1987–88 Los Angeles Clippers season

1987–88 Los Angeles Clippers season
Head coach	Gene Shue
Arena	Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
Results
Record	17–65 (.207)
Place	Division: 6th (Pacific) Conference: 12th (Western)
Playoff finish	DNQ
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	Prime Ticket, KTLA
Radio	KIIS

The 1987-88 Los Angeles Clippers season was their 18th season in the NBA, their 4th in Los Angeles.^[1]

Draft picks

Main article: 1987 NBA Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	4	Reggie Williams	F	United States	Georgetown
1	13	Joe Wolf	C	United States	North Carolina
1	19	Ken Norman	F	United States	Illinois
2	38	Norris Coleman	F	United States	Kansas State
3	47	Tim McCalister	G	United States	Oklahoma
5	93	Chad Kessler	F	United States	Georgia
6	116	Martin Nessley	C	United States	Duke
7	139	Henry Carr	F	United States	Wichita State

Roster

Los Angeles Clippers 1987-88 roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Nat.	Name	Ht.	Wt.
6.0 !C	00	USA !	Benjamin, Benoit	7000213360000000000♠7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	Creighton
1.5 !G	15	USA !	Burtt, Steve	7000187960000000000♠6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Iona
5.5 !F/C	44	USA !	Cage, Michael	7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	San Diego State
4.0 !F	45	USA !	Coleman, Norris (waived)	7000203200000000000♠6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Kansas State
4.0 !F	25	USA !	Cureton, Earl	7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Detroit
1.5 !G	20	USA !	Dailey, Quintin	7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	San Francisco
1.5 !G	22	USA !	Drew, Larry	7000187960000000000♠6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Missouri
1.5 !G	54	USA !	Fields, Kenny (waived)	7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	UCLA
1.5 !G	4	USA !	Gordon, Lancaster (waived)	7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Louisville
4.0 !F	43	USA !	Gregory, Claude	7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	Wisconsin
4.0 !F	8	USA !	Johnson, Marques	7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	224 lb (102 kg)	UCLA
6.0 !C	32	USA !	Kite, Greg	7000210820000000000♠6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	Brigham Young
4.0 !F	43	USA !	Murphy, Tod (waived)	7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	UC Irvine
6.0 !C	51	USA !	Nessley, Martin (waived)	7000218440000000000♠7 ft 2 in (2.18 m)	260 lb (118 kg)	Duke
1.5 !G	10	USA !	Nixon, Norm	7000187960000000000♠6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Duquesne
4.0 !F	33	USA !	Norman, Ken	7000203200000000000♠6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Illinois
1.5 !G	14	USA !	Phelps, Mike (waived)	7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Alcorn State
1.5 !G	1	USA !	Valentine, Darnell	7000185420000000000♠6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	183 lb (83 kg)	Kansas
4.0 !F	31	USA !	White, Eric	7000203200000000000♠6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Pepperdine
4.0 !F	34	USA !	Williams, Reggie	7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Georgetown
6.0 !C	24	USA !	Wolf, Joe	7000210820000000000♠6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	North Carolina
1.5 !G	42	USA !	Woodson, Mike	7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	198 lb (90 kg)	Indiana

Head coach

Gene Shue

Legend

(C) Team captain
(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended
Injured

Roster notes

Guard Mike Woodson is currently an assistant coach for the franchise since 2014.
This is guard Kenny Field's second tour of duty with the franchise after playing the first few months of the season in the CBA. He previously played for the team last season.

Regular season

Season standings

Pacific Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Los Angeles Lakers	62	20	.756	–	36–5	26–15	23–7
x-Portland Trail Blazers	53	29	.646	9	33–8	20–21	23–7
x-Seattle SuperSonics	44	38	.537	18	32–9	12–29	19–11
Phoenix Suns	28	54	.341	34	22–19	6–35	11–19
Golden State Warriors	20	62	.244	42	16–25	4–37	7–23
Los Angeles Clippers	17	65	.207	45	14–27	3–38	7–23

#	Western Conference
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	z-Los Angeles Lakers	62	20	.756	–
2	y-Denver Nuggets	54	28	.659	8
3	x-Dallas Mavericks	53	29	.646	9
4	x-Portland Trail Blazers	53	29	.646	9
5	x-Utah Jazz	47	35	.573	15
6	x-Houston Rockets	46	36	.561	16
7	x-Seattle SuperSonics	44	38	.537	18
8	x-San Antonio Spurs	31	51	.378	31

9	Phoenix Suns	28	54	.341	34
10	Sacramento Kings	24	58	.293	38
11	Golden State Warriors	20	62	.244	42
12	Los Angeles Clippers	17	65	.207	45

z - clinched division title

y - clinched division title

x - clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

1987-88 NBA Records
Team	ATL	BOS	CHI	CLE	DAL	DEN	DET	GSW	HOU	IND	LAC	LAL	MIL	NJN	NYK	PHI	PHO	POR	SAC	SAS	SEA	UTA	WAS
Atlanta	—	2–4	2–3	5–1	2–0	1–1	2–4	2–0	1–1	4–2	2–0	0–2	3–3	5–0	3–3	6–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	3–3
Boston	4–2	—	3–3	2–3	2–0	0–2	3–3	2–0	1–1	5–0	2–0	0–2	3–3	5–1	5–1	4–2	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	5–1
Chicago	3–2	3–3	—	3–3	0–2	1–1	2–4	2–0	2–0	3–3	2–0	1–1	5–1	5–1	3–2	4–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	3–3
Cleveland	1–5	3–2	3–3	—	1–1	1–1	1–5	0–2	1–1	4–2	1–1	1–1	2–4	5–1	2–4	3–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	0–2	6–0
Dallas	0–2	0–2	2–0	1–1	—	3–3	1–1	4–1	4–2	2–0	5–0	1–4	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	5–0	3–2	5–1	5–1	3–2	3–3	1–1
Denver	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	3–3	—	1–1	4–1	4–2	1–1	5–0	3–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	3–2	2–3	4–2	5–1	4–1	2–4	2–0
Detroit	4–2	3–3	4–2	5–1	1–1	1–1	—	2–0	1–1	3–3	1–1	0–2	4–2	5–1	4–2	4–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	3–2
Golden State	0–2	0–2	0–2	2–0	1–4	1–4	0–2	—	0–5	0–2	3–3	0–6	0–2	2–0	0–2	1–1	2–4	1–5	2–3	3–2	1–5	1–4	0–2
Houston	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–4	2–4	1–1	5–0	—	2–0	3–2	1–4	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	4–1	4–1	4–2	2–4	3–2	3–3	2–0
Indiana	2–4	0–5	3–3	2–4	0–2	1–1	3–3	2–0	0–2	—	1–1	1–1	3–3	6–0	2–3	2–4	2–0	0–2	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–4
L.A. Clippers	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–5	0–5	1–1	3–3	2–3	1–1	—	1–5	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	2–4	0–6	3–2	0–5	1–5	1–4	0–2
L.A. Lakers	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	4–1	2–3	2–0	6–0	4–1	1–1	5–1	—	0–2	2–0	2–0	2–0	5–1	3–3	4–1	5–0	4–2	4–1	1–1
Milwaukee	3–3	3–3	1–5	4–2	0–2	1–1	2–4	2–0	0–2	3–3	2–0	2–0	—	3–2	3–3	2–4	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	4–1
New Jersey	0–5	1–5	1–5	1–5	1–1	0–2	1–5	0–2	1–1	0–6	2–0	0–2	2–3	—	3–3	2–4	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–6
New York	3–3	1–5	2–3	4–2	1–1	1–1	2–4	2–0	1–1	3–2	2–0	0–2	3–3	3–3	—	3–3	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	3–3
Philadelphia	0–6	2–4	2–4	2–3	1–1	0–2	1–4	1–1	1–1	4–2	1–1	0–2	4–2	4–2	3–3	—	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	3–3
Phoenix	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–5	2–3	0–2	4–2	1–4	0–2	4–2	1–5	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	—	0–6	3–2	2–3	2–4	2–3	0–2
Portland	2–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–3	3–2	1–1	5–1	1–4	2–0	6–0	3–3	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	6–0	—	4–1	5–0	3–3	1–4	2–0
Sacramento	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–5	2–4	0–2	3–2	2–4	0–2	2–3	1–4	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–3	1–4	—	3–3	1–4	1–5	0–2
San Antonio	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–5	1–5	1–1	2–3	4–2	0–2	5–0	0–5	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–2	0–5	3–3	—	3–2	3–3	0–2
Seattle	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–3	1–4	1–1	5–1	2–3	1–1	5–1	2–4	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	4–2	3–3	4–1	2–3	—	1–4	2–0
Utah	1–1	0–2	0–2	2–0	3–3	4–2	0–2	4–1	3–3	1–1	4–1	1–4	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	3–2	4–1	5–1	3–3	4–1	—	2–0
Washington	3–3	1–5	3–3	0–6	1–1	0–2	2–3	2–0	0–2	4–2	2–0	1–1	1–4	6–0	3–3	3–3	2–0	0–2	2–0	2–0	0–2	0–2	—

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%	style="background-color: #E23B45; color: #FFFFFF	BPG	PPG
Benjamin, Benoit !Benoit Benjamin
Burtt, Steve !Steve Burtt
Cage, Michael !Michael Cage
Coleman, Norris !Norris Coleman
Cureton, Earl !Earl Cureton
Dailey, Quintin !Quintin Dailey
Drew, Larry !Larry Drew
Fields, Kenny !Kenny Fields
Gordon, Lancaster !Lancaster Gordon
Gregory, Claude !Claude Gregory
Kite, Greg !Greg Kite
Murphy, Tod !Tod Murphy
Nessley, Martin !Martin Nessley
Norman, Ken !Ken Norman
Phelps, Michael !Michael Phelps							g\|
Valentine, Darnell !Darnell Valentine
White, Eric !Eric White
Williams, Reggie !Reggie Williams
Wolf, Joe !Joe Wolf
Woodson, Mike !Mike Woodson

Awards, records and milestones

Awards

Forward/center Michael Cage led the league in rebounding (13.0 rpg)

Transactions

The Clippers were involved in the following transactions during the 1987–88 season.

Trades

No trades occurred for this team.

Free agents

Additions

Player	Signed	Former team

Subtractions

Player	Left	New team

References

↑ 1987-88 Los Angeles Clippers

Los Angeles Clippers

Founded in 1970 Formerly the Buffalo Braves (1970–1978) and played in San Diego (1978–1984) Based in Los Angeles, California

Franchise	Franchise Expansion Draft Seasons All-time roster Draft history Head coaches Broadcasters Training Center Current season

Arenas	Buffalo Memorial Auditorium Maple Leaf Gardens San Diego Sports Arena Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim Staples Center

General Managers	Donovan Sonju Scheer Baylor Dunleavy Olshey Sacks Wohl

D-League affiliate	None

Administration	Owner Steve Ballmer President of Business Operations Gillian Zucker President of Basketball Operations & Head Coach Doc Rivers Vice President of Basketball Operations Lawrence Frank General Manager Dave Wohl

Division Championships (2)	2013 2014

Culture and lore	Buffalo Braves Clipper Darrell Lob City Billy Crystal Donald Sterling L.A. Clippers Dance Squad

Rivals	Los Angeles Lakers

Media	TV Prime Ticket Radio KLAC/KEIB KWKW (Spanish) Announcers Ralph Lawler Mike Smith Brian Sieman Celso Gaspar (Spanish)

Buffalo Braves–San Diego / Los Angeles Clippers seasons

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

1987–88 NBA season by team

Eastern

Atlantic	Boston New Jersey New York Philadelphia Washington

Central	Atlanta Chicago Cleveland Detroit Indiana Milwaukee

Western

Midwest	Dallas Denver Houston Sacramento San Antonio Utah

Pacific	Golden State L.A. Clippers L.A. Lakers Phoenix Portland Seattle

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