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LA Clippers vs. Cleveland Cavaliers

February 4, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Cavaliers beat the Clippers 124-91 on 2026-02-04 on the road against the Clippers. The Clippers started Brook Lopez, Kawhi Leonard, Kris Dunn, John Collins, and Kobe Sanders. The Cavaliers started Donovan Mitchell, Jarrett Allen, Dean Wade, Sam Merrill, and Jaylon Tyson. Donovan Mitchell (Cavaliers) scored 10 points (4/10) in his matchups, with John Collins as his primary defender. Kawhi Leonard (Clippers) scored 14 points (6/8) in his matchups, with Jaylon Tyson as his primary defender.

Box score

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

LAC
LA Clippers
LA Clippers 91

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
John Collins GS 27:04 19 7 0 0 0 1 2 8-11 0-1 3-3 -33
Kawhi Leonard GS 26:38 25 7 4 1 0 4 1 10-20 2-6 3-3 -4
Brook Lopez GS 23:05 5 2 1 1 0 0 1 2-6 1-4 0-0 -17
Kris Dunn GS 20:30 2 3 6 1 0 3 0 1-4 0-1 0-0 -24
Kobe Sanders GS 19:58 4 2 2 1 0 2 3 2-6 0-3 0-0 -7
Jordan Miller 29:41 5 4 3 1 0 2 0 2-10 1-4 0-0 -25
Yanic Konan Niederhäuser 24:55 10 8 0 0 2 3 4 4-4 0-0 2-2 -16
Derrick Jones Jr. 21:26 7 2 0 0 1 0 1 2-6 0-2 3-4 -9
Cam Christie 12:00 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 1-3 0-1 0-0 -7
Bogdan Bogdanović 11:56 2 1 1 0 0 3 0 1-4 0-2 0-0 -16
Kobe Brown 8:52 10 0 0 0 0 3 1 4-5 2-3 0-0 0
TyTy Washington Jr. 8:07 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0-1 0-1 0-0 -5
Nicolas Batum 5:48 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 -2
Totals 91 37 20 6 4 24 13 37-80 6-28 11-12

CLE
Cleveland Cavaliers
Cleveland Cavaliers 124

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Donovan Mitchell GS 30:05 29 5 9 4 0 2 1 10-19 3-9 6-6 +24
Jaylon Tyson GS 24:32 17 4 1 1 0 2 1 7-10 3-3 0-3 +20
Jarrett Allen GS 23:23 10 11 3 2 1 0 0 5-8 0-0 0-2 +20
Sam Merrill GS 21:03 11 1 0 0 0 1 1 4-6 3-5 0-0 +21
Dean Wade GS 19:37 5 3 3 1 0 0 1 2-5 1-3 0-0 +12
Craig Porter Jr. 24:46 7 2 2 1 0 0 2 3-5 1-2 0-0 +11
Nae'Qwan Tomlin 20:16 4 1 2 2 2 0 4 1-7 0-4 2-2 +16
Dennis Schröder 19:13 11 2 6 3 0 3 0 5-14 1-5 0-0 +15
Keon Ellis 18:32 6 3 0 2 0 1 1 2-5 2-4 0-0 +3
Thomas Bryant 16:30 8 8 0 0 2 0 0 4-6 0-1 0-0 +8
Larry Nance Jr. 8:07 8 1 1 0 0 0 1 3-4 2-3 0-0 +5
Tristan Enaruna 6:58 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 1-2 0-0 0-0 +5
Tyrese Proctor 6:58 6 0 2 1 0 0 0 3-7 0-2 0-0 +5
Totals 124 44 30 17 5 9 12 50-98 16-41 8-13

Lineups

LAC
LA Clippers
LA Clippers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

CLE
Cleveland Cavaliers
Cleveland Cavaliers

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
John Collins Donovan Mitchell: 22 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Jaylon Tyson: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Kawhi Leonard Dean Wade: 16 poss., 4 pts (2/6) · Nae'Qwan Tomlin: 14 poss., 8 pts (3/4)
Jordan Miller Craig Porter Jr.: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Dennis Schröder: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Yanic Konan Niederhäuser Thomas Bryant: 21 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Larry Nance Jr.: 8 poss., 6 pts (2/2)
Brook Lopez Jarrett Allen: 25 poss., 5 pts (2/4) · Dean Wade: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Kris Dunn Sam Merrill: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Dennis Schröder: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Derrick Jones Jr. Donovan Mitchell: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Dennis Schröder: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kobe Sanders Sam Merrill: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Jaylon Tyson: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Cam Christie Craig Porter Jr.: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Tyrese Proctor: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Bogdan Bogdanović Keon Ellis: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Craig Porter Jr.: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Kobe Brown Tristan Enaruna: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Craig Porter Jr.: 4 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
TyTy Washington Jr. Keon Ellis: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Tyrese Proctor: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Nicolas Batum Donovan Mitchell: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Nae'Qwan Tomlin: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Cavaliers defense

Defender Guarded most
Donovan Mitchell Kris Dunn: 17 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Derrick Jones Jr.: 12 poss., 14 pts (6/7)
Jarrett Allen Brook Lopez: 31 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Kawhi Leonard: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Jaylon Tyson Kawhi Leonard: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Kobe Sanders: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Craig Porter Jr. Jordan Miller: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Cam Christie: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Sam Merrill Kobe Sanders: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Kawhi Leonard: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Dean Wade John Collins: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Kawhi Leonard: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Nae'Qwan Tomlin John Collins: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jordan Miller: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Keon Ellis Derrick Jones Jr.: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jordan Miller: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Dennis Schröder Jordan Miller: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Kris Dunn: 7 poss., 5 pts (2/5)
Thomas Bryant Yanic Konan Niederhäuser: 18 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Jordan Miller: 4 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Larry Nance Jr. Yanic Konan Niederhäuser: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Kobe Brown: 2 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Tyrese Proctor Cam Christie: 5 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · TyTy Washington Jr.: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tristan Enaruna Kobe Brown: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Yanic Konan Niederhäuser: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)