Sacramento Kings vs Los Angeles Clippers Final — October 21, 2026
SACOffenseFull 2025-26 regular season (last season)LAC
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SACRest & travelLACSACKey injuriesLACAbout these numbers
Full 2025-26 regular season (last season), captured before kickoff. League rank in small type (30 teams); the gold side ranks higher. Bars show rank, longest = 1st. Source: Gridiron & Wine public Analytics tables.
Margin of each of the last 10 games this season, oldest to newest (gold = won). Hover a bar for the score margin.
Distance is straight-line from each team's home arena; time-zone change is at game time. Rest counts days since each team's previous game.
Key players only. Injury report as of October 21, 9:40 a.m. ET.
The pre-game matchup
The Kings visited the Clippers on Wednesday, October 21 at 10:40 PM ET.
Last season (2025-26), the Kings scored 111.3 points per game (28th of 30) and allowed 120.8 (26th). The Clippers scored 113.8 points per game (24th of 30) and allowed 112.6 (10th).
Offensive rating, the points scored per 100 possessions: Kings 109.5 (26th), Clippers 115.1 (11th). Defensive rating, the points allowed per 100 possessions: Kings 118.9 (28th), Clippers 114.0 (18th). Net rating, the offensive minus defensive rating: Kings −9.4 (28th), Clippers +1.1 (16th). These are last season's full-season numbers because the new season's sample is still small; rosters change over the offseason.
The Clippers closed as 5.5-point favorites at home against the Kings. The spread opened at Clippers -3.5. The total closed at 226.5, down from 230.5 at the open. After removing the vig, the closing moneyline (Kings +160, Clippers -195) prices the Kings at 37% and the Clippers at 63%.
Written from the numbers available before kickoff.
Result
Final score and result vs the closing line
Sacramento Kings 96, Los Angeles Clippers 121
Los Angeles Clippers won by 25.
- Against the closing spread (Los Angeles Clippers -5.5): Los Angeles Clippers covered.
- Combined score 217 vs the closing total of 226.5: Under.
- Los Angeles Clippers closed at -195 on the moneyline (a 63% no-vig market-implied chance).
Market
Closing line and line movement
Kings +3.5 (-105)
Kings +5.5 (-115)
Clippers -155 58%
Clippers -195 63%
Consensus of US sportsbooks. Open = first line after both teams' previous games; Close = consensus at kickoff. Percentages are the moneyline's no-vig market-implied chances.
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G&W Line
G&W’s own number for this game, next to the market. Analytics
Matchup
Players to watch
- Points per game19.251st
- Rebounds per game2.8273rd
- Assists per game2.3172nd
- Minutes per game31.4
- Points per game15.8
- Rebounds per game11.4
- Assists per game4.1
- Minutes per game29.7
- Points per game21.529th
- Rebounds per game5.683rd
- Assists per game3.776th
- Minutes per game33.8
- Points per game18.852nd
- Rebounds per game2.4310th
- Assists per game6.716th
- Minutes per game29.9
2025-26 regular-season per-game averages, top two scorers per team, from season player stats captured before game time. Ranks among the 389 players with at least 20 games.
Head-to-head
The teams have met 16 times since 2022: the Kings won 6 and the Clippers 10.
| Date | Score | Line | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 2026 | Clippers 138, Kings 109 Clippers won | ||
| Mar 14, 2026 | Kings 118, Clippers 109 Kings won | ||
| Feb 6, 2026 | Clippers 114, Kings 111 Clippers won | ||
| Dec 30, 2025 | Kings 90, Clippers 131 Clippers won | ||
| Apr 11, 2025 | Clippers 101, Kings 100 Clippers won |
Meetings since 2022, most recent first. Line and total are the consensus closing numbers where line history is available.
Teams
Sacramento Kings
- Sacramento Kings team stats
- Sacramento Kings 103, San Antonio Spurs 130 (Oct 27)
- Memphis Grizzlies 123, Sacramento Kings 112 (Oct 25)
- Portland Trail Blazers 128, Sacramento Kings 120 (Oct 23)
Los Angeles Clippers
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- Utah Jazz 103, Memphis Grizzlies 123 (Oct 21)
- Indiana Pacers 123, New Orleans Pelicans 120 (Oct 21)
- Dallas Mavericks 110, Houston Rockets 128 (Oct 21)
- Golden State Warriors 105, Los Angeles Lakers 127 (Oct 21)
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