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LA Clippers vs. San Antonio Spurs

April 2, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Spurs beat the Clippers 118-99 on 2026-04-02 on the road against the Clippers. The Clippers started Brook Lopez, Kawhi Leonard, Derrick Jones Jr., John Collins, and Darius Garland. The Spurs started De'Aaron Fox, Luke Kornet, Devin Vassell, Julian Champagnie, and Stephon Castle. Stephon Castle (Spurs) scored 15 points (6/13) in his matchups, with Kawhi Leonard as his primary defender. Kawhi Leonard (Clippers) scored 10 points (4/5) in his matchups, with Stephon Castle as his primary defender.

Box score

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

LAC
LA Clippers
LA Clippers 99

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Kawhi Leonard GS 31:42 24 6 5 2 0 0 0 10-16 4-5 0-0 -3
Darius Garland GS 29:00 11 2 3 1 1 1 3 5-17 1-8 0-2 -19
John Collins GS 24:46 15 6 0 0 0 1 1 6-8 0-0 3-3 +6
Brook Lopez GS 24:01 6 6 3 0 1 0 4 3-12 0-4 0-0 -12
Derrick Jones Jr. GS 23:45 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 2-6 0-2 0-0 0
Bennedict Mathurin 26:51 18 7 2 2 0 3 3 5-10 0-1 8-8 -19
Jordan Miller 25:42 12 0 0 1 0 1 1 6-11 0-2 0-0 -20
Kris Dunn 20:56 3 1 4 2 1 1 3 1-4 0-2 1-1 -21
Kobe Sanders 13:14 6 1 1 0 0 1 2 2-6 0-3 2-4 +3
Cam Christie 6:25 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0-2 0-0 0-0 +4
Nicolas Batum 5:30 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 -16
TyTy Washington Jr. 4:59 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0-1 0-0 0-0 +2
Sean Pedulla 3:09 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0
Totals 99 38 20 8 3 10 18 40-93 5-27 14-18

Did not play: Bogdan Bogdanović (DNP - Coach's Decision)

SAS
San Antonio Spurs
San Antonio Spurs 118

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Stephon Castle GS 33:26 20 4 5 0 0 5 4 8-15 3-5 1-1 +5
De'Aaron Fox GS 29:10 22 8 5 3 0 3 4 9-13 1-4 3-4 +24
Devin Vassell GS 28:52 14 10 2 0 0 0 1 5-12 3-8 1-1 +4
Julian Champagnie GS 27:33 13 8 4 2 0 1 1 5-13 1-6 2-3 +17
Luke Kornet GS 25:04 8 6 5 0 0 0 1 2-3 0-0 4-4 +14
Keldon Johnson 26:48 13 6 1 0 0 1 3 6-11 1-2 0-0 +18
Dylan Harper 25:01 19 2 5 1 0 2 4 8-12 2-3 1-1 +11
Harrison Barnes 20:43 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 1-2 1-1 0-0 +11
Carter Bryant 10:06 2 1 0 0 0 1 2 1-3 0-1 0-0 -7
Jordan McLaughlin 3:50 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1-2 0-0 0-0 -2
Kelly Olynyk 3:09 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-1 0-1 0-0 0
Bismack Biyombo 3:09 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0
Harrison Ingram 3:09 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1-1 0-0 0-0 0
Totals 118 48 30 7 2 14 21 47-88 12-31 12-14

Did not play: Mason Plumlee (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
Kawhi Leonard Stephon Castle: 27 poss., 11 pts (4/5) · Keldon Johnson: 13 poss., 5 pts (2/4)
Bennedict Mathurin Dylan Harper: 13 poss., 8 pts (3/3) · Julian Champagnie: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Darius Garland De'Aaron Fox: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Stephon Castle: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
John Collins Julian Champagnie: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Keldon Johnson: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Jordan Miller Harrison Barnes: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Dylan Harper: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Derrick Jones Jr. Devin Vassell: 21 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · De'Aaron Fox: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Brook Lopez Luke Kornet: 24 poss., 2 pts (1/6) · Carter Bryant: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kris Dunn De'Aaron Fox: 17 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Dylan Harper: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kobe Sanders Harrison Barnes: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Luke Kornet: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Nicolas Batum Harrison Barnes: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Julian Champagnie: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Cam Christie Harrison Barnes: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kelly Olynyk: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
TyTy Washington Jr. Harrison Ingram: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Carter Bryant: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Sean Pedulla Jordan McLaughlin: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Bismack Biyombo: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Spurs defense

Defender Guarded most
De'Aaron Fox Derrick Jones Jr.: 15 poss., 6 pts (3/3) · Kris Dunn: 15 poss., 6 pts (2/3)
Stephon Castle Kawhi Leonard: 22 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Darius Garland: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Devin Vassell Darius Garland: 26 poss., 4 pts (2/6) · Kawhi Leonard: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Julian Champagnie John Collins: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/4) · Bennedict Mathurin: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Keldon Johnson Kawhi Leonard: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · John Collins: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Luke Kornet Brook Lopez: 22 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Kobe Sanders: 7 poss., 2 pts (0/0)
Dylan Harper Bennedict Mathurin: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Kris Dunn: 8 poss., 6 pts (2/2)
Harrison Barnes Jordan Miller: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Bennedict Mathurin: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Carter Bryant Brook Lopez: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Bennedict Mathurin: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jordan McLaughlin Sean Pedulla: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jordan Miller: 2 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Bismack Biyombo Kobe Sanders: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Cam Christie: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kelly Olynyk Jordan Miller: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kobe Sanders: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Harrison Ingram TyTy Washington Jr.: 4 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Cam Christie: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)