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LAC 1-6
105 โ€“ 102
FINAL
HOU 7-1

LA Clippers 105, Houston Rockets 102 โ€” Recap

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๐Ÿ“ฐGame Summary

Final (regular season): LA Clippers 105, Houston Rockets 102. Scoring by quarter: Q1 LAC 22-29 HOU; Q2 LAC 24-27 HOU; Q3 LAC 24-20 HOU; Q4 LAC 35-26 HOU.

Top performers (box score): Kawhi Leonard (LAC) 27 points, 12 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 threes on 9-of-20 shooting; Kevin Durant (HOU) 21 points, 8 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 threes on 7-of-15 shooting; Reed Sheppard (HOU) 17 points, 2 rebounds, 4 assists, 5 threes on 6-of-13 shooting; Jabari Smith Jr. (HOU) 16 points, 12 rebounds, 0 assists, 2 threes on 6-of-12 shooting; Alperen Sengun (HOU) 16 points, 9 rebounds, 6 assists on 7-of-16 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer ยท LAC
27 PTS, 12 REB, 4 AST, 1 3PM ยท 9-20 FG
Scoring ยท HOU
21 PTS, 8 REB, 6 AST, 3 3PM ยท 7-15 FG
Scoring ยท HOU
17 PTS, 2 REB, 4 AST, 5 3PM ยท 6-13 FG
Season highs
Kris Dunn ยท Season-high 4 threes

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

๐Ÿ“Š Game Flow

LAC 7 largest lead Q4 8:11 (LAC 87, HOU 80) ยท 12-0 run, Q3 2:05โ€“Q4 11:04
HOU 15 largest lead Q2 2:16 (LAC 39, HOU 54) ยท 10-0 run, Q3 6:22โ€“Q3 3:05
Swings 4 lead changes Tied 9 times

Ahead for good: Kawhi Leonard makes 12-foot two point shot (Q4 0:02, LAC 104, HOU 102).

Clutch timeEvery score of the final five minutes
  • Q4 3:03 Bennedict Mathurin makes free throw 1 of 2HOU ยท LAC 96, HOU 95
  • Q4 2:46 Bennedict Mathurin makes free throw 2 of 2HOU ยท LAC 97, HOU 95
  • Q4 2:37 Kawhi Leonard makes free throw 2 of 2LAC ยท LAC 98, HOU 95
  • Q4 2:14 Kevin Durant makes 24-foot three point jumper (Tari Eason assists)HOU ยท LAC 98, HOU 98
  • Q4 1:58 Kawhi Leonard makes free throw 1 of 2LAC ยท LAC 99, HOU 98
  • Q4 1:58 Kawhi Leonard makes free throw 2 of 2LAC ยท LAC 100, HOU 98
  • Q4 1:39 John Collins makes 5-foot running dunk (Kawhi Leonard assists)LAC ยท LAC 102, HOU 98
  • Q4 1:23 Kevin Durant makes free throw 1 of 2HOU ยท LAC 102, HOU 99
  • Q4 0:42 Alperen Sengun makes 3-foot two point shot (Kevin Durant assists)HOU ยท LAC 102, HOU 101
  • Q4 0:07 Alperen Sengun makes free throw 1 of 2LAC ยท LAC 102, HOU 102
  • Q4 0:02 Kawhi Leonard makes 12-foot two point shotLAC ยท LAC 104, HOU 102
  • Q4 0:02 Kawhi Leonard makes free throw 1 of 1LAC ยท LAC 105, HOU 102

Linescore

1234 T
LAC 22242435 105
HOU 29272026 102

๐Ÿงฎ How They Scored

LACHOU
46Points in the paint46
22Fast-break points2
6Second-chance points21
23Points off turnovers10
23Bench points24
Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor
53.9%Effective FG%53.7%
9.2%Turnover %18.9%
17.9%Offensive rebound %34.2%
0.338Free-throw rate0.220

Box Score

LA Clippers

Player MINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOFG3PTFT+/-
Kris Dunn G 3716261016-104-60-1+7
Brook Lopez C 3715132216-103-70-0+2
John Collins F-C 3512611016-110-20-0-7
Kawhi Leonard F 33271244049-201-58-9+3
Bennedict Mathurin G-F 3116333113-101-39-10+6
Derrick Jones Jr. F-G 3012131204-82-42-2+5
Jordan Miller G 174300012-50-10-0+3
Kobe Sanders G 103111000-20-03-4-3
Yanic Konan Niederhauser C 100300200-10-00-0-1

Houston Rockets

Player MINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOFG3PTFT+/-
Amen Thompson G-F 4112651035-80-12-2-2
Kevin Durant F 3621860187-153-94-5+6
Jabari Smith Jr. F 36161200026-122-72-2-8
Tari Eason F 3413230014-132-83-3+1
Alperen Sengun F-C 2916960327-160-12-4-5
Reed Sheppard G 2517241126-135-100-0-4
Clint Capela C 163500401-20-01-2+5
Jae'Sean Tate F 134111022-30-00-0-2
Josh Okogie G 100000010-00-00-0-6

๐Ÿ”ฌ Advanced Stats

LA ClippersTS% true shooting ยท USG% usage ยท NET net rating ยท PIE player impact
PlayerRoleMINPTSTS%USG%NETPIE
Kawhi Leonard Starter 332756.340.6+4.820.1
Kris Dunn Starter 371676.613.4+5.19.5
Brook Lopez Starter 371575.014.3+2.910.1
John Collins Starter 351254.516.2-15.38.9
Derrick Jones Jr. Starter 301267.614.3+10.09.9
Bennedict Mathurin Bench 311655.622.9+9.514.4
Jordan Miller Bench 17440.015.0+2.52.3
Kobe Sanders Bench 10339.917.4-28.26.7
Bogdan Bogdanovic Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Isaiah Jackson Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
TyTy Washington Jr. Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Cam Christie Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Yanic Konan Niederhauser Bench 1000.04.2-4.83.6
Houston RocketsTS% true shooting ยท USG% usage ยท NET net rating ยท PIE player impact
PlayerRoleMINPTSTS%USG%NETPIE
Kevin Durant Starter 362161.028.7+8.511.7
Alperen Sengun Starter 291645.028.2-10.69.8
Jabari Smith Jr. Starter 361662.118.5-5.013.8
Tari Eason Starter 341345.419.2-0.35.0
Amen Thompson Starter 411267.612.4-1.19.0
Reed Sheppard Bench 251765.426.3-6.116.0
Jae'Sean Tate Bench 13466.715.6-3.78.1
Clint Capela Bench 16352.18.1+15.610.3
Jeff Green Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Aaron Holiday Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Josh Okogie Bench 1000.05.3-26.1-9.4
Isaiah Crawford Bench 0000.00.00.00.0

โš”๏ธ Season Series & What's Next

2025-26 season series LAC 2 โ€“ 2 HOU
Last 21 meetings ยท since 2020-21 LAC 14 โ€“ 7 HOU
Previous meetingsOpen the recap
After this game
LA Clippers 26-28 W1 L10 6-4 Next game recap: vs DEN ยท Thu, Feb 19
Houston Rockets 33-20 L1 L10 6-4 Next game recap: @ CHA ยท Thu, Feb 19

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