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Detroit Pistons vs. LA Clippers

January 10, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Clippers beat the Pistons 98-92 on 2026-01-10 on the road against the Pistons. The Pistons started Duncan Robinson, Javonte Green, Paul Reed, Jaden Ivey, and Ausar Thompson. The Clippers started James Harden, Kawhi Leonard, Kris Dunn, Ivica Zubac, and John Collins. Kawhi Leonard (Clippers) scored 22 points (9/11) in his matchups, with Duncan Robinson as his primary defender. Daniss Jenkins (Pistons) scored 18 points (7/9) in his matchups, with Kris Dunn as his primary defender.

Box score

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

DET
Detroit Pistons
Detroit Pistons 92

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Ausar Thompson GS 34:04 6 3 6 2 3 1 5 3-6 0-0 0-0 -21
Javonte Green GS 32:42 7 7 0 4 2 3 5 2-6 1-5 2-2 -5
Duncan Robinson GS 28:07 20 2 1 0 0 3 2 7-10 5-7 1-2 +1
Paul Reed GS 21:53 8 7 3 5 2 5 5 3-6 0-1 2-6 -6
Jaden Ivey GS 20:20 8 3 0 0 0 1 1 4-12 0-5 0-0 -2
Tolu Smith 26:07 9 14 1 1 4 2 3 1-7 0-0 7-8 0
Ronald Holland II 25:19 16 6 1 1 1 2 0 6-15 1-7 3-3 +8
Caris LeVert 23:11 8 1 4 2 1 2 3 4-9 0-3 0-0 +4
Daniss Jenkins 21:18 10 4 2 2 0 5 1 3-8 1-3 3-4 -9
Marcus Sasser 6:59 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 0-4 0-4 0-0 0
Totals 92 47 21 18 13 24 26 33-83 8-35 18-25

Did not play: Isaac Jones (DNP - Coach's Decision), Bobi Klintman (DNP - Coach's Decision), Chaz Lanier (DNP - Coach's Decision)

LAC
LA Clippers
LA Clippers 98

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Kris Dunn GS 38:25 2 1 6 4 0 2 2 1-3 0-1 0-0 +6
James Harden GS 37:26 19 7 7 3 0 5 1 4-20 1-7 10-11 -1
John Collins GS 37:17 25 7 1 4 4 2 3 9-14 5-8 2-4 +19
Ivica Zubac GS 31:30 17 6 1 1 2 4 3 6-9 0-0 5-8 +18
Kawhi Leonard GS 30:54 26 8 1 4 0 3 1 8-13 4-7 6-9 +12
Jordan Miller 27:40 9 1 1 1 0 2 1 3-8 1-3 2-4 +1
Nicolas Batum 14:24 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 -12
Brook Lopez 12:11 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 0-4 0-4 0-0 -6
Kobe Sanders 10:13 0 3 0 0 0 3 1 0-1 0-1 0-0 -7
Totals 98 37 17 18 6 21 17 31-72 11-31 25-36

Did not play: Kobe Brown (DNP - Coach's Decision), Cam Christie (DNP - Coach's Decision), Yanic Konan Niederhäuser (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

DET
Detroit Pistons
Detroit Pistons

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.

Pistons defense

Defender Guarded most
Javonte Green John Collins: 25 poss., 4 pts (1/2) · Kris Dunn: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Ausar Thompson James Harden: 21 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Kawhi Leonard: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Duncan Robinson Kris Dunn: 21 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Kawhi Leonard: 11 poss., 11 pts (4/4)
Tolu Smith Ivica Zubac: 15 poss., 2 pts (0/0) · Brook Lopez: 13 poss., 1 pts (0/1)
Ronald Holland II James Harden: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · John Collins: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/3)
Caris LeVert Jordan Miller: 11 poss., 6 pts (3/4) · James Harden: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Paul Reed Ivica Zubac: 24 poss., 7 pts (3/6) · John Collins: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Daniss Jenkins Kris Dunn: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jordan Miller: 8 poss., 5 pts (2/5)
Jaden Ivey Kris Dunn: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Kawhi Leonard: 9 poss., 4 pts (2/3)
Marcus Sasser Jordan Miller: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Kawhi Leonard: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Clippers defense

Defender Guarded most
James Harden Jaden Ivey: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Ausar Thompson: 14 poss., 4 pts (1/2)
Kris Dunn Duncan Robinson: 26 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Javonte Green: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
John Collins Javonte Green: 24 poss., 2 pts (0/0) · Ausar Thompson: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Kawhi Leonard Ausar Thompson: 22 poss., 12 pts (3/4) · Javonte Green: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Ivica Zubac Paul Reed: 26 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Tolu Smith: 18 poss., 1 pts (0/0)
Jordan Miller Caris LeVert: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Ronald Holland II: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Nicolas Batum Caris LeVert: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Daniss Jenkins: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Brook Lopez Tolu Smith: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Paul Reed: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Kobe Sanders Daniss Jenkins: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Ronald Holland II: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1)