Golden State Warriors at LA Clippers
· NBA Play-In - West - 9th Place vs 10th PlaceStephen Curry, Al Horford lead Warriors past Clippers 126-121 with a huge play-in comeback
Curry's seventh 3-pointer broke a tie with 50.4 seconds to play for the 10th-seeded Warriors, who erased a 13-point deficit in the fourth quarter.
Golden State finished on a 16-6 run and held Kawhi Leonard scoreless in the fourth until the final 16 seconds.
After this time-defying rally, Curry, Draymond Green and the postseason-tested Warriors are one game from another playoff berth despite going 37-45 in the regular season and losing Jimmy Butler for the season in January.
The Warriors will travel to face Phoenix on Friday, with the winner moving on to face defending champion Oklahoma City in the first round.
Leonard scored 21 points for the Clippers, who missed the playoffs for the first time since 2022 and only the third time during their streak of 15 consecutive winning seasons. Bennedict Mathurin led Los Angeles with 23 points and Darius Garland had 21 points and eight assists while battling foul trouble.
The Clippers led 98-85 with 9:53 to play, but the 38-year-old Curry led Golden State's furious comeback alongside Kristaps Porzingis, who scored 20 points, and the 39-year-old Horford.
Golden State got a classic second-half barrage from Curry, who returned only five games ago from a 27-game absence with a knee injury. He scored 16 points in a six-minute span of the third quarter to keep the Warriors in it while the Clippers nearly pulled away.
After Horford hit three 3-pointers down the stretch in the fourth quarter, Gui Santos’ layup with 2:45 to play trimmed the Clips’ lead to 115-114. Horford’s fourth 3-pointer put the Warriors up 117-115 with 2:12 left.
The Clippers rallied from a chaotic 6-21 start to finish 42-40 in this once-woebegone franchise's 15th consecutive winning season — the NBA's longest active streak. But two late-season losses to Portland dropped Los Angeles to the No. 9 seed, requiring the Clips to get two play-in victories instead of one to make the playoffs.
After managing just eight points on 2-for-9 shooting in the first half, Curry scored 16 points and hit three 3-pointers in six electrifying minutes of the third quarter.
Ben Taylor left shortly after halftime with an injury. He was replaced by alternate referee Sean Corbin.
Regular Season Series
LAC win series 3-1
Recent Plays
| 4th 0.0 |  |
End of Game | 126 - 121 |
| 4th 0.0 | |
End of the 4th Quarter | 126 - 121 |
| 4th 5.9 |  |
Derrick Jones Jr. makes driving dunk | 126 - 121 |
| 4th 9.5 |  |
Brandin Podziemski makes free throw 2 of 2 | 126 - 119 |
| 4th 9.5 | |
Brandin Podziemski makes free throw 1 of 2 | 125 - 119 |
Statistics
 GS |
 LAC |
|
|---|---|---|
| 47-83 | FG | 45-86 |
| 57 | Field Goal % | 52 |
| 19-41 | 3PT | 14-35 |
| 46 | Three Point % | 40 |
| 13-21 | FT | 17-17 |
| 62 | Free Throw % | 100 |
| 36 | Rebounds | 36 |
| 10 | Offensive Rebounds | 9 |
| 26 | Defensive Rebounds | 27 |
| 29 | Assists | 30 |
| 12 | Steals | 15 |
| 3 | Blocks | 3 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 0 | Team Turnovers | 1 |
| 20 | Total Turnovers | 18 |
| 1 | Technical Fouls | 1 |
| 1 | Total Technical Fouls | 1 |
| 0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
| 35 | Points Conceded Off Turnovers | 26 |
| 11 | Fast Break Points | 21 |
| 54 | Points in Paint | 52 |
| 19 | Fouls | 23 |
| 7 | Largest Lead | 13 |
| 8 | Lead Changes | 8 |
| 9 | Percent Led | 86 |
LA Clippers Injuries
| NAME, POS | STATUS | DATE |
|---|---|---|
| Bradley Beal, G | Out | Oct 14 |
| Max Strus, G | Out | Oct 5 |
| Yanic Konan Niederhauser, C | Out | Sep 28 |
| Brandon Ingram, F | Out | Sep 28 |
| Jordan Miller, G | Out | Aug 26 |
Golden State Warriors Injuries
| NAME, POS | STATUS | DATE |
|---|---|---|
| Charles Bassey, C | Day-To-Day | Oct 22 |
| Brandin Podziemski, G | Day-To-Day | Oct 22 |
| Kristaps Porzingis, C | Out | Oct 21 |
| Moses Moody, G | Out | Oct 16 |
| Jimmy Butler III, F | Out | Oct 16 |
Game Information
Location: Inglewood, CA
Attendance: 17,927 · Capacity:
2026-27 Pacific Standings
| TEAM | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 LA Clippers |
1 | 0 | 1.000 | - | W1 |
 LA Lakers |
1 | 0 | 1.000 | - | W1 |
 Golden State |
0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | L1 |
 Sacramento |
0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | L1 |
 Phoenix |
0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | L1 |
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