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Los Angeles Lakers vs. Memphis Grizzlies

January 2, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Lakers beat the Grizzlies 128-121 on 2026-01-02 at home. The Lakers started LeBron James, Marcus Smart, Deandre Ayton, Luka Dončić, and Jake LaRavia. The Grizzlies started Jaren Jackson Jr., Ja Morant, Christian Koloko, Jaylen Wells, and Cedric Coward. Ja Morant (Grizzlies) scored 16 points (7/9) in his matchups, with Marcus Smart as his primary defender. Luka Dončić (Lakers) scored 33 points (13/18) in his matchups, with Jaylen Wells as his primary defender.

Box score

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

LAL

Los Angeles Lakers 128

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Luka Dončić GS	37:33	34	6	8	2	0	6	3	8-18	1-7	17-20	+3
Jake LaRavia GS	37:02	21	9	2	2	1	1	5	8-12	3-6	2-3	0
LeBron James GS	36:04	31	9	6	0	0	4	3	12-18	1-5	6-6	+11
Marcus Smart GS	34:17	13	8	7	1	1	4	3	5-9	3-6	0-0	+18
Deandre Ayton GS	24:49	4	6	0	1	0	1	3	2-4	0-0	0-0	-1
Jaxson Hayes	23:11	12	2	0	2	1	0	3	5-6	0-0	2-2	+8
Jarred Vanderbilt	20:15	5	2	1	1	1	3	0	2-4	1-3	0-0	-6
Nick Smith Jr.	16:02	8	0	2	0	0	0	1	3-4	2-3	0-0	-6
Dalton Knecht	10:47	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0-2	0-2	0-0	+8
Totals		128	42	26	9	4	20	21	45-77	11-32	27-31

Did not play: Bronny James (DNP - Coach's Decision), Maxi Kleber (DNP - Coach's Decision), Chris Mañon (DNP - Coach's Decision), Drew Timme (DNP - Coach's Decision)

MEM

Memphis Grizzlies 121

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Ja Morant GS	31:22	16	3	11	2	0	3	1	7-18	0-3	2-3	-21
Jaren Jackson Jr. GS	30:18	25	1	2	1	0	2	5	12-15	0-3	1-5	-27
Jaylen Wells GS	28:07	6	1	2	1	0	0	3	2-11	2-8	0-0	-2
Cedric Coward GS	23:50	5	7	5	1	1	2	1	2-10	0-3	1-1	-29
Christian Koloko GS	21:39	3	2	0	1	1	2	2	1-3	0-0	1-2	-11
Santi Aldama	29:48	15	7	3	1	0	0	0	5-12	3-9	2-2	+6
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	22:55	20	5	2	2	0	1	4	6-10	4-6	4-4	+24
Jock Landale	20:15	14	5	0	0	0	1	3	5-7	1-2	3-4	+16
Cam Spencer	16:38	5	2	5	0	0	2	0	2-3	1-2	0-0	+14
GG Jackson	15:09	12	1	2	1	0	2	1	4-7	3-6	1-2	-5
Totals		121	34	32	10	2	15	20	46-96	14-42	15-23

Did not play: John Konchar (DND - Injury/Illness), Vince Williams Jr. (DND - Injury/Illness)

Lineups

LAL

Los Angeles Lakers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

LeBron James · Marcus Smart · Deandre Ayton · Luka Dončić · Jake LaRavia Starter 16.8 min
LeBron James · Marcus Smart · Luka Dončić · Jaxson Hayes · Jake LaRavia 6.1 min
LeBron James · Marcus Smart · Jaxson Hayes · Nick Smith Jr. · Dalton Knecht 4.9 min
Jarred Vanderbilt · Deandre Ayton · Luka Dončić · Jake LaRavia · Nick Smith Jr. 3.8 min
Jarred Vanderbilt · Luka Dončić · Jaxson Hayes · Jake LaRavia · Nick Smith Jr. 3.3 min

MEM

Memphis Grizzlies

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Jaren Jackson Jr. · Ja Morant · Christian Koloko · Jaylen Wells · Cedric Coward Starter 8.5 min
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope · Jock Landale · Santi Aldama · Cam Spencer · Jaylen Wells 7.9 min
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope · Ja Morant · Santi Aldama · Christian Koloko · GG Jackson 6.0 min
Jaren Jackson Jr. · Ja Morant · Christian Koloko · GG Jackson · Cedric Coward 4.1 min
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope · Jaren Jackson Jr. · Jock Landale · Santi Aldama · Cam Spencer 3.7 min

Who guarded whom

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

Lakers defense

Ja Morant 16 pts (7/9) in 64 possessions

Guarded by: Marcus Smart (60 %, 10 pts) · Jake LaRavia (11 %, 4 pts) · Jarred Vanderbilt (9 %, 0 pts)
Jaren Jackson Jr. 25 pts (7/11) in 65 possessions

Guarded by: Jarred Vanderbilt (24 %, 5 pts) · Jake LaRavia (23 %, 5 pts) · Jaxson Hayes (17 %, 4 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Luka Dončić	Jaylen Wells: 40 poss., 5 pts (1/5) · Kentavious Caldwell-Pope: 11 poss., 4 pts (1/2)
LeBron James	Cedric Coward: 22 poss., 2 pts (1/4) · GG Jackson: 16 poss., 9 pts (4/5)
Jake LaRavia	Santi Aldama: 18 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Jaren Jackson Jr.: 15 poss., 5 pts (1/2)
Marcus Smart	Ja Morant: 38 poss., 10 pts (4/5) · Cam Spencer: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Deandre Ayton	Christian Koloko: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jock Landale: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jaxson Hayes	Christian Koloko: 13 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Jaren Jackson Jr.: 11 poss., 4 pts (1/1)
Jarred Vanderbilt	Jaren Jackson Jr.: 16 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Santi Aldama: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Nick Smith Jr.	Cam Spencer: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Kentavious Caldwell-Pope: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Dalton Knecht	Santi Aldama: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Cedric Coward: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Grizzlies defense

Luka Dončić 33 pts (13/18) in 84 possessions

Guarded by: Jaylen Wells (39 %, 6 pts) · Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (13 %, 2 pts) · Santi Aldama (11 %, 4 pts)
LeBron James 8 pts (3/10) in 78 possessions

Guarded by: Santi Aldama (24 %, 2 pts) · GG Jackson (18 %, 1 pts) · Jaren Jackson Jr. (17 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Jaren Jackson Jr.	Jarred Vanderbilt: 17 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · LeBron James: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Santi Aldama	LeBron James: 19 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Jake LaRavia: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Ja Morant	Marcus Smart: 36 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jake LaRavia: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/3)
Jaylen Wells	Luka Dončić: 33 poss., 6 pts (2/3) · Jake LaRavia: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/3)
Cedric Coward	Jake LaRavia: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · LeBron James: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	Nick Smith Jr.: 17 poss., 8 pts (3/3) · Luka Dončić: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Christian Koloko	Deandre Ayton: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jaxson Hayes: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jock Landale	Deandre Ayton: 13 poss., 8 pts (2/3) · Jaxson Hayes: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Cam Spencer	Jarred Vanderbilt: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jake LaRavia: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
GG Jackson	LeBron James: 14 poss., 1 pts (0/1) · Dalton Knecht: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/3)