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LA Clippers vs. Denver Nuggets

February 19, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Clippers beat the Nuggets 115-114 on 2026-02-19 at home. The Clippers started Brook Lopez, Kawhi Leonard, Kris Dunn, Derrick Jones Jr., and John Collins. The Nuggets started Nikola Jokić, Jamal Murray, Cameron Johnson, Julian Strawther, and Christian Braun. Nikola Jokić (Nuggets) scored 30 points (12/20) in his matchups, with Brook Lopez as his primary defender. Kawhi Leonard (Clippers) scored 7 points (3/7) in his matchups, with Christian Braun as his primary defender.

Box score

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

LAC

LA Clippers 115

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Derrick Jones Jr. GS	33:33	22	3	1	0	0	1	2	7-15	2-7	6-7	-2
Kawhi Leonard GS	32:52	23	4	3	0	0	2	0	8-18	1-7	6-8	-9
John Collins GS	31:39	11	12	4	1	3	2	5	5-10	1-4	0-0	-1
Brook Lopez GS	30:48	8	6	2	1	1	1	4	4-10	0-4	0-0	-3
Kris Dunn GS	29:24	2	8	8	2	0	3	0	1-4	0-0	0-0	+2
Bennedict Mathurin	33:49	38	5	4	3	0	3	4	12-22	2-6	12-13	+4
Nicolas Batum	17:37	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	2-3	2-3	0-0	+2
Yanic Konan Niederhäuser	13:14	4	4	1	0	0	0	4	2-3	0-0	0-0	+7
Jordan Miller	13:13	1	1	4	1	0	0	1	0-2	0-2	1-2	+6
Isaiah Jackson	3:50	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0-0	0-0	0-0	-1
Totals		115	45	27	9	4	12	23	41-87	8-33	25-30

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

DEN

Denver Nuggets 114

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Nikola Jokić GS	36:07	22	17	6	0	0	6	5	9-22	0-6	4-7	-6
Cameron Johnson GS	35:18	18	4	3	0	0	1	2	6-12	2-7	4-4	+2
Jamal Murray GS	34:59	20	8	8	2	1	4	1	5-15	2-5	8-10	-1
Christian Braun GS	34:26	7	2	3	3	0	1	3	3-6	0-1	1-1	-5
Julian Strawther GS	25:00	18	1	2	1	0	1	1	6-11	6-10	0-0	+6
Bruce Brown	25:28	19	5	6	0	0	2	4	6-9	3-5	4-7	+1
Tim Hardaway Jr.	20:21	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	1-5	0-4	0-0	-6
Spencer Jones	16:27	2	2	1	0	1	0	4	1-3	0-2	0-0	-1
Jonas Valančiūnas	11:54	6	4	0	2	0	2	2	2-3	0-0	2-2	+5
Totals		114	45	29	8	2	17	24	39-86	13-40	23-31

Did not play: DaRon Holmes II (DNP - Coach's Decision), Zeke Nnaji (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jalen Pickett (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

LAC

LA Clippers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Brook Lopez · Kawhi Leonard · Kris Dunn · Derrick Jones Jr. · John Collins Starter 14.2 min
Brook Lopez · Kawhi Leonard · Derrick Jones Jr. · John Collins · Bennedict Mathurin 8.9 min
Nicolas Batum · Kris Dunn · Bennedict Mathurin · Jordan Miller · Yanic Konan Niederhäuser 7.7 min
Brook Lopez · Kris Dunn · Derrick Jones Jr. · John Collins · Bennedict Mathurin 4.5 min
Nicolas Batum · Kawhi Leonard · Isaiah Jackson · Bennedict Mathurin · Jordan Miller 2.6 min

DEN

Denver Nuggets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Nikola Jokić · Jamal Murray · Cameron Johnson · Julian Strawther · Christian Braun Starter 19.9 min
Jonas Valanciunas · Tim Hardaway Jr. · Bruce Brown · Cameron Johnson · Spencer Jones 7.9 min
Tim Hardaway Jr. · Nikola Jokić · Bruce Brown · Cameron Johnson · Spencer Jones 5.1 min
Tim Hardaway Jr. · Nikola Jokić · Jamal Murray · Bruce Brown · Christian Braun 3.7 min
Nikola Jokić · Jamal Murray · Bruce Brown · Julian Strawther · Christian Braun 3.4 min

Who guarded whom

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

Clippers defense

Nikola Jokić 30 pts (12/20) in 81 possessions

Guarded by: Brook Lopez (43 %, 2 pts) · Yanic Konan Niederhäuser (17 %, 4 pts) · John Collins (10 %, 2 pts)
Jamal Murray 11 pts (4/13) in 79 possessions

Guarded by: Derrick Jones Jr. (46 %, 2 pts) · Kris Dunn (14 %, 0 pts) · John Collins (10 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Bennedict Mathurin	Christian Braun: 17 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Spencer Jones: 12 poss., 7 pts (3/7)
Derrick Jones Jr.	Jamal Murray: 36 poss., 2 pts (1/4) · Julian Strawther: 19 poss., 7 pts (2/3)
Kawhi Leonard	Christian Braun: 34 poss., 3 pts (0/2) · Spencer Jones: 9 poss., 5 pts (2/3)
John Collins	Cameron Johnson: 28 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Bruce Brown: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Brook Lopez	Nikola Jokić: 35 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Jamal Murray: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Kris Dunn	Julian Strawther: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jamal Murray: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Nicolas Batum	Cameron Johnson: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Tim Hardaway Jr.: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Yanic Konan Niederhäuser	Nikola Jokić: 14 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · Jonas Valanciunas: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jordan Miller	Tim Hardaway Jr.: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Bruce Brown: 4 poss., 1 pts (0/0)
Isaiah Jackson	Jonas Valanciunas: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Bruce Brown: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Nuggets defense

Kawhi Leonard 7 pts (3/7) in 76 possessions

Guarded by: Christian Braun (48 %, 2 pts) · Jamal Murray (15 %, 0 pts) · Spencer Jones (9 %, 0 pts)
Bennedict Mathurin 17 pts (6/12) in 72 possessions

Guarded by: Cameron Johnson (18 %, 2 pts) · Tim Hardaway Jr. (17 %, 0 pts) · Christian Braun (16 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Nikola Jokić	Brook Lopez: 37 poss., 6 pts (3/7) · Yanic Konan Niederhäuser: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/5)
Jamal Murray	Derrick Jones Jr.: 38 poss., 6 pts (1/6) · Kawhi Leonard: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Christian Braun	Kawhi Leonard: 36 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Bennedict Mathurin: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Cameron Johnson	John Collins: 27 poss., 8 pts (2/4) · Bennedict Mathurin: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Bruce Brown	Jordan Miller: 13 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · John Collins: 12 poss., 7 pts (2/3)
Julian Strawther	Derrick Jones Jr.: 15 poss., 3 pts (1/4) · Kris Dunn: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tim Hardaway Jr.	Bennedict Mathurin: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jordan Miller: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Spencer Jones	Bennedict Mathurin: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Kawhi Leonard: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jonas Valanciunas	Brook Lopez: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Yanic Konan Niederhäuser: 6 poss., 4 pts (1/1)