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Los Angeles Lakers vs. Sacramento Kings

December 28, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Lakers beat the Kings 125-101 on 2025-12-28 at home. The Lakers started LeBron James, Marcus Smart, Deandre Ayton, Luka Dončić, and Rui Hachimura. The Kings started Russell Westbrook, DeMar DeRozan, Precious Achiuwa, Keon Ellis, and Maxime Raynaud. Russell Westbrook (Kings) scored 3 points (1/4) in his matchups, with Marcus Smart as his primary defender. Luka Dončić (Lakers) scored 17 points (7/15) in his matchups, with Keon Ellis as his primary defender.

Box score

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

LAL

Los Angeles Lakers 125

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Luka Dončić GS	32:44	34	5	7	3	1	5	3	11-23	5-14	7-8	+22
Deandre Ayton GS	30:10	11	11	2	0	2	0	0	5-9	0-0	1-2	+24
LeBron James GS	28:38	24	3	5	2	0	2	0	11-13	1-2	1-1	+20
Rui Hachimura GS	26:14	12	4	1	2	0	0	1	5-10	2-4	0-0	+24
Marcus Smart GS	20:25	0	3	2	1	0	1	3	0-1	0-1	0-0	+10
Jake LaRavia	25:20	11	2	4	2	1	2	5	3-8	0-3	5-5	+13
Nick Smith Jr.	23:58	21	3	1	0	0	0	3	8-14	5-10	0-0	+10
Jarred Vanderbilt	22:18	5	2	0	2	0	2	3	2-4	1-3	0-0	+9
Maxi Kleber	13:14	2	3	2	1	0	2	1	0-2	0-0	2-2	+6
Bronny James	4:36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-6
Dalton Knecht	4:36	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1-2	1-1	0-0	-6
Adou Thiero	4:36	2	3	1	1	0	0	0	1-3	0-0	0-0	-6
Drew Timme	3:11	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0
Totals		125	41	25	14	4	15	19	47-89	15-38	16-18

SAC

Sacramento Kings 101

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Maxime Raynaud GS	34:38	16	10	2	0	0	2	4	8-10	0-0	0-1	-22
DeMar DeRozan GS	33:40	22	4	5	1	0	3	2	8-17	1-2	5-5	-14
Russell Westbrook GS	26:15	13	5	4	2	0	6	1	6-17	1-5	0-0	-17
Keon Ellis GS	22:16	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	1-5	0-2	0-0	-20
Precious Achiuwa GS	19:35	5	3	1	1	0	0	0	2-4	0-1	1-2	-18
Nique Clifford	28:55	11	6	3	1	0	4	2	4-6	2-4	1-2	-4
Dylan Cardwell	23:42	7	7	0	3	0	0	3	3-4	0-0	1-3	+1
Dennis Schröder	19:28	11	2	7	2	1	2	3	3-6	0-2	5-6	-7
Malik Monk	19:24	11	2	2	1	0	2	2	4-10	3-9	0-0	-12
Doug McDermott	12:07	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	1-4	1-4	0-0	-7
Totals		101	39	24	11	3	19	20	40-83	8-29	13-19

Did not play: Dario Šarić (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

LAL

Los Angeles Lakers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

LeBron James · Marcus Smart · Deandre Ayton · Luka Dončić · Rui Hachimura Starter 12.1 min
LeBron James · Maxi Kleber · Jarred Vanderbilt · Jake LaRavia · Nick Smith Jr. 10.1 min
Jarred Vanderbilt · Deandre Ayton · Luka Dončić · Jake LaRavia · Nick Smith Jr. 4.6 min
Marcus Smart · Deandre Ayton · Luka Dončić · Rui Hachimura · Jake LaRavia 3.9 min
Drew Timme · Nick Smith Jr. · Dalton Knecht · Bronny James · Adou Thiero 3.2 min

SAC

Sacramento Kings

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Russell Westbrook · DeMar DeRozan · Precious Achiuwa · Keon Ellis · Maxime Raynaud Starter 10.8 min
Russell Westbrook · DeMar DeRozan · Nique Clifford · Maxime Raynaud · Dylan Cardwell 6.9 min
DeMar DeRozan · Dennis Schröder · Malik Monk · Nique Clifford · Dylan Cardwell 5.2 min
Dennis Schröder · Doug McDermott · Malik Monk · Precious Achiuwa · Nique Clifford 4.8 min
Dennis Schröder · Doug McDermott · Malik Monk · Nique Clifford · Maxime Raynaud 4.2 min

Who guarded whom

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

Lakers defense

Russell Westbrook 3 pts (1/4) in 56 possessions

Guarded by: Marcus Smart (22 %, 0 pts) · Luka Dončić (21 %, 0 pts) · Rui Hachimura (16 %, 0 pts)
Malik Monk 8 pts (3/4) in 39 possessions

Guarded by: Jake LaRavia (44 %, 4 pts) · Nick Smith Jr. (20 %, 2 pts) · Jarred Vanderbilt (17 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Luka Dončić	Keon Ellis: 21 poss., 11 pts (4/5) · Russell Westbrook: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Deandre Ayton	Maxime Raynaud: 26 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Dylan Cardwell: 18 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
LeBron James	Precious Achiuwa: 23 poss., 6 pts (3/4) · Nique Clifford: 9 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Rui Hachimura	DeMar DeRozan: 18 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Russell Westbrook: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jake LaRavia	Malik Monk: 17 poss., 4 pts (1/2) · DeMar DeRozan: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Nick Smith Jr.	Dennis Schröder: 17 poss., 6 pts (2/5) · Nique Clifford: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Jarred Vanderbilt	Dennis Schröder: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Nique Clifford: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Marcus Smart	DeMar DeRozan: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Russell Westbrook: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Maxi Kleber	Maxime Raynaud: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Doug McDermott: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Adou Thiero	Doug McDermott: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Dylan Cardwell: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Dalton Knecht	Dylan Cardwell: 4 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Maxime Raynaud: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Bronny James	Nique Clifford: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Keon Ellis: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Drew Timme	Maxime Raynaud: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Dylan Cardwell: 0 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Kings defense

Luka Dončić 17 pts (7/15) in 70 possessions

Guarded by: Keon Ellis (28 %, 2 pts) · DeMar DeRozan (17 %, 9 pts) · Maxime Raynaud (14 %, 2 pts)
LeBron James 4 pts (2/5) in 61 possessions

Guarded by: Precious Achiuwa (27 %, 0 pts) · Nique Clifford (21 %, 0 pts) · Maxime Raynaud (12 %, 4 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
DeMar DeRozan	Marcus Smart: 17 poss., 8 pts (3/5) · Luka Dončić: 12 poss., 9 pts (3/6)
Maxime Raynaud	Deandre Ayton: 20 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Luka Dončić: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Nique Clifford	LeBron James: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Luka Dončić: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Russell Westbrook	Rui Hachimura: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Marcus Smart: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Dylan Cardwell	Deandre Ayton: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Luka Dončić: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Keon Ellis	Luka Dončić: 20 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Nick Smith Jr.: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Precious Achiuwa	LeBron James: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Maxi Kleber: 6 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Malik Monk	Jake LaRavia: 16 poss., 9 pts (3/6) · Nick Smith Jr.: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Dennis Schröder	Jarred Vanderbilt: 18 poss., 4 pts (0/2) · Deandre Ayton: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Doug McDermott	Nick Smith Jr.: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jake LaRavia: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1)