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LA Clippers vs. Memphis Grizzlies

December 15, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Grizzlies beat the Clippers 121-103 on 2025-12-15 on the road against the Clippers. The Clippers started James Harden, Kawhi Leonard, Kris Dunn, Ivica Zubac, and John Collins. The Grizzlies started Jaren Jackson Jr., Ja Morant, Santi Aldama, Jaylen Wells, and Cedric Coward. Ja Morant (Grizzlies) scored 11 points (4/6) in his matchups, with Kris Dunn as his primary defender. Kawhi Leonard (Clippers) scored 22 points (8/14) in his matchups, with Cedric Coward as his primary defender.

Box score

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

LAC
LA Clippers
LA Clippers 103

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Kawhi Leonard GS 36:39 21 4 3 1 0 2 2 9-18 1-5 2-2 -11
Ivica Zubac GS 33:08 6 13 2 0 1 4 3 3-6 0-0 0-0 -12
James Harden GS 31:17 13 3 6 3 0 3 2 4-10 4-6 1-4 -5
Kris Dunn GS 26:42 17 1 5 0 0 1 2 6-10 3-6 2-2 +3
John Collins GS 26:08 10 2 1 0 1 2 3 5-10 0-2 0-0 -3
Kobe Brown 25:22 9 4 1 0 0 0 1 2-10 1-8 4-4 -27
Jordan Miller 21:52 10 6 3 0 0 2 1 3-6 1-3 3-4 -15
Bogdan Bogdanović 18:54 7 3 3 0 0 1 1 2-6 2-4 1-2 -23
Kobe Sanders 12:38 5 2 0 0 0 2 0 2-3 1-2 0-0 -7
Cam Christie 3:40 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 1-1 0-0 1-2 +5
Yanic Konan Niederhäuser 3:40 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0-0 0-0 2-2 +5
Totals 103 39 26 4 2 18 15 37-80 13-36 16-22

Did not play: Brook Lopez (DNP - Coach's Decision)

MEM
Memphis Grizzlies
Memphis Grizzlies 121

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Jaren Jackson Jr. GS 32:45 31 4 4 2 5 2 3 13-18 4-5 1-2 +7
Santi Aldama GS 30:48 3 2 2 1 0 1 1 1-5 0-4 1-2 +6
Jaylen Wells GS 29:40 16 5 3 1 0 1 2 5-10 1-5 5-5 -6
Cedric Coward GS 23:13 12 2 2 0 0 4 4 5-9 1-4 1-1 -16
Ja Morant GS 20:58 12 3 4 1 1 1 1 4-12 1-2 3-3 -8
Cam Spencer 30:01 27 3 6 1 0 1 4 9-13 7-10 2-2 +29
Jock Landale 27:29 8 4 3 1 1 0 1 3-5 0-1 2-2 +29
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope 23:22 4 7 6 2 0 0 1 2-5 0-1 0-0 +30
Vince Williams Jr. 18:20 8 1 3 1 0 0 3 3-7 2-6 0-0 +25
Olivier-Maxence Prosper 1:42 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0-1 0-1 0-0 -3
Jahmai Mashack 1:42 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0-1 0-0 0-0 -3
Totals 121 32 33 10 7 11 21 45-86 16-39 15-17

Did not play: Brandon Clarke (DNP - Injury/Illness)

Lineups

LAC
LA Clippers
LA Clippers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

MEM
Memphis Grizzlies
Memphis Grizzlies

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 Cedric Coward: 25 poss., 10 pts (4/8) · Vince Williams Jr.: 11 poss., 4 pts (2/4)
Ivica Zubac Jaren Jackson Jr.: 23 poss., 2 pts (1/4) · Jock Landale: 20 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
James Harden Jaylen Wells: 35 poss., 3 pts (1/4) · Vince Williams Jr.: 6 poss., 1 pts (0/0)
John Collins Santi Aldama: 21 poss., 6 pts (3/3) · Cedric Coward: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kris Dunn Ja Morant: 22 poss., 7 pts (2/2) · Cam Spencer: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Kobe Brown Santi Aldama: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/6) · Jock Landale: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jordan Miller Cam Spencer: 12 poss., 2 pts (0/2) · Vince Williams Jr.: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Bogdan Bogdanović Kentavious Caldwell-Pope: 20 poss., 4 pts (1/2) · Cam Spencer: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Kobe Sanders Cam Spencer: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Jaren Jackson Jr.: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Cam Christie Cam Spencer: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Cedric Coward: 0 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Yanic Konan Niederhäuser Olivier-Maxence Prosper: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Cedric Coward: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Grizzlies defense

Defender Guarded most
Jaren Jackson Jr. James Harden: 16 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Ivica Zubac: 16 poss., 6 pts (3/5)
Santi Aldama John Collins: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Ivica Zubac: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Jaylen Wells James Harden: 17 poss., 5 pts (1/2) · John Collins: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Jock Landale Ivica Zubac: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kobe Brown: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Cam Spencer Jordan Miller: 9 poss., 6 pts (2/2) · Kris Dunn: 9 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
Cedric Coward Kawhi Leonard: 20 poss., 4 pts (1/2) · John Collins: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Ja Morant Kris Dunn: 18 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · John Collins: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope Bogdan Bogdanović: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jordan Miller: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Vince Williams Jr. Kawhi Leonard: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Jordan Miller: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jahmai Mashack Kobe Sanders: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jordan Miller: 0 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Olivier-Maxence Prosper Yanic Konan Niederhäuser: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jordan Miller: 0 poss., 0 pts (0/0)