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New York Knicks vs. Los Angeles Lakers

February 1, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Knicks beat the Lakers 112-100 on 2026-02-01 at home. The Knicks started Karl-Anthony Towns, OG Anunoby, Josh Hart, Mikal Bridges, and Jalen Brunson. The Lakers started LeBron James, Marcus Smart, Deandre Ayton, Luka Dončić, and Jake LaRavia. Luka Dončić (Lakers) scored 22 points (9/22) in his matchups, with OG Anunoby as his primary defender. Jalen Brunson (Knicks) scored 4 points (2/8) in his matchups, with Marcus Smart as his primary defender.

Box score

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

NYK

New York Knicks 112

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jalen Brunson GS	36:42	12	7	13	1	0	1	0	4-15	2-6	2-2	+11
Josh Hart GS	36:19	20	4	2	0	1	0	3	8-11	3-4	1-1	+7
OG Anunoby GS	33:48	25	8	3	3	0	1	1	9-15	4-8	3-4	+21
Karl-Anthony Towns GS	32:02	11	13	4	2	0	3	3	5-11	0-1	1-2	+23
Mikal Bridges GS	30:08	10	0	2	1	0	0	1	5-12	0-6	0-0	+3
Landry Shamet	26:23	23	3	1	0	0	0	2	8-13	6-10	1-2	-1
Mitchell Robinson	23:16	0	7	1	0	1	1	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	0
Tyler Kolek	13:36	8	2	4	0	0	0	1	3-10	2-6	0-0	+3
Mohamed Diawara	5:25	3	0	0	0	0	1	3	1-1	1-1	0-0	-4
Ariel Hukporti	0:47	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0-1	0-0	0-0	-1
Trey Jemison III	0:47	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-1
Dillon Jones	0:47	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	-1
Totals		112	46	30	7	2	7	15	43-91	18-42	8-11

Did not play: Jordan Clarkson (DNP - Coach's Decision), Guerschon Yabusele (DNP - Coach's Decision)

LAL

Los Angeles Lakers 100

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Luka Dončić GS	36:53	30	15	8	0	0	3	2	10-23	5-14	5-6	-13
LeBron James GS	34:34	22	5	6	1	0	1	0	9-15	2-6	2-6	-17
Deandre Ayton GS	32:06	13	5	1	1	0	0	3	6-6	0-0	1-1	-12
Marcus Smart GS	30:14	7	0	3	1	0	2	1	2-9	1-4	2-2	-19
Jake LaRavia GS	23:16	5	2	2	1	1	2	3	2-7	1-6	0-0	-19
Rui Hachimura	29:00	11	3	1	0	0	1	0	5-11	1-5	0-0	-1
Jarred Vanderbilt	19:49	1	2	0	1	0	0	2	0-4	0-3	1-2	+8
Gabe Vincent	17:52	8	1	0	0	0	1	1	3-5	2-4	0-0	+7
Jaxson Hayes	12:20	2	2	0	0	2	0	2	1-2	0-0	0-0	+2
Dalton Knecht	0:59	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+1
Nick Smith Jr.	0:59	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	+1
Maxi Kleber	0:59	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	1-2	+1
Drew Timme	0:59	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	+1
Totals		100	36	21	5	3	10	14	38-84	12-42	12-19

Did not play: Austin Reaves (DND - Injury/Illness)

Lineups

NYK

New York Knicks

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Karl-Anthony Towns · OG Anunoby · Josh Hart · Mikal Bridges · Jalen Brunson Starter 14.6 min
Josh Hart · Mikal Bridges · Jalen Brunson · Mitchell Robinson · Landry Shamet 4.5 min
Karl-Anthony Towns · Josh Hart · Mitchell Robinson · Landry Shamet · Tyler Kolek 4.3 min
OG Anunoby · Mikal Bridges · Jalen Brunson · Mitchell Robinson · Landry Shamet 4.0 min
Karl-Anthony Towns · OG Anunoby · Jalen Brunson · Mitchell Robinson · Landry Shamet 3.4 min

LAL

Los Angeles Lakers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

LeBron James · Marcus Smart · Deandre Ayton · Luka Dončić · Jake LaRavia Starter 12.4 min
Jarred Vanderbilt · Luka Dončić · Rui Hachimura · Gabe Vincent · Jaxson Hayes 6.4 min
LeBron James · Marcus Smart · Jarred Vanderbilt · Deandre Ayton · Rui Hachimura 5.8 min
Luka Dončić · Rui Hachimura · Gabe Vincent · Jaxson Hayes · Jake LaRavia 3.5 min
LeBron James · Marcus Smart · Deandre Ayton · Luka Dončić · Rui Hachimura 3.3 min

Who guarded whom

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

Knicks defense

Luka Dončić 22 pts (9/22) in 67 possessions

Guarded by: OG Anunoby (24 %, 2 pts) · Josh Hart (23 %, 3 pts) · Landry Shamet (13 %, 3 pts)
LeBron James 13 pts (5/8) in 60 possessions

Guarded by: OG Anunoby (37 %, 3 pts) · Josh Hart (22 %, 5 pts) · Karl-Anthony Towns (10 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Jalen Brunson	Marcus Smart: 15 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Gabe Vincent: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Karl-Anthony Towns	Deandre Ayton: 24 poss., 8 pts (4/6) · Marcus Smart: 9 poss., 1 pts (0/0)
OG Anunoby	LeBron James: 23 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Luka Dončić: 16 poss., 2 pts (1/4)
Josh Hart	Luka Dončić: 16 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · LeBron James: 13 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
Mikal Bridges	Jake LaRavia: 10 poss., 4 pts (2/5) · Luka Dončić: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/4)
Landry Shamet	Rui Hachimura: 12 poss., 8 pts (3/3) · Luka Dončić: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Mitchell Robinson	Jaxson Hayes: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Deandre Ayton: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tyler Kolek	Marcus Smart: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Deandre Ayton: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Mohamed Diawara	Rui Hachimura: 4 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Jake LaRavia: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Ariel Hukporti	Drew Timme: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Dalton Knecht: 0 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Trey Jemison III	Maxi Kleber: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Drew Timme: 0 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Dillon Jones	Dalton Knecht: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jake LaRavia: 0 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Lakers defense

Jalen Brunson 4 pts (2/8) in 64 possessions

Guarded by: Marcus Smart (28 %, 0 pts) · Gabe Vincent (23 %, 0 pts) · Jake LaRavia (11 %, 0 pts)
Karl-Anthony Towns 9 pts (3/9) in 56 possessions

Guarded by: Deandre Ayton (41 %, 4 pts) · Jarred Vanderbilt (16 %, 0 pts) · LeBron James (11 %, 3 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Luka Dončić	Josh Hart: 26 poss., 12 pts (4/8) · OG Anunoby: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/3)
LeBron James	OG Anunoby: 23 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Josh Hart: 12 poss., 7 pts (3/4)
Rui Hachimura	Mikal Bridges: 19 poss., 4 pts (2/4) · Landry Shamet: 15 poss., 5 pts (2/5)
Deandre Ayton	Karl-Anthony Towns: 23 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Mitchell Robinson: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Marcus Smart	Jalen Brunson: 18 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Tyler Kolek: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/3)
Jarred Vanderbilt	Karl-Anthony Towns: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Josh Hart: 6 poss., 1 pts (0/1)
Jake LaRavia	Mikal Bridges: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jalen Brunson: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Gabe Vincent	Jalen Brunson: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Landry Shamet: 6 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Jaxson Hayes	Mitchell Robinson: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Karl-Anthony Towns: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Drew Timme	Josh Hart: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Trey Jemison III: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Nick Smith Jr.	Landry Shamet: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Dillon Jones: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Maxi Kleber	Jalen Brunson: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · OG Anunoby: 0 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Dalton Knecht	OG Anunoby: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jalen Brunson: 0 poss., 0 pts (0/0)