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LA Clippers vs. Detroit Pistons

December 28, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Clippers beat the Pistons 112-99 on 2025-12-28 at home. The Clippers started Brook Lopez, Nicolas Batum, James Harden, Kawhi Leonard, and Kris Dunn. The Pistons started Tobias Harris, Duncan Robinson, Cade Cunningham, Jalen Duren, and Ausar Thompson. Cade Cunningham (Pistons) scored 19 points (6/11) in his matchups, with Nicolas Batum as his primary defender. Kawhi Leonard (Clippers) scored 10 points (3/7) in his matchups, with Ausar Thompson 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	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
James Harden GS	40:00	28	4	7	0	0	3	3	7-23	3-9	11-11	+10
Kawhi Leonard GS	38:38	55	11	2	5	3	3	2	17-26	5-10	16-17	+20
Brook Lopez GS	35:43	7	7	2	2	1	2	3	3-7	1-4	0-0	+13
Nicolas Batum GS	31:22	12	4	1	1	0	0	1	4-8	4-8	0-0	+25
Kris Dunn GS	30:27	5	1	3	2	1	0	4	2-4	1-2	0-0	+7
Derrick Jones Jr.	18:19	3	3	0	0	0	1	3	1-4	0-1	1-1	+2
Jordan Miller	17:22	0	3	1	1	1	0	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	-9
Kobe Sanders	15:52	0	0	2	0	0	0	4	0-2	0-0	0-0	-3
Yanic Konan Niederhäuser	12:17	2	2	0	1	0	1	4	1-1	0-0	0-0	0
Totals		112	35	18	12	6	10	26	35-75	14-34	28-29

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

DET

Detroit Pistons 99

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Cade Cunningham GS	32:06	27	5	9	0	0	3	4	9-18	3-7	6-7	-6
Jalen Duren GS	31:26	18	14	2	0	1	1	0	8-12	0-0	2-2	-17
Duncan Robinson GS	26:43	5	4	0	0	1	0	1	1-6	1-6	2-2	-15
Ausar Thompson GS	23:41	6	6	1	2	1	2	3	1-6	0-1	4-6	-4
Tobias Harris GS	21:37	6	0	1	3	0	2	2	2-5	0-2	2-2	-15
Jaden Ivey	28:44	11	3	3	1	0	0	0	2-10	2-5	5-6	+4
Isaiah Stewart	23:41	8	4	0	0	2	1	4	4-11	0-1	0-0	-5
Ronald Holland II	18:10	4	3	2	1	1	2	2	2-3	0-1	0-0	+1
Javonte Green	13:01	7	3	0	0	0	0	0	3-4	1-2	0-0	-2
Caris LeVert	12:48	4	1	0	1	0	1	2	1-3	0-2	2-2	-11
Paul Reed	5:40	3	2	0	1	0	0	2	1-3	0-1	1-1	+6
Daniss Jenkins	2:23	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	-1
Totals		99	45	18	9	6	13	20	34-82	7-29	24-28

Did not play: Chaz Lanier (DNP - Coach's Decision), Marcus Sasser (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

LAC

LA Clippers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Brook Lopez · Nicolas Batum · James Harden · Kawhi Leonard · Kris Dunn Starter 22.9 min
Kawhi Leonard · Derrick Jones Jr. · Jordan Miller · Kobe Sanders · Yanic Konan Niederhäuser 4.2 min
James Harden · Derrick Jones Jr. · Jordan Miller · Kobe Sanders · Yanic Konan Niederhäuser 4.0 min
Brook Lopez · Nicolas Batum · James Harden · Kawhi Leonard · Derrick Jones Jr. 3.1 min
Brook Lopez · James Harden · Derrick Jones Jr. · Jordan Miller · Kobe Sanders 2.7 min

DET

Detroit Pistons

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Tobias Harris · Duncan Robinson · Cade Cunningham · Jalen Duren · Ausar Thompson Starter 11.8 min
Caris LeVert · Duncan Robinson · Isaiah Stewart · Jaden Ivey · Ronald Holland II 6.9 min
Javonte Green · Paul Reed · Cade Cunningham · Jaden Ivey · Ronald Holland II 5.1 min
Isaiah Stewart · Cade Cunningham · Jaden Ivey · Jalen Duren · Ausar Thompson 5.0 min
Tobias Harris · Javonte Green · Cade Cunningham · Jalen Duren · Ausar Thompson 2.8 min

Who guarded whom

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

Clippers defense

Cade Cunningham 19 pts (6/11) in 65 possessions

Guarded by: Nicolas Batum (25 %, 0 pts) · Kawhi Leonard (18 %, 12 pts) · Derrick Jones Jr. (15 %, 3 pts)
Jalen Duren 3 pts (1/8) in 62 possessions

Guarded by: Brook Lopez (63 %, 0 pts) · Yanic Konan Niederhäuser (9 %, 0 pts) · Kawhi Leonard (8 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Kawhi Leonard	Tobias Harris: 20 poss., 14 pts (4/5) · Ausar Thompson: 14 poss., 9 pts (3/3)
James Harden	Ausar Thompson: 21 poss., 8 pts (1/2) · Ronald Holland II: 11 poss., 3 pts (0/2)
Brook Lopez	Jalen Duren: 39 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Isaiah Stewart: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Nicolas Batum	Cade Cunningham: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Tobias Harris: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kris Dunn	Duncan Robinson: 21 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Cade Cunningham: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Derrick Jones Jr.	Cade Cunningham: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Jaden Ivey: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jordan Miller	Jaden Ivey: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Javonte Green: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kobe Sanders	Jaden Ivey: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Ronald Holland II: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Yanic Konan Niederhäuser	Isaiah Stewart: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jalen Duren: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Pistons defense

Kawhi Leonard 10 pts (3/7) in 68 possessions

Guarded by: Ausar Thompson (22 %, 3 pts) · Tobias Harris (17 %, 2 pts) · Jalen Duren (12 %, 0 pts)
James Harden 12 pts (4/9) in 67 possessions

Guarded by: Tobias Harris (20 %, 0 pts) · Ausar Thompson (17 %, 0 pts) · Javonte Green (10 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Cade Cunningham	Kris Dunn: 22 poss., 7 pts (1/1) · Derrick Jones Jr.: 7 poss., 1 pts (0/2)
Jalen Duren	Brook Lopez: 28 poss., 16 pts (7/9) · Kawhi Leonard: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jaden Ivey	Derrick Jones Jr.: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Kawhi Leonard: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Duncan Robinson	Nicolas Batum: 21 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kris Dunn: 8 poss., 5 pts (1/2)
Ausar Thompson	Kawhi Leonard: 15 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · James Harden: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tobias Harris	James Harden: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kawhi Leonard: 12 poss., 2 pts (0/0)
Isaiah Stewart	Yanic Konan Niederhäuser: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Brook Lopez: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Ronald Holland II	Kobe Sanders: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kawhi Leonard: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Javonte Green	James Harden: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Nicolas Batum: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Caris LeVert	James Harden: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Kris Dunn: 4 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Paul Reed	Brook Lopez: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Derrick Jones Jr.: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Daniss Jenkins	Derrick Jones Jr.: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kobe Sanders: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/1)