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Los Angeles Lakers vs. LA Clippers

November 25, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Lakers beat the Clippers 135-118 on 2025-11-25 at home. The Lakers started LeBron James, Luka Dončić, Rui Hachimura, Jaxson Hayes, and Austin Reaves. The Clippers started James Harden, Kawhi Leonard, Kris Dunn, Ivica Zubac, and John Collins. Kawhi Leonard (Clippers) scored 12 points (4/5) in his matchups, with LeBron James as his primary defender. Luka Dončić (Lakers) scored 20 points (7/10) in his matchups, with Kris Dunn as his primary defender.

Box score

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

LAL

Los Angeles Lakers 135

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Luka Dončić GS	38:16	43	9	13	1	1	3	4	14-28	7-12	8-11	+9
Austin Reaves GS	35:03	31	9	3	3	0	1	3	11-16	2-4	7-7	+19
LeBron James GS	32:19	25	6	6	1	1	3	3	9-15	2-5	5-6	+18
Rui Hachimura GS	30:52	13	3	0	0	0	1	2	6-9	1-2	0-0	+3
Jaxson Hayes GS	29:50	8	4	3	1	1	1	2	3-4	0-0	2-2	+21
Marcus Smart	20:04	7	3	3	1	1	1	3	3-5	1-1	0-0	+2
Gabe Vincent	18:01	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0-2	0-2	0-0	+17
Jake LaRavia	17:07	4	1	0	1	0	0	1	2-2	0-0	0-0	+7
Maxi Kleber	13:40	2	3	0	0	0	0	2	1-3	0-1	0-0	-7
Adou Thiero	1:12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	-1
Dalton Knecht	1:12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-1
Bronny James	1:12	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	-1
Drew Timme	1:12	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1-2	0-1	0-0	-1
Totals		135	38	29	9	4	11	22	50-87	13-29	22-26

Did not play: Jarred Vanderbilt (DNP - Coach's Decision)

LAC

LA Clippers 118

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Ivica Zubac GS	36:55	10	10	4	1	2	1	5	5-12	0-0	0-2	-11
James Harden GS	36:50	29	5	9	2	0	5	3	9-21	3-12	8-8	-1
John Collins GS	33:58	18	5	1	0	0	1	2	6-8	4-6	2-2	-9
Kris Dunn GS	30:14	19	0	3	1	0	2	2	8-13	3-6	0-0	-12
Kawhi Leonard GS	27:38	19	5	3	1	0	3	3	6-14	1-5	6-6	-14
Nicolas Batum	21:42	6	1	0	2	0	0	2	2-3	2-3	0-0	-14
Kobe Brown	21:15	6	0	2	0	0	0	1	3-4	0-0	0-0	-6
Kobe Sanders	16:34	6	1	1	0	0	2	3	1-2	0-1	4-4	+4
Chris Paul	9:18	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	2-3	0-1	0-0	-13
Cam Christie	1:52	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	1-2	-3
Jahmyl Telfort	1:52	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-3
Yanic Konan Niederhäuser	1:52	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-3
Totals		118	29	24	7	2	14	22	42-81	13-35	21-24

Did not play: Brook Lopez (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

LAL

Los Angeles Lakers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

LeBron James · Luka Dončić · Rui Hachimura · Jaxson Hayes · Austin Reaves Starter 13.5 min
LeBron James · Gabe Vincent · Jaxson Hayes · Austin Reaves · Jake LaRavia 8.5 min
Marcus Smart · Maxi Kleber · Luka Dončić · Rui Hachimura · Jake LaRavia 3.2 min
Marcus Smart · Luka Dončić · Rui Hachimura · Jaxson Hayes · Austin Reaves 3.1 min
Marcus Smart · Maxi Kleber · Luka Dončić · Rui Hachimura · Austin Reaves 2.8 min

LAC

LA Clippers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

James Harden · Kawhi Leonard · Kris Dunn · Ivica Zubac · John Collins Starter 17.7 min
Nicolas Batum · James Harden · John Collins · Kobe Brown · Kobe Sanders 6.9 min
Chris Paul · Nicolas Batum · Kawhi Leonard · Ivica Zubac · Kobe Brown 5.8 min
James Harden · Kris Dunn · Ivica Zubac · John Collins · Kobe Sanders 4.5 min
Chris Paul · Nicolas Batum · Kawhi Leonard · Kris Dunn · Ivica Zubac 2.5 min

Who guarded whom

Based on stats.nba.com matchup data. Points and shooting are always the offensive player's.

Lakers defense

Kawhi Leonard 12 pts (4/5) in 49 possessions

Guarded by: LeBron James (29 %, 2 pts) · Luka Dončić (22 %, 6 pts) · Rui Hachimura (13 %, 0 pts)
James Harden 16 pts (7/16) in 68 possessions

Guarded by: Luka Dončić (36 %, 7 pts) · Marcus Smart (13 %, 2 pts) · Rui Hachimura (12 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Luka Dončić	James Harden: 24 poss., 7 pts (3/7) · Kris Dunn: 12 poss., 5 pts (1/2)
Austin Reaves	Kris Dunn: 27 poss., 10 pts (4/5) · Nicolas Batum: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Rui Hachimura	John Collins: 24 poss., 9 pts (4/5) · James Harden: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
LeBron James	Kawhi Leonard: 14 poss., 2 pts (0/1) · John Collins: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Jaxson Hayes	Ivica Zubac: 32 poss., 4 pts (1/2) · John Collins: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Marcus Smart	James Harden: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Nicolas Batum: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Gabe Vincent	John Collins: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Chris Paul: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jake LaRavia	Nicolas Batum: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kobe Brown: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Maxi Kleber	Ivica Zubac: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · James Harden: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Adou Thiero	Jahmyl Telfort: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kobe Sanders: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Bronny James	Cam Christie: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Yanic Konan Niederhäuser: 0 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Dalton Knecht	Kobe Brown: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kobe Sanders: 0 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Drew Timme	Yanic Konan Niederhäuser: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Kobe Sanders: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Clippers defense

Luka Dončić 20 pts (7/10) in 76 possessions

Guarded by: Kris Dunn (29 %, 7 pts) · Kobe Sanders (14 %, 2 pts) · Kawhi Leonard (11 %, 4 pts)
LeBron James 17 pts (7/12) in 63 possessions

Guarded by: John Collins (21 %, 3 pts) · Kobe Brown (18 %, 4 pts) · Kawhi Leonard (14 %, 2 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
James Harden	Marcus Smart: 24 poss., 10 pts (2/5) · Austin Reaves: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/3)
Ivica Zubac	Jaxson Hayes: 34 poss., 6 pts (3/5) · Maxi Kleber: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
John Collins	Rui Hachimura: 18 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · LeBron James: 13 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Kris Dunn	Luka Dončić: 22 poss., 7 pts (3/4) · Austin Reaves: 13 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Kawhi Leonard	Rui Hachimura: 11 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Luka Dončić: 9 poss., 4 pts (0/0)
Kobe Brown	LeBron James: 12 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · Gabe Vincent: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Nicolas Batum	Austin Reaves: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Jake LaRavia: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Kobe Sanders	Luka Dončić: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Rui Hachimura: 6 poss., 2 pts (0/0)
Chris Paul	Gabe Vincent: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Austin Reaves: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Cam Christie	Bronny James: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Adou Thiero: 1 poss., 1 pts (0/0)
Jahmyl Telfort	Maxi Kleber: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Rui Hachimura: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Yanic Konan Niederhäuser	Drew Timme: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Luka Dončić: 0 poss., 0 pts (0/0)