Los Angeles Lakers 88, LA Clippers 103 — Recap

December 20, 2025 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Los Angeles Lakers 88, LA Clippers 103. Scoring by quarter: Q1 LAL 15-28 LAC; Q2 LAL 24-26 LAC; Q3 LAL 22-26 LAC; Q4 LAL 27-23 LAC.

Top performers (box score): LeBron James (LAL) 36 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 threes on 15-of-28 shooting; Kawhi Leonard (LAC) 32 points, 12 rebounds, 3 assists, 4 threes on 8-of-24 shooting; James Harden (LAC) 21 points, 4 rebounds, 10 assists, 4 threes on 6-of-20 shooting; John Collins (LAC) 17 points, 12 rebounds, 1 assists, 2 threes on 7-of-10 shooting; Jake LaRavia (LAL) 12 points, 11 rebounds, 6 assists on 5-of-11 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · LAL

LeBron James

36 PTS, 4 REB, 3 AST, 3 3PM · 15-28 FG

Scoring · LAC

Kawhi Leonard

32 PTS, 12 REB, 3 AST, 4 3PM · 8-24 FG

Scoring · LAC

James Harden

21 PTS, 4 REB, 10 AST, 4 3PM · 6-20 FG

Season highs

LeBron James · Season-high 36 pointsJohn Collins · Season-high 12 reboundsKawhi Leonard · Season-high 12 reboundsJake LaRavia · Season-high 11 rebounds

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

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
LAL	15	24	22	27		88
LAC	28	26	26	23		103

🧮 How They Scored

LALLAC

48Points in the paint34

6Fast-break points15

19Second-chance points13

20Points off turnovers14

15Bench points20

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

42.0%Effective FG%52.5%

10.1%Turnover %15.3%

28.6%Offensive rebound %31.0%

0.261Free-throw rate0.250

Box Score

Los Angeles Lakers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
LeBron James F	38	36	4	3	2	1	3	15-28	3-7	3-5	-6
Jake LaRavia F	37	12	11	6	2	0	0	5-11	0-4	2-4	-23
Jaxson Hayes C	31	8	5	2	1	0	1	3-4	0-0	2-2	-13
Marcus Smart G	31	5	4	1	0	0	1	1-12	0-9	3-3	-10
Jarred Vanderbilt F	27	4	5	1	1	1	2	1-4	1-3	1-4	-14
Nick Smith Jr. G	22	9	3	1	1	0	0	4-11	1-5	0-0	0
Luka Doncic F-G	20	12	5	2	0	0	4	4-13	1-6	3-5	-13
Maxi Kleber F	16	0	1	0	0	1	0	0-2	0-2	0-0	+1
Dalton Knecht F	13	2	4	0	0	0	0	1-3	0-2	0-0	-4
Adou Thiero G	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+7

LA Clippers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Kawhi Leonard F	42	32	12	3	3	2	3	8-24	4-12	12-12	+16
James Harden G	41	21	4	10	2	0	3	6-20	4-12	5-6	+24
John Collins F-C	32	17	12	1	2	2	2	7-10	2-3	1-1	+26
Kris Dunn G	32	8	6	3	1	0	1	3-4	2-3	0-0	+8
Brook Lopez C	25	11	5	0	0	2	4	4-7	3-6	0-0	+7
Nicolas Batum F-G	20	3	4	0	0	0	0	1-3	1-3	0-0	-6
Bogdan Bogdanovic G	18	2	2	4	0	0	2	1-6	0-4	0-0	-6
Kobe Sanders G	17	4	1	0	0	0	0	2-3	0-0	0-0	-10
Ivica Zubac C	11	5	2	1	0	0	1	2-3	0-0	1-1	+13
Jordan Miller G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+1
Kobe Brown F	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+2

🔬 Advanced Stats

Los Angeles LakersTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
LeBron James	Starter	38	36	59.6	38.1	-7.9	21.4
Luka Doncic	Starter	20	12	39.5	41.3	-33.3	5.7
Jake LaRavia	Starter	37	12	47.0	15.3	-32.9	14.5
Jaxson Hayes	Starter	31	8	82.0	8.3	-22.0	8.2
Marcus Smart	Starter	31	5	18.8	19.7	-13.6	-4.3
Nick Smith Jr.	Bench	22	9	40.9	23.4	0.0	7.9
Jarred Vanderbilt	Bench	27	4	34.7	12.7	-22.2	-2.1
Dalton Knecht	Bench	13	2	33.3	8.8	-14.8	9.3
Maxi Kleber	Bench	16	0	0.0	5.4	+6.3	-8.9
Rui Hachimura	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Gabe Vincent	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Adou Thiero	Bench	6	0	0.0	0.0	+64.4	6.7

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Kawhi Leonard	Starter	42	32	54.6	34.0	+19.5	20.5
James Harden	Starter	41	21	46.4	26.6	+27.7	13.1
John Collins	Starter	32	17	81.4	17.4	+44.8	21.3
Kris Dunn	Starter	32	8	100.0	7.4	+15.5	11.0
Ivica Zubac	Starter	11	5	72.7	16.7	+68.1	19.3
Brook Lopez	Bench	25	11	78.6	19.3	+6.5	9.5
Kobe Sanders	Bench	17	4	66.7	7.3	-27.8	4.0
Nicolas Batum	Bench	20	3	50.0	6.4	-14.6	5.8
Bogdan Bogdanovic	Bench	18	2	16.7	18.6	-19.0	-8.0
Kobe Brown	Bench	1	0	0.0	0.0	+200.0	0.0
Jordan Miller	Bench	2	0	0.0	0.0	+40.0	0.0
Cam Christie	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0