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Golden State Warriors vs. LA Clippers

March 2, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Clippers beat the Warriors 114-101 on 2026-03-02 on the road against the Warriors. The Warriors started Al Horford, Draymond Green, De'Anthony Melton, Moses Moody, and Brandin Podziemski. The Clippers started Brook Lopez, Kawhi Leonard, Kris Dunn, Derrick Jones Jr., and Kobe Sanders. Kawhi Leonard (Clippers) scored 15 points (6/14) in his matchups, with Draymond Green as his primary defender. De'Anthony Melton (Warriors) scored 20 points (7/13) in his matchups, with Bennedict Mathurin as his primary defender.

Box score

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

GSW
Golden State Warriors
Golden State Warriors 101

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Brandin Podziemski GS 36:58 22 7 3 0 0 2 1 9-18 3-6 1-2 -13
Draymond Green GS 31:21 4 2 6 1 0 3 4 1-5 1-5 1-2 -18
De'Anthony Melton GS 27:05 7 4 2 1 0 2 4 3-14 1-7 0-0 -16
Al Horford GS 27:04 17 6 3 0 1 0 2 5-11 4-8 3-5 -15
Moses Moody GS 25:04 10 3 1 1 0 1 2 4-12 2-8 0-0 -1
Gui Santos 31:01 5 10 3 3 0 2 1 2-8 1-3 0-0 -5
Nate Williams 21:32 18 2 2 1 0 1 1 5-8 3-4 5-6 +1
Pat Spencer 21:03 9 2 5 0 0 1 2 3-8 1-4 2-2 -1
Quinten Post 12:27 9 3 1 0 1 0 0 4-8 1-3 0-0 +5
Malevy Leons 6:25 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-1 0-0 0-0 -2
Totals 101 40 26 7 2 12 17 36-93 17-48 12-17

Did not play: Gary Payton II (DND - Injury/Illness), Kristaps Porziņģis (DND - Injury/Illness), Will Richard (DND - Injury/Illness)

LAC
LA Clippers
LA Clippers 114

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Kawhi Leonard GS 28:56 23 8 4 2 0 1 1 9-14 3-6 2-2 +16
Kris Dunn GS 25:56 16 7 7 2 0 1 0 7-10 2-4 0-0 +18
Derrick Jones Jr. GS 24:19 9 6 1 1 0 2 4 2-12 0-4 5-6 0
Brook Lopez GS 23:56 6 4 2 0 0 0 3 3-8 0-4 0-0 +7
Kobe Sanders GS 21:33 8 2 1 0 1 0 1 3-5 2-3 0-0 +3
Bennedict Mathurin 31:26 17 7 0 1 1 4 2 6-13 0-2 5-5 +12
Jordan Miller 25:00 12 6 0 0 1 1 0 5-6 0-0 2-2 +15
Darius Garland 22:49 12 2 2 1 0 5 2 4-9 2-7 2-2 +5
Yanic Konan Niederhäuser 21:13 11 9 0 2 4 0 3 3-6 0-0 5-6 +10
Nicolas Batum 6:19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-1 0-1 0-0 -9
Cam Christie 2:51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-1 0-0 0-0 -4
Norchad Omier 2:51 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 -4
TyTy Washington Jr. 2:51 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 -4
Totals 114 52 18 9 7 14 17 42-85 9-31 21-23

Did not play: Bogdan Bogdanović (DNP - Coach's Decision), Isaiah Jackson (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

GSW
Golden State Warriors
Golden State Warriors

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.

Warriors defense

Defender Guarded most
Brandin Podziemski Bennedict Mathurin: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Kris Dunn: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Gui Santos Jordan Miller: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Kawhi Leonard: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
De'Anthony Melton Bennedict Mathurin: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Kris Dunn: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Draymond Green Brook Lopez: 17 poss., 4 pts (1/3) · Kawhi Leonard: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Al Horford Yanic Konan Niederhäuser: 13 poss., 9 pts (3/4) · Kawhi Leonard: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Moses Moody Darius Garland: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Kris Dunn: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Nate Williams Bennedict Mathurin: 9 poss., 10 pts (3/4) · Jordan Miller: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Pat Spencer Kris Dunn: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Darius Garland: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Quinten Post Yanic Konan Niederhäuser: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Kawhi Leonard: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Malevy Leons Nicolas Batum: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jordan Miller: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Clippers defense

Defender Guarded most
Bennedict Mathurin De'Anthony Melton: 13 poss., 2 pts (0/2) · Nate Williams: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Kawhi Leonard Draymond Green: 20 poss., 8 pts (3/4) · Nate Williams: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Derrick Jones Jr. Moses Moody: 9 poss., 2 pts (0/2) · Brandin Podziemski: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/3)
Kris Dunn De'Anthony Melton: 12 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Brandin Podziemski: 8 poss., 5 pts (2/3)
Jordan Miller Gui Santos: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Brandin Podziemski: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Yanic Konan Niederhäuser Al Horford: 11 poss., 2 pts (0/1) · Draymond Green: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Darius Garland Moses Moody: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Gui Santos: 6 poss., 3 pts (1/4)
Brook Lopez Al Horford: 13 poss., 4 pts (2/5) · Brandin Podziemski: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kobe Sanders Brandin Podziemski: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Moses Moody: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Nicolas Batum Gui Santos: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Brandin Podziemski: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Norchad Omier Quinten Post: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Gui Santos: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Cam Christie Pat Spencer: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Malevy Leons: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
TyTy Washington Jr. Malevy Leons: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Nate Williams: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)