2002–03 Los Angeles Clippers season
Head coachAlvin Gentry Dennis Johnson
OwnersDonald Sterling
ArenaStaples Center
Results
Record27–55 (.329)
PlaceDivision: 7th (Pacific)
Conference: 13th (Western)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionKTLA
Fox Sports Net West 2
RadioKXTA

The 2002–03 NBA season was the Clippers' 33rd season in the National Basketball Association, and their 19th season in Los Angeles.[1] The Clippers had the eighth pick in the 2002 NBA draft, and selected Chris Wilcox from the University of Maryland.[2][3][4][5] During the offseason, the team acquired Andre Miller from the Cleveland Cavaliers.[6] After a 12–16 start to the season, the Clippers lost six straight games, then posted an eight-game losing streak between February and March. Head coach Alvin Gentry was fired after a 19–39 start, and was replaced with former Boston Celtics legend Dennis Johnson. With players like Elton Brand, Corey Maggette, Lamar Odom, Michael Olowokandi, and Quentin Richardson all missing large parts of the season due to injuries, the team fell apart and sank back to the bottom of the Pacific Division with a 27–55 record.[7]

Brand led the team with 18.5 points, 11.3 rebounds and 2.5 blocks per game, while Maggette provided the team with 16.8 points per game.[8] Following the season, Johnson was fired as coach, Odom signed as a free agent with the Miami Heat, Miller signed with the Denver Nuggets, Olowokandi signed with the Minnesota Timberwolves, and longtime three-point specialist Eric Piatkowski signed with the Houston Rockets.

For the season, the team added new blue road alternate uniforms, with white side panels to their jerseys and shorts.[9] These uniforms would last until 2010.

Draft picks

Round Pick Player Position Nationality College / Club Team
18Chris WilcoxF United StatesMaryland
112Melvin ElyC United StatesFresno State
241Mario KasunC CroatiaOpel Skyliners (Germany)

Roster

Los Angeles Clippers roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOBFrom
F 42 Brand, Elton (C) 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 272 lb (123 kg) Duke
G 1 Dooling, Keyon 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Missouri
C 2 Ely, Melvin 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 261 lb (118 kg) Fresno State
F 32 Fowlkes, Tremaine 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Fresno State
G 20 Jaric, Marko 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 217 lb (98 kg) Serbia & Montenegro
F 50 Maggette, Corey 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Duke
G 24 Miller, Andre 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Utah
F 7 Odom, Lamar (C) 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 221 lb (100 kg) Rhode Island
C 34 Olowokandi, Michael Injured 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 270 lb (122 kg) Pacific
F/C 44 Parks, Cherokee Injured 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Duke
G/F 52 Piatkowski, Eric 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Nebraska
G 3 Richardson, Quentin Injured 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 238 lb (108 kg) DePaul
C 45 Rooks, Sean (C) 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 260 lb (118 kg) Arizona
F/C 16 Wang, Zhizhi 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) 284 lb (129 kg) China
F 54 Wilcox, Chris 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Maryland
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Roster
Last transaction: 2009-10-04

Roster Notes

  • This is Cherokee Parks' second tour of duty with the franchise. He previously played for the team in 2000-2001.

Regular season

Season standings

Pacific Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Div
y-Sacramento Kings 5923.720–35–624–1717–7
x-Los Angeles Lakers 5032.610931–1019–2215–9
x-Portland Trail Blazers 5032.610927–1423–1815–9
x-Phoenix Suns 4438.5371530–1114–2712–12
Seattle SuperSonics 4042.4881925–1615–2611–13
Golden State Warriors 3844.4632124–1714–278–16
Los Angeles Clippers 2755.3293216–2511–306–18
#
Western Conference
Team W L PCT GB
1 z-San Antonio Spurs6022.732–
2 y-Sacramento Kings5923.7201
3 x-Dallas Mavericks6022.732–
4 x-Minnesota Timberwolves5131.6229
5 x-Los Angeles Lakers5032.61010
6 x-Portland Trail Blazers5032.61010
7 x-Utah Jazz4735.57313
8 x-Phoenix Suns4438.53716
9 Houston Rockets4339.52417
10 Seattle SuperSonics4042.48820
11 Golden State Warriors3844.46322
12 Memphis Grizzlies2854.34132
13 Los Angeles Clippers2755.32933
14 Denver Nuggets1765.20743

Record vs. opponents

2002-03 NBA Records
Team ATL BOS CHI CLE DAL DEN DET GSW HOU IND LAC LAL MEM MIA MIL MIN NJN NOH NYK ORL PHI PHO POR SAC SAS SEA TOR UTA WAS
Atlanta –0–32–24–00–22–01–30–21–12–22–01–11–11–32–20–21–32–21–32–13–10–20–21–11–11–11–31–12–2
Boston 3–0–2–24–00–21–12–21–10–22–22–01–12–02–21–22–01–33–14–03–22–20–21–10–20–22–01–21–11–3
Chicago 2–22–2–3–10–21–10–41–11–12–20–21–11–11–22–20–22–21–32–11–31–31–11–10–20–20–22–21–11–3
Cleveland 0–40–41–3–0–21–10–41–11–10–42–01–10–21–20–40–22–21–31–20–40–40–20–20–20–21–13–11–10–4
Dallas 2–02–02–02–0–4–02–04–04–01–14–01–34–02–00–22–22–02–02–01–12–02–22–21–32–22–22–02–22–0
Denver 0–21–11–11–10–4–0–20–40–41–11–30–42–22–01–10–40–20–20–20–20–21–32–20–41–31–31–10–41–1
Detroit 3–12–24–04–00–22–0–1–12–02–21–11–12–03–11–31–12–12–22–22–12–21–10–21–10–21–13–12–03–1
Golden State 2–01–11–11–10–44–01–1–1–31–12–22–22–21–10–21–31–11–12–01–12–02–20–40–41–32–22–02–22–0
Houston 1–12–01–11–10–44–00–23–1–1–12–22–23–11–11–12–21–11–10–22–02–03–11–32–21–32–22–01–31–1
Indiana 2–22–22–24–01–11–12–21–11–1–2–00–21–14–03–12–01–23–13–12–12–21–10–20–20–22–03–11–12–2
L.A. Clippers 0–20–22–00–20–43–11–12–22–20–2–0–42–22–01–11–31–11–11–11–10–21–31–31–31–31–31–11–30–2
L.A. Lakers 1–11–11–11–13–14–01–12–22–22–04–0–4–01–12–02–20–21–11–11–11–13–12–22–20–42–22–03–11–1
Memphis 1–10–21–12–00–42–20–22–21–31–12–20–4–2–02–00–41–11–11–12–00–21–31–30–41–31–31–11–31–1
Miami 3–12–22–12–10–20–21–31–11–10–40–21–10–2–1–31–10–40–42–20–40–42–00–21–10–20–24–00–21–3
Milwaukee 2–22–12–24–02–01–13–12–01–11–31–10–20–23–1–0–22–22–23–12–22–20–22–00–20–21–12–20–22–1
Minnesota 2–00–22–02–02–24–01–13–12–20–23–12–24–01–12–0–0–21–12–01–11–13–13–12–22–22–21–11–32–0
New Jersey 3–13–12–22–20–22–01–21–11–12–11–12–01–14–02–22–0–2–23–12–21–31–12–00–21–11–14–00–23–1
New Orleans 2–21–33–13–10–22–02–21–11–11–31–11–11–14–02–21–12–2–3–11–32–12–00–21–10–22–04–02–02–1
New York 3–10–41–22–10–22–02–20–22–01–31–11–11–12–21–30–21–31–3–2–22–22–00–21–12–01–13–11–12–2
Orlando 1–22–33–14–01–12–01–21–10–21–21–11–10–24–02–21–12–23–12–2–2–20–20–21–10–22–02–21–12–2
Philadelphia 1–32–23–14–00–22–02–20–20–22–22–01–12–04–02–21–13–11–22–22–2–0–22–00–21–11–13–01–14–0
Phoenix 2–02–01–12–02–23–11–12–21–31–13–11–33–10–22–01–31–10–20–22–02–0–3–12–23–11–31–11–31–1
Portland 2–01–11–12–02–22–22–04–03–12–03–12–23–12–00–21–30–22–02–02–00–21–3–1–32–24–02–01–31–1
Sacramento 1–12–02–02–03–14–01–14–02–22–03–12–24–01–12–02–22–01–11–11–12–02–23–1–1–33–11–13–12–0
San Antonio 1–12–02–02–02–23–12–03–13–12–03–14–03–12–02–02–21–12–00–22–01–11–32–23–1–3–12–04–01–1
Seattle 1–10–22–01–12–23–11–12–22–20–23–12–23–12–01–12–21–10–21–10–21–13–10–41–31–3–2–02–21–1
Toronto 3–12–12–21–30–21–11–30–20–21–31–10–21–10–42–21–10–40–41–32–20–31–10–21–10–20–2–0–23–1
Utah 1–11–11–11–12–24–00–22–23–11–13–11–33–12–02–03–12–00–21–11–11–13–13–11–30–42–22–0–1–1
Washington 2–23–13–14–00–21–11–30–21–12–22–01–11–13–11–20–21–31–22–22–20–41–11–10–21–11–11–31–1—

Game log

Player statistics

Legend
  GP 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
Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Elton Brand 626139.650.20.068.511.32.51.12.518.5
Corey Maggette 645731.344.435.080.25.01.90.90.316.8
Lamar Odom 494734.343.932.677.76.73.60.90.814.6
Andre Miller 808036.440.621.379.54.06.71.20.113.6
Michael Olowokandi 363638.042.70.065.79.11.30.52.212.3
Eric Piatkowski 622621.947.139.882.82.51.10.50.19.7
Quentin Richardson 591323.237.230.868.54.80.90.60.29.4
Marko Jaric 661220.940.131.975.22.42.91.50.27.4
Keyon Dooling 55117.638.936.077.21.31.60.40.16.4
Cherokee Parks 301821.650.350.060.54.40.70.50.76.3
Melvin Ely 52715.449.50.070.33.30.30.20.64.5
Tremaine Fowlkes 371015.543.822.284.72.80.60.70.14.4
Wang Zhizhi 41110.038.334.072.41.90.20.20.24.4
Sean Rooks 703819.242.10.081.03.11.00.50.64.2
Chris Wilcox 46310.452.10.050.02.30.50.20.33.7

Player Statistics Citations:[8]

Awards and records

Transactions

The Clippers have been involved in the following transactions during the 2002-03 season.

Trades

June 26, 2002 To Los Angeles Clippers
  • A future consideration
 To Orlando Magic
July 30, 2002 To Los Angeles Clippers
 To Cleveland Cavaliers

Free agents

Player Transactions Citation:[10]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 2002-03 Los Angeles Clippers
  2. ↑ Passan, Jeff (June 27, 2002). "Rockets Select Yao No. 1 Overall in Draft". The Washington Post. Retrieved July 15, 2022.
  3. ↑ Povtak, Tim (June 27, 2002). "Foreign Players Make Move". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved November 27, 2022.
  4. ↑ "Rockets Make Yao Ming First Overall Pick". ESPN. June 26, 2002. Retrieved January 14, 2022.
  5. ↑ "2002 NBA Draft". Basketball-Reference. Retrieved December 1, 2022.
  6. ↑ "WESTERN CONFERENCE: Team-by-Team Preview". The New York Times. October 28, 2002. Retrieved July 16, 2022.
  7. ↑ "2002–03 Los Angeles Clippers Schedule and Results". Basketball-Reference. Retrieved June 22, 2022.
  8. 1 2 "2002–03 Los Angeles Clippers Roster and Stats". Basketball-Reference. Retrieved June 22, 2022.
  9. ↑ "Los Angeles Clippers Uniform". Chris Creamer's Sports Logos Page - SportsLogos.Net. Retrieved January 23, 2022.
  10. ↑ "2002–03 Los Angeles Clippers Transactions". Basketball-Reference. Retrieved January 14, 2022.
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