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LA Clippers vs. Sacramento Kings

March 14, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Kings beat the Clippers 118-109 on 2026-03-14 on the road against the Clippers. The Clippers started Brook Lopez, Kawhi Leonard, Kris Dunn, Derrick Jones Jr., and Darius Garland. The Kings started Russell Westbrook, DeMar DeRozan, Precious Achiuwa, Nique Clifford, and Maxime Raynaud. Russell Westbrook (Kings) scored 5 points (2/7) in his matchups, with Kawhi Leonard as his primary defender. Kawhi Leonard (Clippers) scored 15 points (7/8) in his matchups, with Precious Achiuwa as his primary defender.

Box score

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

LAC
LA Clippers
LA Clippers 109

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Derrick Jones Jr. GS 32:17 2 3 1 1 1 2 1 1-4 0-1 0-0 -16
Darius Garland GS 30:10 25 3 7 1 0 1 0 9-20 5-10 2-2 +17
Kris Dunn GS 28:16 5 6 2 4 0 0 4 2-7 1-2 0-0 0
Kawhi Leonard GS 25:42 31 6 0 2 0 3 2 13-23 2-6 3-6 -16
Brook Lopez GS 21:45 0 0 2 1 2 0 1 0-2 0-1 0-0 -13
Bennedict Mathurin 35:19 24 6 1 0 1 3 1 7-15 0-4 10-11 -11
Jordan Miller 23:01 6 0 2 1 0 2 0 3-4 0-0 0-2 -11
Isaiah Jackson 22:54 6 8 4 1 3 1 2 2-4 0-0 2-2 +10
John Collins 20:09 10 3 0 2 1 1 2 2-5 1-3 5-6 -5
TyTy Washington Jr. 0:27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0
Totals 109 35 19 13 8 13 13 39-84 9-27 22-29

Did not play: Bogdan Bogdanović (DNP - Coach's Decision), Cam Christie (DNP - Coach's Decision), Norchad Omier (DNP - Coach's Decision), Kobe Sanders (DNP - Coach's Decision)

SAC
Sacramento Kings
Sacramento Kings 118

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Russell Westbrook GS 36:47 12 12 10 4 0 4 2 4-15 2-8 2-4 +14
DeMar DeRozan GS 36:45 27 0 7 1 0 4 4 11-14 0-1 5-5 +9
Precious Achiuwa GS 36:35 25 13 1 0 4 2 4 10-14 3-4 2-2 +18
Nique Clifford GS 35:19 11 4 4 2 0 1 4 4-11 3-5 0-2 -2
Maxime Raynaud GS 30:04 23 5 2 0 0 4 3 11-12 0-0 1-3 +7
Daeqwon Plowden 31:02 15 5 2 2 0 0 4 6-9 3-4 0-0 +10
Doug McDermott 13:51 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1-4 1-4 0-0 -5
Dylan Cardwell 12:32 0 6 1 0 0 0 3 0-1 0-0 0-0 -4
Killian Hayes 7:05 2 3 2 0 0 3 1 1-2 0-1 0-0 -2
Totals 118 48 29 9 4 19 25 48-82 12-27 10-16

Did not play: Devin Carter (DND - Injury/Illness), Drew Eubanks (DND - Injury/Illness), Malik Monk (DND - Injury/Illness)

Lineups

LAC
LA Clippers
LA Clippers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

SAC
Sacramento Kings
Sacramento Kings

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
Bennedict Mathurin Daeqwon Plowden: 29 poss., 4 pts (1/5) · Nique Clifford: 16 poss., 4 pts (1/2)
Darius Garland Nique Clifford: 28 poss., 9 pts (3/7) · Maxime Raynaud: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/4)
Derrick Jones Jr. DeMar DeRozan: 38 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Russell Westbrook: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Kawhi Leonard Russell Westbrook: 25 poss., 4 pts (2/5) · Precious Achiuwa: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/4)
Kris Dunn Maxime Raynaud: 20 poss., 3 pts (1/4) · Russell Westbrook: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Isaiah Jackson Dylan Cardwell: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Maxime Raynaud: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jordan Miller Doug McDermott: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Nique Clifford: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Brook Lopez Precious Achiuwa: 26 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Russell Westbrook: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
John Collins Doug McDermott: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Precious Achiuwa: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Kings defense

Defender Guarded most
Precious Achiuwa Derrick Jones Jr.: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Kawhi Leonard: 14 poss., 7 pts (3/3)
DeMar DeRozan Derrick Jones Jr.: 32 poss., 12 pts (5/6) · Kawhi Leonard: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Russell Westbrook Kris Dunn: 23 poss., 2 pts (0/3) · Bennedict Mathurin: 12 poss., 6 pts (2/3)
Nique Clifford Darius Garland: 27 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Bennedict Mathurin: 21 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Maxime Raynaud Brook Lopez: 23 poss., 9 pts (4/4) · Isaiah Jackson: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Daeqwon Plowden Bennedict Mathurin: 13 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Jordan Miller: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Doug McDermott Jordan Miller: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Darius Garland: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Dylan Cardwell Isaiah Jackson: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · John Collins: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Killian Hayes Darius Garland: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jordan Miller: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)