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Oklahoma City Thunder vs. LA Clippers

December 18, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Thunder beat the Clippers 122-101 on 2025-12-18 at home. The Thunder started Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Luguentz Dort, Chet Holmgren, Jalen Williams, and Cason Wallace. The Clippers started Kawhi Leonard, Bogdan Bogdanović, Kris Dunn, Ivica Zubac, and John Collins. Kawhi Leonard (Clippers) scored 9 points (4/7) in his matchups, with Jalen Williams as his primary defender. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (Thunder) scored 10 points (4/9) in his matchups, with Kris Dunn as his primary defender.

Box score

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

OKC

Oklahoma City Thunder 122

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Chet Holmgren GS	30:31	22	7	2	1	0	1	3	8-13	3-5	3-3	+8
Cason Wallace GS	29:11	5	1	4	5	0	0	4	1-8	1-6	2-2	-3
Jalen Williams GS	28:43	20	1	5	2	0	1	1	8-14	2-2	2-2	+4
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander GS	28:41	32	7	6	2	2	1	3	13-24	2-6	4-6	+10
Luguentz Dort GS	18:04	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0-6	0-5	0-0	-8
Ajay Mitchell	28:35	16	7	5	2	0	1	3	7-15	1-3	1-1	+25
Aaron Wiggins	22:37	5	4	0	0	1	0	0	2-7	0-2	1-2	+8
Isaiah Joe	22:14	14	4	2	2	0	2	2	5-7	4-6	0-0	+14
Branden Carlson	15:59	4	4	0	0	1	1	1	2-3	0-0	0-0	+21
Alex Caruso	15:25	4	2	3	4	0	0	1	2-4	0-1	0-0	+26
Totals		122	38	28	18	4	8	19	48-101	13-36	13-16

Did not play: Ousmane Dieng (DNP - Coach's Decision), Kenrich Williams (DNP - Coach's Decision), Chris Youngblood (DNP - Coach's Decision)

LAC

LA Clippers 101

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Kawhi Leonard GS	32:09	22	8	6	1	0	3	0	9-17	0-5	4-4	-24
Ivica Zubac GS	31:41	11	11	3	0	2	2	1	3-7	0-0	5-6	-14
Kris Dunn GS	31:22	14	5	4	0	1	6	5	5-8	3-6	1-2	+1
John Collins GS	28:26	20	4	2	1	0	2	2	7-13	1-4	5-6	+1
Bogdan Bogdanović GS	24:26	14	2	1	0	0	2	5	6-12	2-6	0-0	+1
Kobe Sanders	29:39	5	4	4	2	1	6	1	2-5	1-3	0-0	-13
Jordan Miller	20:23	3	6	3	0	1	4	0	1-5	0-2	1-2	-16
Nicolas Batum	19:49	6	2	0	2	1	1	2	2-5	2-5	0-0	-28
Brook Lopez	15:14	6	5	2	0	1	1	1	2-4	1-1	1-2	-5
RayJ Dennis	3:32	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-3
Kobe Brown	3:19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-5
Totals		101	49	25	6	7	28	17	37-76	10-32	17-22

Did not play: Cam Christie (DND - Injury/Illness)

Lineups

OKC

Oklahoma City Thunder

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander · Luguentz Dort · Chet Holmgren · Jalen Williams · Cason Wallace Starter 11.9 min
Aaron Wiggins · Chet Holmgren · Jalen Williams · Cason Wallace · Ajay Mitchell 7.3 min
Alex Caruso · Shai Gilgeous-Alexander · Isaiah Joe · Ajay Mitchell · Branden Carlson 7.1 min
Isaiah Joe · Aaron Wiggins · Cason Wallace · Ajay Mitchell · Branden Carlson 4.7 min
Alex Caruso · Aaron Wiggins · Chet Holmgren · Jalen Williams · Ajay Mitchell 4.6 min

LAC

LA Clippers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Kawhi Leonard · Bogdan Bogdanović · Kris Dunn · Ivica Zubac · John Collins Starter 10.7 min
Kawhi Leonard · Kris Dunn · Ivica Zubac · John Collins · Kobe Sanders 9.3 min
Brook Lopez · Nicolas Batum · Bogdan Bogdanović · Jordan Miller · Kobe Sanders 4.4 min
Nicolas Batum · Bogdan Bogdanović · Kris Dunn · Ivica Zubac · Jordan Miller 3.9 min
Brook Lopez · Kobe Brown · Jordan Miller · RayJ Dennis · Kobe Sanders 3.3 min

Who guarded whom

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

Thunder defense

Kawhi Leonard 9 pts (4/7) in 71 possessions

Guarded by: Jalen Williams (26 %, 3 pts) · Luguentz Dort (14 %, 0 pts) · Isaiah Joe (12 %, 0 pts)
John Collins 14 pts (5/17) in 56 possessions

Guarded by: Luguentz Dort (23 %, 0 pts) · Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (16 %, 4 pts) · Jalen Williams (13 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	Kris Dunn: 21 poss., 4 pts (2/4) · Kobe Sanders: 16 poss., 7 pts (3/5)
Chet Holmgren	Ivica Zubac: 29 poss., 7 pts (3/6) · Brook Lopez: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Ajay Mitchell	Kris Dunn: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Nicolas Batum: 11 poss., 6 pts (2/5)
Cason Wallace	Bogdan Bogdanović: 16 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Kobe Sanders: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jalen Williams	Kawhi Leonard: 19 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · John Collins: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Isaiah Joe	Jordan Miller: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Bogdan Bogdanović: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Luguentz Dort	John Collins: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/4) · Kawhi Leonard: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Aaron Wiggins	Nicolas Batum: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jordan Miller: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Branden Carlson	Ivica Zubac: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jordan Miller: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Alex Caruso	Kawhi Leonard: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Nicolas Batum: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)

Clippers defense

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 10 pts (4/9) in 62 possessions

Guarded by: Kris Dunn (31 %, 5 pts) · John Collins (16 %, 0 pts) · Kobe Sanders (15 %, 0 pts)
Jalen Williams 10 pts (4/8) in 59 possessions

Guarded by: John Collins (36 %, 7 pts) · Kawhi Leonard (12 %, 0 pts) · Ivica Zubac (9 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Kawhi Leonard	Alex Caruso: 24 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Luguentz Dort: 22 poss., 6 pts (3/5)
Ivica Zubac	Chet Holmgren: 31 poss., 6 pts (2/2) · Branden Carlson: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Kobe Sanders	Ajay Mitchell: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Isaiah Joe: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kris Dunn	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 19 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Ajay Mitchell: 16 poss., 7 pts (2/2)
John Collins	Jalen Williams: 22 poss., 7 pts (3/3) · Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Bogdan Bogdanović	Cason Wallace: 20 poss., 6 pts (3/4) · Isaiah Joe: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jordan Miller	Isaiah Joe: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Aaron Wiggins: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Nicolas Batum	Ajay Mitchell: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Aaron Wiggins: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Brook Lopez	Chet Holmgren: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Branden Carlson: 6 poss., 4 pts (1/2)
RayJ Dennis	Cason Wallace: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Isaiah Joe: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kobe Brown	Branden Carlson: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Isaiah Joe: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)