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Los Angeles Lakers vs. LA Clippers

October 23, 2026 · 2026-27 season

The Lakers beat the Clippers 125-117 on 2026-10-23 at home. The Lakers started Luka Dončić, Matisse Thybulle, Ziaire Williams, Austin Reaves, and Walker Kessler. The Clippers started Kris Dunn, Derrick Jones Jr., Rui Hachimura, Darius Garland, and Isaiah Jackson. Darius Garland (Clippers) scored 22 points (8/12) in his matchups, with Ziaire Williams as his primary defender. Luka Dončić (Lakers) scored 10 points (4/8) in his matchups, with Derrick Jones Jr. as his primary defender.

Box score

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

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Los Angeles Lakers 125

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Austin Reaves GS 38:28 28 2 9 2 0 6 4 10-13 3-5 5-6 +14
Luka Dončić GS 37:05 23 6 7 0 1 11 2 8-21 2-8 5-7 +10
Walker Kessler GS 34:54 22 8 3 3 6 1 2 10-14 0-0 2-5 +18
Ziaire Williams GS 30:42 14 5 0 2 1 0 3 5-7 1-3 3-3 +9
Matisse Thybulle GS 23:55 13 1 2 2 1 0 2 5-8 3-6 0-0 +13
Quentin Grimes 30:34 13 8 4 1 0 2 2 3-6 3-5 4-4 +2
Sandro Mamukelashvili 23:41 7 5 2 0 0 0 4 3-4 1-2 0-0 -8
Collin Sexton 16:09 5 1 2 3 0 1 2 2-6 1-3 0-0 -9
Kevon Looney 4:33 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 -9
Totals 125 37 29 13 9 21 22 46-79 14-32 19-25

Did not play: Cameron Carr (Inactive - Injury/Illness), Jaden Hardy (DNP - Coach's Decision), Bronny James (DNP - Coach's Decision), Arthur Kaluma (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jake LaRavia (Inactive - Injury/Illness), Chris Mañon (Inactive - Coach's Decision), AK Okereke (DNP - Coach's Decision), Adou Thiero (Inactive - Injury/Illness), Jarred Vanderbilt (DNP - Coach's Decision)

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LA Clippers 117

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Darius Garland GS 36:34 26 0 6 1 0 9 2 9-19 4-10 4-5 -16
Derrick Jones Jr. GS 34:37 16 4 1 2 0 0 3 6-13 3-8 1-2 -13
Kris Dunn GS 33:33 7 5 5 2 0 3 4 3-6 1-3 0-0 -4
Rui Hachimura GS 33:16 16 6 1 2 0 2 1 5-14 3-6 3-4 -17
Isaiah Jackson GS 27:50 6 6 3 3 1 2 4 3-5 0-0 0-0 -7
Keaton Wagler 23:37 13 3 3 1 0 4 3 2-8 2-5 7-9 -4
Brook Lopez 19:50 22 4 0 0 3 2 2 8-9 2-2 4-5 +1
Kobe Sanders 19:06 5 3 5 1 0 2 1 2-4 1-3 0-0 +10
Gradey Dick 11:37 6 4 0 1 0 1 1 3-5 0-0 0-0 +10
Totals 117 35 24 13 4 25 21 41-83 16-37 19-25

Did not play: Bradley Beal (Inactive - Injury/Illness), Cam Christie (DNP - Coach's Decision), Brandon Ingram (Inactive - Injury/Illness), Nick Martinelli (DNP - Coach's Decision), Baba Miller (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jordan Miller (Inactive - Injury/Illness), Yanic Konan Niederhäuser (Inactive - Injury/Illness), Jalen Pickett (DNP - Coach's Decision), Max Strus (Inactive - Injury/Illness)

Lineups

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Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

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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.

Lakers defense

Defender Guarded most
Luka Dončić Kris Dunn: 28 poss., 1 pts (0/5) · Derrick Jones Jr.: 26 poss., 5 pts (2/5)
Austin Reaves Derrick Jones Jr.: 21 poss., 7 pts (3/4) · Kris Dunn: 16 poss., 3 pts (0/1)
Walker Kessler Isaiah Jackson: 28 poss., 4 pts (1/3) · Brook Lopez: 20 poss., 8 pts (4/5)
Quentin Grimes Darius Garland: 14 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Kobe Sanders: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Ziaire Williams Darius Garland: 35 poss., 9 pts (3/4) · Keaton Wagler: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Sandro Mamukelashvili Rui Hachimura: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Brook Lopez: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Matisse Thybulle Rui Hachimura: 26 poss., 10 pts (4/5) · Darius Garland: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Collin Sexton Keaton Wagler: 11 poss., 5 pts (2/4) · Kobe Sanders: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kevon Looney Brook Lopez: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Isaiah Jackson: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Clippers defense

Defender Guarded most
Darius Garland Ziaire Williams: 20 poss., 5 pts (2/7) · Quentin Grimes: 16 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Rui Hachimura Matisse Thybulle: 19 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Austin Reaves: 16 poss., 4 pts (1/2)
Derrick Jones Jr. Luka Dončić: 26 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Austin Reaves: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kris Dunn Austin Reaves: 16 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Quentin Grimes: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Isaiah Jackson Walker Kessler: 20 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · Ziaire Williams: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Keaton Wagler Collin Sexton: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Quentin Grimes: 7 poss., 2 pts (0/0)
Brook Lopez Walker Kessler: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Ziaire Williams: 9 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Kobe Sanders Austin Reaves: 10 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Quentin Grimes: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Gradey Dick Sandro Mamukelashvili: 4 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Collin Sexton: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)