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Portland Trail Blazers vs. LA Clippers

December 26, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Clippers beat the Trail Blazers 119-103 on 2025-12-26 on the road against the Trail Blazers. The Trail Blazers started Deni Avdija, Shaedon Sharpe, Kris Murray, Toumani Camara, and Donovan Clingan. The Clippers started Brook Lopez, James Harden, Kawhi Leonard, Kris Dunn, and John Collins. Kawhi Leonard (Clippers) scored 21 points (8/14) in his matchups, with Toumani Camara as his primary defender. Shaedon Sharpe (Trail Blazers) scored 4 points (2/6) in his matchups, with Kris Dunn as his primary defender.

Box score

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

POR
Portland Trail Blazers
Portland Trail Blazers 103

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Deni Avdija GS 39:19 29 9 9 0 1 7 3 10-18 2-7 7-8 -22
Toumani Camara GS 39:12 20 3 0 0 0 2 3 6-16 5-11 3-6 -18
Shaedon Sharpe GS 32:13 16 4 2 1 0 1 0 7-19 2-6 0-0 +1
Kris Murray GS 29:50 4 7 3 4 0 3 2 2-4 0-2 0-0 +5
Donovan Clingan GS 24:41 10 8 4 0 0 1 3 3-5 3-3 1-2 +5
Caleb Love 25:15 14 0 2 0 0 1 2 5-10 3-7 1-2 -17
Robert Williams III 19:37 4 12 1 0 1 0 2 1-4 0-0 2-2 -19
Sidy Cissoko 15:59 1 0 2 1 0 0 4 0-2 0-2 1-2 -10
Rayan Rupert 13:11 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 2-2 1-1 0-0 -5
Duop Reath 0:43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0
Totals 103 43 23 6 2 15 20 36-80 16-39 15-22

Did not play: Jerami Grant (DND - Injury/Illness), Damian Lillard (DND - Injury/Illness), Matisse Thybulle (DND - Injury/Illness), Blake Wesley (DND - Injury/Illness), Hansen Yang (DNP - Coach's Decision)

LAC
LA Clippers
LA Clippers 119

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Kawhi Leonard GS 41:02 28 8 6 3 1 4 1 7-20 2-7 12-12 +17
James Harden GS 38:56 34 2 6 0 0 3 1 10-17 3-9 11-12 +12
Kris Dunn GS 33:26 7 3 4 2 0 1 1 3-5 1-2 0-0 +4
Brook Lopez GS 33:15 31 5 1 0 2 1 2 9-16 9-14 4-4 +4
John Collins GS 18:49 8 3 1 0 0 2 4 2-3 2-3 2-2 -16
Nicolas Batum 30:06 3 2 1 1 0 0 2 1-3 1-2 0-0 +32
Kobe Sanders 16:03 5 4 1 0 0 0 2 2-2 1-1 0-0 +12
Jordan Miller 13:39 3 3 1 0 0 0 1 1-1 1-1 0-0 +12
Yanic Konan Niederhäuser 12:25 0 2 0 0 2 1 4 0-1 0-0 0-1 +4
Bogdan Bogdanović 1:36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-1 0-1 0-0 -1
Cam Christie 0:43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0
Totals 119 32 21 6 5 12 18 35-69 20-40 29-31

Did not play: Kobe Brown (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

POR
Portland Trail Blazers
Portland Trail Blazers

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.

Trail Blazers defense

Defender Guarded most
Deni Avdija James Harden: 21 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Kris Dunn: 13 poss., 4 pts (1/2)
Toumani Camara Kawhi Leonard: 23 poss., 9 pts (3/5) · James Harden: 21 poss., 0 pts (0/3)
Shaedon Sharpe Kris Dunn: 18 poss., 0 pts (0/4) · Kawhi Leonard: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Kris Murray Kawhi Leonard: 15 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · Nicolas Batum: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Donovan Clingan Brook Lopez: 25 poss., 9 pts (3/4) · Yanic Konan Niederhäuser: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Caleb Love Kris Dunn: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Kawhi Leonard: 7 poss., 5 pts (2/3)
Robert Williams III Brook Lopez: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Yanic Konan Niederhäuser: 9 poss., 2 pts (0/0)
Sidy Cissoko Nicolas Batum: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · James Harden: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Rayan Rupert Jordan Miller: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Nicolas Batum: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Duop Reath Nicolas Batum: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · James Harden: 0 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Clippers defense

Defender Guarded most
Kawhi Leonard Kris Murray: 33 poss., 4 pts (2/4) · Toumani Camara: 17 poss., 6 pts (1/3)
James Harden Toumani Camara: 39 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Shaedon Sharpe: 8 poss., 4 pts (2/3)
Brook Lopez Donovan Clingan: 22 poss., 11 pts (3/7) · Robert Williams III: 13 poss., 6 pts (2/3)
Kris Dunn Shaedon Sharpe: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Caleb Love: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Nicolas Batum Deni Avdija: 20 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Shaedon Sharpe: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
John Collins Deni Avdija: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Donovan Clingan: 7 poss., 5 pts (1/1)
Kobe Sanders Shaedon Sharpe: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Caleb Love: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jordan Miller Caleb Love: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Shaedon Sharpe: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Yanic Konan Niederhäuser Robert Williams III: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Donovan Clingan: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Bogdan Bogdanović Caleb Love: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Toumani Camara: 0 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Cam Christie