The Clippers’ 2026 preseason play continues with a game against the team that eliminated the Clippers from the 2025 postseason, the Denver Nuggets.
Game Information
Where: Intuit Dome, Inglewood, California
When: 6:30 PM PT
How to Watch: ESPN, KTLA, FanDuel Sports So Cal
Notes
The Clippers have not released an injury report for today’s game, so it’s unclear whether Bradley Beal (out in the first preseason game) or Bogdan Bogdanovic (started that game but left after two minutes due to a back injury and did not return) will play in this one. If either of them play, they will be the likely starter at shooting guard.
Ty Lue did mention after the first preseason game that John Collins would start tonight, presumably in place of Derrick Jones Jr. If both Beal and Bogi are out, it’s possible that DJJ and Collins would start together, but it also seems possible that Ty would just start Jordan Miller instead.
Key players on the Clippers mostly logged between 12 and 18 minutes in the first preseason game, and while I’d expect those numbers to go up a bit, nothing about this game indicates “full dress rehearsal”. The Clippers will of course be going up against an actual NBA team in this one, but there’s still no reason to treat this very seriously. I do hope there’s more defensive intensity from the jump compared to their game against the Loong-Lions.