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Memphis Grizzlies vs. LA Clippers

December 5, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Grizzlies beat the Clippers 107-98 on 2025-12-05 at home. The Grizzlies started Jaren Jackson Jr., Vince Williams Jr., Zach Edey, Jaylen Wells, and Cedric Coward. The Clippers started James Harden, Kawhi Leonard, Kris Dunn, Ivica Zubac, and John Collins. Kawhi Leonard (Clippers) scored 17 points (6/9) in his matchups, with Vince Williams Jr. as his primary defender. Jaren Jackson Jr. (Grizzlies) scored 15 points (4/14) in his matchups, with John Collins as his primary defender.

Box score

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

MEM
Memphis Grizzlies
Memphis Grizzlies 107

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Jaren Jackson Jr. GS 30:36 13 3 0 2 0 1 3 5-9 0-3 3-5 -1
Zach Edey GS 29:25 10 8 1 0 2 2 2 4-8 0-0 2-3 0
Cedric Coward GS 28:29 23 14 5 1 0 1 0 10-18 1-6 2-2 +8
Jaylen Wells GS 27:17 17 3 0 1 0 2 1 7-11 3-5 0-0 +19
Vince Williams Jr. GS 19:12 3 1 4 0 1 3 3 1-5 1-4 0-0 +3
Cam Spencer 28:51 17 5 7 1 0 2 2 7-11 3-5 0-0 +9
Santi Aldama 24:37 7 6 4 1 0 3 2 3-9 0-3 1-2 +7
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope 19:28 5 0 5 1 0 0 0 1-1 1-1 2-2 -2
Jock Landale 16:32 7 1 1 1 1 1 4 3-5 1-1 0-0 +8
John Konchar 15:33 5 1 1 1 0 0 1 1-1 0-0 3-4 -6
Totals 107 42 28 9 4 15 18 42-78 10-28 13-18

Did not play: Jahmai Mashack (DNP - Coach's Decision), Olivier-Maxence Prosper (DNP - Coach's Decision)

LAC
LA Clippers
LA Clippers 98

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
James Harden GS 35:50 18 2 7 0 1 4 4 6-13 3-7 3-4 -17
Ivica Zubac GS 34:47 10 6 1 1 0 2 3 4-6 0-0 2-2 -12
Kawhi Leonard GS 34:42 24 8 4 1 1 1 2 10-23 2-9 2-2 -6
John Collins GS 24:42 16 2 2 1 0 3 2 6-14 2-8 2-2 -9
Kris Dunn GS 20:44 0 3 3 2 0 1 1 0-1 0-0 0-0 -6
Nicolas Batum 30:52 6 3 4 1 0 2 2 2-7 2-7 0-0 +9
Kobe Sanders 27:16 8 7 0 2 0 2 4 3-6 2-4 0-1 -3
Kobe Brown 21:12 13 4 1 3 0 1 0 3-7 2-6 5-6 -1
Cam Christie 9:55 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 1-3 1-3 0-0 0
Totals 98 37 22 11 2 16 18 35-80 14-44 14-17

Did not play: RayJ Dennis (DNP - Coach's Decision), Brook Lopez (DNP - Coach's Decision), Yanic Konan Niederhäuser (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

MEM
Memphis Grizzlies
Memphis Grizzlies

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

LAC
LA Clippers
LA Clippers

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.

Grizzlies defense

Defender Guarded most
Jaren Jackson Jr. John Collins: 17 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · Nicolas Batum: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Zach Edey Ivica Zubac: 38 poss., 4 pts (2/6) · Kawhi Leonard: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Cam Spencer Kobe Sanders: 12 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Kris Dunn: 9 poss., 5 pts (2/3)
Cedric Coward Nicolas Batum: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Kawhi Leonard: 10 poss., 5 pts (1/3)
Jaylen Wells James Harden: 29 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Kris Dunn: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Santi Aldama Nicolas Batum: 11 poss., 1 pts (0/2) · Kawhi Leonard: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope Kobe Sanders: 10 poss., 2 pts (0/0) · Kawhi Leonard: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Vince Williams Jr. Kawhi Leonard: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Kris Dunn: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jock Landale Ivica Zubac: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Kobe Brown: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
John Konchar Nicolas Batum: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Cam Christie: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Clippers defense

Defender Guarded most
Kawhi Leonard Vince Williams Jr.: 23 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · Santi Aldama: 11 poss., 5 pts (2/5)
James Harden Jaylen Wells: 41 poss., 5 pts (2/4) · John Konchar: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Ivica Zubac Zach Edey: 35 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · Jock Landale: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Nicolas Batum Jaren Jackson Jr.: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Santi Aldama: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kobe Sanders Kentavious Caldwell-Pope: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · John Konchar: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
John Collins Jaren Jackson Jr.: 19 poss., 0 pts (0/4) · Santi Aldama: 11 poss., 4 pts (1/2)
Kris Dunn Cedric Coward: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Cam Spencer: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Kobe Brown Jaren Jackson Jr.: 10 poss., 8 pts (2/5) · Jock Landale: 6 poss., 1 pts (0/0)
Cam Christie Cam Spencer: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · John Konchar: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)