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Sacramento Kings vs. LA Clippers

April 5, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Clippers beat the Kings 138-109 on 2026-04-05 on the road against the Kings. The Kings started DeMar DeRozan, Precious Achiuwa, Devin Carter, Nique Clifford, and Maxime Raynaud. The Clippers started Brook Lopez, Kawhi Leonard, Kris Dunn, Derrick Jones Jr., and Darius Garland. Kawhi Leonard (Clippers) scored 13 points (6/11) in his matchups, with Maxime Raynaud as his primary defender. Malik Monk (Kings) scored 11 points (4/5) in his matchups, with Derrick Jones Jr. as his primary defender.

Box score

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

SAC
Sacramento Kings
Sacramento Kings 109

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Nique Clifford GS 38:06 18 5 5 1 1 3 2 8-16 2-7 0-0 -19
Devin Carter GS 36:26 21 5 5 1 1 3 4 8-14 0-5 5-9 -13
Maxime Raynaud GS 33:12 11 15 2 1 1 2 1 5-12 0-1 1-2 -11
Precious Achiuwa GS 20:11 8 5 0 0 0 1 3 3-6 0-0 2-6 -22
DeMar DeRozan GS 10:22 9 0 0 0 1 1 0 4-5 1-1 0-0 +2
Daeqwon Plowden 35:42 15 2 3 1 0 1 4 5-13 3-9 2-3 -16
Dylan Cardwell 27:11 15 8 2 2 4 3 5 7-8 1-1 0-0 -17
Malik Monk 14:25 7 0 1 1 0 3 0 3-5 1-3 0-0 -19
Killian Hayes 13:31 2 2 4 2 0 3 0 1-3 0-2 0-0 -18
Doug McDermott 10:54 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 1-3 1-3 0-0 -12
Totals 109 42 25 9 8 20 19 45-85 9-32 10-20

Did not play: Drew Eubanks (DNP - Injury/Illness), Keegan Murray (DNP - Injury/Illness)

LAC
LA Clippers
LA Clippers 138

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Kawhi Leonard GS 29:51 26 6 3 0 0 1 1 9-18 3-9 5-5 +26
Kris Dunn GS 26:35 13 6 4 3 0 2 2 5-6 3-4 0-1 +16
Derrick Jones Jr. GS 25:13 6 3 1 1 0 1 0 3-4 0-0 0-0 +21
Darius Garland GS 24:26 17 4 6 1 0 2 4 7-14 2-7 1-1 +10
Brook Lopez GS 19:06 9 2 0 0 0 1 2 2-5 1-3 4-4 +15
Bennedict Mathurin 27:21 5 6 5 3 0 2 0 2-4 1-2 0-0 +15
John Collins 23:57 25 4 2 2 0 2 3 9-20 4-6 3-3 +15
Jordan Miller 23:29 13 2 6 1 1 2 2 5-6 3-3 0-0 +21
Kobe Sanders 20:18 17 0 1 4 0 0 4 5-8 3-5 4-4 +14
Cam Christie 7:16 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 1-4 0-0 0-0 +2
TyTy Washington Jr. 4:57 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 -1
Norchad Omier 4:57 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 1-1 0-0 3-3 -1
Bogdan Bogdanović 2:34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-2 0-2 0-0 -8
Totals 138 37 30 15 1 14 20 49-92 20-41 20-21

Did not play: Nicolas Batum (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

SAC
Sacramento Kings
Sacramento Kings

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.

Kings defense

Defender Guarded most
Nique Clifford Kris Dunn: 19 poss., 2 pts (1/4) · Jordan Miller: 11 poss., 4 pts (2/3)
Devin Carter Darius Garland: 29 poss., 6 pts (2/2) · Bennedict Mathurin: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Daeqwon Plowden Jordan Miller: 17 poss., 4 pts (1/2) · Derrick Jones Jr.: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Maxime Raynaud Kawhi Leonard: 13 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · Kobe Sanders: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Dylan Cardwell John Collins: 21 poss., 6 pts (3/3) · Norchad Omier: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Precious Achiuwa Brook Lopez: 19 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Kawhi Leonard: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Malik Monk Derrick Jones Jr.: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kawhi Leonard: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Killian Hayes Bennedict Mathurin: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jordan Miller: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Doug McDermott Jordan Miller: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Kobe Sanders: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
DeMar DeRozan Derrick Jones Jr.: 9 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · Kris Dunn: 4 poss., 3 pts (1/1)

Clippers defense

Defender Guarded most
Kawhi Leonard Daeqwon Plowden: 23 poss., 13 pts (5/8) · Precious Achiuwa: 11 poss., 3 pts (0/1)
Bennedict Mathurin Killian Hayes: 10 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Daeqwon Plowden: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kris Dunn Nique Clifford: 12 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · Daeqwon Plowden: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jordan Miller Nique Clifford: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Doug McDermott: 10 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
Derrick Jones Jr. Nique Clifford: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Malik Monk: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
John Collins Dylan Cardwell: 24 poss., 10 pts (4/6) · Maxime Raynaud: 6 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Kobe Sanders Maxime Raynaud: 13 poss., 6 pts (2/2) · Doug McDermott: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Darius Garland Devin Carter: 30 poss., 9 pts (4/7) · Nique Clifford: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Brook Lopez Maxime Raynaud: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Precious Achiuwa: 15 poss., 4 pts (0/0)
Cam Christie Nique Clifford: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Devin Carter: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Norchad Omier Dylan Cardwell: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Daeqwon Plowden: 2 poss., 4 pts (1/1)
TyTy Washington Jr. Devin Carter: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Daeqwon Plowden: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Bogdan Bogdanović Daeqwon Plowden: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Maxime Raynaud: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)