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LA Clippers vs. Oklahoma City Thunder

April 8, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Thunder beat the Clippers 128-110 on 2026-04-08 on the road against the Clippers. The Clippers started Brook Lopez, Kawhi Leonard, Kris Dunn, Derrick Jones Jr., and John Collins. The Thunder started Isaiah Hartenstein, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Luguentz Dort, Chet Holmgren, and Jalen Williams. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (Thunder) scored 8 points (3/11) in his matchups, with Derrick Jones Jr. as his primary defender. Kawhi Leonard (Clippers) scored 13 points (5/11) in his matchups, with Luguentz Dort as his primary defender.

Box score

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

LAC
LA Clippers
LA Clippers 110

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Brook Lopez GS 30:24 16 6 3 0 0 1 4 6-12 3-5 1-3 -29
Derrick Jones Jr. GS 30:17 11 5 1 0 1 1 1 4-9 2-5 1-2 -10
Kawhi Leonard GS 30:00 20 8 3 1 0 3 2 8-18 2-5 2-4 -10
John Collins GS 27:27 12 9 3 3 0 3 2 5-11 1-3 1-3 -16
Kris Dunn GS 26:53 3 1 6 0 0 1 2 1-7 1-4 0-0 -24
Jordan Miller 29:38 16 3 6 0 0 1 1 6-11 1-4 3-4 -6
Bennedict Mathurin 23:55 10 2 2 1 0 2 1 3-8 0-1 4-4 -5
Kobe Sanders 23:32 17 2 1 2 1 1 2 5-8 3-4 4-4 +2
TyTy Washington Jr. 6:32 0 0 2 2 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 +5
Cam Christie 6:32 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1-1 0-0 0-0 +5
Nicolas Batum 4:51 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1-1 1-1 0-0 -2
Totals 110 36 27 9 3 13 18 40-86 14-32 16-24

Did not play: Bogdan Bogdanović (DNP - Coach's Decision), Norchad Omier (DNP - Coach's Decision), Sean Pedulla (DNP - Coach's Decision)

OKC
Oklahoma City Thunder
Oklahoma City Thunder 128

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Jalen Williams GS 32:21 18 6 6 2 0 3 3 7-12 0-1 4-4 +13
Chet Holmgren GS 31:14 30 14 5 2 4 2 3 10-13 3-4 7-10 +19
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander GS 30:17 20 1 11 1 1 3 1 9-17 2-6 0-1 +10
Luguentz Dort GS 20:02 6 2 0 3 0 0 3 2-4 2-4 0-0 +12
Isaiah Hartenstein GS 19:31 10 7 1 0 1 0 5 4-5 0-0 2-2 +14
Ajay Mitchell 24:14 7 1 3 1 0 0 1 3-6 0-1 1-2 +14
Isaiah Joe 22:51 21 2 2 0 0 0 2 6-9 4-7 5-5 +10
Cason Wallace 21:00 3 2 1 0 1 2 1 1-6 1-5 0-0 +2
Jaylin Williams 13:35 5 4 1 0 0 0 1 2-4 1-3 0-0 0
Alex Caruso 13:25 2 4 0 0 0 0 2 1-3 0-2 0-0 +5
Jared McCain 3:50 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 2-3 0-1 0-0 -3
Aaron Wiggins 3:50 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 1-1 0-0 0-0 -3
Kenrich Williams 3:50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 -3
Totals 128 44 30 9 7 13 23 48-83 13-34 19-24

Did not play: Branden Carlson (DNP - Coach's Decision), Nikola Topić (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

LAC
LA Clippers
LA Clippers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

OKC
Oklahoma City Thunder
Oklahoma City Thunder

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 Luguentz Dort: 28 poss., 12 pts (5/8) · Alex Caruso: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jordan Miller Ajay Mitchell: 23 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Isaiah Joe: 10 poss., 7 pts (2/3)
Derrick Jones Jr. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 21 poss., 3 pts (1/4) · Jalen Williams: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Brook Lopez Isaiah Hartenstein: 27 poss., 6 pts (2/4) · Chet Holmgren: 15 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
John Collins Chet Holmgren: 22 poss., 5 pts (2/5) · Cason Wallace: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Kris Dunn Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Jalen Williams: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Bennedict Mathurin Cason Wallace: 15 poss., 4 pts (1/1) · Jaylin Williams: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Kobe Sanders Isaiah Joe: 11 poss., 6 pts (2/3) · Ajay Mitchell: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
TyTy Washington Jr. Isaiah Joe: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Aaron Wiggins: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Cam Christie Aaron Wiggins: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jared McCain: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Nicolas Batum Jalen Williams: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Alex Caruso: 2 poss., 3 pts (1/1)

Thunder defense

Defender Guarded most
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Derrick Jones Jr.: 31 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Kris Dunn: 10 poss., 4 pts (2/3)
Chet Holmgren John Collins: 18 poss., 2 pts (0/0) · Brook Lopez: 14 poss., 6 pts (1/3)
Jalen Williams Kris Dunn: 19 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · Derrick Jones Jr.: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Isaiah Joe Bennedict Mathurin: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jordan Miller: 8 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
Ajay Mitchell Jordan Miller: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Kobe Sanders: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Cason Wallace Bennedict Mathurin: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kawhi Leonard: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Luguentz Dort Kawhi Leonard: 21 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · John Collins: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Isaiah Hartenstein Brook Lopez: 22 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · John Collins: 4 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Alex Caruso Kawhi Leonard: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Nicolas Batum: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jaylin Williams Bennedict Mathurin: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Jordan Miller: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jared McCain Cam Christie: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jordan Miller: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Aaron Wiggins TyTy Washington Jr.: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Cam Christie: 2 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Kenrich Williams Kobe Sanders: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jordan Miller: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)