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LA Clippers vs. Boston Celtics

January 3, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Celtics beat the Clippers 146-115 on 2026-01-03 on the road against the Clippers. The Clippers started Brook Lopez, James Harden, Kawhi Leonard, Kris Dunn, and John Collins. The Celtics started Jaylen Brown, Derrick White, Neemias Queta, Payton Pritchard, and Sam Hauser. Jaylen Brown (Celtics) scored 22 points (8/15) in his matchups, with Kawhi Leonard as his primary defender. Kawhi Leonard (Clippers) scored 19 points (6/10) in his matchups, with Derrick White as his primary defender.

Box score

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

LAC

LA Clippers 115

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Kawhi Leonard GS	34:29	22	3	3	3	1	1	2	6-17	2-8	8-8	-12
James Harden GS	33:50	18	3	12	1	0	2	1	7-15	1-6	3-3	-24
Kris Dunn GS	30:29	10	4	6	0	0	0	2	4-10	2-6	0-0	-12
John Collins GS	28:53	22	2	0	0	0	0	3	9-10	3-3	1-1	-12
Brook Lopez GS	12:33	6	1	0	0	0	1	0	2-6	2-5	0-0	-17
Derrick Jones Jr.	24:46	19	4	2	0	1	1	2	8-9	3-4	0-1	-10
Ivica Zubac	20:47	4	7	1	0	1	0	0	2-6	0-0	0-0	-13
Nicolas Batum	16:16	6	2	1	0	1	0	1	2-4	2-4	0-0	-12
Kobe Sanders	14:45	0	1	0	0	0	4	2	0-1	0-1	0-0	-15
Cam Christie	5:48	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1-3	0-1	0-0	-7
Yanic Konan Niederhäuser	5:48	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	-7
Jordan Miller	5:48	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0-1	0-0	2-2	-7
Kobe Brown	5:48	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	1-1	0-0	2-2	-7
Totals		115	30	26	4	4	9	15	42-84	15-38	16-17

BOS

Boston Celtics 146

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Payton Pritchard GS	39:38	12	4	8	1	0	0	2	5-10	2-3	0-0	+27
Derrick White GS	37:02	29	4	7	1	2	3	2	10-20	5-12	4-5	+17
Jaylen Brown GS	35:08	50	3	5	0	0	2	3	18-26	6-10	8-10	+21
Neemias Queta GS	22:34	8	9	1	0	1	0	3	4-8	0-1	0-0	+15
Sam Hauser GS	21:22	8	3	0	0	1	0	1	3-9	2-8	0-0	+2
Jordan Walsh	29:38	13	13	2	0	1	1	1	5-7	3-4	0-0	+24
Luka Garza	19:49	11	6	3	1	1	0	4	3-5	1-2	4-4	+17
Anfernee Simons	18:58	15	3	4	0	0	0	0	5-8	5-8	0-0	+18
Hugo González	9:50	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0-1	0-1	0-0	+9
Baylor Scheierman	3:10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0-1	0-1	0-0	+4
Josh Minott	2:51	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	+1
Totals		146	46	30	4	6	6	20	53-96	24-51	16-19

Did not play: Chris Boucher (DNP - Coach's Decision), Xavier Tillman (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

LAC

LA Clippers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Brook Lopez · James Harden · Kawhi Leonard · Kris Dunn · John Collins Starter 6.8 min
James Harden · Kawhi Leonard · Kris Dunn · Ivica Zubac · John Collins 10.4 min
James Harden · Kawhi Leonard · Kris Dunn · Derrick Jones Jr. · John Collins 6.3 min
Kobe Brown · Jordan Miller · Cam Christie · Kobe Sanders · Yanic Konan Niederhäuser 5.8 min
Nicolas Batum · James Harden · Ivica Zubac · Derrick Jones Jr. · Kobe Sanders 4.0 min

BOS

Boston Celtics

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Jaylen Brown · Derrick White · Neemias Queta · Payton Pritchard · Sam Hauser Starter 12.6 min
Jaylen Brown · Derrick White · Payton Pritchard · Luka Garza · Jordan Walsh 7.6 min
Derrick White · Anfernee Simons · Neemias Queta · Sam Hauser · Jordan Walsh 4.8 min
Jaylen Brown · Anfernee Simons · Payton Pritchard · Luka Garza · Hugo González 4.1 min
Jaylen Brown · Anfernee Simons · Payton Pritchard · Luka Garza · Jordan Walsh 3.4 min

Who guarded whom

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

Clippers defense

Jaylen Brown 22 pts (8/15) in 67 possessions

Guarded by: Kawhi Leonard (43 %, 9 pts) · Kris Dunn (10 %, 0 pts) · Derrick Jones Jr. (10 %, 0 pts)
Anfernee Simons 3 pts (1/2) in 34 possessions

Guarded by: Kobe Sanders (44 %, 0 pts) · Derrick Jones Jr. (18 %, 3 pts) · Nicolas Batum (15 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Kawhi Leonard	Jaylen Brown: 29 poss., 9 pts (3/6) · Jordan Walsh: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
James Harden	Sam Hauser: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Jordan Walsh: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
John Collins	Derrick White: 14 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Neemias Queta: 12 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Kris Dunn	Payton Pritchard: 24 poss., 2 pts (1/4) · Derrick White: 10 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
Derrick Jones Jr.	Derrick White: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Payton Pritchard: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Ivica Zubac	Luka Garza: 17 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Neemias Queta: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Nicolas Batum	Sam Hauser: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jaylen Brown: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kobe Sanders	Anfernee Simons: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Payton Pritchard: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Brook Lopez	Derrick White: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Neemias Queta: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kobe Brown	Hugo González: 3 poss., 2 pts (0/0) · Jordan Walsh: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Cam Christie	Derrick White: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Payton Pritchard: 2 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Jordan Miller	Payton Pritchard: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jordan Walsh: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Yanic Konan Niederhäuser	Josh Minott: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Luka Garza: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Celtics defense

Kawhi Leonard 19 pts (6/10) in 60 possessions

Guarded by: Derrick White (23 %, 0 pts) · Jaylen Brown (20 %, 8 pts) · Jordan Walsh (20 %, 3 pts)
James Harden 20 pts (7/8) in 59 possessions

Guarded by: Sam Hauser (23 %, 3 pts) · Jaylen Brown (16 %, 7 pts) · Payton Pritchard (16 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Payton Pritchard	Kris Dunn: 27 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · James Harden: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jaylen Brown	Derrick Jones Jr.: 14 poss., 11 pts (4/7) · Kawhi Leonard: 12 poss., 8 pts (2/3)
Derrick White	Kawhi Leonard: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · John Collins: 13 poss., 11 pts (4/6)
Jordan Walsh	Kawhi Leonard: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · James Harden: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Neemias Queta	Ivica Zubac: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Brook Lopez: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Sam Hauser	James Harden: 14 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Nicolas Batum: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Luka Garza	Ivica Zubac: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · James Harden: 4 poss., 2 pts (0/0)
Anfernee Simons	Kobe Sanders: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Nicolas Batum: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Hugo González	James Harden: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kobe Brown: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Josh Minott	Yanic Konan Niederhäuser: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Kobe Sanders: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Baylor Scheierman	Jordan Miller: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Kobe Sanders: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)