moore	74	4	15.9	50.2	20.0	78.7	3.3	0.6	0.3	0.4	5.4
Quinton Ross	78	19	21.3	43.2	25.0	67.3	2.7	1.4	0.7	0.3	5.1
Darrick Martin	11	0	17.3	32.0	27.8	62.5	0.9	2.5	0.5	0.0	3.8
Lionel Chalmers	36	0	12.0	33.6	24.5	62.5	0.9	1.4	0.4	0.0	3.1
Kenny Anderson	4	0	6.5	36.4	0.0	0.0	1.3	1.3	0.0	0.0	2.0
Mamdou N'Diaye	11	0	6.5	40.0	0.0	57.1	1.6	0.1	0.1	0.5	1.8
Kirk Penney	4	0	3.0	33.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.5
Maurice Baker	1	0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Player statistics citation:

Awards and records

Bobby Simmons, NBA Most Improved Player Award

Transactions

The Clippers were involved in the following transactions during the 2004–05 season.

Trades

July 29, [2004](2004-05-nba-season)	To Los Angeles Clippers	To New Jersey Nets

Free agents

Additions

Kenny Anderson	February 28	Atlanta Hawks

Subtractions

Kenny Anderson	waived, March 25	Žalgiris Kaunas (LKL)

References

[https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/LAC/2005.html 2004-05 Los Angeles Clippers]
"2004-05 Los Angeles Clippers Roster and Stats".

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