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LA Clippers vs. Los Angeles Lakers

December 20, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Clippers beat the Lakers 103-88 on 2025-12-20 at home. The Clippers started James Harden, Kawhi Leonard, Kris Dunn, Ivica Zubac, and John Collins. The Lakers started LeBron James, Marcus Smart, Luka Dončić, Jaxson Hayes, and Jake LaRavia. Luka Dončić (Lakers) scored 16 points (6/8) in his matchups, with Kris Dunn as his primary defender. Kawhi Leonard (Clippers) scored 8 points (4/12) in his matchups, with LeBron James as his primary defender.

Box score

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

LAC

LA Clippers 103

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Kawhi Leonard GS	41:53	32	12	3	3	2	3	2	8-24	4-12	12-12	+16
James Harden GS	40:57	21	4	10	2	0	3	2	6-20	4-12	5-6	+24
John Collins GS	31:37	17	12	1	2	2	2	4	7-10	2-3	1-1	+26
Kris Dunn GS	31:37	8	6	3	1	0	1	4	3-4	2-3	0-0	+8
Ivica Zubac GS	10:47	5	2	1	0	0	1	0	2-3	0-0	1-1	+13
Brook Lopez	24:52	11	5	0	0	2	4	3	4-7	3-6	0-0	+7
Nicolas Batum	20:05	3	4	0	0	0	0	2	1-3	1-3	0-0	-6
Bogdan Bogdanović	17:51	2	2	4	0	0	2	4	1-6	0-4	0-0	-6
Kobe Sanders	17:08	4	1	0	0	0	0	2	2-3	0-0	0-0	-10
Jordan Miller	2:27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+1
Kobe Brown	0:46	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+2
Totals		103	48	22	8	6	16	23	34-80	16-43	19-20

Did not play: Cam Christie (DNP - Coach's Decision)

LAL

Los Angeles Lakers 88

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
LeBron James GS	37:37	36	4	3	2	1	3	1	15-28	3-7	3-5	-6
Jake LaRavia GS	37:13	12	11	6	2	0	0	2	5-11	0-4	2-4	-23
Jaxson Hayes GS	30:59	8	5	2	1	0	1	5	3-4	0-0	2-2	-13
Marcus Smart GS	30:36	5	4	1	0	0	1	1	1-12	0-9	3-3	-10
Luka Dončić GS	19:34	12	5	2	0	0	4	1	4-13	1-6	3-5	-13
Jarred Vanderbilt	27:09	4	5	1	1	1	2	4	1-4	1-3	1-4	-14
Nick Smith Jr.	21:47	9	3	1	1	0	0	2	4-11	1-5	0-0	0
Maxi Kleber	15:50	0	1	0	0	1	0	3	0-2	0-2	0-0	+1
Dalton Knecht	13:29	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	1-3	0-2	0-0	-4
Adou Thiero	5:46	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+7
Totals		88	43	16	7	3	11	19	34-88	6-38	14-23

Did not play: Rui Hachimura (DND - Injury/Illness), Gabe Vincent (DND - Injury/Illness)

Lineups

LAC

LA Clippers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

James Harden · Kawhi Leonard · Kris Dunn · Ivica Zubac · John Collins Starter 7.1 min
Brook Lopez · James Harden · Kawhi Leonard · Kris Dunn · John Collins 19.6 min
Nicolas Batum · James Harden · Kawhi Leonard · Bogdan Bogdanović · Kobe Sanders 4.1 min
Brook Lopez · Nicolas Batum · Kawhi Leonard · Bogdan Bogdanović · Kobe Sanders 3.3 min
Nicolas Batum · Kawhi Leonard · Bogdan Bogdanović · Kris Dunn · Kobe Sanders 2.2 min

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Los Angeles Lakers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

LeBron James · Marcus Smart · Luka Dončić · Jaxson Hayes · Jake LaRavia Starter 8.0 min
LeBron James · Jarred Vanderbilt · Jaxson Hayes · Jake LaRavia · Nick Smith Jr. 5.8 min
LeBron James · Marcus Smart · Jaxson Hayes · Jake LaRavia · Dalton Knecht 5.2 min
LeBron James · Maxi Kleber · Jarred Vanderbilt · Luka Dončić · Dalton Knecht 3.6 min
LeBron James · Marcus Smart · Maxi Kleber · Jarred Vanderbilt · Nick Smith Jr. 3.4 min

Who guarded whom

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

Clippers defense

Luka Dončić 16 pts (6/8) in 34 possessions

Guarded by: Kris Dunn (39 %, 5 pts) · Kobe Sanders (19 %, 0 pts) · James Harden (13 %, 3 pts)
LeBron James 13 pts (5/11) in 68 possessions

Guarded by: Brook Lopez (19 %, 2 pts) · Nicolas Batum (18 %, 0 pts) · John Collins (14 %, 5 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Kawhi Leonard	Jake LaRavia: 29 poss., 7 pts (2/8) · Jarred Vanderbilt: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
James Harden	Marcus Smart: 20 poss., 7 pts (3/6) · Jarred Vanderbilt: 17 poss., 2 pts (0/2)
John Collins	Jake LaRavia: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · LeBron James: 10 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
Kris Dunn	Luka Dončić: 13 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Jaxson Hayes: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Brook Lopez	LeBron James: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Jaxson Hayes: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Nicolas Batum	LeBron James: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Maxi Kleber: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Bogdan Bogdanović	Marcus Smart: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Dalton Knecht: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kobe Sanders	Nick Smith Jr.: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Luka Dončić: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Ivica Zubac	Jaxson Hayes: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Maxi Kleber: 4 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Jordan Miller	LeBron James: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Dalton Knecht: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kobe Brown	Maxi Kleber: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Lakers defense

Kawhi Leonard 8 pts (4/12) in 81 possessions

Guarded by: LeBron James (22 %, 2 pts) · Jake LaRavia (21 %, 2 pts) · Marcus Smart (14 %, 0 pts)
James Harden 4 pts (2/8) in 78 possessions

Guarded by: Marcus Smart (22 %, 0 pts) · LeBron James (19 %, 0 pts) · Jake LaRavia (16 %, 2 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
LeBron James	Kawhi Leonard: 18 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · James Harden: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Jake LaRavia	John Collins: 18 poss., 2 pts (0/3) · Kawhi Leonard: 17 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Marcus Smart	James Harden: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Kris Dunn: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/3)
Jaxson Hayes	Brook Lopez: 23 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Ivica Zubac: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jarred Vanderbilt	Kawhi Leonard: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · John Collins: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Luka Dončić	Kris Dunn: 19 poss., 6 pts (2/6) · James Harden: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Nick Smith Jr.	Kris Dunn: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Kobe Sanders: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Maxi Kleber	Nicolas Batum: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kawhi Leonard: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Dalton Knecht	James Harden: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Kawhi Leonard: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Adou Thiero	Kobe Sanders: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Brook Lopez: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)