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Los Angeles Lakers vs. Utah Jazz

April 12, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Lakers beat the Jazz 131-107 on 2026-04-12 at home. The Lakers started LeBron James, Marcus Smart, Luke Kennard, Deandre Ayton, and Rui Hachimura. The Jazz started Oscar Tshiebwe, Cody Williams, Blake Hinson, Ace Bailey, and Bez Mbeng. Brice Sensabaugh (Jazz) scored 9 points (3/3) in his matchups, with Jarred Vanderbilt as his primary defender. LeBron James (Lakers) scored 2 points (1/2) in his matchups, with Bez Mbeng as his primary defender.

Box score

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

LAL

Los Angeles Lakers 131

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Rui Hachimura GS	28:58	22	10	0	1	0	0	3	8-12	3-5	3-4	+19
Marcus Smart GS	26:18	5	2	10	1	0	3	3	1-7	1-5	2-2	+13
Deandre Ayton GS	25:37	22	10	1	0	3	0	1	10-14	0-0	2-2	+13
LeBron James GS	16:33	18	4	6	3	0	4	0	6-15	0-3	6-7	+14
Luke Kennard GS	11:24	3	0	1	0	0	1	1	1-1	0-0	1-2	+8
Jake LaRavia	24:48	2	4	3	2	1	0	0	1-3	0-1	0-0	+11
Bronny James	18:51	11	1	4	1	0	0	1	4-7	3-4	0-0	+13
Nick Smith Jr.	17:34	12	0	1	0	0	1	0	5-11	2-6	0-0	+6
Jarred Vanderbilt	16:21	4	4	2	2	1	1	1	2-5	0-2	0-0	+5
Maxi Kleber	15:10	2	6	0	0	1	2	3	1-2	0-0	0-0	+10
Dalton Knecht	12:00	17	2	4	1	0	0	3	6-9	5-6	0-0	+3
Adou Thiero	12:00	8	4	2	0	0	2	2	4-4	0-0	0-0	+3
Drew Timme	7:13	3	0	2	1	0	1	1	1-1	1-1	0-0	+1
Chris Mañon	7:13	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	1-2	0-1	0-0	+1
Totals		131	49	37	12	6	15	20	51-93	15-34	14-17

UTA

Utah Jazz 107

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Bez Mbeng GS	48:00	14	4	9	5	0	4	2	5-10	1-4	3-5	-24
Cody Williams GS	39:14	14	3	6	2	0	1	2	5-15	0-2	4-4	-10
Oscar Tshiebwe GS	32:04	29	17	3	0	0	3	1	12-17	0-0	5-8	-15
Ace Bailey GS	29:24	15	3	1	0	1	3	4	7-21	1-9	0-2	-19
Blake Hinson GS	25:36	10	6	2	1	0	0	3	4-12	2-8	0-0	-8
John Konchar	27:45	4	7	2	3	2	1	1	2-6	0-2	0-0	-17
Hayden Gray	24:45	6	0	1	1	1	1	0	2-3	0-1	2-2	-18
Brice Sensabaugh	13:12	15	2	1	1	0	3	1	4-10	3-8	4-6	-9
Totals		107	42	25	13	4	16	14	41-94	7-34	18-27

Did not play: Isaiah Collier (DND - Injury/Illness), Elijah Harkless (DND - Injury/Illness), Kevin Love (DNP - Coach's Decision), Svi Mykhailiuk (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

LAL

Los Angeles Lakers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

LeBron James · Marcus Smart · Luke Kennard · Deandre Ayton · Rui Hachimura Starter 6.7 min
Marcus Smart · Deandre Ayton · Rui Hachimura · Jake LaRavia · Bronny James 7.1 min
Maxi Kleber · Jarred Vanderbilt · Nick Smith Jr. · Dalton Knecht · Adou Thiero 4.8 min
Drew Timme · Nick Smith Jr. · Dalton Knecht · Adou Thiero · Chris Mañon 4.4 min
Drew Timme · Dalton Knecht · Bronny James · Adou Thiero · Chris Mañon 2.8 min

UTA

Utah Jazz

Starting lineup

Bez Mbeng
Cody Williams
Oscar Tshiebwe
Blake Hinson
Ace Bailey

The 5 most-used lineups:

Oscar Tshiebwe · Cody Williams · Blake Hinson · Ace Bailey · Bez Mbeng Starter 8.7 min
John Konchar · Cody Williams · Ace Bailey · Bez Mbeng · Hayden Gray 11.0 min
Oscar Tshiebwe · Cody Williams · Ace Bailey · Bez Mbeng · Hayden Gray 5.4 min
John Konchar · Brice Sensabaugh · Cody Williams · Blake Hinson · Bez Mbeng 3.9 min
John Konchar · Oscar Tshiebwe · Brice Sensabaugh · Cody Williams · Bez Mbeng 3.3 min

Who guarded whom

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

Lakers defense

Brice Sensabaugh 9 pts (3/3) in 28 possessions

Guarded by: Jarred Vanderbilt (23 %, 0 pts) · Jake LaRavia (18 %, 0 pts) · LeBron James (15 %, 6 pts)
Ace Bailey 26 pts (9/15) in 66 possessions

Guarded by: Rui Hachimura (15 %, 4 pts) · Jarred Vanderbilt (13 %, 0 pts) · Dalton Knecht (11 %, 3 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Rui Hachimura	Blake Hinson: 18 poss., 5 pts (2/4) · Ace Bailey: 10 poss., 4 pts (1/1)
Marcus Smart	Bez Mbeng: 27 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Cody Williams: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Deandre Ayton	Oscar Tshiebwe: 25 poss., 2 pts (1/4) · Cody Williams: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jake LaRavia	Bez Mbeng: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · John Konchar: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
LeBron James	Blake Hinson: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Cody Williams: 8 poss., 7 pts (2/4)
Jarred Vanderbilt	Ace Bailey: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · John Konchar: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Bronny James	Hayden Gray: 13 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Bez Mbeng: 9 poss., 6 pts (2/3)
Nick Smith Jr.	Bez Mbeng: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Hayden Gray: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Maxi Kleber	Cody Williams: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Oscar Tshiebwe: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Dalton Knecht	Ace Bailey: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Hayden Gray: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Adou Thiero	Bez Mbeng: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Hayden Gray: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Luke Kennard	Cody Williams: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Ace Bailey: 4 poss., 1 pts (0/0)
Chris Mañon	Cody Williams: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Hayden Gray: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Drew Timme	Oscar Tshiebwe: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Cody Williams: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Jazz defense

LeBron James 2 pts (1/2) in 36 possessions

Guarded by: Bez Mbeng (19 %, 0 pts) · John Konchar (19 %, 2 pts) · Brice Sensabaugh (16 %, 0 pts)
Nick Smith Jr. 5 pts (2/6) in 34 possessions

Guarded by: Bez Mbeng (28 %, 2 pts) · Hayden Gray (27 %, 0 pts) · John Konchar (15 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Bez Mbeng	Marcus Smart: 20 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Bronny James: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Cody Williams	Jake LaRavia: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Rui Hachimura: 9 poss., 2 pts (0/0)
Oscar Tshiebwe	Deandre Ayton: 27 poss., 8 pts (3/7) · Maxi Kleber: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Ace Bailey	Rui Hachimura: 9 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · Jarred Vanderbilt: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
John Konchar	Jake LaRavia: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Rui Hachimura: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Blake Hinson	Rui Hachimura: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Marcus Smart: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Hayden Gray	Bronny James: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Nick Smith Jr.: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Brice Sensabaugh	LeBron James: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Rui Hachimura: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)