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Denver Nuggets vs. LA Clippers

January 30, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Nuggets beat the Clippers 122-109 on 2026-01-30 at home. The Nuggets started Nikola Jokić, Jamal Murray, Jalen Pickett, Peyton Watson, and Spencer Jones. The Clippers started James Harden, Kawhi Leonard, Kris Dunn, Ivica Zubac, and John Collins. Kawhi Leonard (Clippers) scored 9 points (4/8) in his matchups, with Spencer Jones as his primary defender. Nikola Jokić (Nuggets) scored 7 points (3/7) in his matchups, with Ivica Zubac as his primary defender.

Box score

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

DEN

Denver Nuggets 122

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jamal Murray GS	35:52	20	4	9	1	0	3	1	7-10	4-5	2-2	+25
Peyton Watson GS	35:18	21	4	3	0	0	3	1	9-17	2-5	1-2	+22
Spencer Jones GS	35:08	4	6	1	1	1	0	3	1-4	1-1	1-2	+3
Nikola Jokić GS	24:32	31	12	5	3	0	1	3	8-11	2-3	13-17	+11
Jalen Pickett GS	14:11	0	3	3	0	0	0	1	0-4	0-4	0-0	-8
Bruce Brown	26:20	6	2	3	1	0	2	4	1-3	1-2	3-3	+17
Tim Hardaway Jr.	24:37	22	2	0	0	0	0	1	6-9	5-7	5-5	+10
Jonas Valančiūnas	21:28	11	6	2	0	2	2	2	5-11	0-0	1-1	+5
Julian Strawther	16:34	3	3	3	1	1	0	1	1-2	1-1	0-0	-11
Hunter Tyson	2:00	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-3
Zeke Nnaji	2:00	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	-3
DaRon Holmes II	2:00	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1-1	0-0	0-0	-3
Totals		122	43	30	7	4	12	18	40-73	16-28	26-32

LAC

LA Clippers 109

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
James Harden GS	33:55	25	5	9	0	1	4	2	8-17	4-10	5-5	-17
John Collins GS	31:11	18	6	4	1	1	0	4	7-11	4-7	0-1	-15
Kawhi Leonard GS	31:08	21	3	6	2	0	2	2	8-18	1-4	4-5	-4
Ivica Zubac GS	29:41	13	7	2	0	0	2	3	6-10	0-0	1-2	-6
Kris Dunn GS	25:28	5	2	5	0	0	0	3	2-9	1-6	0-0	-5
Kobe Sanders	22:32	8	2	2	0	0	0	1	3-7	2-5	0-0	-8
Nicolas Batum	21:50	6	3	1	1	0	0	0	2-6	2-6	0-0	-2
Jordan Miller	18:40	7	3	0	1	0	0	2	3-6	0-2	1-3	-5
Brook Lopez	16:19	0	3	0	2	1	1	4	0-0	0-0	0-0	-10
Cam Christie	3:38	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	1-1	+2
Kobe Brown	3:38	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	3-4	+2
Yanic Konan Niederhäuser	2:00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	+3
Totals		109	34	29	7	3	9	21	40-86	14-40	15-21

Lineups

DEN

Denver Nuggets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Nikola Jokić · Jamal Murray · Jalen Pickett · Peyton Watson · Spencer Jones Starter 12.2 min
Jonas Valanciunas · Tim Hardaway Jr. · Bruce Brown · Julian Strawther · Spencer Jones 8.7 min
Nikola Jokić · Jamal Murray · Bruce Brown · Peyton Watson · Spencer Jones 7.2 min
Jonas Valanciunas · Tim Hardaway Jr. · Jamal Murray · Bruce Brown · Peyton Watson 7.0 min
Jonas Valanciunas · Tim Hardaway Jr. · Jamal Murray · Julian Strawther · Peyton Watson 2.9 min

LAC

LA Clippers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

James Harden · Kawhi Leonard · Kris Dunn · Ivica Zubac · John Collins Starter 15.7 min
Brook Lopez · Nicolas Batum · Kawhi Leonard · Jordan Miller · Kobe Sanders 9.4 min
Nicolas Batum · James Harden · Kris Dunn · Ivica Zubac · John Collins 6.9 min
Brook Lopez · James Harden · John Collins · Jordan Miller · Kobe Sanders 3.0 min
Kobe Brown · Jordan Miller · Cam Christie · Kobe Sanders · Yanic Konan Niederhäuser 2.0 min

Who guarded whom

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

Nuggets defense

Kawhi Leonard 9 pts (4/8) in 55 possessions

Guarded by: Spencer Jones (38 %, 0 pts) · Peyton Watson (11 %, 7 pts) · Jalen Pickett (11 %, 0 pts)
James Harden 15 pts (4/8) in 61 possessions

Guarded by: Spencer Jones (28 %, 4 pts) · Bruce Brown (14 %, 0 pts) · Peyton Watson (13 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Jamal Murray	Kris Dunn: 27 poss., 7 pts (2/3) · Kobe Sanders: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Spencer Jones	Kawhi Leonard: 21 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · James Harden: 17 poss., 4 pts (1/1)
Peyton Watson	John Collins: 25 poss., 4 pts (1/5) · James Harden: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Bruce Brown	Nicolas Batum: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · James Harden: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tim Hardaway Jr.	Kobe Sanders: 9 poss., 2 pts (0/1) · James Harden: 7 poss., 6 pts (2/2)
Nikola Jokić	Ivica Zubac: 24 poss., 13 pts (4/6) · James Harden: 6 poss., 2 pts (0/1)
Jonas Valanciunas	Brook Lopez: 18 poss., 7 pts (3/6) · Ivica Zubac: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Julian Strawther	Jordan Miller: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Nicolas Batum: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Jalen Pickett	John Collins: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Kawhi Leonard: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Hunter Tyson	Yanic Konan Niederhäuser: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Cam Christie: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Zeke Nnaji	Yanic Konan Niederhäuser: 3 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Kobe Brown: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
DaRon Holmes II	Kobe Brown: 3 poss., 2 pts (1/1)

Clippers defense

Nikola Jokić 7 pts (3/7) in 48 possessions

Guarded by: Ivica Zubac (65 %, 6 pts) · Kawhi Leonard (11 %, 1 pts) · Kris Dunn (7 %, 0 pts)
Jamal Murray 12 pts (4/12) in 70 possessions

Guarded by: Kris Dunn (31 %, 0 pts) · John Collins (17 %, 3 pts) · Kobe Sanders (14 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
James Harden	Peyton Watson: 35 poss., 5 pts (2/5) · Spencer Jones: 8 poss., 8 pts (2/2)
Kawhi Leonard	Spencer Jones: 33 poss., 12 pts (5/8) · Nikola Jokić: 5 poss., 1 pts (0/0)
John Collins	Tim Hardaway Jr.: 13 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Jalen Pickett: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Ivica Zubac	Nikola Jokić: 31 poss., 6 pts (3/5) · Jonas Valanciunas: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Kris Dunn	Jamal Murray: 22 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Peyton Watson: 6 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Kobe Sanders	Jamal Murray: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Julian Strawther: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Nicolas Batum	Bruce Brown: 12 poss., 6 pts (2/3) · Spencer Jones: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jordan Miller	Bruce Brown: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Tim Hardaway Jr.: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Brook Lopez	Jonas Valanciunas: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Peyton Watson: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Cam Christie	Hunter Tyson: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Spencer Jones: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kobe Brown	Zeke Nnaji: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Peyton Watson: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Yanic Konan Niederhäuser	DaRon Holmes II: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Zeke Nnaji: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)