The revamped Los Angeles Clippers, led by All-Star point guard Baron Davis, will open the 2008-09 NBA preseason on Thursday, October 9th as they take on their city and building rivals the Los Angeles Lakers at the Save Mart Center in Fresno, CA at 7:00 PM. Los Angeles will then travel to Oklahoma City for an October 14th match-up against Kevin Durant and the Oklahoma City NBA franchise. The Clippers play their last preseason game away from STAPLES Center when they travel to Stockton, CA to face the Kings at the Spanos Center on October 15th.

Upon their return from the road, the Clippers then take part in the Lakers Preseason Shootout at STAPLES Center on October 18th and 19th with Los Angeles matching-up against the Toronto Raptors on the 18th at 4:30 PM. The Clippers follow that up with a contest against either the Lakers or FC Barcelona that will tip-off at either 4:30 PM or 7:30 PM on the 19th. The second day of the Lakers Shootout features a “winners vs. winners” and “losers vs. losers” format based on the results from the October 18th games.

The Clippers close out the preseason with three consecutive home games at STAPLES Center. On October 21st Los Angeles faces the Phoenix Suns, on October 22nd the Portland Trail Blazers come to town and on October 24th the Clippers will battle the Denver Nuggets in the preseason finale.

The Clippers complete preseason schedule is below:

2008-09 LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS PRESEASON SCHEDULE
DATE	OPPONENT	HOME TEAM	SITE	TIME
10/9/08	Los Angeles Lakers	Lakers	Save Mart Center Fresno, CA	7:00 PM
10/14/08	Oklahoma City	Oklahoma City	Ford Center	5:00 PM
10/15/08	Sacramento Kings	Sacramento	Spanos Center Stockton, CA	7:00 PM
10/18/08	Toronto Raptors	Clippers	STAPLES Center	4:30 PM
10/19/08	* FC Barcelona or Lakers	FC Barcelona or Lakers	STAPLES Center STAPLES Center	4:30 PM or 7:30 PM
10/21/08	Phoenix Suns	Clippers	STAPLES Center	7:30 PM
10/22/08	Portland Trail Blazers	Clippers	STAPLES Center	7:30 PM
10/24/08	Denver Nuggets	Clippers	STAPLES Center	7:30 PM

The Clippers will take part in the Lakers Preseason Shootout at STAPLES Center on 10/18 and 10/19. The Clippers will face the Toronto Raptors on 10/18 at 4:30 PM and will face either FC Barcelona at 4:30 PM or the Lakers at 7:30 PM on 10/19. The games on 10/19 will match the winners vs. winners and losers vs. losers of the games on 10/18.

All Times Pacific