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LA Clippers vs. New York Knicks

March 9, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Clippers beat the Knicks 126-118 on 2026-03-09 at home. The Clippers started Brook Lopez, Kawhi Leonard, Kris Dunn, Derrick Jones Jr., and Darius Garland. The Knicks started Karl-Anthony Towns, OG Anunoby, Josh Hart, Mikal Bridges, and Jalen Brunson. Jalen Brunson (Knicks) scored 16 points (5/11) in his matchups, with Kris Dunn as his primary defender. Kawhi Leonard (Clippers) scored 21 points (9/13) in his matchups, with OG Anunoby as his primary defender.

Box score

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

LAC

LA Clippers 126

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Kawhi Leonard GS	35:04	29	7	8	2	0	1	3	10-19	2-5	7-7	+26
Derrick Jones Jr. GS	33:44	16	7	2	3	2	1	2	6-14	4-7	0-1	+1
Darius Garland GS	30:21	23	1	7	2	0	2	0	7-16	5-9	4-6	+20
Brook Lopez GS	29:55	16	4	3	0	1	0	1	5-8	3-5	3-3	+23
Kris Dunn GS	29:10	5	7	3	3	0	0	3	2-4	1-3	0-0	-2
Bennedict Mathurin	36:26	28	7	1	1	0	2	1	9-20	2-5	8-9	+5
Jordan Miller	17:35	2	0	1	0	0	1	2	1-5	0-1	0-0	-7
Isaiah Jackson	16:37	4	3	0	0	1	1	5	2-3	0-0	0-0	-13
Nicolas Batum	11:08	3	0	0	1	0	0	2	1-4	1-4	0-0	-13
Totals		126	36	25	12	4	8	19	43-93	18-39	22-26

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

NYK

New York Knicks 118

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jalen Brunson GS	38:07	28	4	8	1	0	3	1	12-23	2-7	2-3	+1
OG Anunoby GS	37:20	22	6	2	2	0	4	2	8-15	3-8	3-4	-3
Josh Hart GS	36:30	12	13	3	0	0	3	4	5-7	1-3	1-1	-13
Karl-Anthony Towns GS	35:36	35	12	7	0	1	3	6	13-17	3-4	6-8	-12
Mikal Bridges GS	26:24	7	7	4	2	0	1	2	3-8	1-3	0-0	-17
Landry Shamet	22:55	9	1	0	0	0	2	4	3-12	3-12	0-0	+6
Mohamed Diawara	17:39	5	4	2	0	0	2	2	2-3	1-1	0-0	+3
Ariel Hukporti	12:25	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	+4
Jose Alvarado	7:59	0	1	3	0	0	0	1	0-4	0-2	0-0	-8
Jordan Clarkson	3:13	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0
Tyler Kolek	1:54	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-1
Totals		118	51	32	5	1	19	23	46-90	14-40	12-16

Did not play: Pacôme Dadiet (DNP - Coach's Decision), Trey Jemison III (DNP - Coach's Decision), Kevin McCullar Jr. (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jeremy Sochan (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

LAC

LA Clippers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Brook Lopez · Kawhi Leonard · Kris Dunn · Derrick Jones Jr. · Darius Garland Starter 8.9 min
Brook Lopez · Kawhi Leonard · Kris Dunn · Darius Garland · Bennedict Mathurin 6.5 min
Nicolas Batum · Kris Dunn · Isaiah Jackson · Bennedict Mathurin · Jordan Miller 5.7 min
Brook Lopez · Kawhi Leonard · Kris Dunn · Derrick Jones Jr. · Bennedict Mathurin 4.3 min
Brook Lopez · Kawhi Leonard · Derrick Jones Jr. · Darius Garland · Bennedict Mathurin 4.3 min

NYK

New York Knicks

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Karl-Anthony Towns · OG Anunoby · Josh Hart · Mikal Bridges · Jalen Brunson Starter 13.3 min
Karl-Anthony Towns · OG Anunoby · Josh Hart · Jalen Brunson · Landry Shamet 6.8 min
Josh Hart · Jalen Brunson · Landry Shamet · Ariel Hukporti · Mohamed Diawara 6.3 min
Karl-Anthony Towns · OG Anunoby · Mikal Bridges · Jose Alvarado · Mohamed Diawara 5.9 min
OG Anunoby · Jalen Brunson · Landry Shamet · Ariel Hukporti · Mohamed Diawara 5.2 min

Who guarded whom

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

Clippers defense

Jalen Brunson 16 pts (5/11) in 79 possessions

Guarded by: Kris Dunn (30 %, 0 pts) · Derrick Jones Jr. (27 %, 6 pts) · Kawhi Leonard (8 %, 4 pts)
Karl-Anthony Towns 27 pts (9/19) in 79 possessions

Guarded by: Brook Lopez (41 %, 2 pts) · Isaiah Jackson (18 %, 0 pts) · Darius Garland (10 %, 11 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Kawhi Leonard	OG Anunoby: 39 poss., 9 pts (4/7) · Josh Hart: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Bennedict Mathurin	Josh Hart: 21 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · OG Anunoby: 14 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Derrick Jones Jr.	Jalen Brunson: 21 poss., 6 pts (2/2) · Josh Hart: 14 poss., 4 pts (2/4)
Darius Garland	Mikal Bridges: 23 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Josh Hart: 9 poss., 1 pts (0/0)
Brook Lopez	Karl-Anthony Towns: 32 poss., 2 pts (0/0) · Josh Hart: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Kris Dunn	Jalen Brunson: 24 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Karl-Anthony Towns: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Isaiah Jackson	Karl-Anthony Towns: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Ariel Hukporti: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jordan Miller	Mikal Bridges: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Landry Shamet: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Nicolas Batum	Jalen Brunson: 5 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Mohamed Diawara: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)

Knicks defense

Kawhi Leonard 21 pts (9/13) in 71 possessions

Guarded by: OG Anunoby (42 %, 5 pts) · Karl-Anthony Towns (18 %, 8 pts) · Josh Hart (14 %, 2 pts)
Darius Garland 6 pts (3/13) in 59 possessions

Guarded by: Mikal Bridges (26 %, 2 pts) · Josh Hart (18 %, 0 pts) · Jalen Brunson (14 %, 2 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Jalen Brunson	Derrick Jones Jr.: 27 poss., 8 pts (3/4) · Kris Dunn: 22 poss., 1 pts (0/4)
OG Anunoby	Kawhi Leonard: 29 poss., 5 pts (1/4) · Bennedict Mathurin: 16 poss., 5 pts (2/3)
Karl-Anthony Towns	Brook Lopez: 30 poss., 13 pts (5/6) · Kawhi Leonard: 13 poss., 8 pts (4/4)
Josh Hart	Bennedict Mathurin: 20 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Derrick Jones Jr.: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Mikal Bridges	Darius Garland: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/4) · Derrick Jones Jr.: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Landry Shamet	Darius Garland: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Jordan Miller: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/6)
Mohamed Diawara	Bennedict Mathurin: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Nicolas Batum: 4 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Ariel Hukporti	Isaiah Jackson: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Brook Lopez: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jose Alvarado	Darius Garland: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kawhi Leonard: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jordan Clarkson	Kris Dunn: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Brook Lopez: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tyler Kolek	Darius Garland: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Isaiah Jackson: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)