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Brooklyn Nets vs. LA Clippers

January 9, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Clippers beat the Nets 121-105 on 2026-01-09 on the road against the Nets. The Nets started Michael Porter Jr., Terance Mann, Nic Claxton, Noah Clowney, and Egor Dëmin. The Clippers started James Harden, Kawhi Leonard, Kris Dunn, Ivica Zubac, and John Collins. Kawhi Leonard (Clippers) scored 12 points (6/9) in his matchups, with Michael Porter Jr. as his primary defender. Cam Thomas (Nets) scored 12 points (4/7) in his matchups, with Kobe Sanders as his primary defender.

Box score

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

BKN
Brooklyn Nets
Brooklyn Nets 105

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Michael Porter Jr. GS 33:26 18 5 6 4 1 2 1 7-20 0-9 4-4 -9
Nic Claxton GS 30:57 13 6 4 1 0 2 3 5-9 1-1 2-2 -15
Noah Clowney GS 30:05 12 3 2 0 0 1 2 4-13 3-9 1-2 -13
Egor Dëmin GS 26:26 19 3 3 3 0 1 2 6-13 5-10 2-2 -7
Terance Mann GS 23:43 8 3 4 3 0 0 1 4-8 0-2 0-0 -8
Cam Thomas 21:51 13 1 1 0 0 4 3 5-13 2-5 1-1 -12
Nolan Traore 21:34 5 2 3 0 0 1 1 2-7 1-1 0-0 -9
Danny Wolf 17:55 11 6 1 1 1 0 2 4-8 3-5 0-0 -3
Day'Ron Sharpe 17:03 6 9 1 0 0 1 3 3-6 0-2 0-0 -1
Drake Powell 14:34 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0-2 0-2 0-0 -7
Jalen Wilson 2:26 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0-1 0-1 0-0 +4
Totals 105 39 26 12 4 12 18 40-100 15-47 10-11

Did not play: Tyrese Martin (DNP - Coach's Decision), Ziaire Williams (DNP - Coach's Decision)

LAC
LA Clippers
LA Clippers 121

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
James Harden GS 34:31 31 4 6 1 2 6 1 10-13 3-4 8-8 +9
Kawhi Leonard GS 28:22 26 5 5 3 1 2 0 9-15 4-7 4-4 +19
John Collins GS 26:14 16 4 0 0 3 1 4 7-9 2-2 0-0 +12
Ivica Zubac GS 24:55 5 6 4 1 0 4 2 1-5 0-0 3-4 +11
Kris Dunn GS 22:11 9 1 5 1 0 1 1 4-6 1-2 0-0 +9
Jordan Miller 27:09 21 5 0 0 0 0 0 9-13 3-4 0-0 +10
Kobe Sanders 25:49 5 4 4 1 0 0 3 2-7 0-1 1-2 +7
Nicolas Batum 22:52 5 2 1 0 0 1 0 2-3 1-2 0-0 +6
Brook Lopez 20:39 3 5 3 2 2 0 2 1-3 0-2 1-1 +9
Kobe Brown 2:26 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-2 0-0 0-0 -4
Yanic Konan Niederhäuser 2:26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 -4
Cam Christie 2:26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 -4
Totals 121 37 28 9 8 15 13 45-76 14-24 17-19

Lineups

BKN
Brooklyn Nets
Brooklyn Nets

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.

Nets defense

Defender Guarded most
Michael Porter Jr. James Harden: 19 poss., 2 pts (1/4) · Kawhi Leonard: 17 poss., 4 pts (2/4)
Nic Claxton Ivica Zubac: 28 poss., 9 pts (3/4) · Brook Lopez: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Noah Clowney John Collins: 28 poss., 6 pts (2/8) · Kawhi Leonard: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Egor Dëmin Kris Dunn: 30 poss., 8 pts (3/6) · James Harden: 5 poss., 6 pts (2/2)
Terance Mann James Harden: 21 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jordan Miller: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Cam Thomas Kobe Sanders: 19 poss., 8 pts (3/5) · Nicolas Batum: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Nolan Traore Jordan Miller: 18 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Kobe Sanders: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Danny Wolf Nicolas Batum: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kawhi Leonard: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Day'Ron Sharpe Brook Lopez: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Yanic Konan Niederhäuser: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Drake Powell Nicolas Batum: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · James Harden: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jalen Wilson Kobe Sanders: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kobe Brown: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Clippers defense

Defender Guarded most
James Harden Terance Mann: 25 poss., 6 pts (3/4) · Egor Dëmin: 8 poss., 5 pts (1/1)
Kawhi Leonard Noah Clowney: 20 poss., 8 pts (3/5) · Michael Porter Jr.: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jordan Miller Nolan Traore: 19 poss., 7 pts (3/5) · Noah Clowney: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kobe Sanders Cam Thomas: 20 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Nolan Traore: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Ivica Zubac Nic Claxton: 26 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Michael Porter Jr.: 7 poss., 1 pts (0/3)
John Collins Michael Porter Jr.: 19 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Noah Clowney: 12 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
Nicolas Batum Danny Wolf: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Cam Thomas: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Kris Dunn Egor Dëmin: 23 poss., 7 pts (3/5) · Michael Porter Jr.: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Brook Lopez Day'Ron Sharpe: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Nic Claxton: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Yanic Konan Niederhäuser Day'Ron Sharpe: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Danny Wolf: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Cam Christie Drake Powell: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Danny Wolf: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kobe Brown Jalen Wilson: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Danny Wolf: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/1)