Sacramento Kings vs Los Angeles Clippers Final Score & Over/Under Result — Mar 14, 2026

Kawhi Leonard's 31-point performance led Los Angeles, but it wasn't quite enough to keep pace with Sacramento's balanced attack in a defensive-minded affair that finished well short of expectations. The Kings' three-pronged scoring effort—DeMar DeRozan's 27 points with 7 assists, Precious Achiuwa's 25 points and 13 rebounds, and Maxime Raynaud's 23 points—proved too much for the Clippers to weather, despite Darius Garland's 25 points and Bennedict Mathurin adding 24. Sacramento prevailed 118–109, a combined 227 that landed 3.5 points under the 230.5 market total.

The game's arc told the story of a slow grind. A 64-point first quarter set an early pace, but the second half deteriorated sharply. The combined 58 points in Q2 gave way to a slugfest third quarter with just 45 combined points—the lowest of the night—before a modest Q4 surge of 60. That 1st half-to-2nd half split, 122 to 105, reflected deepening defensive intensity that squeezed totals below pre-game projections. The line had ticked up slightly from open to close, moving to 231.5, yet the final margin and defensive execution kept the night well shy of those thresholds. DAGGER leaned over at the pregame number and missed.