LA Clippers – Portland Trail Blazers · NBA

Win probability changed during the game. · 10 April 2026

LAC97–116POR

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It was more exciting than 57% of NBA games since 2017

· The win probability swung between the two teams 22 times

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↑ POR winsLAC wins ↓

Home team's win probability across the game (source: ESPN). The band rises when POR leads and falls when LAC does.

This is how the game was decided.

Deni Avdija decided it, the Portland Trail Blazers player with the most points (35, with 4 rebounds and 5 assists; +9 with him on the floor); the winner's best plus-minus was Robert Williams III's (+25). The criterion: the winner's points in the box score; plus-minus says who was on the floor when the game opened up.

Portland Trail Blazers 116-97 LA Clippers (April 10, 2026) was not decided in the closing minutes: the Portland Trail Blazers went ahead for good in the fourth quarter (10:31 left), with a dunk by Robert Williams for 90-88, and never gave up the lead.

The biggest run of Portland Trail Blazers 116-97 LA Clippers (April 10, 2026) was a 12-0 run by the Portland Trail Blazers in the second quarter (from 11:01 to 8:37), from 33-26 to 45-26. The LA Clippers' best was a 12-0 run between the second quarter and the third quarter, from 46-61 to 58-61.

What were the keys of the last Portland Trail Blazers vs LA Clippers game?

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I count as the game-winner the basket that puts the winning team ahead for good. Source: the official NBA play-by-play (since 2002-03) and each team's official box scores.

A run here is consecutive points by one team without the opponent scoring. Source: the official NBA play-by-play (since 2002-03) and each team's official box scores.

Source: the game's official box score and play-by-play.

This is how the two teams compared in passes and jump shots.

LA made 237 passes and Portland made 293.
LAC 237293 POR
LA made 21 of 57 jump shots and Portland made 16 of 48.
LAC21/57
POR16/48

Passes come from the NBA's optical tracking (NBA.com) for this game: each team's total adds up its players' passes. Jump shots come from ESPN's play-by-play: every field-goal attempt ESPN logs as a jump shot counts, threes included.

Rotations · who was on the floor

Closing lineup · LAC

Sanders · Pedulla · Christie · Omier · Washington

Closing lineup · POR

Cissoko · Youngblood · Wesley · Yang · Kent

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LAC

Darius Garland

41′ · -2

Kawhi Leonard

37′ · -6

Brook Lopez

36′ · -6

Kris Dunn

27′ · +3

Derrick Jones Jr.

23′ · -2

Jordan Miller

32′ · -22

Bennedict Mathurin

5′ · -8

John Collins

13′ · -18

Kobe Sanders

11′ · -18

Nicolas Batum

5′ · -4

Sean Pedulla

2′ · -3

Cam Christie

2′ · -3

Norchad Omier

2′ · -3

TyTy Washington Jr.

2′ · -3

POR

Deni Avdija

35′ · +9

Toumani Camara

33′ · +2

Jrue Holiday

32′ · +8

Scoot Henderson

31′ · +18

Donovan Clingan

28′ · -9

Matisse Thybulle

18′ · +16

Shaedon Sharpe

15′ · +4

Kris Murray

20′ · +19

Robert Williams III

18′ · +25

Sidy Cissoko

3′ · +1

Chris Youngblood

2′ · +1

Blake Wesley

2′ · +1

Hansen Yang

2′ · +1

Jayson Kent

1′ · -1

Each bar is a stint on the floor (source: NBA). The number is minutes played and the team's +/− with him on the court. LAC and POR.

These lineups played the most minutes together.

LA Clippers

Dunn, Jones, Garland, Lopez, and Leonard played 13.6 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 6 points.
Dunn, Garland, Miller, Lopez, and Leonard played 9.7 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 4 points.
Jones, Garland, Miller, Lopez, and Leonard played 7.2 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.

Portland Trail Blazers

Avdija, Henderson, Camara, Clingan, and Holiday played 13.1 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.
Thybulle, Avdija, Sharpe, Camara, and Clingan played 8.0 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
Williams, Henderson, Sharpe, Murray, and Holiday played 6.0 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 4 points.

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LA Clippers

Collins, Garland, Miller, Sanders, and Batum played 3.7 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Collins, Mathurin, Miller, Sanders, and Leonard played 3.6 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 9 points.
Washington, Omier, Christie, Sanders, and Pedulla played 2.1 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.
Dunn, Collins, Garland, Miller, and Lopez played 2.0 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 4 points.
Collins, Garland, Miller, Sanders, and Lopez played 1.6 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 4 points.
Dunn, Jones, Miller, Lopez, and Leonard played 1.3 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.
Jones, Collins, Garland, Miller, and Batum played 1.2 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.

Portland Trail Blazers

Williams, Thybulle, Henderson, Murray, and Holiday played 3.7 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 4 points.
Avdija, Murray, Camara, Clingan, and Holiday played 3.0 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 6 points.
Williams, Avdija, Henderson, Camara, and Holiday played 2.5 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.
Thybulle, Avdija, Henderson, Camara, and Clingan played 2.3 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.
Williams, Thybulle, Avdija, Murray, and Holiday played 2.0 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 5 points.
Wesley, Cissoko, Yang, Youngblood, and Kent played 1.4 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
Williams, Avdija, Henderson, Murray, and Camara played 1.3 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.
Avdija, Henderson, Murray, Camara, and Clingan played 1.1 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.

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The lineups come from the NBA's official rotation: who was on the floor and when. Each lineup's plus-minus is worked out from every player's stints and is only shown when they all add up with each other and with the final score.

Darius Garland covered 4.78 km, more than anyone in the game.

Deni Avdija touched the ball 100 times, a game high.
Deni Avdija made 75 passes, a game high.
Brook Lopez defended 8 shots at the rim, a game high, and opponents made 4.
Donovan Clingan had 23 rebound chances, a game high.

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LA Clippers

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Darius Garland	4.78	6.6	77	50

This is how each team's plays were shared among its players.

LA Clippers

Player	Min	Usage (%)
Darius Garland	40:33	23.6
Kawhi Leonard	37:26	27.2
Brook Lopez	36:10	21.8
Jordan Miller	32:21	15.5
Kris Dunn	26:34	8.8
Derrick Jones Jr.	23:20	16.3
John Collins	13:21	15.6
Kobe Sanders	11:25	25.0
Nicolas Batum	5:24	7.1
Bennedict Mathurin	5:10	15.4
Cam Christie	2:04	16.7
Norchad Omier	2:04	33.3
Sean Pedulla	2:04	16.7
TyTy Washington Jr.	2:04	0.0

Portland Trail Blazers

Player	Min	Usage (%)
Deni Avdija	35:08	31.8
Toumani Camara	32:56	16.5
Jrue Holiday	31:42	14.1
Scoot Henderson	31:04	12.5
Donovan Clingan	28:07	19.1
Kris Murray	20:21	15.1
Matisse Thybulle	18:13	13.3
Robert Williams III	17:39	23.3
Shaedon Sharpe	15:15	31.6

Usage is the NBA's official figure (NBA.com) for this game: out of every 100 team plays while he was on the floor, how many he finished with a shot, a turnover or free throws.

Who guarded whom

Brook Lopez guarded Donovan Clingan for 8.0 minutes, over 34 possessions.
In that time, Donovan Clingan scored 3 points and made 1 of 4 shots.
Donovan Clingan guarded Brook Lopez for 7.0 minutes, over 35 possessions.
In that time, Brook Lopez scored 9 points and made 4 of 9 shots.
Darius Garland guarded Toumani Camara for 5.4 minutes, over 24 possessions.
In that time, Toumani Camara scored 2 points and made 1 of 5 shots.

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LA Clippers defending

Defender	Attacker	Min	Poss	Pts (FG)
Lopez	Clingan	8.0	34	3 (1/4)
Garland	Camara	5.4	24	2 (1/5)
Jones	Avdija	5.3	24	14 (4/5)
Dunn	Holiday	3.9	15	2 (0/1)
Leonard	Camara	3.8	18	0 (0/2)
Leonard	Holiday	2.9	14	2 (1/1)
Miller	Henderson	2.9	15	0 (0/1)
Garland	Henderson	2.7	12	4 (1/3)
Leonard	Henderson	2.5	9	5 (2/2)
Lopez	Williams	2.4	10	3 (1/2)
Dunn	Avdija	2.4	10	3 (1/3)
Leonard	Avdija	2.3	10	5 (2/4)
Garland	Thybulle	2.2	12	0 (0/0)
Miller	Murray	2.2	8	2 (1/1)
Miller	Sharpe	2.2	12	5 (2/3)
Dunn	Henderson	2.1	12	0 (0/0)

Portland Trail Blazers defending

Defender	Attacker	Min	Poss	Pts (FG)
Clingan	Lopez	7.0	35	9 (4/9)
Holiday	Leonard	5.2	23	2 (1/4)
Camara	Garland	4.8	27	0 (0/4)
Henderson	Dunn	4.5	20	0 (0/0)
Avdija	Jones	4.2	23	3 (1/1)

Matchups come from the NBA's tracking (NBA.com) for this game: how long each defender guarded each attacker and what the attacker produced in that time. Only matchups of two minutes or more are shown.

Who stood out on defense during the season

These figures cover the whole 2025-26 regular season, not this game.

LA Clippers

Brook Lopez defended 4.5 shots at the rim per game over his 75 games, and opponents made 11 fewer out of every 100 than usual.
He ranks 3 of 118 in the league.
Kris Dunn deflected 3.6 passes per game over his 82 games.
He ranks 10 of 399 in the league.
Kawhi Leonard deflected 3.4 passes per game over his 65 games.
He ranks 15 of 399 in the league.

Portland Trail Blazers

Donovan Clingan contested 13.5 shots per game over his 77 games.
He ranks 1 of 399 in the league.
Toumani Camara drew 0.22 charges per game over his 82 games.
He ranks 6 of 399 in the league.
Matisse Thybulle deflected 3.9 passes per game over his 30 games.
He ranks 7 of 399 in the league.

Hustle figures come from the hustle stats the NBA publishes (NBA.com) and rim defense comes from its tracking; both cover the regular season. For each player in this game we show the figure that ranks him highest in the league, and for each team, the three best ranked. Ranks count players with at least 30 games and, at the rim, at least 4 defended shots per game.

The Portland Trail Blazers have won 114 of their 179 games against the LA Clippers.

114-65record of the Portland Trail Blazers · NBA 1984-85 – 2025-26, regular season and playoffs

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Game context

Attendance

19.490

100.4% of capacity

Moda Center · Portland

Scoring

213

combined points

18.2 below the season average (231.2)

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Toumani Camara	4.22	7.2	49	35
Deni Avdija	3.96	6.3	100	75
Scoot Henderson	3.83	6.9	45	35
Jrue Holiday	3.57	6.3	64	50
Donovan Clingan	3.17	6.2	42	29
Kris Murray	2.59	7.1	18	10
Matisse Thybulle	2.06	6.5	23	17
Shaedon Sharpe	1.96	7.2	33	20
Robert Williams III	1.90	6.3	27	19
Sidy Cissoko	0.27	5.4	1	1
Blake Wesley	0.19	5.6	2	0
Hansen Yang	0.19	5.6	1	1
Chris Youngblood	0.19	5.7	0	0
Jayson Kent	0.13	5.2	1	1