Golden State Warriors 126, LA Clippers 121 — Recap

April 15, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Golden State Warriors 126, LA Clippers 121. Scoring by quarter: Q1 GSW 22-31 LAC; Q2 GSW 31-30 LAC; Q3 GSW 30-28 LAC; Q4 GSW 43-32 LAC.

Top performers (box score): Stephen Curry (GSW) 35 points, 1 rebounds, 4 assists, 7 threes on 12-of-23 shooting; Bennedict Mathurin (LAC) 23 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 5 threes on 7-of-11 shooting; Kawhi Leonard (LAC) 21 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 threes on 8-of-17 shooting; Darius Garland (LAC) 21 points, 5 rebounds, 8 assists, 2 threes on 8-of-15 shooting; Gui Santos (GSW) 20 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 threes on 9-of-13 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · GSW

Stephen Curry

35 PTS, 1 REB, 4 AST, 7 3PM · 12-23 FG

Scoring · LAC

Bennedict Mathurin

23 PTS, 3 REB, 2 AST, 5 3PM · 7-11 FG

Scoring · LAC

Kawhi Leonard

21 PTS, 7 REB, 3 AST, 1 3PM · 8-17 FG

Season highs

Kris Dunn · Season-high 10 assists

Every player's line is in the box score below; the play-by-play is available in the BlowOutAlert workspace.

📊 Game Flow

GSW 7 largest lead Q4 0:16 (GSW 124, LAC 117) · 7-0 run, Q3 10:32–Q3 9:28

LAC 13 largest lead Q4 9:53 (GSW 85, LAC 98) · 12-0 run, Q1 11:04–Q1 8:43

Swings 8 lead changes Tied 3 times

Ahead for good: Stephen Curry makes 29-foot three pointer (Draymond Green assists) (Q4 0:50, GSW 120, LAC 117).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
GSW	22	31	30	43		126
LAC	31	30	28	32		121

🧮 How They Scored

GSWLAC

54Points in the paint52

11Fast-break points21

11Second-chance points15

26Points off turnovers35

27Bench points42

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

68.1%Effective FG%60.5%

17.8%Turnover %15.4%

27.0%Offensive rebound %25.7%

0.253Free-throw rate0.198

Box Score

Golden State Warriors

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Brandin Podziemski G	40	17	7	2	1	1	4	5-11	2-7	5-8	+10
Stephen Curry G	36	35	1	4	1	0	3	12-23	7-12	4-5	+9
Draymond Green F	35	7	5	9	4	0	3	3-5	1-3	0-0	0
Gui Santos F	32	20	7	5	1	0	5	9-13	2-4	0-0	+16
Kristaps Porzingis F-C	28	20	5	5	1	2	1	8-12	3-6	1-3	-4
Gary Payton II G	24	6	3	1	2	0	0	2-4	0-0	2-3	+8
De'Anthony Melton G	23	7	5	3	2	0	2	3-7	0-2	1-2	-7
Al Horford C-F	22	14	3	0	0	0	2	5-8	4-7	0-0	-7

LA Clippers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Kawhi Leonard F	40	21	7	3	0	0	5	8-17	1-6	4-4	+6
Brook Lopez C	37	17	5	1	2	1	0	7-16	1-6	2-2	-7
Kris Dunn G	32	7	3	10	3	0	1	3-5	1-2	0-0	-9
Darius Garland G	31	21	5	8	1	0	2	8-15	2-4	3-3	-9
Bennedict Mathurin G-F	30	23	3	2	3	0	4	7-11	5-6	4-4	-4
Derrick Jones Jr. F-G	23	13	2	1	3	1	0	5-9	1-4	2-2	-7
John Collins F-C	21	11	9	0	2	1	3	5-8	1-3	0-0	-4
Jordan Miller G	15	5	2	2	1	0	1	1-2	1-1	2-2	0
Kobe Sanders G	11	3	0	3	0	0	1	1-3	1-3	0-0	+9

🔬 Advanced Stats

Golden State WarriorsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Stephen Curry	Starter	36	35	69.4	32.9	+11.8	12.0
Kristaps Porzingis	Starter	28	20	75.1	20.3	-6.6	16.5
Gui Santos	Starter	32	20	76.9	23.1	+21.6	12.1
Brandin Podziemski	Starter	40	17	58.5	18.6	+12.9	6.0
Draymond Green	Starter	35	7	70.0	9.8	+1.6	10.9
Al Horford	Bench	22	14	87.5	19.6	-12.7	9.7
De'Anthony Melton	Bench	23	7	44.4	18.9	-12.0	5.4
Gary Payton II	Bench	24	6	56.4	8.8	+15.1	5.8
Seth Curry	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Pat Spencer	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Will Richard	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Charles Bassey	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

LA ClippersTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Kawhi Leonard	Starter	40	21	56.0	24.0	+5.7	7.8
Darius Garland	Starter	31	21	64.3	23.7	-17.2	11.4
Brook Lopez	Starter	37	17	50.4	18.9	-10.1	6.8
Derrick Jones Jr.	Starter	23	13	65.8	17.2	-7.1	11.3
Kris Dunn	Starter	32	7	70.0	7.9	-14.9	9.3
Bennedict Mathurin	Bench	30	23	90.1	24.6	-6.6	13.4
John Collins	Bench	21	11	68.8	20.4	-11.6	17.5
Jordan Miller	Bench	15	5	86.8	11.1	0.0	7.9
Kobe Sanders	Bench	11	3	50.0	14.3	+32.1	6.2
Nicolas Batum	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Bogdan Bogdanovic	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Isaiah Jackson	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Cam Christie	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0