Clippers at Mavericks Game Day 2026-03-21

LA Clippers

34-36 • 15-21 road

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Dallas Mavericks

23-47 • 14-21 home

· 5:30 PM PT · TV: KFAA-TV / Mavs.com / FanDuel SN SoCal

Spread: LAC -7.5 ·O/U: 233.5

Clippers

113.2 PPG

Mavericks

113.3 PPG

Team Leaders

Clippers

Kawhi Leonard 28.2 PPG

Kawhi Leonard 6.4 RPG

Kawhi Leonard 3.6 APG

Mavericks

Cooper Flagg 20.1 PPG

P.J. Washington 7.0 RPG

Ryan Nembhard 4.9 APG

Key Matchup

Cooper Flagg (20.1 PPG, 6.6 RPG, 4.5 APG, 1.1 SPG, 0.9 BPG) vs Kawhi Leonard (28.2 PPG, 6.4 RPG, 3.6 APG, 2.0 SPG, 0.4 BPG)

Injury Report

Clippers

Day-To-Day: Kawhi Leonard

Out: Bennedict Mathurin

Out: Yanic Konan Niederhauser

Out: Bradley Beal

Mavericks

Day-To-Day: Caleb Martin

Out: Brandon Williams

Out: Kyrie Irving

Out: Dereck Lively II

Season Series: Series tied 1-1

The Clippers (15-21 on the road) visit the Mavericks, who are 14-21 at home. LAC is favored by 7.5 points.

What are your predictions? Who will step up?

Kawhi and Garland both back, but the Mavs are hitting left and right ugh. Hopefully all those chucking will start to brick.

Much needed bingo there by Lopez after the look off- Clips slice it to 9. Make it 6 as Collins drills it from the corner.

Lol the little guy Nemhard tried to bear hug Kawhi on the run who just easily converts the layup for the and 1. Clippers though just unable to slow down the Mavs who just keep scoring every which way.

Clippers down 9 at the half, allowing Dallas to put up 72 points. Gonna need to D up and of course hopefully Mavs can't keep up the torrid shooting.

Great hustle by DJJ giving Garland second try at the 3- bingo!

Great job by the starters to get the Clips a 7 point lead, but the bench has coughed it up.

Good job by Jackson poking the ball away and then runs in for the slam!

Marshall and Jackson getting into it here and both get a T. That's soft of Marshall to get upset at that lol as Jackson was just poking the ball around.

What a job by Jackson! Blocks Gafford's dunk, quick push to Batum for the corner bingo!

Lol Dunn pump fake in the corner- nobody on the Mavs want to challenge, so he's like okay, bingo!

DG the floater- he has *31* now. Clippers 109-105, 6:49 to go.

Iffy reffing here, and many times throughout the game. Garland fouled going up for the shot, they say side out. Now Washington outta control and they bail him and give him 2 FTs.

Garland the tough step back 3- they say 2, and it goes. Not the best shot selection- hope he doesn't keep doing that (unless of course he makes them 😏). That was better- driving reverse layup down the middle.

Garland holding the ball a bit too much here- turns it over on the pass.

No no no YES by Garland- tough 3 with the clock winding down!

Jones Jr with the monstrous putback of Collins' miss!

Rinse and repeat! DJJ slams home another missed 3 by JC!

Wow they say it was offensive interference on that last dunk. Bill Kennedy wants to be some sort of arena announcer or something introducing the home team? Way too much flair dude WTH lol.

Collins has fouled out- hope he's okay as he limps off the court.

120-118 Clips, 1 minute to go

Clips induce the miss but could not rebound and it's tied at 120. Garland lets it roll to the front court, then gets the ball picked OUCH. 122-120 Mavs, 23.6 to go.

Ridiculous- Kawhi gets hacked on his floater, no call.

Whew- clock expired before Washington able to hit that jumper. Game going OT tied at 120!

Might need to put Jackson in there to help with the rebounding. Mavs able to generate a lot of their offense on offensive rebound putbacks.

Huge bingo by DJJ- good find by KL! Clippers 125-124

Now Garland uses the big screen set by Lopez bingo! He has *41* on 8 3's!

Jones, again- now from the other corner! Perfect delivery by DG

Lol Kawhi handles it like a grenade, but drains the bingo to beat the clock. That was the dagger!

What a much-needed win, and it took superb performances by Garland (41 and 11) and Leonard (35 and 4). Terrific game too by DJJ- not just those 3's but his rebounding and defense. Good performances by Miller, Jackson & Lopez.

These are supposed to be the easier parts of the schedule, but this was a very difficult test once again. It seems that the Clippers are missing the energy and scoring by Mathurin who's still out with a toe issue.

A great victory!!

My comment is for Jackson. Obviously, he doesn't offer what Konan did, but he contributes his share within his limitations. When he gets the defensive rebound, he immediately moves at speed for the fast break. Many times he's open but doesn't get fed, yet far from getting indignant and disengaging, he stays alert for the pass or the rebound. That's what a team player does. I also liked that he stood up for himself when Marshall confronted him.