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LA Clippers vs. Chicago Bulls

March 13, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Clippers beat the Bulls 119-108 on 2026-03-13 at home. The Clippers started Brook Lopez, Kawhi Leonard, Kris Dunn, Derrick Jones Jr., and Kobe Sanders. The Bulls started Tre Jones, Nick Richards, Josh Giddey, Leonard Miller, and Matas Buzelis. Josh Giddey (Bulls) scored 14 points (5/9) in his matchups, with Derrick Jones Jr. as his primary defender. Kawhi Leonard (Clippers) scored 13 points (3/8) in his matchups, with Leonard Miller as his primary defender.

Box score

In orange, the game high in points, rebounds and assists.

LAC
LA Clippers
LA Clippers 119

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Derrick Jones Jr. GS 33:37 10 6 3 2 3 0 1 4-5 1-2 1-2 +10
Kawhi Leonard GS 33:02 28 4 3 1 0 2 3 8-22 2-6 10-12 +3
Brook Lopez GS 31:06 11 7 2 0 5 0 3 5-10 1-4 0-0 +4
Kris Dunn GS 28:57 8 4 6 2 0 0 0 4-11 0-4 0-0 +12
Kobe Sanders GS 25:54 11 6 3 1 0 1 3 4-8 3-7 0-0 +2
Bennedict Mathurin 27:50 26 6 2 1 0 2 1 10-19 1-5 5-6 -2
Jordan Miller 26:38 14 3 3 1 1 1 0 6-13 0-1 2-2 +11
Isaiah Jackson 16:54 8 7 2 0 2 0 1 4-5 0-0 0-2 +7
Nicolas Batum 16:01 3 3 4 0 1 0 1 1-3 1-3 0-0 +8
Totals 119 46 28 8 12 6 13 46-96 9-32 18-24

Did not play: Bogdan Bogdanović (DNP - Coach's Decision), Cam Christie (DNP - Coach's Decision), Norchad Omier (DNP - Coach's Decision), TyTy Washington Jr. (DNP - Coach's Decision)

CHI
Chicago Bulls
Chicago Bulls 108

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Josh Giddey GS 38:56 20 11 10 2 1 2 3 8-20 4-11 0-0 -1
Leonard Miller GS 35:53 14 8 3 2 0 0 3 6-14 0-5 2-2 -13
Matas Buzelis GS 34:25 18 11 2 0 0 2 1 6-18 2-10 4-4 -10
Tre Jones GS 29:57 21 1 2 0 0 2 3 10-11 0-0 1-1 -23
Nick Richards GS 29:54 10 8 1 0 3 1 2 3-10 1-3 3-4 -1
Rob Dillingham 24:25 12 4 4 1 0 3 4 5-9 2-3 0-0 +2
Patrick Williams 22:49 2 3 1 0 3 2 1 0-7 0-6 2-2 +3
Guerschon Yabusele 19:39 11 2 0 0 0 1 2 4-6 3-3 0-0 -9
Yuki Kawamura 3:34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 -3
Lachlan Olbrich 0:27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0
Totals 108 48 23 5 7 13 19 42-95 12-41 12-13

Did not play: Isaac Okoro (DND - Injury/Illness), Jalen Smith (DND - Injury/Illness)

Lineups

LAC
LA Clippers
LA Clippers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

CHI
Chicago Bulls
Chicago Bulls

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Who guarded whom

Based on stats.nba.com matchup data. Points and shooting are always the offensive player's.

Clippers defense

Defender Guarded most
Kawhi Leonard Patrick Williams: 22 poss., 3 pts (1/4) · Leonard Miller: 21 poss., 7 pts (2/6)
Derrick Jones Jr. Josh Giddey: 27 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Matas Buzelis: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kris Dunn Josh Giddey: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Tre Jones: 13 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Brook Lopez Nick Richards: 27 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Guerschon Yabusele: 11 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Kobe Sanders Tre Jones: 14 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Matas Buzelis: 11 poss., 5 pts (2/4)
Bennedict Mathurin Tre Jones: 12 poss., 6 pts (3/4) · Leonard Miller: 11 poss., 7 pts (3/6)
Jordan Miller Leonard Miller: 9 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · Matas Buzelis: 8 poss., 2 pts (0/1)
Isaiah Jackson Guerschon Yabusele: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Nick Richards: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Nicolas Batum Matas Buzelis: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Patrick Williams: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Bulls defense

Defender Guarded most
Josh Giddey Derrick Jones Jr.: 33 poss., 8 pts (3/5) · Bennedict Mathurin: 16 poss., 5 pts (2/4)
Matas Buzelis Kobe Sanders: 21 poss., 4 pts (1/2) · Jordan Miller: 11 poss., 5 pts (2/5)
Leonard Miller Kawhi Leonard: 20 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Kobe Sanders: 10 poss., 2 pts (0/0)
Nick Richards Brook Lopez: 31 poss., 7 pts (2/5) · Isaiah Jackson: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Tre Jones Kris Dunn: 24 poss., 6 pts (3/4) · Kobe Sanders: 8 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Patrick Williams Kawhi Leonard: 18 poss., 2 pts (0/1) · Bennedict Mathurin: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Rob Dillingham Jordan Miller: 10 poss., 7 pts (3/3) · Kris Dunn: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Guerschon Yabusele Isaiah Jackson: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Brook Lopez: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Yuki Kawamura Jordan Miller: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kris Dunn: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Lachlan Olbrich Derrick Jones Jr.: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Bennedict Mathurin: 0 poss., 0 pts (0/0)