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Los Angeles Lakers vs. Milwaukee Bucks

January 9, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Bucks beat the Lakers 105-101 on 2026-01-09 on the road against the Lakers. The Lakers started LeBron James, Marcus Smart, Deandre Ayton, Luka Dončić, and Jake LaRavia. The Bucks started Giannis Antetokounmpo, Myles Turner, Kevin Porter Jr., Ryan Rollins, and AJ Green. Giannis Antetokounmpo (Bucks) scored 12 points (5/12) in his matchups, with LeBron James as his primary defender. Luka Dončić (Lakers) scored 16 points (5/10) in his matchups, with AJ Green as his primary defender.

Box score

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

LAL

Los Angeles Lakers 101

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Luka Dončić GS	36:05	24	9	9	2	3	6	8-25	4-6	4-8	-14
Jake LaRavia GS	34:25	13	2	2	2	2	0	5-8	3-5	0-0	-15
LeBron James GS	32:51	26	9	10	3	3	1	10-21	2-7	4-6	+8
Marcus Smart GS	30:11	9	4	1	2	2	2	3-9	3-8	0-0	-1
Deandre Ayton GS	23:33	4	5	0	0	1	1	2-6	0-0	0-0	-13
Jarred Vanderbilt	26:32	9	9	2	0	0	2	4-7	1-3	0-0	+2
Jaxson Hayes	24:27	6	2	1	0	1	5	3-6	0-0	0-0	+9
Gabe Vincent	15:18	6	2	2	0	0	1	2-5	2-5	0-0	-3
Dalton Knecht	13:23	4	1	0	0	0	1	2-4	0-2	0-0	+10
Maxi Kleber	3:16	0	2	1	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	-3
Totals		101	45	28	9	12	20	39-91	15-36	8-14

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

MIL

Milwaukee Bucks 105

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Kevin Porter Jr. GS	39:29	22	5	6	4	1	3	3	7-14	1-3	7-10	+5
AJ Green GS	35:14	11	2	2	2	0	1	0	4-7	3-6	0-0	+10
Ryan Rollins GS	30:59	10	6	2	0	0	2	2	2-13	1-7	5-6	+1
Giannis Antetokounmpo GS	30:48	21	6	5	2	2	4	2	9-11	0-0	3-4	+6
Myles Turner GS	22:57	8	6	0	0	0	3	5	3-6	2-4	0-0	0
Bobby Portis	30:02	11	12	3	0	0	2	0	5-12	1-5	0-0	+2
Kyle Kuzma	22:59	13	3	2	1	0	1	2	5-10	1-3	2-2	-4
Gary Trent Jr.	19:10	6	2	2	0	0	0	1	2-5	2-5	0-0	-6
Gary Harris	8:23	3	2	1	1	0	0	1	1-1	1-1	0-0	+6
Totals		105	44	23	10	3	16	16	38-79	12-34	17-22

Did not play: Thanasis Antetokounmpo (DNP - Coach's Decision), Cole Anthony (DNP - Coach's Decision), Amir Coffey (DNP - Coach's Decision), Andre Jackson Jr. (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jericho Sims (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

LAL

Los Angeles Lakers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

LeBron James · Marcus Smart · Deandre Ayton · Luka Dončić · Jake LaRavia Starter 14.1 min
Marcus Smart · Jarred Vanderbilt · Deandre Ayton · Luka Dončić · Jake LaRavia 6.7 min
Jarred Vanderbilt · Luka Dončić · Gabe Vincent · Jaxson Hayes · Jake LaRavia 5.7 min
LeBron James · Jarred Vanderbilt · Gabe Vincent · Jaxson Hayes · Dalton Knecht 4.3 min
LeBron James · Marcus Smart · Jarred Vanderbilt · Jaxson Hayes · Dalton Knecht 4.3 min

MIL

Milwaukee Bucks

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Giannis Antetokounmpo · Myles Turner · Kevin Porter Jr. · Ryan Rollins · AJ Green Starter 16.7 min
Giannis Antetokounmpo · Bobby Portis Jr. · Kevin Porter Jr. · Ryan Rollins · AJ Green 5.8 min
Gary Harris · Bobby Portis Jr. · Kyle Kuzma · Gary Trent Jr. · Kevin Porter Jr. 5.7 min
Bobby Portis Jr. · Kyle Kuzma · Gary Trent Jr. · Ryan Rollins · AJ Green 3.8 min
Giannis Antetokounmpo · Bobby Portis Jr. · Kyle Kuzma · Kevin Porter Jr. · AJ Green 3.3 min

Who guarded whom

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

Lakers defense

Giannis Antetokounmpo 12 pts (5/12) in 60 possessions

Guarded by: LeBron James (31 %, 9 pts) · Deandre Ayton (20 %, 0 pts) · Jarred Vanderbilt (19 %, 0 pts)
Kevin Porter Jr. 21 pts (9/23) in 73 possessions

Guarded by: Luka Dončić (41 %, 10 pts) · LeBron James (14 %, 3 pts) · Marcus Smart (13 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Luka Dončić	Kevin Porter Jr.: 30 poss., 10 pts (4/10) · Ryan Rollins: 15 poss., 6 pts (2/4)
Jake LaRavia	AJ Green: 33 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Gary Trent Jr.: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
LeBron James	Giannis Antetokounmpo: 19 poss., 9 pts (4/7) · Kevin Porter Jr.: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Marcus Smart	Ryan Rollins: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Kevin Porter Jr.: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/3)
Jarred Vanderbilt	Giannis Antetokounmpo: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Bobby Portis Jr.: 11 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
Deandre Ayton	Myles Turner: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Giannis Antetokounmpo: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jaxson Hayes	Bobby Portis Jr.: 16 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Kyle Kuzma: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Gabe Vincent	Gary Trent Jr.: 10 poss., 6 pts (2/2) · Ryan Rollins: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Dalton Knecht	Gary Trent Jr.: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Bobby Portis Jr.: 4 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Maxi Kleber	Kevin Porter Jr.: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Bobby Portis Jr.: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Bucks defense

Luka Dončić 16 pts (5/10) in 63 possessions

Guarded by: AJ Green (25 %, 5 pts) · Ryan Rollins (16 %, 0 pts) · Gary Trent Jr. (12 %, 0 pts)
LeBron James 6 pts (2/3) in 59 possessions

Guarded by: Myles Turner (23 %, 0 pts) · AJ Green (15 %, 0 pts) · Bobby Portis Jr. (12 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Kevin Porter Jr.	Marcus Smart: 24 poss., 0 pts (0/4) · Jarred Vanderbilt: 8 poss., 2 pts (0/1)
AJ Green	Jake LaRavia: 20 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Luka Dončić: 16 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
Giannis Antetokounmpo	Deandre Ayton: 19 poss., 14 pts (6/7) · Jarred Vanderbilt: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Ryan Rollins	Jake LaRavia: 13 poss., 5 pts (2/4) · Luka Dončić: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/3)
Bobby Portis Jr.	Jarred Vanderbilt: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Jaxson Hayes: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Kyle Kuzma	Jaxson Hayes: 15 poss., 4 pts (1/3) · LeBron James: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Myles Turner	LeBron James: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jake LaRavia: 8 poss., 5 pts (2/4)
Gary Trent Jr.	Dalton Knecht: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Luka Dončić: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Gary Harris	LeBron James: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Gabe Vincent: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)