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LA Clippers vs. Miami Heat

November 3, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Heat beat the Clippers 120-119 on 2025-11-03 on the road against the Clippers. The Clippers started James Harden, Kawhi Leonard, Bradley Beal, Ivica Zubac, and Derrick Jones Jr. The Heat started Andrew Wiggins, Norman Powell, Bam Adebayo, Davion Mitchell, and Pelle Larsson. Norman Powell (Heat) scored 19 points (8/10) in his matchups, with Derrick Jones Jr. as his primary defender. Kawhi Leonard (Clippers) scored 4 points (2/4) in his matchups, with Andrew Wiggins 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 +/-
James Harden GS 38:50 29 7 8 1 0 7 4 8-15 6-10 7-7 +1
Kawhi Leonard GS 37:09 27 4 4 4 2 2 1 10-21 2-8 5-5 -7
Ivica Zubac GS 33:26 9 18 3 1 1 3 5 4-9 0-0 1-2 -6
Derrick Jones Jr. GS 27:10 12 3 0 1 1 1 2 5-6 1-2 1-2 +3
Bradley Beal GS 20:09 12 1 2 1 0 3 3 5-8 2-4 0-2 -2
John Collins 25:03 12 3 0 0 0 1 3 5-11 2-5 0-1 +2
Kris Dunn 23:02 10 3 4 3 0 1 3 4-6 2-2 0-0 -2
Brook Lopez 14:34 5 1 0 1 0 0 1 2-7 1-6 0-0 +5
Chris Paul 13:46 3 4 4 1 0 2 2 1-5 1-4 0-0 +6
Nicolas Batum 6:51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 -5
Totals 119 44 25 13 4 20 24 44-88 17-41 14-19

Did not play: Bogdan Bogdanović (DNP - Coach's Decision), Kobe Brown (DNP - Coach's Decision), Cam Christie (DNP - Coach's Decision), Yanic Konan Niederhäuser (DNP - Coach's Decision)

MIA
Miami Heat
Miami Heat 120

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Davion Mitchell GS 34:21 8 5 9 3 0 0 2 4-9 0-2 0-1 +9
Andrew Wiggins GS 31:50 17 2 2 1 1 2 3 7-12 3-5 0-0 +9
Bam Adebayo GS 30:13 25 10 4 2 0 2 1 10-18 2-4 3-5 +2
Norman Powell GS 28:22 21 2 2 1 0 5 2 6-10 2-3 7-7 +4
Pelle Larsson GS 23:45 7 1 3 3 0 1 1 2-4 1-2 2-4 +11
Jaime Jaquez Jr. 25:46 6 6 5 1 0 0 1 3-9 0-2 0-0 -1
Kel'el Ware 17:47 16 5 0 0 2 1 1 6-8 2-2 2-2 -1
Nikola Jović 17:37 7 4 4 0 0 1 2 2-5 0-1 3-4 -18
Simone Fontecchio 16:40 11 1 0 1 0 3 1 4-6 2-4 1-1 -2
Dru Smith 13:39 2 1 4 0 0 1 1 1-2 0-0 0-0 -8
Totals 120 37 33 12 3 16 15 45-83 12-25 18-24

Did not play: Keshad Johnson (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jahmir Young (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

LAC
LA Clippers
LA Clippers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

MIA
Miami Heat
Miami Heat

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
James Harden Davion Mitchell: 34 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Andrew Wiggins: 12 poss., 8 pts (2/3)
Kawhi Leonard Andrew Wiggins: 35 poss., 7 pts (2/9) · Jaime Jaquez Jr.: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Ivica Zubac Bam Adebayo: 39 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Kel'el Ware: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Derrick Jones Jr. Norman Powell: 26 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Davion Mitchell: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
John Collins Simone Fontecchio: 12 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Jaime Jaquez Jr.: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Kris Dunn Jaime Jaquez Jr.: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Simone Fontecchio: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Bradley Beal Norman Powell: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Pelle Larsson: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Brook Lopez Kel'el Ware: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jaime Jaquez Jr.: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Chris Paul Jaime Jaquez Jr.: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Dru Smith: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Nicolas Batum Jaime Jaquez Jr.: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Dru Smith: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Heat defense

Defender Guarded most
Davion Mitchell James Harden: 17 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Bradley Beal: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Andrew Wiggins Kawhi Leonard: 26 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · James Harden: 14 poss., 6 pts (2/3)
Bam Adebayo Ivica Zubac: 42 poss., 21 pts (8/14) · James Harden: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Norman Powell Derrick Jones Jr.: 29 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Bradley Beal: 9 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
Jaime Jaquez Jr. Kawhi Leonard: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Kris Dunn: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Pelle Larsson James Harden: 18 poss., 6 pts (2/2) · John Collins: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Nikola Jović John Collins: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · James Harden: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kel'el Ware Ivica Zubac: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Brook Lopez: 11 poss., 7 pts (3/4)
Simone Fontecchio Kris Dunn: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · John Collins: 9 poss., 7 pts (2/2)
Dru Smith Chris Paul: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Kris Dunn: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)