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The No. 10 seeded Golden State Warriors will play the No. 9 seeded Los Angeles Clippers in their first NBA play-in game.
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The Warriors vs. Clippers play-in game is scheduled for Wednesday, April 15 at 7 p.m. at the Intuit Dome in Inglewood.
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The play-in game between the Warriors and Clippers will be broadcast on Amazon Prime.
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The winner of the Warriors vs. Clippers play-in game will play a second play-in game on the road on Friday night against the winner of the No. 8 seed Blazers vs. No. 7 seed Suns game.
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The projected starting lineup for the Golden State Warriors includes guard Stephen Curry (27.0 points per game, 46.8% field goal percentage, 39.2% three-point percentage), guard Brandin Podziemski (13.7 ppg, 5.2 rpg, 3.8 apg), center Kristaps Porzingis (16.8 ppg, 5.0 rpg, 1.2 bpg), forward Draymond Green (8.4 ppg, 5.5 apg, 5.5 rpg) and forward Gui Santos (9.3 ppg, 3.9 rpg, 50.5% FG); their sixth man is forward Al Horford (8.3 ppg, 5.0 rpg, 1.2 bpg).
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The projected starting lineup for the Los Angeles Clippers includes guard Kris Dunn (7.3 ppg, 3.6 apg, 1.6 spg), guard Darius Garland (20.2 ppg, 6.2 apg, 44.6% three-point percentage), forward Derrick Jones Jr. (10.3 ppg, 3.4 rpg, 50.1% FG), forward Kawhi Leonard (27.9 ppg, 50.5% FG, 38.7% three-point percentage) and center Brook Lopez (8.5 ppg, 3.6 rpg, 1.2 bpg); their sixth man is forward John Collins (13.7 ppg, 5.3 rpg, 41.2% three-point percentage).
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In their last 10 games, the Clippers have a 6-4 record and the Warriors have a 3-7 record.
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The Clippers have an offensive rating of 117.2 (11th in the league) and a defensive rating of 116.1 (18th); the Warriors have an offensive rating of 115.0 (19th) and a defensive rating of 115.5 (15th).
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The Clippers won the season series against the Warriors 3-1, with victories on Oct. 28 (79-98 loss), Jan. 5 (103-102 win), March 2 (114-101 win) and April 12 (115-110 win).
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Heading into the season finale, the Clippers had beaten the Warriors eight straight times in Southern California.
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It was the Warriors’ longest road losing streak against any opponent since Steve Kerr became head coach in 2014.
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The Clippers have won nine of the past 10 meetings against the Warriors in any venue.
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In the 2019 NBA playoffs, Kevin Durant scored 50 points, Draymond Green recorded a triple-double and the Warriors won their first-round series against the Clippers in six games en route to their third championship in four years.
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In the 2014 first-round playoffs, the Clippers eliminated the Warriors in seven games.
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Stephen Curry plans to resume a normal 32- to 34-minute workload in the Warriors’ regular-season finale against the Clippers.
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Stephen Curry returned to the starting lineup in Golden State’s 124-118 loss to the Sacramento Kings on Friday after coming off the bench twice earlier in the season.
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Stephen Curry returned from a 27-game absence due to a runner’s knee in his right leg.
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Stephen Curry rolled his ankle when he collided with Sacramento Kings guard Devin Carter at half court.
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Friday’s game was the first test run for the lineup featuring Stephen Curry alongside Al Horford and Kristaps Porzingis.
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The Portland Trail Blazers beat the Los Angeles Clippers 116-97 on Friday night.
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Kawhi Leonard led the Clippers with 24 points and eight rebounds in their loss to Portland.
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Kawhi Leonard scored 34 points, including six three-pointers, in the Clippers’ 116-103 win over the Dallas Mavericks on Tuesday.
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Leonard has scored 20 or more points in 55 straight games and in 62 games this season; he would need to play the final three regular-season games to reach 65 and be eligible for All-NBA postseason awards.
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Darius Garland added 22 points, Derrick Jones Jr. had 11 points and 10 rebounds, and Brook Lopez had 11 rebounds for the Clippers against the Mavericks.
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Kawhi Leonard and Draymond Green were ruled out before tipoff of the Warriors vs. Clippers regular-season finale due to an ankle injury and a back injury, respectively.
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Both Kawhi Leonard and Draymond Green are expected to return to their starting lineups for the play-in rematch on Wednesday.
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The Warriors finished the 2025-26 regular season with a 37-45 record, their second-worst record in 12 seasons under coach Steve Kerr.
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The Warriors’ only worse regular season under Steve Kerr was in 2019-20, when Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson and Kevin Durant all missed most of the season.
Stephen Curry, Guard
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“I’ll be comfortable with it. I find it hard to believe if the game calls for a couple extra minutes — we’re gonna make the right decision.”
Steve Kerr, Head coach
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“I was worried it was his knee. I just saw him limping. He came over and he said, ‘No, I’m fine. It’s just the ankle.’”
Stephen Curry, Guard
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“I’ll be all right. As long as it’s not my knee.”
Brandin Podziemski, Guard
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“We’ve just got to get a little more organized. There’s a lot of chaos out there with Steph, and I don’t think KP’s quite used to that.”
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