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LA Clippers vs. Sacramento Kings

December 30, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Clippers beat the Kings 131-90 on 2025-12-30 at home. The Clippers started Brook Lopez, James Harden, Kawhi Leonard, Kris Dunn, and John Collins. The Kings started Russell Westbrook, DeMar DeRozan, Precious Achiuwa, Keegan Murray, and Maxime Raynaud. Russell Westbrook (Kings) scored 10 points (2/5) in his matchups, with Kris Dunn as his primary defender. Kawhi Leonard (Clippers) scored 12 points (4/14) in his matchups, with Keegan Murray as his primary defender.

Box score

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

LAC

LA Clippers 131

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Kawhi Leonard GS	32:40	33	5	5	3	1	1	1	11-19	5-9	6-7	+31
James Harden GS	30:02	21	3	5	1	0	0	0	6-14	1-6	8-10	+19
Brook Lopez GS	22:55	8	6	3	1	1	1	1	2-9	2-4	2-2	+14
John Collins GS	21:55	16	5	1	1	3	0	1	6-9	2-4	2-2	+15
Kris Dunn GS	20:53	10	6	1	2	0	0	3	4-7	2-4	0-0	+16
Kobe Sanders	26:00	7	6	4	2	0	0	2	3-8	0-3	1-2	+30
Yanic Konan Niederhäuser	25:05	16	6	2	0	1	1	1	6-8	0-1	4-6	+27
Derrick Jones Jr.	19:49	8	1	3	2	1	0	1	3-5	1-1	1-1	+23
Nicolas Batum	18:47	3	1	2	1	1	0	1	1-3	1-3	0-0	+24
Jordan Miller	7:18	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	3-4	0-1	0-0	+2
Kobe Brown	7:18	3	1	2	0	0	0	2	1-3	0-1	1-2	+2
Cam Christie	7:18	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0-1	0-1	0-0	+2
Totals		131	42	29	13	9	3	14	46-90	14-38	25-32

SAC

Sacramento Kings 90

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Maxime Raynaud GS	35:04	12	12	0	0	2	0	4	5-8	0-1	2-2	-21
Keegan Murray GS	29:37	11	2	1	0	1	0	1	4-13	1-4	2-2	-27
DeMar DeRozan GS	27:38	8	7	3	1	1	2	1	2-8	0-2	4-5	-19
Russell Westbrook GS	18:55	12	3	4	0	0	3	3	4-10	2-4	2-2	-21
Precious Achiuwa GS	17:11	0	3	2	0	1	0	2	0-4	0-0	0-0	-17
Nique Clifford	28:53	18	1	2	0	1	2	4	7-12	3-5	1-1	-20
Dennis Schröder	24:43	11	3	4	0	0	3	3	4-10	1-2	2-2	-20
Keon Ellis	19:21	2	2	2	0	1	1	1	1-5	0-3	0-0	-20
Drew Eubanks	12:56	6	3	0	0	0	1	1	3-4	0-0	0-0	-20
Malik Monk	11:06	3	2	0	0	0	5	0	1-2	1-1	0-0	-16
Doug McDermott	7:18	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	1-2	1-2	0-0	-2
Devin Carter	7:18	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	2-5	0-3	0-0	-2
Totals		90	39	18	1	8	18	20	34-83	9-27	13-14

Did not play: Dario Šarić (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 16.5 min
Nicolas Batum · James Harden · Derrick Jones Jr. · Kobe Sanders · Yanic Konan Niederhäuser 8.0 min
Kobe Brown · Jordan Miller · Cam Christie · Kobe Sanders · Yanic Konan Niederhäuser 7.3 min
Nicolas Batum · Kawhi Leonard · Derrick Jones Jr. · Kobe Sanders · Yanic Konan Niederhäuser 6.3 min
Brook Lopez · James Harden · Kawhi Leonard · Derrick Jones Jr. · John Collins 2.6 min

SAC

Sacramento Kings

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Russell Westbrook · DeMar DeRozan · Precious Achiuwa · Keegan Murray · Maxime Raynaud Starter 14.4 min
Doug McDermott · Keon Ellis · Devin Carter · Nique Clifford · Maxime Raynaud 7.3 min
Dennis Schröder · Malik Monk · Drew Eubanks · Keon Ellis · Nique Clifford 6.1 min
DeMar DeRozan · Dennis Schröder · Keegan Murray · Nique Clifford · Maxime Raynaud 4.3 min
DeMar DeRozan · Dennis Schröder · Drew Eubanks · Keegan Murray · Nique Clifford 4.0 min

Who guarded whom

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

Clippers defense

Russell Westbrook 10 pts (2/5) in 35 possessions

Guarded by: Kris Dunn (41 %, 3 pts) · James Harden (16 %, 3 pts) · John Collins (15 %, 0 pts)
Malik Monk 3 pts (1/2) in 22 possessions

Guarded by: Nicolas Batum (44 %, 3 pts) · Derrick Jones Jr. (32 %, 0 pts) · Kobe Sanders (13 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Kawhi Leonard	Keegan Murray: 24 poss., 6 pts (3/6) · Precious Achiuwa: 13 poss., 12 pts (4/6)
James Harden	Dennis Schröder: 14 poss., 7 pts (2/3) · Keegan Murray: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kobe Sanders	Keon Ellis: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Dennis Schröder: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Yanic Konan Niederhäuser	Maxime Raynaud: 22 poss., 7 pts (3/4) · Drew Eubanks: 12 poss., 1 pts (0/1)
Brook Lopez	Maxime Raynaud: 24 poss., 6 pts (2/4) · Russell Westbrook: 5 poss., 2 pts (0/2)
John Collins	DeMar DeRozan: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Precious Achiuwa: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Kris Dunn	Russell Westbrook: 14 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · DeMar DeRozan: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Derrick Jones Jr.	Dennis Schröder: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Nique Clifford: 8 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
Nicolas Batum	Malik Monk: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Nique Clifford: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Kobe Brown	Keon Ellis: 6 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Doug McDermott: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jordan Miller	Devin Carter: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Nique Clifford: 4 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Cam Christie	Doug McDermott: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Devin Carter: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1)

Kings defense

Kawhi Leonard 12 pts (4/14) in 60 possessions

Guarded by: Keegan Murray (45 %, 5 pts) · DeMar DeRozan (17 %, 2 pts) · Nique Clifford (12 %, 3 pts)
James Harden 6 pts (3/7) in 60 possessions

Guarded by: DeMar DeRozan (45 %, 0 pts) · Nique Clifford (9 %, 0 pts) · Dennis Schröder (8 %, 4 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Maxime Raynaud	Brook Lopez: 26 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Yanic Konan Niederhäuser: 16 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Nique Clifford	Nicolas Batum: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · John Collins: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Keegan Murray	Kawhi Leonard: 27 poss., 5 pts (2/6) · Kris Dunn: 5 poss., 2 pts (0/0)
DeMar DeRozan	James Harden: 27 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Kawhi Leonard: 10 poss., 2 pts (0/1)
Dennis Schröder	Derrick Jones Jr.: 20 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · James Harden: 5 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Keon Ellis	Kobe Sanders: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Nicolas Batum: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Russell Westbrook	Kris Dunn: 19 poss., 2 pts (0/0) · John Collins: 4 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Precious Achiuwa	John Collins: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kawhi Leonard: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Drew Eubanks	Yanic Konan Niederhäuser: 15 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · Brook Lopez: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Malik Monk	Kobe Sanders: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Nicolas Batum: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Devin Carter	Cam Christie: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jordan Miller: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Doug McDermott	Cam Christie: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kobe Sanders: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1)