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Memphis Grizzlies vs. Los Angeles Lakers

October 31, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Lakers beat the Grizzlies 117-112 on 2025-10-31 on the road against the Grizzlies. The Grizzlies started Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, Jaren Jackson Jr., Jock Landale, Ja Morant, and Jaylen Wells. The Lakers started Marcus Smart, Deandre Ayton, Luka Dončić, Rui Hachimura, and Austin Reaves. Luka Dončić (Lakers) scored 20 points (7/19) in his matchups, with Jaylen Wells as his primary defender. Ja Morant (Grizzlies) scored 15 points (6/13) in his matchups, with Marcus Smart as his primary defender.

Box score

In orange, the game high in points, rebounds and assists.

MEM
Memphis Grizzlies
Memphis Grizzlies 112

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Jaren Jackson Jr. GS 31:30 15 4 1 0 0 2 6 6-8 2-2 1-2 -4
Ja Morant GS 30:58 8 1 7 1 0 1 1 3-14 0-6 2-2 -4
Jaylen Wells GS 26:50 16 7 0 0 0 0 2 7-16 2-9 0-1 -3
Jock Landale GS 25:23 16 5 1 1 0 0 4 6-8 2-2 2-2 0
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope GS 24:21 12 2 5 0 0 1 0 4-7 2-4 2-2 +5
Santi Aldama 26:24 7 10 4 1 0 2 2 3-12 1-5 0-0 -9
Cedric Coward 26:12 13 10 3 3 0 2 2 4-11 0-4 5-6 -13
Cam Spencer 18:37 12 0 3 2 0 1 2 3-6 2-5 4-4 +1
Vince Williams Jr. 17:02 7 2 2 1 0 2 5 3-9 1-6 0-0 -1
John Konchar 12:44 6 1 2 0 0 0 1 2-2 2-2 0-0 +3
Totals 112 42 28 9 0 11 25 41-93 14-45 16-19

Did not play: Charles Bassey (DNP - Coach's Decision), PJ Hall (DNP - Coach's Decision), Olivier-Maxence Prosper (DNP - Coach's Decision), Javon Small (DNP - Coach's Decision)

LAL
Los Angeles Lakers
Los Angeles Lakers 117

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Luka Dončić GS 38:50 44 12 6 0 0 5 3 14-27 6-15 10-13 -2
Rui Hachimura GS 38:05 9 3 1 1 1 1 4 2-4 2-4 3-4 +7
Austin Reaves GS 36:09 21 4 4 1 0 2 2 5-14 2-8 9-9 +15
Marcus Smart GS 34:46 12 3 4 2 0 3 3 5-8 1-4 1-1 +12
Deandre Ayton GS 16:43 9 0 0 0 0 1 0 4-6 0-0 1-1 -17
Jaxson Hayes 23:21 2 7 5 0 1 0 1 1-2 0-0 0-2 +15
Jake LaRavia 23:14 13 5 2 3 0 1 0 5-8 1-3 2-3 -4
Dalton Knecht 15:19 5 2 1 1 0 0 2 2-5 1-3 0-0 -10
Jarred Vanderbilt 13:36 2 4 1 0 1 0 1 1-2 0-1 0-0 +9
Totals 117 40 24 8 3 13 16 39-76 13-38 26-33

Did not play: Bronny James (DNP - Coach's Decision), Nick Smith Jr. (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

MEM
Memphis Grizzlies
Memphis Grizzlies

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

LAL
Los Angeles Lakers
Los Angeles Lakers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Who guarded whom

Based on stats.nba.com matchup data. Points and shooting are always the offensive player's.

Grizzlies defense

Defender Guarded most
Jaren Jackson Jr. Rui Hachimura: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jaxson Hayes: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Ja Morant Marcus Smart: 29 poss., 4 pts (2/7) · Luka Dončić: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Cedric Coward Luka Dončić: 12 poss., 2 pts (0/3) · Jake LaRavia: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Santi Aldama Rui Hachimura: 19 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jake LaRavia: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Jaylen Wells Luka Dončić: 18 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Austin Reaves: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Jock Landale Jaxson Hayes: 12 poss., 6 pts (2/2) · Deandre Ayton: 9 poss., 4 pts (2/3)
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope Austin Reaves: 19 poss., 5 pts (1/1) · Marcus Smart: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Cam Spencer Dalton Knecht: 8 poss., 2 pts (0/1) · Austin Reaves: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Vince Williams Jr. Luka Dončić: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Jake LaRavia: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
John Konchar Rui Hachimura: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Luka Dončić: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Lakers defense

Defender Guarded most
Luka Dončić Jaylen Wells: 25 poss., 13 pts (4/6) · Cedric Coward: 15 poss., 7 pts (3/5)
Rui Hachimura Jaren Jackson Jr.: 24 poss., 1 pts (0/0) · Santi Aldama: 17 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Austin Reaves Kentavious Caldwell-Pope: 21 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Cedric Coward: 17 poss., 4 pts (1/2)
Marcus Smart Ja Morant: 38 poss., 7 pts (3/4) · Cam Spencer: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Jake LaRavia Cedric Coward: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · John Konchar: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jaxson Hayes Jock Landale: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Santi Aldama: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Deandre Ayton Jock Landale: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Jaren Jackson Jr.: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Dalton Knecht Cam Spencer: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kentavious Caldwell-Pope: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jarred Vanderbilt Jock Landale: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Santi Aldama: 4 poss., 2 pts (1/1)