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2011–12 Los Angeles Clippers season

NBA professional basketball team season

NBA professional basketball team season

FieldValue
teamLos Angeles Clippers
end_year2012
wins40
losses26
divisionPacific
division_place2
conf_place5
coachVinny Del Negro
gmNeil Olshey
ownerDonald Sterling
arenaStaples Center
playoffs[Conference semifinals](2012-nba-playoffs-bracket)
(lost to [Spurs](2011-12-san-antonio-spurs-season) 0–4)
bbr_teamLAC
radioKFWB

(lost to Spurs 0–4)

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The 2011–12 Los Angeles Clippers season was the 42nd season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA), their 34th season in Southern California, and their 28th season in Los Angeles. Following the 2011 NBA lockout each team only played 66 games instead of the usual 82. The Clippers finished 40–26, their best winning percentage in franchise history at the time, and their first winning season since 2006. They finished the season as the #5 seed in the Western Conference, returning to the playoffs for the first time since 2006.

It marked the first season with 3x All-Star and 2008 All-NBA First Team selection Chris Paul, following the completion of a trade in December with the New Orleans Hornets. Originally thought to be heading to the Lakers, Paul would make the All-NBA Third Team and lead the "Lob City" era of the Clippers for the next six years.

In the playoffs, the Clippers defeated the Memphis Grizzlies in the First Round in seven games, but were swept by the San Antonio Spurs in the Semifinals in four games.

Key dates

  • June 23: The 2011 NBA draft took place at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.

Summary

NBA Draft 2011

Main article: 2011 NBA draft

Draft picks

RoundPickPlayerPositionNationalityCollege/Team
237Trey ThompkinsPFUnited StatesGeorgia
247Travis LeslieGUnited StatesGeorgia

Roster

  • Vinny Del Negro
  • Dean Demopoulos
  • Howard Eisley
  • Marc Iavaroni
  • Robert Pack
  • Dave Severns
  • Jasen Powell (trainer)

Roster notes

  • Forward Caron Butler becomes the 17th former Laker to play with the crosstown rival Clippers.
  • Forward Bobby Simmons makes his second tour of duty with the Clippers. He played for the team from 2003 to 2005.
  • The first year of the "Lob City" Clippers trio - Chris Paul, Blake Griffin, and DeAndre Jordan - who remained together until 2018.

Pre-season

Due to the 2011 NBA lockout negotiations, the programmed pre-season schedule, along with the first two weeks of the regular season were scrapped, and a two-game pre-season was set for each team once the lockout concluded.

|- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 1 | December 19 | @ L. A. Lakers | | Chauncey Billups (23) | Chris Paul (7) | Chris Paul (9) | Staples Center | 1–0 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 2 | December 21 | L. A. Lakers | | Blake Griffin (30) | DeAndre Jordan (7) | Chris Paul (10) | Staples Center | 2–0

Regular season

Standings

Game log

|- bgcolor=#cfc | 1 | December 25 | @ Golden State | | Blake Griffin (22) | Caron Butler (10) | Chris Paul (9) | Oracle Arena 19,596 | 1–0 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 2 | December 28 | @ San Antonio | | Blake Griffin (28) | Blake Griffin (9) | Chris Paul (9) | AT&T Center 18,581 | 1–1 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 3 | December 30 | Chicago | | Blake Griffin (34) | Blake Griffin (13) | Chris Paul (14) | Staples Center | 1–2

|- bgcolor=#cfc | 4 | January 1 | Portland | | Blake Griffin (20) | DeAndre Jordan (11) | Chris Paul (7) | Staples Center 19,060 | 2–2 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 5 | January 4 | Houston | | Blake Griffin (22) | Blake Griffin (9) | Chris Paul (10) | Staples Center 19,060 | 3–2 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 6 | January 7 | Milwaukee | | Blake Griffin (22) | Blake Griffin (14) | Chris Paul (7) | Staples Center 19,229 | 4–2 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 7 | January 10 | @ Portland | | Caron Butler (20) | Blake Griffin (12) | Chauncey Billups Mo Williams (4) | Rose Garden 20,381 | 4–3 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 8 | January 11 | Miami | | Chris Paul (27) | Blake Griffin (12) | Chris Paul (11) | Staples Center 19,341 | 5–3 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 9 | January 14 | L. A. Lakers | | Chris Paul (33) | Blake Griffin (14) | Chris Paul (6) | Staples Center 19,895 | 6–3 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 10 | January 16 | New Jersey | | Blake Griffin (23) | Blake Griffin (14) | Randy Foye (10) | Staples Center 19,060 | 7–3 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 11 | January 17 | @ Utah | | Caron Butler (14) | Blake Griffin (11) | Chauncey Billups (6) | EnergySolutions Arena 19,371 | 7–4 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 12 | January 18 | Dallas | | Mo Williams (26) | Blake Griffin (17) | Blake Griffin (7) | Staples Center 19,252 | 8–4 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 13 | January 20 | Minnesota | | Mo Williams (25) | DeAndre Jordan (11) | Mo Williams (5) | Staples Center 19,492 | 8–5 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 14 | January 22 | Toronto | | Mo Williams (26) | DeAndre Jordan (16) | Chauncey Billups (14) | Staples Center 19,060 | 9–5 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 15 | January 25 | @ L. A. Lakers | | Blake Griffin (26) | Blake Griffin (9) | Chris Paul (12) | Staples Center 18,997 | 9–6 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 16 | January 26 | Memphis | | Blake Griffin (20) | Blake Griffin DeAndre Jordan (9) | Blake Griffin (8) | Staples Center 19,275 | 10–6 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 17 | January 29 | @ Denver | | Chauncey Billups (32) | Blake Griffin DeAndre Jordan (13) | Chris Paul (7) | Pepsi Center 19,495 | 11–6 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 18 | January 30 | Oklahoma City | | Chris Paul (26) | DeAndre Jordan (11) | Chris Paul (14) | Staples Center 19,404 | 12–6

|- bgcolor=#cfc | 19 | February 1 | @ Utah | | Chris Paul (34) | Blake Griffin (14) | Chris Paul (11) | EnergySolutions Arena 19,637 | 13–6 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 20 | February 2 | Denver | | Blake Griffin (18) | DeAndre Jordan (9) | Chris Paul (9) | Staples Center 19,223 | 13–7 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 21 | February 4 | @ Washington | | Blake Griffin (21) | Blake Griffin DeAndre Jordan (11) | Blake Griffin Mo Williams (8) | Verizon Center 19,419 | 14–7 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 22 | February 6 | @ Orlando | | Chris Paul (29) | Blake Griffin (10) | Chris Paul (8) | Amway Center 18,846 | 15–7 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 23 | February 8 | @ Cleveland | | Blake Griffin (25) | Blake Griffin (15) | Chris Paul (12) | Quicken Loans Arena 17,100 | 15–8 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 24 | February 10 | @ Philadelphia | | Chris Paul (24) | Blake Griffin (11) | Three players (4) | Wells Fargo Center 20,539 | 16–8 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 25 | February 11 | @ Charlotte | | Blake Griffin (21) | DeAndre Jordan (12) | Chris Paul (14) | Time Warner Cable Arena 19,110 | 17–8 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 26 | February 13 | @ Dallas | | Caron Butler (23) | DeAndre Jordan (9) | Chris Paul (9) | American Airlines Center 20,436 | 17–9 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 27 | February 15 | Washington | | Blake Griffin (23) | Blake Griffin (15) | Chris Paul (9) | Staples Center 19,135 | 18–9 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 28 | February 16 | @ Portland | | Blake Griffin (21) | Blake Griffin (14) | Randy Foye (4) | Staples Center 20,665 | 19–9 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 29 | February 18 | San Antonio | | Blake Griffin (22) | Blake Griffin (20) | Chris Paul (6) | Staples Center 19,217 | 19–10 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 30 | February 20 | @ Golden State | | Chris Paul (24) | Reggie Evans (12) | Chris Paul (6) | Oracle Arena 19,596 | 19–11 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 31 | February 22 | Denver | | Chris Paul (36) | DeAndre Jordan (16) | Chris Paul (9) | Staples Center 19,163 | 20–11 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 32 | February 28 | Minnesota | | Blake Griffin (30) | DeAndre Jordan (14) | Chris Paul Mo Williams (6) | Staples Center 19,243 | 20–12

|- bgcolor=#cfc | 33 | March 1 | @ Sacramento | | Chris Paul (22) | Blake Griffin (9) | Chris Paul (9) | Power Balance Pavilion 15,512 | 21–12 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 34 | March 2 | @ Phoenix | | Blake Griffin (17) | Caron Butler Kenyon Martin (8) | Chris Paul (5) | US Airways Center 18,091 | 21–13 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 35 | March 4 | @ Houston | | Chris Paul (28) | Blake Griffin, DeAndre Jordan (11) | Chris Paul (10) | Toyota Center 16,646 | 22–13 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 36 | March 5 | @ Minnesota | | Blake Griffin (26) | Blake Griffin, DeAndre Jordan (12) | Chris Paul (5) | Target Center 19,509 | 22–14 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 37 | March 7 | @ New Jersey | | Blake Griffin (28) | Blake Griffin (17) | Chris Paul (10) | Prudential Center 18,711 | 22–15 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 38 | March 9 | @ San Antonio | | Chris Paul (36) | Reggie Evans (13) | Chris Paul (11) | AT&T Center 18,581 | 23–15 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 39 | March 11 | Golden State | | Blake Griffin (27) | Reggie Evans Blake Griffin (12) | Chris Paul (5) | Staples Center 19,183 | 23–16 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 40 | March 12 | Boston | | Blake Griffin (24) | DeAndre Jordan (13) | Chris Paul (5) | Staples Center 19,464 | 23–17 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 41 | March 14 | Atlanta | | Mo Williams (25) | Reggie Evans Blake Griffin (210) | Chris Paul (9) | Staples Center 19,060 | 24–17 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 42 | March 15 | Phoenix | | Blake Griffin (25) | DeAndre Jordan (9) | Chris Paul (11) | Staples Center 19,060 | 24–18 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 43 | March 17 | Houston | | Chris Paul (23) | DeAndre Jordan (11) | Chris Paul (5) | Staples Center 19,060 | 25–18 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 44 | March 18 | Detroit | | Chris Paul (19) | Blake Griffin (11) | Chris Paul (15) | Staples Center 19,060 | 26–18 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 45 | March 20 | @ Indiana | | Blake Griffin (23) | Blake Griffin DeAndre Jordan (10) | Chris Paul (8) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse 14,901 | 26–19 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 46 | March 21 | @ Oklahoma City | | Randy Foye (23) | Blake Griffin (7) | Chris Paul (10) | Chesapeake Energy Arena 18,203 | 26–20 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 47 | March 22 | @ New Orleans | | Blake Griffin (21) | Blake Griffin (11) | Chris Paul (9) | New Orleans Arena 17,209 | 26–21 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 48 | March 24 | Memphis | | Blake Griffin (20) | Blake Griffin (10) | Chris Paul (13) | Staples Center 19,060 | 27–21 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 49 | March 26 | New Orleans | | Chris Paul (25) | Blake Griffin (7) | Chris Paul (10) | Staples Center 19,060 | 28–21 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 50 | March 28 | Phoenix | | Blake Griffin (27) | Blake Griffin (14) | Chris Paul (15) | Staples Center 19,060 | 29–21 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 51 | March 30 | Portland | | Three players (20) | Blake Griffin (13) | Chris Paul (14) | Staples Center 19,060 | 30–21 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 52 | March 31 | Utah | | Chris Paul (26) | DeAndre Jordan (10) | Three players (6) | Staples Center 19,060 | 31–21

|- bgcolor=#cfc | 53 | April 2 | @ Dallas | | Randy Foye (28) | Blake Griffin (16) | Chris Paul (10) | American Airlines Center 20,479 | 32–21 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 54 | April 4 | L. A. Lakers | | Caron Butler (28) | Blake Griffin (9) | Chris Paul (8) | Staples Center 19,819 | 32–22 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 55 | April 5 | @ Sacramento | | Randy Foye (20) | Blake Griffin (14) | Chris Paul (16) | Power Balance Pavilion 14,411 | 33–22 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 56 | April 7 | Sacramento | | Blake Griffin (27) | Blake Griffin (14) | Chris Paul (15) | Staples Center 19,060 | 34–22 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 57 | April 9 | @ Memphis | | Chris Paul (21) | DeAndre Jordan (14) | Chris Paul (6) | FedEx Forum 17,219 | 34–23 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 58 | April 11 | @ Oklahoma City | | Chris Paul (31) | Blake Griffin (12) | Blake Griffin (7) | Chesapeake Energy Arena 18,203 | 35–23 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 59 | April 12 | @ Minnesota | | Blake Griffin (19) | Blake Griffin (13) | Chris Paul (8) | Target Center 16,016 | 36–23 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 60 | April 14 | Golden State | | Chris Paul (28) | Blake Griffin (9) | Chris Paul (13) | Staples Center 19,060 | 37–23 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 61 | April 16 | Oklahoma City | | Nick Young (19) | DeAndre Jordan (12) | Chris Paul (10) | Staples Center 19,516 | 38–23 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 62 | April 18 | @ Denver | | Chris Paul (21) | DeAndre Jordan (9) | Chris Paul (8) | Pepsi Center 17,219 | 39–23 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 63 | April 19 | @ Phoenix | | Chris Paul (19) | Blake Griffin (11) | Chris Paul (10) | US Airways Center 14,644 | 39–24 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 64 | April 22 | New Orleans | | Chris Paul (33) | Blake Griffin (15) | Chris Paul (13) | Staples Center 19,060 | 40–24 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 65 | April 24 | @ Atlanta | | Blake Griffin (36) | DeAndre Jordan (9) | Chris Paul (8) | Philips Arena 18,223 | 40–25 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 66 | April 25 | @ New York | | Blake Griffin (29) | Blake Griffin DeAndre Jordan (10) | Blake Griffin (6) | Madison Square Garden 19,763 | 40–26

Playoffs

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 1 | April 29 | @ Memphis | W 99–98 | Nick Young (19) | Reggie Evans (13) | Chris Paul (11) | FedExForum 18,119 | 1–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 2 | May 2 | @ Memphis | L 98–105 | Chris Paul (29) | Blake Griffin (9) | Chris Paul (6) | FedExForum 18,119 | 1–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 3 | May 5 | Memphis | W 87–86 | Chris Paul (24) | Reggie Evans (11) | Chris Paul (11) | Staples Center 19,060 | 2–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 4 | May 7 | Memphis | W 101–97 (OT) | Blake Griffin (30) | Chris Paul (9) | Griffin, Paul (7) | Staples Center 19,167 | 3–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 5 | May 9 | @ Memphis | L 80–92 | Mo Williams (20) | Blake Griffin (11) | Chris Paul (4) | FedExForum 18,119 | 3–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 6 | May 11 | Memphis | L 88–90 | Blake Griffin (15) | Reggie Evans (10) | Chris Paul (7) | Staples Center 19,060 | 3–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 7 | May 13 | @ Memphis | W 82–72 | Chris Paul (19) | Kenyon Martin (10) | Chris Paul (4) | FedExForum 18,119

4–3
- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
1
May 15
@ San Antonio
L 92–108
Eric Bledsoe (23)
Griffin, Jordan (9)
Chris Paul (10)
AT&T Center
18,581
0–1
- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
2
May 17
@ San Antonio
L 88–105
Blake Griffin (20)
DeAndre Jordan (7)
Chris Paul (5)
AT&T Center
18,581
0–2
- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
3
May 19
San Antonio
L 86–96
Blake Griffin (28)
Blake Griffin (16)
Chris Paul (11)
Staples Center
19,060
0–3
- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
4
May 20
San Antonio
L 99–102
Chris Paul (23)
DeAndre Jordan (8)
Chris Paul (11)
Staples Center
19,060
0–4
-

Injuries and surgeries

PlayerInjury DateInjury Type
Chauncey BillupsFebruary 6, 2012Torn left Achilles tendon (out for the season)
Caron ButlerApril 29, 2012Broken bone in left hand (out for 1 game)

Player statistics

Regular season

PlayerGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
666636.2.549.125.52110.93.2.8.720.7
666627.2.632.000.5258.3.3.52.07.4
654825.9.398.386.8592.12.2.7.411.0
636329.7.407.358.8133.71.2.8.112.0
606036.4.478.371.8613.69.12.5.119.8
56013.8.472.5074.8.3.6.11.9
52128.3.426.389.9001.93.11.0.113.2
42022.4.441.231.3704.3.41.01.05.2
40111.6.389.200.6361.61.7.8.43.3
32213.3.326.138.7271.9.4.5.02.3
28014.9.311.333.5712.0.4.5.12.9
2405.0.393.308.7141.0.1.1.12.4
†22323.5.394.353.8211.6.5.6.39.7
202030.4.364.384.8952.54.0.5.215.0
†1607.6.224.1851.0001.4.1.1.31.9
†1009.6.125.8001.7.2.4.5.6
1004.5.357.444.9.5.2.21.4
†4011.5.417.250.6672.01.3.0.04.3

Playoffs

PlayerGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
111138.5.427.333.8725.17.92.7.117.6
111135.7.500.000.6366.92.51.8.919.1
111126.5.392.438.8462.01.5.5.37.5
111122.6.525.3335.3.4.61.64.5
11020.8.436.364.923.81.4.5.59.6
11018.2.433.515.8891.1.3.3.48.3
11018.0.533.4257.3.1.8.53.0
11017.5.524.6253.2.3.41.74.5
11017.2.587.429.6252.42.11.2.47.9
101026.8.359.258.7503.01.0.6.28.6
418.0.556.250.3.0.0.02.8
  • † Denotes player spent time with another team in the season. Stats reflect time with the Clippers only.

Transactions

Trades

March 15, [2012](2011-12-nba-season)To **Los Angeles Clippers**To **Washington Wizards**

Free agents

Re-signed

PlayerSignedContract
Brian CookJuly 1, 2011One-year deal (Player Option)
DeAndre JordanDecember 12, 20114-year deal (Matched offer by Golden State Warriors)

Additions

PlayerSignedFormer Team
Caron ButlerDecember 9, 2011Dallas Mavericks
Chauncey BillupsDecember 12, 2011New York Knicks
Reggie EvansDecember 22, 2011Toronto Raptors
Solomon JonesJanuary 4, 2012Indiana Pacers
Courtney FortsonJanuary 16, 2012Los Angeles D-Fenders (D-League)
Kenyon MartinFebruary 3, 2012Xinjiang Guanghui Flying Tigers (CBA)
Bobby SimmonsFebruary 27, 2012
Contract expired March 20
Re-signed March 24Reno Bighorns (D-League)

Subtractions

PlayerReason leftNew team
Ike DioguRenounced, December 9San Antonio Spurs
Jamario MoonRenounced, December 9Los Angeles D-Fenders (D-League)
Craig SmithRenounced, December 9Portland Trail Blazers
Willie WarrenWaived, December 19Rio Grande Valley Vipers (D-League)
Courtney FortsonWaived, January 27Los Angeles D-Fenders (D-League)
Solomon JonesWaived, February 7New Orleans Hornets

References

References

  1. Markazi, Arash. [https://www.espn.com/blog/los-angeles/clippers/post/_/id/2413/report-cards-del-negro Report cards: Del Negro]. [[ESPN]]. 8 June 2012. Retrieved 19 June 2012.
  2. (2011-12-15). "Clippers get All-Star Paul in trade with Hornets".
  3. (2021-12-13). "Why the NBA killed the Chris Paul trade to Lakers and preferred the Clippers".
  4. Buha, Jovan. "The 2010s: Lob City stars lead the Clippers’ team of the decade".
  5. (October 27, 2010). "Report: NBA draft moving to Newark". ESPN.com.
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