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LA Clippers vs. San Antonio Spurs

March 16, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Spurs beat the Clippers 119-115 on 2026-03-16 on the road against the Clippers. The Clippers started Brook Lopez, Kris Dunn, Derrick Jones Jr., John Collins, and Darius Garland. The Spurs started De'Aaron Fox, Devin Vassell, Julian Champagnie, Victor Wembanyama, and Stephon Castle. Victor Wembanyama (Spurs) scored 16 points (7/17) in his matchups, with Brook Lopez as his primary defender. Darius Garland (Clippers) scored 21 points (7/11) in his matchups, with Devin Vassell as his primary defender.

Box score

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

LAC
LA Clippers
LA Clippers 115

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Darius Garland GS 32:09 25 2 10 2 0 8 3 9-21 4-9 3-3 -4
John Collins GS 25:32 11 9 4 1 0 1 3 4-8 0-1 3-5 -18
Derrick Jones Jr. GS 23:47 10 3 1 0 1 0 0 4-13 2-6 0-1 -10
Brook Lopez GS 23:34 3 1 1 1 2 0 1 1-2 1-1 0-0 -15
Kris Dunn GS 22:53 9 2 1 1 1 1 3 3-5 2-3 1-2 -10
Bennedict Mathurin 34:17 16 4 3 2 0 2 5 5-12 0-4 6-6 -5
Jordan Miller 26:20 22 9 3 0 0 0 1 10-13 1-1 1-1 +3
Kobe Sanders 16:51 5 2 2 2 0 0 3 2-5 1-2 0-0 +20
Isaiah Jackson 16:36 11 1 0 1 1 1 3 4-5 0-0 3-4 +10
Nicolas Batum 11:33 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0-1 0-1 0-0 -3
Cam Christie 6:28 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 1-4 0-1 1-2 +12
Totals 115 37 25 11 5 13 23 43-89 11-29 18-24

Did not play: Bogdan Bogdanović (DNP - Coach's Decision), TyTy Washington Jr. (DNP - Coach's Decision)

SAS
San Antonio Spurs
San Antonio Spurs 119

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Stephon Castle GS 36:20 23 7 8 1 0 3 5 9-19 1-4 4-6 +5
Devin Vassell GS 35:25 20 3 4 1 0 0 3 6-11 4-7 4-4 -2
Victor Wembanyama GS 33:51 21 13 2 1 4 3 0 9-20 2-9 1-3 +7
De'Aaron Fox GS 29:29 18 3 6 0 2 2 2 6-12 0-4 6-6 -2
Julian Champagnie GS 28:49 7 8 1 2 1 3 2 3-8 0-3 1-1 -5
Keldon Johnson 21:57 8 5 0 0 0 2 1 4-10 0-1 0-0 +4
Carter Bryant 20:44 10 5 1 0 0 0 4 2-4 0-2 6-7 +10
Harrison Barnes 17:49 8 3 2 0 0 1 3 3-7 2-5 0-0 -2
Jordan McLaughlin 9:41 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 1-2 1-1 0-0 +11
Mason Plumlee 5:55 1 3 0 0 0 0 3 0-0 0-0 1-2 -6
Totals 119 52 25 5 7 14 23 43-93 10-36 23-29

Did not play: Bismack Biyombo (DNP - Coach's Decision), Kelly Olynyk (DNP - Coach's Decision), Lindy Waters III (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

LAC
LA Clippers
LA Clippers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

SAS
San Antonio Spurs
San Antonio Spurs

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Who guarded whom

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

Clippers defense

Defender Guarded most
Bennedict Mathurin Devin Vassell: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Carter Bryant: 10 poss., 4 pts (1/2)
Darius Garland Stephon Castle: 22 poss., 10 pts (4/7) · Victor Wembanyama: 8 poss., 5 pts (2/6)
John Collins Julian Champagnie: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Keldon Johnson: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Jordan Miller Julian Champagnie: 11 poss., 6 pts (3/4) · Keldon Johnson: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Derrick Jones Jr. Devin Vassell: 13 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Julian Champagnie: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Kris Dunn Devin Vassell: 13 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · De'Aaron Fox: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Brook Lopez Victor Wembanyama: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Stephon Castle: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Kobe Sanders De'Aaron Fox: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Devin Vassell: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Isaiah Jackson Victor Wembanyama: 7 poss., 6 pts (3/4) · Carter Bryant: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Nicolas Batum Harrison Barnes: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Devin Vassell: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Cam Christie Stephon Castle: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Harrison Barnes: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/1)

Spurs defense

Defender Guarded most
Stephon Castle Darius Garland: 12 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Kris Dunn: 10 poss., 3 pts (0/2)
Devin Vassell Darius Garland: 15 poss., 9 pts (3/4) · Kris Dunn: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Victor Wembanyama Brook Lopez: 22 poss., 0 pts (0/4) · John Collins: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Julian Champagnie John Collins: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Darius Garland: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
De'Aaron Fox Derrick Jones Jr.: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Kobe Sanders: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Keldon Johnson Bennedict Mathurin: 11 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · John Collins: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Carter Bryant Jordan Miller: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Bennedict Mathurin: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Harrison Barnes Bennedict Mathurin: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Nicolas Batum: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Jordan McLaughlin Darius Garland: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Bennedict Mathurin: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Mason Plumlee Isaiah Jackson: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jordan Miller: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)