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LA Clippers vs. Houston Rockets

December 23, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Clippers beat the Rockets 128-108 on 2025-12-23 at home. The Clippers started Brook Lopez, James Harden, Kawhi Leonard, Kris Dunn, and John Collins. The Rockets started Kevin Durant, Josh Okogie, Alperen Sengun, Jabari Smith Jr., and Amen Thompson. Kevin Durant (Rockets) scored 9 points (3/6) in his matchups, with John Collins as his primary defender. Kawhi Leonard (Clippers) scored 9 points (4/9) in his matchups, with Kevin Durant as his primary defender.

Box score

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

LAC

LA Clippers 128

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Kawhi Leonard GS	36:50	41	8	5	0	0	2	2	16-23	4-5	5-5	+25
James Harden GS	34:44	29	4	6	2	0	4	2	7-14	3-8	12-13	+19
John Collins GS	29:27	13	5	5	2	2	0	3	5-8	3-3	0-0	+17
Brook Lopez GS	27:19	5	6	4	0	2	0	2	1-5	1-4	2-2	+13
Kris Dunn GS	25:33	11	4	2	1	0	0	1	4-8	3-7	0-1	+17
Nicolas Batum	25:13	6	0	0	0	0	1	2	2-4	2-4	0-0	+9
Bogdan Bogdanović	19:26	3	2	1	0	0	1	1	1-6	1-3	0-0	+7
Yanic Konan Niederhäuser	15:19	3	2	0	1	0	0	5	1-1	0-0	1-2	-4
Kobe Sanders	13:24	13	1	1	1	0	0	0	4-5	3-3	2-2	+6
Jordan Miller	4:15	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	1-1	0-0	2-2	-3
Cam Christie	4:15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	-3
Kobe Brown	4:15	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	-3
Totals		128	34	25	7	4	8	19	42-77	20-37	24-27

HOU

Houston Rockets 108

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Amen Thompson GS	34:42	19	9	5	2	0	3	2	7-10	0-0	5-8	-15
Jabari Smith Jr. GS	31:58	16	1	1	0	0	0	2	6-13	4-10	0-0	-19
Kevin Durant GS	29:24	22	5	1	0	2	3	1	8-15	1-4	5-5	-15
Alperen Sengun GS	28:05	19	11	7	2	1	3	2	9-16	0-0	1-1	-9
Josh Okogie GS	11:42	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0-1	0-1	0-0	+3
Reed Sheppard	26:16	8	1	3	0	1	0	1	3-9	1-5	1-1	-21
Tari Eason	18:19	7	5	0	0	1	0	2	3-7	1-5	0-0	-16
Aaron Holiday	16:07	3	0	1	0	0	2	3	1-4	1-3	0-0	-9
Steven Adams	14:00	2	4	1	0	0	1	1	1-3	0-0	0-0	-5
Jae'Sean Tate	13:42	7	3	3	0	1	0	3	3-4	0-0	1-1	0
Jeff Green	5:15	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	1-2	1-2	0-0	+2
JD Davison	5:15	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+2
Clint Capela	5:15	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	1-2	0-0	0-2	+2
Totals		108	42	25	5	6	13	20	43-86	9-30	13-18

Lineups

LAC

LA Clippers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Brook Lopez · James Harden · Kawhi Leonard · Kris Dunn · John Collins Starter 11.6 min
James Harden · Kawhi Leonard · Kris Dunn · John Collins · Yanic Konan Niederhäuser 6.9 min
Brook Lopez · Nicolas Batum · Kawhi Leonard · Bogdan Bogdanović · Kobe Sanders 5.6 min
Bogdan Bogdanović · Kobe Brown · Jordan Miller · Cam Christie · Yanic Konan Niederhäuser 4.3 min
Brook Lopez · Nicolas Batum · James Harden · Bogdan Bogdanović · Kobe Sanders 3.7 min

HOU

Houston Rockets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Kevin Durant · Josh Okogie · Alperen Sengun · Jabari Smith Jr. · Amen Thompson Starter 9.0 min
Kevin Durant · Alperen Sengun · Jabari Smith Jr. · Tari Eason · Amen Thompson 5.9 min
Jeff Green · Clint Capela · Aaron Holiday · Jae'Sean Tate · JD Davison 5.3 min
Jae'Sean Tate · Jabari Smith Jr. · Tari Eason · Amen Thompson · Reed Sheppard 4.1 min
Kevin Durant · Alperen Sengun · Jabari Smith Jr. · Amen Thompson · Reed Sheppard 3.4 min

Who guarded whom

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

Clippers defense

Kevin Durant 9 pts (3/6) in 55 possessions

Guarded by: John Collins (44 %, 8 pts) · Kawhi Leonard (18 %, 0 pts) · Kris Dunn (13 %, 0 pts)
Alperen Sengun 26 pts (12/19) in 54 possessions

Guarded by: Kris Dunn (22 %, 8 pts) · Yanic Konan Niederhäuser (17 %, 2 pts) · Brook Lopez (16 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Kawhi Leonard	Amen Thompson: 18 poss., 9 pts (3/5) · Jabari Smith Jr.: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
James Harden	Amen Thompson: 17 poss., 5 pts (1/1) · Josh Okogie: 16 poss., 4 pts (1/2)
John Collins	Kevin Durant: 24 poss., 8 pts (3/3) · Amen Thompson: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Brook Lopez	Jabari Smith Jr.: 15 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Steven Adams: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Nicolas Batum	Reed Sheppard: 16 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Jabari Smith Jr.: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Kris Dunn	Alperen Sengun: 12 poss., 8 pts (3/4) · Reed Sheppard: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Bogdan Bogdanović	Aaron Holiday: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Tari Eason: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Yanic Konan Niederhäuser	Alperen Sengun: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Clint Capela: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kobe Sanders	Reed Sheppard: 12 poss., 5 pts (1/1) · Amen Thompson: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kobe Brown	Jeff Green: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · JD Davison: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jordan Miller	Aaron Holiday: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jeff Green: 2 poss., 2 pts (0/0)
Cam Christie	Aaron Holiday: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jae'Sean Tate: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Rockets defense

Kawhi Leonard 9 pts (4/9) in 67 possessions

Guarded by: Kevin Durant (24 %, 0 pts) · Tari Eason (18 %, 5 pts) · Jabari Smith Jr. (16 %, 0 pts)
James Harden 12 pts (4/7) in 62 possessions

Guarded by: Kevin Durant (25 %, 4 pts) · Amen Thompson (24 %, 4 pts) · Josh Okogie (18 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Amen Thompson	James Harden: 15 poss., 4 pts (1/1) · Kris Dunn: 15 poss., 4 pts (2/3)
Jabari Smith Jr.	John Collins: 19 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Kawhi Leonard: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Alperen Sengun	Yanic Konan Niederhäuser: 13 poss., 5 pts (2/5) · Brook Lopez: 13 poss., 6 pts (3/5)
Kevin Durant	Kawhi Leonard: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · James Harden: 16 poss., 4 pts (1/3)
Reed Sheppard	Kobe Sanders: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Kris Dunn: 13 poss., 1 pts (0/0)
Aaron Holiday	Bogdan Bogdanović: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Nicolas Batum: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tari Eason	Kawhi Leonard: 12 poss., 5 pts (2/4) · James Harden: 4 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Steven Adams	Brook Lopez: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Yanic Konan Niederhäuser: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jae'Sean Tate	Bogdan Bogdanović: 5 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Brook Lopez: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Josh Okogie	James Harden: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kawhi Leonard: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jeff Green	Kobe Brown: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jordan Miller: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
JD Davison	Bogdan Bogdanović: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Cam Christie: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Clint Capela	Yanic Konan Niederhäuser: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Kobe Brown: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)