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NBA · October 23, 2026

Los Angeles Clippers vs Los Angeles Lakers Final — October 23, 2026

Los Angeles Clippers

117

Top scorer Brandon Ingram77 games

FINAL

Los Angeles Lakers

125

Top scorer Luka Doncic64 games

Friday, October 23 · 10:10 PM ET

LACOffenseFull 2025-26 regular season (last season)LAL

11th115.1

Offensive ratingpoints scored per 100 possessions

116.08th

24th113.8

PPG

116.211th

LACDefenseLAL

18th114.0

Defensive ratingpoints allowed per 100 possessions

114.420th

10th112.6

Opp PPG

114.311th

LACTeamLAL

16th+1.1

Net ratingoffensive minus defensive rating

+1.615th

LACLast 10 gamesLAL

Game by game

9-1

Last 10

4-6

+152

Net points

Top third of the leagueMiddle thirdBottom thirdBar = league rank (full = 1st)

Injuries & restkey injuries · rest and travel

LACRest & travelLAL

2 days

Days of rest

2 days

8 mi13 km

Travel to the game

Home

LACKey injuriesLAL

Brandon Ingram FOutMax Strus GOutJordan Miller GOut

Players out or limited

Jake LaRavia FDay-to-day

About 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 23, 9:40 a.m. ET.

The pre-game matchup

The Clippers visited the Lakers on Friday, October 23 at 10:10 PM ET.

Last season (2025-26), the Clippers scored 113.8 points per game (24th of 30) and allowed 112.6 (10th). The Lakers scored 116.2 points per game (11th of 30) and allowed 114.3 (11th).

Offensive rating, the points scored per 100 possessions: Clippers 115.1 (11th), Lakers 116.0 (8th). Defensive rating, the points allowed per 100 possessions: Clippers 114.0 (18th), Lakers 114.4 (20th). Net rating, the offensive minus defensive rating: Clippers +1.1 (16th), Lakers +1.6 (15th). These are last season's full-season numbers because the new season's sample is still small; rosters change over the offseason.

The Lakers closed as 8.5-point favorites at home against the Clippers. The spread opened at Lakers -9.5. The total closed at 225.5, down from 228.5 at the open. After removing the vig, the closing moneyline (Clippers +280, Lakers -357) prices the Clippers at 25% and the Lakers at 75%.

Written from the numbers available before kickoff.

Result

Final score and result vs the closing line

Los Angeles Clippers 117, Los Angeles Lakers 125

Los Angeles Lakers won by 8.

Against the closing spread (Los Angeles Lakers -8.5): Los Angeles Clippers covered.
Combined score 242 vs the closing total of 225.5: Over.
Los Angeles Lakers closed at -357 on the moneyline (a 75% no-vig market-implied chance).

Market

Closing line and line movement

Spreadmoved 1

OpenLakers -9.5 (-112)
Clippers +9.5 (-109)

CloseLakers -8.5 (-110)
Clippers +8.5 (-110)

Totaldown 3

Open228.5 (o -110 / u -110)

Close225.5 (o -110 / u -110)

Moneyline

OpenClippers +305 24%
Lakers -400 76%

CloseClippers +280 25%
Lakers -357 75%

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

Projected score

Spread

Total

Win %

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Matchup

Players to watch

Clippers

77 games · Brandon Ingram

Points per game21.529th
Rebounds per game5.683rd
Assists per game3.777th
Minutes per game33.8

45 games · Darius Garland

Points per game18.852nd
Rebounds per game2.4310th
Assists per game6.716th
Minutes per game29.9

Lakers

64 games · Luka Doncic

Points per game33.51st
Rebounds per game7.730th
Assists per game8.34th
Minutes per game35.8

51 games · Austin Reaves

Points per game23.324th
Rebounds per game4.7133rd
Assists per game5.532nd
Minutes per game34.5

Last season's (2025-26) regular-season per-game averages; players listed with their current team, top two scorers per team, from season player stats captured before game time. Ranks among the 390 players with at least 20 games.

Head-to-head

The teams have met 16 times since 2022: the Clippers won 8 and the Lakers 8.

Date	Score	Line	Total
Feb 20, 2026	Clippers 122, Lakers 125 Lakers won
Jan 22, 2026	Lakers 104, Clippers 112 Clippers won
Dec 20, 2025	Lakers 88, Clippers 103 Clippers won
Nov 25, 2025	Clippers 118, Lakers 135 Lakers won
Mar 2, 2025	Clippers 102, Lakers 108 Lakers won

Meetings since 2022, most recent first. Line and total are the consensus closing numbers where line history is available.

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