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Los Angeles Lakers vs. LA Clippers

February 20, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Lakers beat the Clippers 125-122 on 2026-02-20 at home. The Lakers started LeBron James, Marcus Smart, Deandre Ayton, Luka Dončić, and Austin Reaves. The Clippers started Brook Lopez, Kawhi Leonard, Kris Dunn, Derrick Jones Jr., and John Collins. Kawhi Leonard (Clippers) scored 6 points (3/6) in his matchups, with Marcus Smart as his primary defender. Luka Dončić (Lakers) scored 18 points (7/12) in his matchups, with Derrick Jones Jr. as his primary defender.

Box score

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

LAL

Los Angeles Lakers 125

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Luka Dončić GS	37:53	38	6	11	3	1	2	3	11-25	8-14	8-11	+6
LeBron James GS	33:04	13	3	11	1	0	3	3	5-13	1-3	2-2	-7
Austin Reaves GS	32:43	29	6	2	2	0	3	1	9-15	4-5	7-7	0
Marcus Smart GS	29:29	7	2	0	1	1	1	4	3-4	1-2	0-2	+1
Deandre Ayton GS	27:32	13	7	1	0	1	1	2	5-10	0-0	3-3	-2
Rui Hachimura	25:58	3	2	2	1	0	0	1	1-4	1-3	0-0	+9
Luke Kennard	17:59	9	2	1	0	0	2	3	4-6	1-3	0-0	+2
Jake LaRavia	14:03	3	1	1	0	0	0	4	1-1	1-1	0-0	+1
Jaxson Hayes	11:29	8	3	0	0	1	0	1	4-5	0-0	0-0	+1
Jarred Vanderbilt	9:50	2	0	2	0	0	0	2	1-2	0-0	0-0	+4
Totals		125	32	31	8	4	12	24	44-85	17-31	20-25

Did not play: Kobe Bufkin (DNP - Coach's Decision), Maxi Kleber (DNP - Coach's Decision), Dalton Knecht (DNP - Coach's Decision)

LAC

LA Clippers 122

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Derrick Jones Jr. GS	38:35	13	8	2	1	2	1	2	6-10	1-3	0-1	+1
Kris Dunn GS	34:53	8	5	8	0	0	2	5	4-4	0-0	0-0	-2
Brook Lopez GS	34:33	16	10	1	2	3	0	2	7-12	1-3	1-1	0
Kawhi Leonard GS	30:53	31	4	5	0	0	5	0	11-19	4-6	5-5	+4
John Collins GS	16:14	12	1	0	1	0	2	0	5-8	1-2	1-2	-2
Bennedict Mathurin	31:40	26	7	2	0	0	3	6	7-16	1-4	11-14	-2
Jordan Miller	24:44	10	1	4	1	0	1	2	3-8	0-1	4-4	-2
Nicolas Batum	15:20	0	3	2	1	0	0	0	0-2	0-2	0-0	-9
Yanic Konan Niederhäuser	13:08	6	3	1	1	0	2	3	2-3	0-0	2-2	-3
Totals		122	42	25	7	5	16	20	45-82	8-21	24-29

Did not play: Bogdan Bogdanović (DNP - Coach's Decision), Cam Christie (DNP - Coach's Decision), Isaiah Jackson (DNP - Coach's Decision), Kobe Sanders (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

LAL

Los Angeles Lakers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

LeBron James · Marcus Smart · Deandre Ayton · Luka Dončić · Austin Reaves Starter 18.0 min
Luke Kennard · Luka Dončić · Rui Hachimura · Jaxson Hayes · Jake LaRavia 6.0 min
LeBron James · Marcus Smart · Jarred Vanderbilt · Rui Hachimura · Austin Reaves 4.7 min
Luke Kennard · Deandre Ayton · Luka Dončić · Rui Hachimura · Jake LaRavia 2.9 min
Luka Dončić · Rui Hachimura · Jaxson Hayes · Austin Reaves · Jake LaRavia 2.2 min

LAC

LA Clippers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Brook Lopez · Kawhi Leonard · Kris Dunn · Derrick Jones Jr. · John Collins Starter 10.1 min
Brook Lopez · Kawhi Leonard · Kris Dunn · Derrick Jones Jr. · Bennedict Mathurin 8.3 min
Nicolas Batum · Kris Dunn · Bennedict Mathurin · Jordan Miller · Yanic Konan Niederhäuser 4.9 min
Brook Lopez · Kawhi Leonard · Derrick Jones Jr. · Bennedict Mathurin · Jordan Miller 3.4 min
Nicolas Batum · Kawhi Leonard · Bennedict Mathurin · Jordan Miller · Yanic Konan Niederhäuser 3.4 min

Who guarded whom

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

Lakers defense

Kawhi Leonard 6 pts (3/6) in 65 possessions

Guarded by: Marcus Smart (22 %, 0 pts) · LeBron James (17 %, 2 pts) · Rui Hachimura (13 %, 0 pts)
Bennedict Mathurin 19 pts (7/8) in 67 possessions

Guarded by: Marcus Smart (22 %, 5 pts) · LeBron James (17 %, 0 pts) · Jake LaRavia (14 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Luka Dončić	Kris Dunn: 37 poss., 20 pts (6/11) · Derrick Jones Jr.: 18 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Austin Reaves	Derrick Jones Jr.: 27 poss., 9 pts (3/5) · Kris Dunn: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
LeBron James	Kawhi Leonard: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Bennedict Mathurin: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Marcus Smart	Jordan Miller: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Bennedict Mathurin: 15 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
Deandre Ayton	Brook Lopez: 30 poss., 3 pts (1/4) · Kawhi Leonard: 7 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Rui Hachimura	Nicolas Batum: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kawhi Leonard: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Luke Kennard	Jordan Miller: 16 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Derrick Jones Jr.: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Jake LaRavia	Bennedict Mathurin: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kawhi Leonard: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jaxson Hayes	Brook Lopez: 10 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Bennedict Mathurin: 4 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Jarred Vanderbilt	Yanic Konan Niederhäuser: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Kawhi Leonard: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Clippers defense

Luka Dončić 18 pts (7/12) in 78 possessions

Guarded by: Derrick Jones Jr. (25 %, 0 pts) · Kris Dunn (20 %, 0 pts) · Brook Lopez (13 %, 10 pts)
LeBron James 8 pts (4/5) in 69 possessions

Guarded by: Derrick Jones Jr. (14 %, 2 pts) · Bennedict Mathurin (14 %, 0 pts) · John Collins (14 %, 4 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Derrick Jones Jr.	Luka Dončić: 19 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Austin Reaves: 14 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Brook Lopez	Deandre Ayton: 32 poss., 6 pts (3/5) · Luka Dončić: 10 poss., 10 pts (4/5)
Bennedict Mathurin	Marcus Smart: 13 poss., 5 pts (1/4) · LeBron James: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Kris Dunn	Austin Reaves: 17 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Luka Dončić: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kawhi Leonard	Marcus Smart: 21 poss., 8 pts (3/6) · Jake LaRavia: 8 poss., 6 pts (2/3)
Jordan Miller	Luke Kennard: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Austin Reaves: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Nicolas Batum	LeBron James: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Luka Dončić: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
John Collins	LeBron James: 10 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Luka Dončić: 6 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Yanic Konan Niederhäuser	LeBron James: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jarred Vanderbilt: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/1)