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LA Clippers vs. Golden State Warriors

January 5, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Clippers beat the Warriors 103-102 on 2026-01-05 at home. The Clippers started Kawhi Leonard, Kris Dunn, Ivica Zubac, John Collins, and Kobe Sanders. The Warriors started Stephen Curry, Jimmy Butler III, Draymond Green, Moses Moody, and Quinten Post. Stephen Curry (Warriors) scored 20 points (5/11) in his matchups, with Kobe Sanders as his primary defender. Kawhi Leonard (Clippers) scored 14 points (6/18) in his matchups, with Jimmy Butler III 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 +/-
John Collins GS 39:06 18 4 1 0 4 3 3 7-12 3-5 1-3 -8
Kawhi Leonard GS 38:07 24 12 5 1 2 5 1 10-25 0-8 4-4 +8
Kobe Sanders GS 35:34 20 7 3 0 0 3 3 9-16 2-3 0-0 +7
Kris Dunn GS 33:11 16 3 6 1 0 4 5 5-7 2-3 4-4 -10
Ivica Zubac GS 33:09 10 11 3 0 1 2 4 1-3 0-0 8-8 -7
Nicolas Batum 23:59 6 3 1 1 0 1 2 2-4 2-4 0-0 -3
Jordan Miller 22:03 9 5 3 1 0 2 2 3-6 1-2 2-2 +10
Brook Lopez 14:51 0 3 3 1 2 0 1 0-4 0-4 0-0 +8
Totals 103 48 25 5 9 20 21 37-77 10-29 19-21

Did not play: Kobe Brown (DNP - Coach's Decision), Cam Christie (DNP - Coach's Decision), Yanic Konan Niederhäuser (DNP - Coach's Decision), TyTy Washington Jr. (DNP - Coach's Decision)

GSW
Golden State Warriors
Golden State Warriors 102

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Stephen Curry GS 33:33 27 4 6 3 0 1 6 9-23 4-15 5-5 +5
Jimmy Butler III GS 33:25 24 6 2 4 1 2 0 7-16 1-4 9-11 +3
Draymond Green GS 31:57 6 5 12 2 0 1 1 2-8 0-6 2-2 +15
Moses Moody GS 19:11 4 2 1 3 1 1 2 1-5 0-3 2-2 +2
Quinten Post GS 12:32 5 2 0 1 0 0 1 2-4 1-2 0-0 -5
Brandin Podziemski 26:43 6 4 0 2 0 0 0 2-5 1-1 1-2 -5
De'Anthony Melton 24:39 5 2 1 2 1 2 3 2-7 1-2 0-0 -1
Al Horford 15:41 5 5 0 1 0 0 1 1-8 1-5 2-2 -14
Gary Payton II 15:24 14 5 2 0 1 0 1 7-10 0-0 0-1 -6
Gui Santos 11:41 6 2 1 0 0 0 1 2-3 1-2 1-2 +13
Will Richard 10:35 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0-2 0-1 0-0 -5
Trayce Jackson-Davis 4:39 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0-1 0-0 0-0 -7
Totals 102 40 27 18 4 7 18 35-92 10-41 22-27

Did not play: Buddy Hield (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jonathan Kuminga (DNP - Coach's Decision), Pat Spencer (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

LAC
LA Clippers
LA Clippers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

GSW
Golden State Warriors
Golden State Warriors

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 Jimmy Butler III: 31 poss., 2 pts (1/6) · Gary Payton II: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
John Collins Moses Moody: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Gui Santos: 10 poss., 4 pts (2/3)
Kobe Sanders Stephen Curry: 27 poss., 7 pts (3/7) · Will Richard: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Ivica Zubac Draymond Green: 20 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Quinten Post: 12 poss., 2 pts (0/0)
Kris Dunn Stephen Curry: 15 poss., 4 pts (0/0) · Brandin Podziemski: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Nicolas Batum Moses Moody: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jimmy Butler III: 6 poss., 6 pts (2/3)
Jordan Miller Brandin Podziemski: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Stephen Curry: 8 poss., 7 pts (2/2)
Brook Lopez Al Horford: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · De'Anthony Melton: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Warriors defense

Defender Guarded most
Jimmy Butler III Kawhi Leonard: 25 poss., 10 pts (4/6) · Kris Dunn: 9 poss., 4 pts (2/4)
Stephen Curry Kris Dunn: 26 poss., 15 pts (4/10) · Kobe Sanders: 15 poss., 3 pts (1/4)
Draymond Green Ivica Zubac: 21 poss., 4 pts (1/3) · John Collins: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Brandin Podziemski Jordan Miller: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kawhi Leonard: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
De'Anthony Melton Kobe Sanders: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kawhi Leonard: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Moses Moody Kobe Sanders: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · John Collins: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Al Horford Ivica Zubac: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Brook Lopez: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/3)
Quinten Post John Collins: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Ivica Zubac: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Gary Payton II Ivica Zubac: 9 poss., 4 pts (2/4) · John Collins: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Will Richard Kawhi Leonard: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Kobe Sanders: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Gui Santos Nicolas Batum: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · John Collins: 5 poss., 4 pts (1/1)
Trayce Jackson-Davis John Collins: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Ivica Zubac: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)