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Los Angeles Lakers vs. Memphis Grizzlies

January 4, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Lakers beat the Grizzlies 120-114 on 2026-01-04 at home. The Lakers started LeBron James, Marcus Smart, Deandre Ayton, Luka Dončić, and Jake LaRavia. The Grizzlies started Jaren Jackson Jr., Jock Landale, Cam Spencer, Jaylen Wells, and Cedric Coward. Jaren Jackson Jr. (Grizzlies) scored 25 points (8/12) in his matchups, with Jake LaRavia as his primary defender. Luka Dončić (Lakers) scored 17 points (8/18) 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 120

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Luka Dončić GS	38:53	36	9	8	0	1	3	2	10-20	4-10	12-13	+9
LeBron James GS	37:17	26	7	10	1	0	1	2	8-14	2-7	8-10	+6
Jake LaRavia GS	34:30	26	5	4	1	0	0	2	9-16	4-10	4-4	+15
Deandre Ayton GS	33:34	15	8	1	1	3	1	2	6-8	0-0	3-6	+6
Marcus Smart GS	31:09	6	1	4	0	1	1	2	1-5	0-3	4-4	+3
Jarred Vanderbilt	21:57	7	7	3	0	1	2	1	3-7	0-4	1-2	-3
Nick Smith Jr.	15:17	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0-4	0-3	0-0	-6
Jaxson Hayes	14:26	1	6	0	0	0	0	3	0-1	0-0	1-2	0
Dalton Knecht	12:57	3	2	0	1	0	2	2	1-5	1-4	0-0	0
Totals		120	45	30	4	6	10	18	38-80	11-41	33-41

Did not play: Bronny James (DNP - Coach's Decision), Maxi Kleber (DNP - Coach's Decision), Gabe Vincent (DND - Injury/Illness)

MEM

Memphis Grizzlies 114

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Cam Spencer GS	34:02	5	2	9	0	0	2	5	1-10	0-5	3-3	0
Jaren Jackson Jr. GS	33:41	14	3	1	0	0	2	5	6-14	2-4	0-0	-2
Jock Landale GS	28:36	13	10	3	0	0	0	1	5-9	1-2	2-2	-5
Jaylen Wells GS	24:30	23	1	2	0	0	0	5	8-16	3-11	4-4	-13
Cedric Coward GS	12:33	16	8	1	1	0	1	1	6-9	2-3	2-2	+13
Santi Aldama	30:44	12	10	7	1	0	1	4	4-13	0-4	4-6	+3
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	24:46	7	2	0	1	0	0	1	3-8	1-5	0-0	-13
GG Jackson	21:55	11	6	1	0	1	0	4	4-10	1-5	2-2	0
Javon Small	16:07	7	3	5	1	0	1	0	2-5	0-1	3-3	-8
Christian Koloko	13:06	6	2	0	2	0	1	5	3-6	0-1	0-0	-5
Totals		114	47	29	6	1	8	31	42-100	10-41	20-22

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 15.2 min
Marcus Smart · Jarred Vanderbilt · Deandre Ayton · Luka Dončić · Jake LaRavia 7.3 min
LeBron James · Marcus Smart · Jaxson Hayes · Nick Smith Jr. · Dalton Knecht 5.9 min
LeBron James · Jarred Vanderbilt · Luka Dončić · Jaxson Hayes · Nick Smith Jr. 5.6 min
LeBron James · Jarred Vanderbilt · Deandre Ayton · Luka Dončić · Jake LaRavia 4.4 min

MEM

Memphis Grizzlies

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Jaren Jackson Jr. · Jock Landale · Cam Spencer · Jaylen Wells · Cedric Coward Starter 4.5 min
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope · Santi Aldama · Christian Koloko · Jaylen Wells · Javon Small 7.7 min
Jaren Jackson Jr. · Jock Landale · GG Jackson · Cam Spencer · Jaylen Wells 5.6 min
Jaren Jackson Jr. · Jock Landale · Santi Aldama · GG Jackson · Cam Spencer 3.1 min
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope · Jock Landale · Santi Aldama · GG Jackson · Cam Spencer 3.1 min

Who guarded whom

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

Lakers defense

Jaren Jackson Jr. 25 pts (8/12) in 68 possessions

Guarded by: Jake LaRavia (22 %, 10 pts) · Jarred Vanderbilt (20 %, 2 pts) · Deandre Ayton (18 %, 6 pts)
GG Jackson 15 pts (4/9) in 40 possessions

Guarded by: LeBron James (26 %, 3 pts) · Nick Smith Jr. (23 %, 0 pts) · Luka Dončić (19 %, 9 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Luka Dončić	Jaylen Wells: 33 poss., 12 pts (5/8) · Kentavious Caldwell-Pope: 17 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
LeBron James	Cedric Coward: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/4) · Santi Aldama: 12 poss., 4 pts (2/3)
Jake LaRavia	Jaren Jackson Jr.: 15 poss., 10 pts (3/3) · Kentavious Caldwell-Pope: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Deandre Ayton	Jock Landale: 25 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Christian Koloko: 13 poss., 5 pts (1/1)
Marcus Smart	Cam Spencer: 22 poss., 2 pts (0/2) · Javon Small: 16 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Jarred Vanderbilt	Jaren Jackson Jr.: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Santi Aldama: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Nick Smith Jr.	Cam Spencer: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · GG Jackson: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jaxson Hayes	Jock Landale: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jaren Jackson Jr.: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Dalton Knecht	Cam Spencer: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · GG Jackson: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1)

Grizzlies defense

Luka Dončić 17 pts (8/18) in 79 possessions

Guarded by: Jaylen Wells (37 %, 4 pts) · Santi Aldama (17 %, 1 pts) · Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (16 %, 2 pts)
LeBron James 13 pts (5/13) in 72 possessions

Guarded by: Jaren Jackson Jr. (35 %, 2 pts) · Santi Aldama (15 %, 3 pts) · GG Jackson (9 %, 3 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Cam Spencer	Marcus Smart: 21 poss., 2 pts (0/2) · Nick Smith Jr.: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Jaren Jackson Jr.	LeBron James: 25 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Deandre Ayton: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/4)
Santi Aldama	Luka Dončić: 13 poss., 1 pts (0/4) · Jake LaRavia: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Jock Landale	Deandre Ayton: 26 poss., 7 pts (3/3) · Jaxson Hayes: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jaylen Wells	Luka Dončić: 29 poss., 4 pts (2/4) · LeBron James: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	Jake LaRavia: 16 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Luka Dončić: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
GG Jackson	Jake LaRavia: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Dalton Knecht: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Javon Small	Marcus Smart: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Jarred Vanderbilt: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Christian Koloko	Deandre Ayton: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Luka Dončić: 4 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Cedric Coward	LeBron James: 6 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Marcus Smart: 4 poss., 3 pts (1/1)