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Sacramento Kings vs. Los Angeles Lakers

January 12, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Kings beat the Lakers 124-112 on 2026-01-12 at home. The Kings started Russell Westbrook, DeMar DeRozan, Zach LaVine, Precious Achiuwa, and Maxime Raynaud. The Lakers started LeBron James, Marcus Smart, Deandre Ayton, Luka Dončić, and Jake LaRavia. Luka Dončić (Lakers) scored 20 points (8/15) in his matchups, with Precious Achiuwa as his primary defender. Russell Westbrook (Kings) scored 11 points (4/7) in his matchups, with Luka Dončić as his primary defender.

Box score

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

SAC

Sacramento Kings 124

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
DeMar DeRozan GS	36:50	32	2	6	3	0	0	2	14-19	0-0	4-5	+4
Russell Westbrook GS	34:26	22	5	7	1	0	5	1	8-16	4-8	2-4	+10
Zach LaVine GS	31:33	19	4	1	0	1	1	0	6-11	3-4	4-4	+9
Maxime Raynaud GS	31:19	11	4	1	0	0	1	3	5-8	1-2	0-0	+7
Precious Achiuwa GS	30:24	9	7	0	0	2	1	2	4-7	1-1	0-0	+15
Malik Monk	31:41	26	1	8	1	0	2	3	9-15	7-9	1-1	+5
Dylan Cardwell	16:41	2	7	0	0	1	1	5	1-3	0-0	0-0	+5
Nique Clifford	15:22	0	2	0	1	0	1	2	0-2	0-1	0-0	+2
Keon Ellis	11:44	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1-1	1-1	0-0	+3
Totals		124	32	23	6	4	12	18	48-82	17-26	11-14

Did not play: Devin Carter (DNP - Coach's Decision), Drew Eubanks (DNP - Coach's Decision), Doug McDermott (DNP - Coach's Decision), Dario Šarić (DNP - Coach's Decision), Dennis Schröder (DNP - League Suspension)

LAL

Los Angeles Lakers 112

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Luka Dončić GS	36:56	42	7	8	4	0	4	2	16-25	2-9	8-8	-10
LeBron James GS	33:13	22	4	3	1	0	3	1	8-17	0-5	6-6	-9
Jake LaRavia GS	31:01	2	2	3	1	0	0	1	1-7	0-5	0-0	-10
Marcus Smart GS	30:31	1	2	2	2	0	0	0	0-5	0-3	1-2	-20
Deandre Ayton GS	27:25	13	13	1	0	2	2	0	4-7	0-0	5-8	-12
Jarred Vanderbilt	25:35	0	4	0	0	0	0	3	0-3	0-3	0-0	-3
Jaxson Hayes	18:42	12	5	1	0	0	0	1	5-6	0-0	2-4	-4
Gabe Vincent	18:25	9	0	1	1	0	0	1	3-6	3-5	0-0	-7
Dalton Knecht	12:33	5	2	1	0	0	1	0	2-6	1-4	0-0	+3
Bronny James	1:53	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2-2	2-2	0-0	+4
Nick Smith Jr.	1:53	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+4
Maxi Kleber	1:53	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+4
Totals		112	39	21	9	2	10	9	41-84	8-36	22-28

Did not play: Rui Hachimura (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

SAC

Sacramento Kings

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Russell Westbrook · DeMar DeRozan · Zach LaVine · Precious Achiuwa · Maxime Raynaud Starter 15.0 min
Russell Westbrook · DeMar DeRozan · Malik Monk · Precious Achiuwa · Maxime Raynaud 11.1 min
Zach LaVine · Malik Monk · Keon Ellis · Nique Clifford · Dylan Cardwell 6.6 min
Russell Westbrook · DeMar DeRozan · Zach LaVine · Malik Monk · Dylan Cardwell 5.4 min
Zach LaVine · Malik Monk · Precious Achiuwa · Nique Clifford · Maxime Raynaud 2.9 min

LAL

Los Angeles Lakers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

LeBron James · Marcus Smart · Deandre Ayton · Luka Dončić · Jake LaRavia Starter 18.4 min
LeBron James · Jarred Vanderbilt · Gabe Vincent · Jaxson Hayes · Dalton Knecht 6.0 min
Jarred Vanderbilt · Luka Dončić · Gabe Vincent · Jaxson Hayes · Jake LaRavia 3.5 min
Marcus Smart · Jarred Vanderbilt · Deandre Ayton · Luka Dončić · Jake LaRavia 3.0 min
LeBron James · Marcus Smart · Jarred Vanderbilt · Luka Dončić · Jaxson Hayes 2.3 min

Who guarded whom

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

Kings defense

Luka Dončić 20 pts (8/15) in 78 possessions

Guarded by: Precious Achiuwa (29 %, 0 pts) · Russell Westbrook (17 %, 4 pts) · DeMar DeRozan (17 %, 11 pts)
LeBron James 11 pts (5/11) in 62 possessions

Guarded by: DeMar DeRozan (35 %, 4 pts) · Precious Achiuwa (19 %, 2 pts) · Nique Clifford (12 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
DeMar DeRozan	LeBron James: 21 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Jarred Vanderbilt: 15 poss., 5 pts (1/1)
Russell Westbrook	Jake LaRavia: 20 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Luka Dončić: 13 poss., 4 pts (1/3)
Maxime Raynaud	Deandre Ayton: 32 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Jaxson Hayes: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Precious Achiuwa	Luka Dončić: 23 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · LeBron James: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Zach LaVine	Marcus Smart: 27 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jarred Vanderbilt: 10 poss., 4 pts (1/1)
Malik Monk	Gabe Vincent: 12 poss., 5 pts (2/4) · Marcus Smart: 9 poss., 12 pts (4/4)
Dylan Cardwell	Jaxson Hayes: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Deandre Ayton: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Nique Clifford	LeBron James: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Dalton Knecht: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Keon Ellis	Dalton Knecht: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Gabe Vincent: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Lakers defense

Russell Westbrook 11 pts (4/7) in 66 possessions

Guarded by: Luka Dončić (41 %, 8 pts) · Jake LaRavia (14 %, 0 pts) · Deandre Ayton (11 %, 0 pts)
Zach LaVine 12 pts (6/13) in 59 possessions

Guarded by: Marcus Smart (41 %, 0 pts) · Jarred Vanderbilt (17 %, 0 pts) · Luka Dončić (11 %, 6 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Luka Dončić	Russell Westbrook: 27 poss., 8 pts (3/3) · Maxime Raynaud: 9 poss., 6 pts (2/5)
LeBron James	Precious Achiuwa: 21 poss., 4 pts (0/3) · Nique Clifford: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Marcus Smart	Zach LaVine: 24 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Malik Monk: 10 poss., 1 pts (0/1)
Jake LaRavia	DeMar DeRozan: 23 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Russell Westbrook: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Deandre Ayton	Maxime Raynaud: 30 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Russell Westbrook: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jarred Vanderbilt	DeMar DeRozan: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Zach LaVine: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Gabe Vincent	Malik Monk: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Keon Ellis: 6 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Jaxson Hayes	Dylan Cardwell: 14 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Maxime Raynaud: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Dalton Knecht	Keon Ellis: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Malik Monk: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Bronny James	DeMar DeRozan: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Russell Westbrook: 1 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Maxi Kleber	Maxime Raynaud: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Malik Monk: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Nick Smith Jr.	Malik Monk: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · DeMar DeRozan: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)