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LA Clippers vs. Los Angeles Lakers

January 22, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Clippers beat the Lakers 112-104 on 2026-01-22 at home. The Clippers started James Harden, Kawhi Leonard, Kris Dunn, Ivica Zubac, and John Collins. The Lakers started LeBron James, Marcus Smart, Deandre Ayton, Luka Dončić, and Jake LaRavia. Luka Dončić (Lakers) scored 19 points (7/14) in his matchups, with Kris Dunn as his primary defender. Kawhi Leonard (Clippers) scored 11 points (5/7) in his matchups, with Marcus Smart as his primary defender.

Box score

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

LAC

LA Clippers 112

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
James Harden GS	37:37	18	7	10	2	7	0	6-21	2-6	4-4	+13
John Collins GS	33:26	13	5	1	0	1	1	5-7	1-3	2-2	+18
Ivica Zubac GS	32:03	18	19	0	1	1	3	7-13	0-0	4-4	+15
Kris Dunn GS	29:31	4	2	3	1	0	5	2-4	0-2	0-0	+12
Kawhi Leonard GS	25:56	24	5	4	1	2	2	9-19	3-7	3-3	+1
Jordan Miller	24:54	14	3	1	1	3	3	3-5	1-2	7-8	-8
Kobe Sanders	24:26	11	4	1	1	2	1	4-6	3-4	0-0	+3
Nicolas Batum	16:44	0	2	1	1	1	0	0-3	0-3	0-0	-5
Brook Lopez	15:23	10	2	2	0	1	2	4-6	2-4	0-0	-9
Totals		112	49	23	8	18	17	40-84	12-31	20-21

Did not play: Patrick Baldwin Jr. (DNP - Coach's Decision), Kobe Brown (DNP - Coach's Decision), Cam Christie (DNP - Coach's Decision), Yanic Konan Niederhäuser (DNP - Coach's Decision), TyTy Washington Jr. (DNP - Coach's Decision)

LAL

Los Angeles Lakers 104

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Luka Dončić GS	39:13	32	11	8	3	0	1	2	11-27	3-13	7-10	-17
LeBron James GS	35:52	23	5	6	2	0	4	1	9-19	1-4	4-5	-7
Marcus Smart GS	29:55	10	0	4	2	0	1	3	4-10	1-5	1-1	-1
Jake LaRavia GS	22:22	7	5	1	3	4	1	1	2-5	2-2	1-2	-15
Deandre Ayton GS	20:30	4	5	0	0	1	1	1	2-5	0-0	0-0	-14
Rui Hachimura	28:23	12	3	2	0	1	1	1	5-11	2-7	0-0	+6
Jarred Vanderbilt	21:56	7	1	2	4	1	0	3	3-5	1-1	0-0	+16
Jaxson Hayes	16:34	6	2	0	0	1	1	2	3-4	0-0	0-0	-4
Gabe Vincent	15:33	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1-2	1-1	0-0	-8
Drew Timme	9:42	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	0-0	0-0	0-0	+4
Totals		104	34	24	14	8	10	17	40-88	11-33	13-18

Did not play: Kobe Bufkin (DNP - Coach's Decision), Bronny James (DNP - Coach's Decision), Maxi Kleber (DNP - Coach's Decision), Dalton Knecht (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

LAC

LA Clippers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

James Harden · Kawhi Leonard · Kris Dunn · Ivica Zubac · John Collins Starter 15.0 min
Brook Lopez · Nicolas Batum · Kawhi Leonard · Jordan Miller · Kobe Sanders 7.4 min
Brook Lopez · James Harden · John Collins · Jordan Miller · Kobe Sanders 6.2 min
James Harden · Kris Dunn · Ivica Zubac · John Collins · Jordan Miller 4.1 min
James Harden · Kris Dunn · Ivica Zubac · John Collins · Kobe Sanders 3.3 min

LAL

Los Angeles Lakers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

LeBron James · Marcus Smart · Deandre Ayton · Luka Dončić · Jake LaRavia Starter 10.8 min
Jarred Vanderbilt · Luka Dončić · Rui Hachimura · Gabe Vincent · Jaxson Hayes 6.2 min
LeBron James · Luka Dončić · Gabe Vincent · Jaxson Hayes · Jake LaRavia 4.5 min
LeBron James · Marcus Smart · Jarred Vanderbilt · Rui Hachimura · Drew Timme 4.3 min
LeBron James · Marcus Smart · Jarred Vanderbilt · Luka Dončić · Rui Hachimura 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 19 pts (7/14) in 82 possessions

Guarded by: Kris Dunn (38 %, 0 pts) · Kobe Sanders (17 %, 6 pts) · James Harden (14 %, 5 pts)
LeBron James 10 pts (3/6) in 73 possessions

Guarded by: John Collins (36 %, 3 pts) · James Harden (14 %, 0 pts) · Nicolas Batum (12 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
James Harden	Marcus Smart: 15 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Luka Dončić: 11 poss., 5 pts (1/3)
Ivica Zubac	Deandre Ayton: 20 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jaxson Hayes: 10 poss., 4 pts (2/4)
John Collins	LeBron James: 26 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Rui Hachimura: 18 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Kris Dunn	Luka Dončić: 31 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Marcus Smart: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Kawhi Leonard	Jake LaRavia: 13 poss., 10 pts (4/9) · Marcus Smart: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Kobe Sanders	Luka Dončić: 14 poss., 6 pts (2/2) · Marcus Smart: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jordan Miller	Gabe Vincent: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Marcus Smart: 7 poss., 1 pts (0/0)
Nicolas Batum	LeBron James: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Rui Hachimura: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Brook Lopez	Jaxson Hayes: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jarred Vanderbilt: 6 poss., 3 pts (1/1)

Lakers defense

Kawhi Leonard 11 pts (5/7) in 49 possessions

Guarded by: Marcus Smart (33 %, 4 pts) · LeBron James (24 %, 2 pts) · Jake LaRavia (17 %, 0 pts)
James Harden 2 pts (1/12) in 72 possessions

Guarded by: LeBron James (35 %, 0 pts) · Luka Dončić (14 %, 2 pts) · Rui Hachimura (11 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Luka Dončić	Kris Dunn: 37 poss., 15 pts (5/9) · Kobe Sanders: 12 poss., 7 pts (2/6)
LeBron James	James Harden: 25 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Kawhi Leonard: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Rui Hachimura	John Collins: 19 poss., 5 pts (2/4) · Jordan Miller: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Marcus Smart	Kawhi Leonard: 16 poss., 4 pts (2/4) · Kobe Sanders: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jake LaRavia	John Collins: 15 poss., 6 pts (2/2) · Kawhi Leonard: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jarred Vanderbilt	Brook Lopez: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Ivica Zubac: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Deandre Ayton	Ivica Zubac: 22 poss., 4 pts (2/4) · Brook Lopez: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jaxson Hayes	Ivica Zubac: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · James Harden: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Gabe Vincent	Jordan Miller: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · John Collins: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Drew Timme	Nicolas Batum: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jordan Miller: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)