LA Clippers 138, Sacramento Kings 109 — Recap

April 5, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): LA Clippers 138, Sacramento Kings 109. Scoring by quarter: Q1 LAC 42-32 SAC; Q2 LAC 29-27 SAC; Q3 LAC 36-20 SAC; Q4 LAC 31-30 SAC.

Top performers (box score): Kawhi Leonard (LAC) 26 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 threes on 9-of-18 shooting; John Collins (LAC) 25 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 4 threes on 9-of-20 shooting; Devin Carter (SAC) 21 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists on 8-of-14 shooting; Nique Clifford (SAC) 18 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 threes on 8-of-16 shooting; Darius Garland (LAC) 17 points, 4 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 threes on 7-of-14 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · LAC

Kawhi Leonard

26 PTS, 6 REB, 3 AST, 3 3PM · 9-18 FG

Scoring · LAC

John Collins

25 PTS, 4 REB, 2 AST, 4 3PM · 9-20 FG

Scoring · SAC

Devin Carter

21 PTS, 5 REB, 5 AST · 8-14 FG

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

📊 Game Flow

LAC 37 largest lead Q4 2:34 (LAC 135, SAC 98) · 10-0 run, Q2 10:28–Q2 8:13

SAC 3 largest lead Q1 10:10 (LAC 4, SAC 7) · 9-0 run, Q4 2:21–Q4 1:08

Swings 5 lead changes Tied 4 times

Ahead for good: Kawhi Leonard makes 24-foot three point jumper (Darius Garland assists) (Q1 6:27, LAC 17, SAC 15).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
LAC	42	29	36	31		138
SAC	32	27	20	30		109

🧮 How They Scored

LACSAC

44Points in the paint60

18Fast-break points12

15Second-chance points14

27Points off turnovers16

67Bench points40

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

64.1%Effective FG%59.1%

12.1%Turnover %15.8%

25.6%Offensive rebound %28.9%

0.228Free-throw rate0.244

Box Score

LA Clippers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Kawhi Leonard F	30	26	6	3	0	0	1	9-18	3-9	5-5	+26
Kris Dunn G	27	13	6	4	3	0	2	5-6	3-4	0-1	+16
Bennedict Mathurin G-F	27	5	6	5	3	0	2	2-4	1-2	0-0	+15
Derrick Jones Jr. F-G	25	6	3	1	1	0	1	3-4	0-0	0-0	+21
John Collins F-C	24	25	4	2	2	0	2	9-20	4-6	3-3	+15
Darius Garland G	24	17	4	6	1	0	2	7-14	2-7	1-1	+10
Jordan Miller G	24	13	2	6	1	1	2	5-6	3-3	0-0	+21
Kobe Sanders G	20	17	0	1	4	0	0	5-8	3-5	4-4	+14
Brook Lopez C	19	9	2	0	0	0	1	2-5	1-3	4-4	+15
Cam Christie G	7	2	2	1	0	0	1	1-4	0-0	0-0	+2
Norchad Omier F	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	3-3	-1
TyTy Washington Jr. G	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-1
Bogdan Bogdanovic G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-2	0-2	0-0	-8

Sacramento Kings

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Nique Clifford G	38	18	5	5	1	1	3	8-16	2-7	0-0	-19
Devin Carter G	37	21	5	5	1	1	3	8-14	0-5	5-9	-13
Daeqwon Plowden G-F	36	15	2	3	1	0	1	5-13	3-9	2-3	-16
Maxime Raynaud C	33	11	15	2	1	1	2	5-12	0-1	1-2	-11
Dylan Cardwell C	27	15	8	2	2	4	3	7-8	1-1	0-0	-17
Precious Achiuwa F	20	8	5	0	0	0	1	3-6	0-0	2-6	-22
Malik Monk G	14	7	0	1	1	0	3	3-5	1-3	0-0	-19
Doug McDermott F	11	3	0	3	0	0	0	1-3	1-3	0-0	-12
DeMar DeRozan G	10	9	0	0	0	1	1	4-5	1-1	0-0	+2

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Kawhi Leonard	Starter	30	26	64.4	30.9	+45.3	15.5
Darius Garland	Starter	24	17	58.9	29.6	+22.7	12.7
Kris Dunn	Starter	27	13	100.9	13.3	+29.6	14.7
Brook Lopez	Starter	19	9	66.6	19.0	+35.7	5.5
Derrick Jones Jr.	Starter	25	6	75.0	8.8	+39.6	6.7
John Collins	Bench	24	25	58.6	37.7	+32.7	12.8
Kobe Sanders	Bench	20	17	87.1	17.0	+33.4	15.2
Jordan Miller	Bench	24	13	108.3	12.9	+39.6	16.0
Bennedict Mathurin	Bench	27	5	62.5	8.8	+30.4	11.5
Cam Christie	Bench	7	2	25.0	23.8	+11.8	-1.8
Nicolas Batum	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Bogdan Bogdanovic	Bench	3	0	0.0	33.3	-133.3	-13.3
TyTy Washington Jr.	Bench	05	0	0.0	0.0	-18.9	0.0

Sacramento KingsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Devin Carter	Starter	37	21	58.5	23.3	-16.7	9.4
Nique Clifford	Starter	38	18	56.3	20.7	-23.5	9.4
Maxime Raynaud	Starter	33	11	42.7	18.1	-17.0	11.0
DeMar DeRozan	Starter	10	9	90.0	25.0	-1.2	14.4
Precious Achiuwa	Starter	20	8	46.3	21.3	-53.7	0.5
Daeqwon Plowden	Bench	36	15	52.4	16.7	-22.2	3.8
Dylan Cardwell	Bench	27	15	93.8	15.7	-29.5	14.7
Malik Monk	Bench	14	7	70.0	23.5	-56.3	4.9
Doug McDermott	Bench	11	3	50.0	10.7	-54.3	6.0
Drew Eubanks	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Keegan Murray	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0