National Basketball Association

FINAL Wednesday, October 21, 2026
Sacramento Kings 96
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LA Clippers 121
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Match Report

Kawhi-less Clippers roll past the Kings in a wire-to-wire season-opening rout

— Darius Garland scored 30 points and the Clippers routed the Sacramento Kings 121-96 on Wednesday night in Los Angeles' first season opener without

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Team Stats

36-85
FG
43-82
42
Field Goal %
52
8-28
3PT
14-35
29
Three Point %
40
16-28
FT
21-31
57
Free Throw %
68
42
Rebounds
49
11
Offensive Rebounds
11
31
Defensive Rebounds
38
22
Assists
29
10
Steals
14
0
Blocks
5
17
Turnovers
17
0
Team Turnovers
1
17
Total Turnovers
18
0
Technical Fouls
0
0
Total Technical Fouls
0
0
Flagrant Fouls
0
21
Points Conceded Off Turnovers
23
18
Fast Break Points
27
48
Points in Paint
56
23
Fouls
24
0
Largest Lead
28
0
Lead Changes
0
0
Percent Led
98

Top Performers

SAC

  • Domantas Sabonis MIN 34 · PTS 14 · FG 5-5
  • Zach LaVine MIN 34 · PTS 28 · FG 10-19
  • Darius Acuff Jr. MIN 35 · PTS 12 · FG 5-24
  • Precious Achiuwa MIN 29 · PTS 15 · FG 5-8

LAC

  • Darius Garland MIN 32 · PTS 30 · FG 11-19
  • Brook Lopez MIN 27 · PTS 17 · FG 7-12
  • Keaton Wagler MIN 29 · PTS 15 · FG 4-8
  • Rui Hachimura MIN 32 · PTS 10 · FG 3-13

Recent Plays

  1. 0.0 · 4th Quarter End of Game
  2. 0.0 · 4th Quarter End of the 4th Quarter
  3. 10.0 · 4th Quarter shot clock turnover
  4. 34.1 · 4th Quarter Precious Achiuwa makes 9-foot two point shot
  5. 47.7 · 4th Quarter Jalen Pickett makes 26-foot three point jumper (Nick Martinelli assists)
  6. 52.2 · 4th Quarter Nick Martinelli offensive rebound
  7. 52.2 · 4th Quarter Nick Martinelli misses running pullup jump shot
  8. 58.5 · 4th Quarter Emanuel Sharp bad pass turnover (Jalen Pickett steals)

Highlights

00:13 Domantas Sabonis gets the hoop and the harm Watch on ESPN 00:18 Zach LaVine gets up for the beautiful flush Watch on ESPN 00:16 Rui Hachimura fights off defender for and-1 Watch on ESPN 00:23 Domantas Sabonis gets the and-1 to fall Watch on ESPN

Head to Head

LAC lead series 1-0

Injuries

LA Clippers

  • Bradley Beal Out
  • Max Strus Out
  • Yanic Konan Niederhauser Out
  • Brandon Ingram Out
  • Jordan Miller Out

Sacramento Kings

  • Dylan Cardwell Out
  • Maxime Raynaud Out
  • Keegan Murray Out
  • Ben Simmons Out

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