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LA Clippers vs. Phoenix Suns

October 24, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Clippers beat the Suns 129-102 on 2025-10-24 at home. The Clippers started James Harden, Kawhi Leonard, Bradley Beal, Ivica Zubac, and Derrick Jones Jr. The Suns started Devin Booker, Dillon Brooks, Grayson Allen, Oso Ighodaro, and Ryan Dunn. Devin Booker (Suns) scored 20 points (7/10) in his matchups, with Bradley Beal as his primary defender. Kawhi Leonard (Clippers) scored 10 points (4/9) in his matchups, with Dillon Brooks as his primary defender.

Box score

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

LAC
LA Clippers
LA Clippers 129

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Kawhi Leonard GS 32:43 27 5 5 1 1 2 0 11-21 1-4 4-5 +9
James Harden GS 28:25 30 7 7 0 1 4 2 8-12 5-7 9-9 +22
Ivica Zubac GS 24:40 8 5 4 0 0 3 2 3-5 0-0 2-3 +15
Derrick Jones Jr. GS 23:14 17 4 2 1 1 0 2 6-6 5-5 0-0 +12
Bradley Beal GS 20:06 6 1 2 0 0 1 1 2-4 0-0 2-2 +2
John Collins 23:59 10 6 2 2 0 2 3 3-5 0-1 4-5 +23
Kris Dunn 21:29 14 2 1 3 0 0 1 5-8 2-4 2-2 +18
Chris Paul 19:35 0 3 8 3 0 2 3 0-1 0-1 0-0 +5
Brook Lopez 18:27 6 7 1 0 2 1 2 2-5 2-4 0-0 +11
Nicolas Batum 8:18 3 1 0 1 0 0 2 1-2 1-2 0-0 +14
Kobe Brown 4:46 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 +1
Kobe Sanders 4:46 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1-3 0-1 0-0 +1
Yanic Konan Niederhäuser 4:46 6 1 0 0 0 0 1 3-3 0-0 0-0 +1
Cam Christie 4:46 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0-1 0-0 0-0 +1
Totals 129 45 32 12 5 17 19 45-76 16-29 23-26

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

PHX
Phoenix Suns
Phoenix Suns 102

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Grayson Allen GS 28:43 12 1 5 1 1 0 2 4-12 3-9 1-1 -11
Devin Booker GS 27:56 18 3 7 0 0 3 2 5-10 1-4 7-7 -22
Dillon Brooks GS 26:34 21 3 2 2 0 4 5 7-17 5-10 2-2 -15
Oso Ighodaro GS 20:21 9 6 1 0 0 1 2 4-7 0-0 1-3 -1
Ryan Dunn GS 16:50 6 5 0 0 0 1 4 3-5 0-1 0-0 -7
Collin Gillespie 28:05 13 5 5 1 1 3 1 5-12 3-8 0-0 -18
Royce O'Neale 27:55 11 4 1 2 1 2 3 4-11 3-10 0-0 -22
Nigel Hayes-Davis 21:19 7 2 0 3 0 0 0 3-4 1-2 0-0 -12
Mark Williams 13:56 2 6 0 0 0 0 4 1-5 0-0 0-0 -18
Nick Richards 8:57 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 1-3 0-0 0-0 -7
Rasheer Fleming 8:33 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 0-2 0-1 0-0 0
Jordan Goodwin 6:05 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 0-2 0-2 0-0 -1
Khaman Maluach 4:46 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0-0 0-0 1-2 -1
Totals 102 37 23 12 4 18 25 37-90 16-47 12-15

Lineups

LAC
LA Clippers
LA Clippers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

PHX
Phoenix Suns
Phoenix Suns

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 Dillon Brooks: 25 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Royce O'Neale: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
James Harden Ryan Dunn: 23 poss., 8 pts (2/2) · Dillon Brooks: 9 poss., 6 pts (1/2)
Ivica Zubac Oso Ighodaro: 20 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Mark Williams: 13 poss., 6 pts (2/2)
John Collins Nigel Hayes-Davis: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Collin Gillespie: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Derrick Jones Jr. Grayson Allen: 19 poss., 11 pts (4/4) · Devin Booker: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Kris Dunn Royce O'Neale: 10 poss., 6 pts (2/2) · Collin Gillespie: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Bradley Beal Devin Booker: 12 poss., 4 pts (1/1) · Royce O'Neale: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Chris Paul Collin Gillespie: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Royce O'Neale: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Brook Lopez Nick Richards: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Oso Ighodaro: 6 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Nicolas Batum Devin Booker: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Collin Gillespie: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Cam Christie Nigel Hayes-Davis: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Collin Gillespie: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Kobe Sanders Jordan Goodwin: 2 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Rasheer Fleming: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Yanic Konan Niederhäuser Khaman Maluach: 4 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Rasheer Fleming: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kobe Brown Nigel Hayes-Davis: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Collin Gillespie: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Suns defense

Defender Guarded most
Devin Booker Derrick Jones Jr.: 24 poss., 8 pts (3/6) · Kris Dunn: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Royce O'Neale John Collins: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Kawhi Leonard: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Collin Gillespie Kris Dunn: 13 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Chris Paul: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Grayson Allen Bradley Beal: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Kris Dunn: 9 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
Dillon Brooks Kawhi Leonard: 17 poss., 6 pts (2/4) · James Harden: 17 poss., 11 pts (4/4)
Nigel Hayes-Davis John Collins: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Chris Paul: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Oso Ighodaro Ivica Zubac: 17 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Brook Lopez: 7 poss., 4 pts (2/4)
Mark Williams Ivica Zubac: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Brook Lopez: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Ryan Dunn James Harden: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Ivica Zubac: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Nick Richards Brook Lopez: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Kawhi Leonard: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Rasheer Fleming Kobe Sanders: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Chris Paul: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jordan Goodwin Chris Paul: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Kobe Sanders: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Khaman Maluach Yanic Konan Niederhäuser: 7 poss., 1 pts (0/0) · Chris Paul: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)