CLIPPERS: 2009 Summer League Notes

FIVE YEAR VEGAS ANNIVERSARY: The Clippers are participating in their fifth straight Las Vegas Summer league, and have an overall record of 8-11 after a 2-3 finish last season.

CLIPS SUMMER LEAGUE ROSTER KNOWS VEGAS: The Clippers 2009 Vegas Summer League roster features six players who appeared in the league in 2008, an done player Kevinn Pinkney, who also played in the league in 2007. Three of the Clippers Vegas players were on the team's roster during the 2008-09 NBA season - Eric Gordon, DeAndre Jordan and Mike Taylor. That trio of 2008 Clippers rookies also all played for the Clips' 2008 Vegas Summer League entry.

WHAT THEY HAVE DONE MOST RECENTLY IN VEGAS:

Eric Gordon (2008 - Clippers): 19.0 ppg, 5.5 rpg, 2.0 apg, 29.0 mpg in 2 games
Mike Taylor (2008 - Clippers): 10.2 ppg, 4.0 rpg, 2.4 apg, 28.9 mpg in 5 games
DeAndre Jordan (2008 - Clippers): 7.4 ppg, 7.2 rpg, 0.6 apg, 66.6 FG%, 26.4 mpg in 5 games
Sean Banks (2008 - Raptors): 4.4 ppg, 0.4 rpg, 0.2 apg, 14.6 mpg in 5 games
Marcelus Kemp (2008 - Lakers): 3.3 ppg, 0.8 rpg, 0.8 apg, 6.8 mpg in 4 games
Nik Cander-Medley (2008 - Lakers): 8.8 ppg, 5.0 rpg, 0.8 apg, 17.4 mpg in 5 games... Scored 19 pts in 22 minutes in 95-93 win over Minnesota on July 16, 2008.

Gordon

GORDON BREAKS OUT AFTER 2008 SUMMER LEAGUE STINT: Clippers guard Eric Gordon enjoyed one of the finest first seasons in Los Angeles Clippers history in 2008-09, finishing fifth in Rookie of The Year voting and earning a place on the All-Rookie Second Team... Gordon was the Western Conference Rookie of the Month for January, and also played in the T-Mobile Rookie-Sophomore Game during All-Star weekend... Gordon was the leading scorer among all rookies after Jan. 1, 2009, averaging 19.6 points... Gordon finished the 2008-09 season strong, scoring 20+ points in four of the last eight games of the season after scoring 15 points (5-10 FG, 5-7 FT) April 13 vs. Utah... Gordon averaged 19.9 points in the last eight games... In the 64 games that Eric Gordon started, he averaged 18.4 points, 2.9 rebounds and 3.1 assists while shooting 46.3 percent from the field and 39 percent from three-point land... In the first 13 games of the year when Gordon came off the bench, he averaged 4.5 points, 1.0 rebounds, 1 .3 assists in 13.6 minutes per game... Gordon had a 30-game double-figure scoring streak come to an end on Feb. 25 vs. Boston... Gordon finished the season scoring in double-figures in 49 of the Clips last 53 contests he appeared in... Gordon scored 20+ points in his NBA career 27 times.

FORTY-POINT SHOOTOUT: On Jan. 23, 2009 Eric Gordon became the first member of the Clippers to score at least 40 points in a game since Elton Brand had 44 points on Feb. 10, 2006.

CLIPPERS 40-POINT GAMES SINCE 1986-87 (8 times, 6-2):

52 points - Charles Smith - Dec. 1, 1990 vs. Denver (W)
44 points - Elton Brand - Feb. 10, 2006 vs. Memphis (W)
44 points - Quinton Richardson - Dec. 31, 2003 vs. Denver (W)
43 points - Danny Manning - Dec. 7, 1993 at Chicago (L)
42 points - Dominque Wilkins - April 16, 1994 vs. Lakers (W)
41 points - Eric Gordon - January 23, 2009 vs. Oklahoma City (W)
40 points - Charles Smith - April 19, 1991 vs. Golden State (L)
40 points - Charles Smith - March 3, 1990 at Indiana (W)

ROOKIE TRIO GOT STARTED IN SUMMER LEAGUE: When the Clippers started three rookies on March 7, 2009 vs. Indiana as Eric Gordon, DeAndre Jordan and Mike Taylor all started the game, it was the first time the Clippers had started three rookies in a game since the end of the 1988-89 season when the rookie trio of Tom Garrick, Gary Grant and Charles Smith started 15 times together... However, the trio started two games together during the 2008 Las Vegas Summer League.

Jordan

DEANDRE DOES IT: Clippers rookie center DeAndre Jordan enjoyed a strong performance in just his fourth ever NBA start on Jan. 25, 2009 vs. Golden State... Jordan grabbed a career-high 20 rebounds vs. the Warriors, becoming the second Clippers to have 20 boards this season (Marcus Camby - 4 times) and coming up just four rebounds short of the Clippers all-time rookie record that Terry Cummings set twice, pulling down 24 rebounds on Nov. 19, 1982 and Jan. 5, 1983... Jordan was the first rookie to record 20 rebounds in a game since Chicago's Aaron Gray had 22 boards on April 16, 2008... Like Jordan, Gray was also a second-round draft pick, selected with the 49th overall selection while Jordan was taken by LA with the 35th overall pick... Jordan became one of only three other active players that had a 20-rebound game in at least one of their first four career starts: Shaquille O'Neal, Tim Duncan and Aaron Gray.

Taylor

TAYLOR MADE VICTORY IN NEW YORK: Clippers rookie Mike Taylor enjoyed the best game of his NBA career on March 25, 2009 in his first appearance at Madison Square Garden... Taylor, who entered the game averaging 3.6 points per game, did not play in the first quarter and eclipsed his previous career-high of 15 points just in the second quarter alone, scoring 17 points on 5-of-7 shooting from the field and 7-of-7 shooting from the line... Taylor set a new career-high with 35 points (14-20 FG, 7-7 FT) and also grabbed a career-high eight rebounds while playing a career-best 36:45... Taylor's scoring explosion was the most points scored at Madison Square Garden by a rookie since Allen Iverson also erupted for 35 points on his first trip to the Garden as a professional on Nov. 12, 1996 as a member of the 76ers... This season, only Kobe Bryant (61), LeBron James (55) and Dirk Nowitzki (39) have scored more points at Madison Square Garden than Taylor... It was the first time this season that Taylor has led Los Angeles in scoring... Against the Knicks, Taylor also registered a career-high in field goals (14), free throws (7), and steals (2)... Taylor's 30-point explosion gave the Clippers' rookie guard tandem two 30-point games this season vs. New York, as Eric Gordon torched the Knicks for 30 points in L.A.'s win on Feb. 11, 2009

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