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Los Angeles Lakers vs. Chicago Bulls

March 12, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Lakers beat the Bulls 142-130 on 2026-03-12 at home. The Lakers started LeBron James, Deandre Ayton, Luka Dončić, Rui Hachimura, and Austin Reaves. The Bulls started Jalen Smith, Tre Jones, Josh Giddey, Leonard Miller, and Matas Buzelis. Josh Giddey (Bulls) scored 32 points (13/18) in his matchups, with Luka Dončić as his primary defender. Luka Dončić (Lakers) scored 19 points (7/13) in his matchups, with Matas Buzelis as his primary defender.

Box score

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

LAL

Los Angeles Lakers 142

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Rui Hachimura GS	40:13	15	1	1	1	0	0	1	6-10	3-5	0-0	+16
Austin Reaves GS	38:33	30	5	7	1	0	3	2	13-20	4-7	0-0	+18
Deandre Ayton GS	37:08	23	10	1	0	0	0	2	10-13	0-0	3-6	+9
Luka Dončić GS	36:43	51	10	9	3	1	1	3	17-31	9-14	8-9	+15
LeBron James GS	33:14	18	7	7	2	1	4	1	7-13	0-2	4-6	+12
Jake LaRavia	21:07	0	3	3	0	1	1	2	0-3	0-2	0-0	+13
Luke Kennard	19:38	3	1	2	2	1	0	2	1-7	1-5	0-0	-13
Jarred Vanderbilt	9:36	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	-3
Drew Timme	3:48	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	1-2	0-1	0-0	-7
Totals		142	41	31	9	4	9	15	55-99	17-36	15-21

Did not play: Kobe Bufkin (DNP - Coach's Decision), Bronny James (DNP - Coach's Decision), Dalton Knecht (DNP - Coach's Decision), Adou Thiero (DNP - Coach's Decision)

CHI

Chicago Bulls 130

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Josh Giddey GS	39:46	27	8	15	2	0	6	1	10-17	6-9	1-2	-8
Matas Buzelis GS	35:23	22	6	1	2	2	2	2	7-19	4-11	4-5	-25
Tre Jones GS	32:02	18	4	6	1	0	0	1	8-16	0-2	2-2	-14
Leonard Miller GS	31:05	15	9	1	1	0	1	4	6-9	1-3	2-2	-11
Jalen Smith GS	30:21	14	4	0	0	0	0	3	5-11	2-5	2-2	-18
Rob Dillingham	29:25	12	5	7	1	0	1	4	5-10	1-3	1-2	+10
Nick Richards	25:33	15	4	1	0	0	2	3	7-9	0-1	1-1	-7
Yuki Kawamura	10:08	3	1	2	0	0	1	0	1-2	1-2	0-0	+7
Lachlan Olbrich	6:17	4	0	1	0	1	2	0	2-2	0-0	0-0	+6
Totals		130	41	34	7	3	15	18	51-95	15-36	13-16

Did not play: Isaac Okoro (DND - Injury/Illness), Collin Sexton (DND - Injury/Illness), Guerschon Yabusele (DND - Injury/Illness)

Lineups

LAL

Los Angeles Lakers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

LeBron James · Deandre Ayton · Luka Dončić · Rui Hachimura · Austin Reaves Starter 14.2 min
LeBron James · Jarred Vanderbilt · Deandre Ayton · Rui Hachimura · Austin Reaves 5.4 min
Luke Kennard · Deandre Ayton · Luka Dončić · Austin Reaves · Jake LaRavia 5.3 min
Luke Kennard · Deandre Ayton · Luka Dončić · Rui Hachimura · Jake LaRavia 3.4 min
LeBron James · Luke Kennard · Jarred Vanderbilt · Rui Hachimura · Austin Reaves 3.3 min

CHI

Chicago Bulls

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Jalen Smith · Tre Jones · Josh Giddey · Leonard Miller · Matas Buzelis Starter 12.9 min
Jalen Smith · Tre Jones · Josh Giddey · Leonard Miller · Rob Dillingham 5.1 min
Nick Richards · Josh Giddey · Matas Buzelis · Rob Dillingham · Yuki Kawamura 3.4 min
Nick Richards · Leonard Miller · Rob Dillingham · Yuki Kawamura · Lachlan Olbrich 3.3 min
Nick Richards · Josh Giddey · Leonard Miller · Matas Buzelis · Rob Dillingham 3.3 min

Who guarded whom

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

Lakers defense

Josh Giddey 32 pts (13/18) in 79 possessions

Guarded by: Luka Dončić (36 %, 13 pts) · Rui Hachimura (20 %, 3 pts) · Austin Reaves (10 %, 10 pts)
Matas Buzelis 26 pts (10/14) in 71 possessions

Guarded by: Rui Hachimura (25 %, 0 pts) · Luka Dončić (22 %, 18 pts) · LeBron James (21 %, 6 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Luka Dončić	Josh Giddey: 28 poss., 13 pts (5/9) · Matas Buzelis: 15 poss., 18 pts (7/10)
Rui Hachimura	Matas Buzelis: 18 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Josh Giddey: 16 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Austin Reaves	Tre Jones: 31 poss., 4 pts (2/4) · Rob Dillingham: 14 poss., 3 pts (1/5)
Deandre Ayton	Nick Richards: 25 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Jalen Smith: 23 poss., 6 pts (3/3)
LeBron James	Leonard Miller: 23 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Matas Buzelis: 15 poss., 6 pts (2/3)
Jake LaRavia	Matas Buzelis: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Rob Dillingham: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Luke Kennard	Rob Dillingham: 18 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Yuki Kawamura: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Jarred Vanderbilt	Josh Giddey: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Nick Richards: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Drew Timme	Nick Richards: 2 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Tre Jones: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Bulls defense

Luka Dončić 19 pts (7/13) in 81 possessions

Guarded by: Matas Buzelis (20 %, 0 pts) · Josh Giddey (18 %, 8 pts) · Leonard Miller (16 %, 2 pts)
LeBron James 12 pts (5/13) in 69 possessions

Guarded by: Matas Buzelis (24 %, 5 pts) · Jalen Smith (20 %, 0 pts) · Leonard Miller (14 %, 2 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Josh Giddey	Rui Hachimura: 18 poss., 3 pts (1/4) · Luka Dončić: 14 poss., 8 pts (3/4)
Matas Buzelis	LeBron James: 16 poss., 5 pts (2/5) · Luka Dončić: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jalen Smith	Deandre Ayton: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · LeBron James: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Tre Jones	Austin Reaves: 18 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · Rui Hachimura: 16 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Leonard Miller	Deandre Ayton: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Luka Dončić: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Rob Dillingham	Austin Reaves: 14 poss., 4 pts (2/4) · Luke Kennard: 14 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Nick Richards	Deandre Ayton: 21 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Rui Hachimura: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Yuki Kawamura	Luke Kennard: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Austin Reaves: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Lachlan Olbrich	Jake LaRavia: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Luka Dončić: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)