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LA Clippers vs. Phoenix Suns

November 8, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Suns beat the Clippers 114-103 on 2025-11-08 on the road against the Clippers. The Clippers started James Harden, Bradley Beal, Kris Dunn, Ivica Zubac, and Derrick Jones Jr. The Suns started Devin Booker, Dillon Brooks, Grayson Allen, Jalen Green, and Mark Williams. Devin Booker (Suns) scored 12 points (5/13) in his matchups, with Kris Dunn as his primary defender. James Harden (Clippers) scored 18 points (7/11) 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 103

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
James Harden GS 40:37 13 0 13 0 0 3 2 4-15 2-10 3-4 -18
Ivica Zubac GS 35:07 21 15 4 0 0 3 3 10-12 0-0 1-2 -10
Kris Dunn GS 33:13 6 2 3 2 0 2 5 3-5 0-1 0-2 -7
Derrick Jones Jr. GS 27:12 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 2-7 0-4 3-5 -10
Bradley Beal GS 19:37 12 0 3 1 0 1 1 4-9 2-4 2-2 +4
John Collins 28:23 19 4 2 1 0 0 0 8-12 2-3 1-1 +1
Nicolas Batum 25:27 9 3 0 1 2 2 1 3-7 3-7 0-0 -12
Cam Christie 17:31 8 3 0 0 1 0 2 3-5 1-3 1-2 -2
Brook Lopez 12:53 8 0 0 0 2 0 1 4-5 0-1 0-0 -1
Totals 103 27 26 5 5 11 15 41-77 10-33 11-18

Did not play: Bogdan Bogdanović (DNP - Coach's Decision), Kobe Brown (DNP - Coach's Decision), Chris Paul (DNP - Coach's Decision), Kobe Sanders (DNP - Coach's Decision)

PHX
Phoenix Suns
Phoenix Suns 114

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Devin Booker GS 37:34 21 10 9 0 0 5 4 8-19 0-3 5-5 +7
Grayson Allen GS 31:12 14 0 3 1 0 2 0 5-12 4-7 0-0 +13
Mark Williams GS 28:35 19 6 0 2 0 2 3 7-9 0-0 5-5 +18
Dillon Brooks GS 27:43 16 2 3 2 0 1 2 4-6 2-3 6-7 +2
Jalen Green GS 6:48 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1-3 0-1 0-0 +7
Royce O'Neale 28:49 12 7 5 2 0 1 2 4-8 4-8 0-0 -3
Collin Gillespie 26:30 13 6 4 0 0 0 2 4-13 4-10 1-2 +1
Ryan Dunn 19:43 6 4 1 1 0 0 2 3-5 0-1 0-0 +10
Nick Richards 15:16 4 5 0 0 2 1 2 2-3 0-0 0-0 -8
Jordan Goodwin 13:41 7 1 2 1 0 0 0 2-5 2-5 1-2 +7
Oso Ighodaro 4:09 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 +1
Totals 114 42 30 9 2 12 19 40-83 16-38 18-21

Did not play: Rasheer Fleming (DNP - Coach's Decision), Nigel Hayes-Davis (DNP - Coach's Decision), Khaman Maluach (DNP - Coach's Decision)

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
James Harden Dillon Brooks: 28 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Ryan Dunn: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Ivica Zubac Mark Williams: 35 poss., 7 pts (3/4) · Nick Richards: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Kris Dunn Devin Booker: 18 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Grayson Allen: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
John Collins Royce O'Neale: 18 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Jordan Goodwin: 10 poss., 5 pts (2/3)
Derrick Jones Jr. Royce O'Neale: 11 poss., 2 pts (0/0) · Jalen Green: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Bradley Beal Grayson Allen: 21 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Devin Booker: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Nicolas Batum Grayson Allen: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Devin Booker: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Cam Christie Collin Gillespie: 12 poss., 4 pts (1/1) · Devin Booker: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Brook Lopez Nick Richards: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Oso Ighodaro: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Suns defense

Defender Guarded most
Devin Booker Derrick Jones Jr.: 20 poss., 2 pts (1/5) · Kris Dunn: 13 poss., 6 pts (1/1)
Mark Williams Ivica Zubac: 35 poss., 7 pts (2/3) · James Harden: 8 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Dillon Brooks James Harden: 20 poss., 8 pts (2/2) · Kris Dunn: 8 poss., 2 pts (0/1)
Grayson Allen Kris Dunn: 15 poss., 3 pts (1/4) · Bradley Beal: 10 poss., 5 pts (2/3)
Royce O'Neale John Collins: 11 poss., 9 pts (3/3) · James Harden: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Collin Gillespie Nicolas Batum: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/4) · Cam Christie: 9 poss., 4 pts (1/1)
Ryan Dunn James Harden: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · John Collins: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jordan Goodwin John Collins: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · James Harden: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Nick Richards Ivica Zubac: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Brook Lopez: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Jalen Green Kris Dunn: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Derrick Jones Jr.: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Oso Ighodaro Brook Lopez: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · James Harden: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)