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Los Angeles Lakers vs. Cleveland Cavaliers

March 31, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Lakers beat the Cavaliers 127-113 on 2026-03-31 at home. The Lakers started LeBron James, Deandre Ayton, Luka Dončić, Austin Reaves, and Jake LaRavia. The Cavaliers started James Harden, Donovan Mitchell, Jarrett Allen, Max Strus, and Evan Mobley. Donovan Mitchell (Cavaliers) scored 10 points (4/5) in his matchups, with Austin Reaves as his primary defender. Luka Dončić (Lakers) scored 9 points (2/8) in his matchups, with Max Strus as his primary defender.

Box score

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

LAL

Los Angeles Lakers 127

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jake LaRavia GS	38:06	14	7	0	1	0	1	2	5-5	2-2	2-2	+23
Austin Reaves GS	36:45	19	6	4	2	1	5	3	6-16	2-9	5-5	+4
Luka Dončić GS	33:57	42	5	12	2	0	0	4	13-26	6-13	10-10	+21
LeBron James GS	30:38	14	5	6	1	1	3	2	4-8	1-3	5-6	+4
Deandre Ayton GS	28:04	18	9	1	1	1	0	1	8-13	0-0	2-3	+10
Luke Kennard	22:47	2	1	2	0	0	1	3	1-2	0-0	0-0	+4
Rui Hachimura	18:51	14	1	0	0	1	0	1	6-8	2-3	0-0	+10
Jaxson Hayes	18:35	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	2-4	0-0	0-0	+9
Bronny James	6:53	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	+5
Adou Thiero	1:21	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	-5
Dalton Knecht	1:21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-5
Drew Timme	1:21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-5
Kobe Bufkin	1:21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	-5
Totals		127	37	26	9	4	10	19	45-83	13-31	24-26

Did not play: Maxi Kleber (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jarred Vanderbilt (DNP - Coach's Decision)

CLE

Cleveland Cavaliers 113

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
James Harden GS	27:41	17	0	3	0	0	3	1	6-13	2-5	3-5	-19
Donovan Mitchell GS	24:10	10	3	6	0	0	2	1	4-10	0-3	2-2	-24
Max Strus GS	23:15	11	3	1	0	0	0	4	4-8	3-7	0-0	-10
Evan Mobley GS	21:31	6	4	4	0	0	1	2	2-4	0-1	2-2	-18
Jarrett Allen GS	18:39	18	4	2	1	0	1	2	9-11	0-0	0-2	-7
Thomas Bryant	24:39	14	6	0	0	1	0	1	5-7	3-4	1-2	+5
Nae'Qwan Tomlin	22:20	9	3	1	0	0	1	4	4-9	1-5	0-0	-2
Keon Ellis	19:21	7	2	0	1	0	1	1	2-6	1-4	2-2	-11
Dennis Schröder	18:52	9	3	3	1	1	3	2	3-7	1-2	2-2	-14
Craig Porter Jr.	15:32	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0-3	0-3	0-0	+4
Larry Nance Jr.	12:00	2	4	1	2	0	0	0	1-4	0-2	0-0	+13
Tyrese Proctor	12:00	10	2	4	0	0	0	1	3-5	2-3	2-2	+13
Totals		113	35	26	5	2	14	19	43-87	13-39	14-19

Lineups

LAL

Los Angeles Lakers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

LeBron James · Deandre Ayton · Luka Dončić · Austin Reaves · Jake LaRavia Starter 14.4 min
Luke Kennard · Luka Dončić · Rui Hachimura · Jaxson Hayes · Jake LaRavia 5.4 min
LeBron James · Luke Kennard · Deandre Ayton · Austin Reaves · Jake LaRavia 3.8 min
LeBron James · Luke Kennard · Jaxson Hayes · Austin Reaves · Jake LaRavia 3.7 min
LeBron James · Deandre Ayton · Austin Reaves · Jake LaRavia · Bronny James 3.5 min

CLE

Cleveland Cavaliers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

James Harden · Donovan Mitchell · Jarrett Allen · Max Strus · Evan Mobley Starter 12.9 min
Larry Nance Jr. · Thomas Bryant · Nae'Qwan Tomlin · Craig Porter Jr. · Tyrese Proctor 12.0 min
Dennis Schröder · Donovan Mitchell · Thomas Bryant · Keon Ellis · Nae'Qwan Tomlin 6.6 min
James Harden · Dennis Schröder · Jarrett Allen · Max Strus · Keon Ellis 3.5 min
James Harden · Dennis Schröder · Thomas Bryant · Max Strus · Keon Ellis 3.4 min

Who guarded whom

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

Lakers defense

Donovan Mitchell 10 pts (4/5) in 45 possessions

Guarded by: Austin Reaves (24 %, 2 pts) · Rui Hachimura (19 %, 0 pts) · Jake LaRavia (19 %, 2 pts)
James Harden 4 pts (2/5) in 52 possessions

Guarded by: LeBron James (25 %, 0 pts) · Jake LaRavia (23 %, 0 pts) · Luka Dončić (22 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Austin Reaves	Keon Ellis: 14 poss., 5 pts (1/1) · Donovan Mitchell: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Jake LaRavia	James Harden: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Donovan Mitchell: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Luka Dončić	Max Strus: 25 poss., 18 pts (6/13) · James Harden: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
LeBron James	Evan Mobley: 14 poss., 2 pts (0/1) · James Harden: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Deandre Ayton	Jarrett Allen: 18 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Evan Mobley: 9 poss., 5 pts (2/4)
Luke Kennard	Dennis Schröder: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Tyrese Proctor: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jaxson Hayes	Thomas Bryant: 16 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · Nae'Qwan Tomlin: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Rui Hachimura	Donovan Mitchell: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Thomas Bryant: 4 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Bronny James	Craig Porter Jr.: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Tyrese Proctor: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Adou Thiero	Nae'Qwan Tomlin: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Thomas Bryant: 0 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Dalton Knecht	Larry Nance Jr.: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Craig Porter Jr.: 0 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kobe Bufkin	Craig Porter Jr.: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Nae'Qwan Tomlin: 0 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Drew Timme	Thomas Bryant: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Craig Porter Jr.: 0 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Cavaliers defense

Luka Dončić 9 pts (2/8) in 69 possessions

Guarded by: Max Strus (26 %, 3 pts) · Keon Ellis (15 %, 2 pts) · James Harden (13 %, 0 pts)
LeBron James 23 pts (9/13) in 59 possessions

Guarded by: Evan Mobley (26 %, 2 pts) · James Harden (15 %, 6 pts) · Max Strus (10 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
James Harden	Jake LaRavia: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Austin Reaves: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Donovan Mitchell	Jake LaRavia: 19 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Austin Reaves: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Thomas Bryant	Jaxson Hayes: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Rui Hachimura: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Max Strus	Luka Dončić: 18 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Austin Reaves: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Evan Mobley	LeBron James: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Deandre Ayton: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Nae'Qwan Tomlin	Jaxson Hayes: 13 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Luke Kennard: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Keon Ellis	Luka Dončić: 10 poss., 2 pts (0/2) · Austin Reaves: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Jarrett Allen	Deandre Ayton: 16 poss., 6 pts (3/3) · Jake LaRavia: 5 poss., 6 pts (3/5)
Dennis Schröder	Austin Reaves: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Luke Kennard: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Craig Porter Jr.	Jake LaRavia: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Austin Reaves: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Larry Nance Jr.	Jake LaRavia: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Luka Dončić: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Tyrese Proctor	Austin Reaves: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Luke Kennard: 4 poss., 2 pts (0/0)