Portland Trail Blazers at LA Clippers
· National Basketball AssociationHoliday scores 30, Avdija adds 28 to help Trail Blazers beat Clippers
The Clippers (39-37) are eighth in the Western Conference, a half-game in front of the ninth-place Blazers (39-38). Los Angeles leads the season series — which wraps up April 10 in Portland — with the Blazers 2-1.
Toumani Camara scored 17 points and Scoot Henderson added 15 for the Trail Blazers.
Kawhi Leonard led the Clippers with 23 points. Darius Garland scored 20, Brook Lopez 18, John Collins added 17 and Jordan Miller 16 points.
Leonard has scored at least 20 points in 52 consecutive games, the second-longest active streak of its kind in the NBA (Oklahoma City’s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has a 136 game streak).
Matisse Thybulle hit a 3-pointer that made it 31-29 with 1:06 left in the first quarter and the Blazers led the rest of the way.
Garland made a bucket in the lane that trimmed the Clippers' deficit to eight with 3:44 left in the third quarter but they got no closer. Henderson hit a step-back 3 at the buzzer to cap a 16-5 run that made it 91-74 going into the fourth.
Portland had 18 offensive rebounds and 32 second-chance points. The Blazers went into the game leading the NBA in second-chance points (18.2 per game) and are second in offensive rebounds (14.1 per game).
Avdija made 11 of 12 from the free-throw line and has 31 games this season with at least 10 free-throw attempts, second most in the NBA behind Luka Doncic.
Portland's Jerami Grant (calf) missed his second consecutive game.
Clippers: Host San Antonio on Thursday.
Regular Season Series
LAC lead series 2-1
Recent Plays
| 4th 0.0 |  |
End of Game | 114 - 104 |
| 4th 0.0 | |
End of the 4th Quarter | 114 - 104 |
| 4th 2.6 |  |
Kobe Sanders steps out of bounds turnover | 114 - 104 |
| 4th 9.4 |  |
shot clock turnover | 114 - 104 |
| 4th 33.4 | |
Kobe Sanders makes 3-foot driving dunk (TyTy Washington Jr. assists) | 114 - 104 |
Statistics
 POR |
 LAC |
|
|---|---|---|
| 41-91 | FG | 38-76 |
| 45 | Field Goal % | 50 |
| 15-45 | 3PT | 10-30 |
| 33 | Three Point % | 33 |
| 17-18 | FT | 18-23 |
| 94 | Free Throw % | 78 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 30 |
| 18 | Offensive Rebounds | 8 |
| 30 | Defensive Rebounds | 22 |
| 22 | Assists | 19 |
| 8 | Steals | 8 |
| 4 | Blocks | 9 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 3 | Team Turnovers | 0 |
| 17 | Total Turnovers | 14 |
| 1 | Technical Fouls | 1 |
| 1 | Total Technical Fouls | 1 |
| 0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
| 20 | Points Conceded Off Turnovers | 21 |
| 11 | Fast Break Points | 8 |
| 48 | Points in Paint | 52 |
| 17 | Fouls | 15 |
| 19 | Largest Lead | 4 |
| 8 | Lead Changes | 8 |
| 87 | Percent Led | 10 |
LA Clippers Injuries
| NAME, POS | STATUS | DATE |
|---|---|---|
| Yanic Konan Niederhauser, C | Out | Mar 5 |
| Bradley Beal, G | Out | Nov 12 |
Portland Trail Blazers Injuries
| NAME, POS | STATUS | DATE |
|---|---|---|
| Damian Lillard, G | Out | Feb 14 |
Game Information
Location: Inglewood, CA
Attendance: 17,927 · Capacity:
2025-26 Northwest Standings
| TEAM | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Oklahoma City |
64 | 18 | .780 | - | L2 |
 Denver |
54 | 28 | .659 | 10 | W12 |
 Minnesota |
49 | 33 | .598 | 15 | W2 |
 Portland |
42 | 40 | .512 | 22 | W2 |
 Utah |
22 | 60 | .268 | 42 | L1 |
2025-26 Pacific Standings
| TEAM | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 LA Lakers |
- | 29 | W3 | 0.64634144 | 53 |
 Phoenix |
8 | 37 | W1 | 0.5487805 | 45 |
 LA Clippers |
11 | 40 | W1 | 0.5121951 | 42 |
 Golden State |
16 | 45 | L3 | 0.4512195 | 37 |
 Sacramento |
31 | 60 | L1 | 0.2682927 | 22 |
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