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LA Clippers vs. Dallas Mavericks

April 7, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Clippers beat the Mavericks 116-103 on 2026-04-07 at home. The Clippers started Brook Lopez, Kawhi Leonard, Kris Dunn, Derrick Jones Jr., and Darius Garland. The Mavericks started Khris Middleton, Dwight Powell, Naji Marshall, Max Christie, and Cooper Flagg. Cooper Flagg (Mavericks) scored 13 points (4/13) in his matchups, with Derrick Jones Jr. as his primary defender. Kawhi Leonard (Clippers) scored 11 points (5/8) in his matchups, with Khris Middleton as his primary defender.

Box score

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

LAC

LA Clippers 116

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Kawhi Leonard GS	30:09	34	4	3	1	0	3	0	11-19	6-10	6-9	+11
Darius Garland GS	28:23	22	1	4	1	1	2	4	9-18	2-6	2-2	+22
Kris Dunn GS	27:12	2	7	3	2	0	2	1	1-4	0-1	0-0	+18
Brook Lopez GS	25:16	9	11	3	0	4	1	3	4-8	1-3	0-1	+10
Derrick Jones Jr. GS	23:29	11	10	2	0	1	0	3	4-10	1-2	2-2	+10
John Collins	27:54	12	7	1	0	2	3	0	5-11	1-5	1-4	-5
Bennedict Mathurin	27:03	9	6	3	1	0	3	1	1-8	0-2	7-8	-1
Kobe Sanders	24:26	11	5	2	1	1	0	2	4-8	3-7	0-0	+13
Jordan Miller	16:12	4	2	1	0	0	0	2	1-1	0-0	2-2	-1
Cam Christie	2:29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	-3
Norchad Omier	2:29	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	1-2	0-0	0-0	-3
Sean Pedulla	2:29	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0-2	0-1	0-0	-3
TyTy Washington Jr.	2:29	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-3
Totals		116	56	23	6	9	14	18	41-92	14-37	20-28

Did not play: Nicolas Batum (DNP - Coach's Decision), Bogdan Bogdanović (DNP - Coach's Decision)

DAL

Dallas Mavericks 103

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Cooper Flagg GS	33:53	25	9	2	0	1	1	2	9-25	1-3	6-6	-14
Max Christie GS	28:55	12	5	1	1	0	1	0	1-8	0-5	10-10	-12
Naji Marshall GS	19:55	6	2	0	3	0	1	3	3-10	0-1	0-0	-13
Khris Middleton GS	19:35	2	2	3	0	0	2	0	1-5	0-1	0-0	-18
Dwight Powell GS	19:28	4	8	1	0	0	1	4	0-0	0-0	4-4	-8
Klay Thompson	26:17	11	3	2	0	3	1	2	4-17	1-10	2-2	+1
Marvin Bagley III	26:03	21	9	1	1	2	0	2	8-11	1-1	4-4	-8
Ryan Nembhard	24:34	12	6	7	2	0	1	4	6-12	0-2	0-0	+5
John Poulakidas	18:31	3	6	0	1	1	0	1	1-6	1-5	0-0	+5
Tyler Smith	17:34	6	2	1	1	0	0	2	2-4	2-4	0-0	-1
AJ Johnson	5:15	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0-2	0-1	1-2	-2
Totals		103	54	18	9	7	8	20	35-100	6-33	27-28

Did not play: P.J. Washington (DND - Injury/Illness)

Lineups

LAC

LA Clippers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Brook Lopez · Kawhi Leonard · Kris Dunn · Derrick Jones Jr. · Darius Garland Starter 11.9 min
Kawhi Leonard · John Collins · Bennedict Mathurin · Jordan Miller · Kobe Sanders 7.4 min
John Collins · Darius Garland · Bennedict Mathurin · Jordan Miller · Kobe Sanders 5.5 min
Kris Dunn · John Collins · Darius Garland · Bennedict Mathurin · Kobe Sanders 4.1 min
Brook Lopez · Kawhi Leonard · Kris Dunn · Derrick Jones Jr. · John Collins 3.0 min

DAL

Dallas Mavericks

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Khris Middleton · Dwight Powell · Naji Marshall · Max Christie · Cooper Flagg Starter 9.4 min
Klay Thompson · Marvin Bagley III · Tyler Smith · Cooper Flagg · Ryan Nembhard 5.0 min
Khris Middleton · Marvin Bagley III · Naji Marshall · Max Christie · Cooper Flagg 4.1 min
Klay Thompson · Marvin Bagley III · Tyler Smith · Ryan Nembhard · John Poulakidas 3.5 min
Klay Thompson · Khris Middleton · Marvin Bagley III · Max Christie · Cooper Flagg 2.8 min

Who guarded whom

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

Clippers defense

Cooper Flagg 13 pts (4/13) in 74 possessions

Guarded by: Derrick Jones Jr. (23 %, 3 pts) · Kris Dunn (18 %, 2 pts) · Kobe Sanders (15 %, 3 pts)
Klay Thompson 4 pts (0/3) in 54 possessions

Guarded by: Bennedict Mathurin (34 %, 4 pts) · Kobe Sanders (15 %, 0 pts) · Kawhi Leonard (9 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Kawhi Leonard	Khris Middleton: 21 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Naji Marshall: 12 poss., 9 pts (3/5)
Darius Garland	Max Christie: 26 poss., 8 pts (3/6) · Ryan Nembhard: 10 poss., 6 pts (3/3)
Kris Dunn	Cooper Flagg: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Max Christie: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
John Collins	Marvin Bagley III: 15 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · Tyler Smith: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Brook Lopez	Marvin Bagley III: 21 poss., 5 pts (2/5) · Dwight Powell: 16 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Bennedict Mathurin	Klay Thompson: 19 poss., 4 pts (0/1) · Ryan Nembhard: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Derrick Jones Jr.	Cooper Flagg: 17 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Khris Middleton: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/3)
Kobe Sanders	Cooper Flagg: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Klay Thompson: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jordan Miller	John Poulakidas: 10 poss., 4 pts (1/1) · Ryan Nembhard: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
TyTy Washington Jr.	AJ Johnson: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Klay Thompson: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Norchad Omier	Tyler Smith: 2 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Ryan Nembhard: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Cam Christie	John Poulakidas: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Klay Thompson: 0 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Sean Pedulla	Klay Thompson: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · AJ Johnson: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Mavericks defense

Kawhi Leonard 11 pts (5/8) in 64 possessions

Guarded by: Khris Middleton (36 %, 0 pts) · Tyler Smith (11 %, 0 pts) · Naji Marshall (11 %, 0 pts)
Darius Garland 10 pts (2/10) in 57 possessions

Guarded by: Max Christie (39 %, 4 pts) · John Poulakidas (12 %, 0 pts) · Ryan Nembhard (12 %, 2 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Cooper Flagg	Derrick Jones Jr.: 27 poss., 9 pts (3/7) · Kobe Sanders: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Max Christie	Darius Garland: 22 poss., 4 pts (0/1) · Kris Dunn: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Marvin Bagley III	Brook Lopez: 18 poss., 4 pts (1/1) · John Collins: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Klay Thompson	Bennedict Mathurin: 16 poss., 2 pts (1/4) · Kobe Sanders: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/3)
Ryan Nembhard	Bennedict Mathurin: 10 poss., 4 pts (2/4) · John Collins: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Naji Marshall	Kris Dunn: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Kawhi Leonard: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Khris Middleton	Kawhi Leonard: 23 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Kris Dunn: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Dwight Powell	Brook Lopez: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · John Collins: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
John Poulakidas	Jordan Miller: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Darius Garland: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Tyler Smith	Kawhi Leonard: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Bennedict Mathurin: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
AJ Johnson	TyTy Washington Jr.: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kris Dunn: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)