Clippers vs. Mavericks Game Day 2026-04-07

Dallas Mavericks

25-53 • 10-27 road

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LA Clippers

40-38 • 21-17 home

· 7:30 PM PT · TV: KFAA-TV / Mavs.com / FanDuel SN SoCal

Spread: LAC -12.5 ·O/U: 238.5

Mavericks

113.8 PPG

Clippers

114.0 PPG

Team Leaders

Mavericks

Cooper Flagg 21.1 PPG

P.J. Washington 7.0 RPG

Ryan Nembhard 4.9 APG

Clippers

Kawhi Leonard 28.0 PPG

Kawhi Leonard 6.3 RPG

Kris Dunn 3.6 APG

Key Matchup

Kawhi Leonard (28.0 PPG, 6.3 RPG, 3.6 APG, 1.9 SPG, 0.4 BPG) vs Cooper Flagg (21.1 PPG, 6.6 RPG, 4.6 APG, 1.2 SPG, 0.9 BPG)

Injury Report

Mavericks

Day-To-Day: Marvin Bagley III

Day-To-Day: Brandon Williams

Day-To-Day: P.J. Washington

Out: Caleb Martin

Day-To-Day: Daniel Gafford

Clippers

Out: Isaiah Jackson

Out: Yanic Konan Niederhauser

Out: Bradley Beal

Season Series: LAC lead 2-1

The Clippers (21-17 at home) host the Mavericks, who are 10-27 on the road. LAC is favored by 12.5 points.

What are your predictions? Who will step up?

Maybe another game Kawhi can clock less minutes and we handle our business?

He will get his 25 or so points, but maybe we check him out and rest him a little.

With one or two games left, and being ineligible for the playoffs, doesn't make sense.

Try for him in the offseason.

Clips an incredible 17-zip to start the game. That was a smart move putting Dunn back into the starting lineup.

Now a fastbreak bingo by Kawhi, and the Clips now up *27 to 4*.

BTW that was fun to see Robin Lopez with a "truce" gesture to end his beef vs NBA mascots lol

Flagg with a poster dunk there on Brook Lopez. He has 11 of Mavs' 13 points.

Clips getting a bit sloppy here, and another Flagg highlight dunk cuts the lead to 17. Good timeout.

Big 3 by Collins there after the Mavs had cut it to 9. Clipper bench is getting severely outplayed, but it's mostly self inflicted- turnovers and bricks.

WTH that's 2 carries in a row by the Clips. Got lucky seconds earlier too as they didn't box out and Thompson missed a point blank layup.

Unbelievably, the game is now tied at 47 after more turnovers, bricks and getting lost on defense.

Important bingo there by Sanders from the corner, and now the Klaw pours in his own! Clips finally reasserting themselves.

Challenged what? No replays were shown on the TV feed

Kawhi takes a contested 3 to end the half... and misses

In other news, HS Kim gets a double in the Dodger / Jays game

Annnnnnd Ohtani with an RBI single... Dodgers on the board. (Am I the only one that changed the channel at halftime?)

Annnnnnd Ohtani with an RBI single... Dodgers on the board. (Am I the only one that changed the channel at halftime?)

You must be watching delayed as the Dodger game has been over for a while

Tough message to the bench guys at the half by Brian Shaw- if you don't play hard you will sit.

Why double Flagg above the 3 point line?

2 big plays by DJJ- hustle rebound, and now the bingo! Clips push it back to 9.

Clippers now TRAIL for the first time after going up 27-4 to start the game.

Kawhi says I'll do it myself- a pair of tough bingos and the Clips go back up 83-80

Clips Klaw back from down 3 to lead by 5 going into the 4th

Can't be forcing passes- that time Collins tried a risky pass inside and it's a fast break going the other way

You must be watching delayed as the Dodger game has been over for a while

welp.... maybe it is a replay. And, now I know the result. Lol. Goodnight yall.

Cooper Flagg is pretty impressive... DAL not going away, but I think I will let the boy do what the boys do... I need some ZzzZZzs

Mathurin has been in a real funk the last few games- misses the dunk. Nice hustle though to get the rebound. Sanders though has been sharp- hits a bing bingo, and how Garland the floater. Clips now have some breathing room 104-93.

Clippers able to rest Kawhi here and close the game out. Got a bit lucky as the Mavs made only like 18% of their 3's. This would've been a rough loss, but the Klaw helped the Clips stem the tide late in the 3rd Q, and guys didn't look back.