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LA Clippers vs. Denver Nuggets

November 12, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Nuggets beat the Clippers 130-116 on 2025-11-12 on the road against the Clippers. The Clippers started James Harden, Kris Dunn, Ivica Zubac, Derrick Jones Jr., and John Collins. The Nuggets started Aaron Gordon, Nikola Jokić, Jamal Murray, Cameron Johnson, and Christian Braun. Nikola Jokić (Nuggets) scored 17 points (7/12) in his matchups, with Ivica Zubac as his primary defender. James Harden (Clippers) scored 3 points (1/3) in his matchups, with Spencer Jones 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	+/-
Ivica Zubac GS	31:34	18	9	1	0	2	2	2	9-14	0-0	0-0	-10
James Harden GS	29:46	23	8	5	0	0	2	0	6-15	1-6	10-10	-24
John Collins GS	20:44	2	4	0	0	2	2	3	1-6	0-1	0-0	-22
Derrick Jones Jr. GS	19:38	8	4	4	1	2	2	2	4-8	0-3	0-0	-13
Kris Dunn GS	15:30	3	0	2	1	0	1	5	1-4	0-0	1-1	-8
Jordan Miller	26:24	22	4	1	1	0	0	0	6-10	5-7	5-6	+4
Kobe Sanders	24:43	9	1	3	0	0	1	6	3-7	3-7	0-0	-11
Nicolas Batum	22:05	6	2	3	1	0	0	3	2-3	2-3	0-0	-4
Bogdan Bogdanović	20:12	11	0	6	0	0	2	5	4-8	3-5	0-0	+10
Brook Lopez	15:55	10	1	1	0	1	1	4	4-7	2-4	0-0	-2
Kobe Brown	7:23	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	1-2	0-1	0-0	+5
Cam Christie	6:06	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	2-2	+5
Totals		116	36	28	4	7	14	30	41-84	16-37	18-19

Did not play: Chris Paul (DNP - Coach's Decision)

DEN

Denver Nuggets 130

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Nikola Jokić GS	33:34	55	12	6	1	1	2	1	18-23	5-6	14-16	+28
Jamal Murray GS	32:48	15	5	4	4	0	3	0	5-16	1-5	4-4	+11
Aaron Gordon GS	30:47	18	5	0	1	0	1	0	6-12	2-6	4-4	+28
Christian Braun GS	16:09	6	4	4	0	0	1	1	2-2	0-0	2-2	+8
Cameron Johnson GS	7:50	2	3	0	0	0	0	1	1-3	0-1	0-0	-1
Bruce Brown	27:51	2	4	0	0	0	0	2	1-4	0-1	0-0	-4
Peyton Watson	22:06	2	2	1	0	1	0	1	1-4	0-3	0-2	-1
Tim Hardaway Jr.	20:44	12	1	3	1	0	0	1	3-7	3-5	3-3	+24
Spencer Jones	15:26	3	0	1	1	0	0	5	1-1	1-1	0-0	+15
Julian Strawther	11:21	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	2-5	0-3	0-0	-16
Jonas Valančiūnas	10:57	8	3	1	0	1	1	1	3-4	0-1	2-4	-10
Hunter Tyson	3:29	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	-4
Zeke Nnaji	3:29	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-4
Jalen Pickett	3:29	3	1	1	0	0	2	1	1-1	1-1	0-0	-4
Totals		130	42	22	9	3	11	14	44-84	13-34	29-35

Lineups

LAC

LA Clippers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

James Harden · Kris Dunn · Ivica Zubac · Derrick Jones Jr. · John Collins Starter 15.5 min
Nicolas Batum · Bogdan Bogdanović · Ivica Zubac · Jordan Miller · Kobe Sanders 10.9 min
Brook Lopez · Bogdan Bogdanović · Kobe Brown · Jordan Miller · Cam Christie 6.1 min
Brook Lopez · Nicolas Batum · James Harden · Jordan Miller · Kobe Sanders 4.7 min
Brook Lopez · Nicolas Batum · James Harden · Derrick Jones Jr. · Kobe Sanders 2.1 min

DEN

Denver Nuggets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Aaron Gordon · Nikola Jokić · Jamal Murray · Cameron Johnson · Christian Braun Starter 5.9 min
Jonas Valanciunas · Aaron Gordon · Jamal Murray · Bruce Brown · Peyton Watson 6.0 min
Tim Hardaway Jr. · Aaron Gordon · Nikola Jokić · Jamal Murray · Spencer Jones 5.4 min
Jonas Valanciunas · Jamal Murray · Bruce Brown · Julian Strawther · Peyton Watson 4.4 min
Jalen Pickett · Zeke Nnaji · Julian Strawther · Hunter Tyson · Spencer Jones 3.5 min

Who guarded whom

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

Clippers defense

Nikola Jokić 17 pts (7/12) in 73 possessions

Guarded by: Ivica Zubac (43 %, 8 pts) · Brook Lopez (13 %, 3 pts) · James Harden (10 %, 2 pts)
Jamal Murray 13 pts (6/11) in 60 possessions

Guarded by: Kris Dunn (20 %, 0 pts) · Kobe Sanders (18 %, 3 pts) · Derrick Jones Jr. (16 %, 4 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
James Harden	Christian Braun: 22 poss., 7 pts (2/4) · Spencer Jones: 17 poss., 7 pts (0/1)
Ivica Zubac	Nikola Jokić: 31 poss., 8 pts (4/5) · Jonas Valanciunas: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
John Collins	Aaron Gordon: 32 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Nikola Jokić: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Jordan Miller	Bruce Brown: 15 poss., 5 pts (1/1) · Jamal Murray: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Kobe Sanders	Bruce Brown: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jamal Murray: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Derrick Jones Jr.	Tim Hardaway Jr.: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Jamal Murray: 10 poss., 4 pts (2/3)
Nicolas Batum	Aaron Gordon: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Peyton Watson: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Kris Dunn	Jamal Murray: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Tim Hardaway Jr.: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Bogdan Bogdanović	Peyton Watson: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Bruce Brown: 6 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Brook Lopez	Nikola Jokić: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Peyton Watson: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kobe Brown	Hunter Tyson: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Julian Strawther: 2 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Cam Christie	Spencer Jones: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jamal Murray: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Nuggets defense

James Harden 3 pts (1/3) in 63 possessions

Guarded by: Spencer Jones (25 %, 3 pts) · Christian Braun (24 %, 0 pts) · Nikola Jokić (17 %, 0 pts)
John Collins 13 pts (4/6) in 46 possessions

Guarded by: Aaron Gordon (62 %, 3 pts) · Nikola Jokić (18 %, 7 pts) · Cameron Johnson (5 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Nikola Jokić	Ivica Zubac: 27 poss., 16 pts (6/8) · Brook Lopez: 11 poss., 19 pts (6/6)
Jamal Murray	Kobe Sanders: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Derrick Jones Jr.: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Aaron Gordon	John Collins: 29 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Nicolas Batum: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Bruce Brown	Jordan Miller: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kobe Sanders: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tim Hardaway Jr.	Kris Dunn: 12 poss., 6 pts (1/4) · Derrick Jones Jr.: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Peyton Watson	Bogdan Bogdanović: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Kobe Sanders: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Christian Braun	James Harden: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Nicolas Batum: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Spencer Jones	James Harden: 16 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Kobe Brown: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Julian Strawther	Bogdan Bogdanović: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jordan Miller: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Jonas Valanciunas	Ivica Zubac: 14 poss., 6 pts (3/4) · Nicolas Batum: 2 poss., 1 pts (0/0)
Cameron Johnson	Kris Dunn: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Derrick Jones Jr.: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jalen Pickett	Cam Christie: 3 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Bogdan Bogdanović: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Hunter Tyson	Jordan Miller: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Bogdan Bogdanović: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Zeke Nnaji	Brook Lopez: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Cam Christie: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)