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Los Angeles Lakers vs. Sacramento Kings

March 1, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Lakers beat the Kings 128-104 on 2026-03-01 at home. The Lakers started LeBron James, Marcus Smart, Deandre Ayton, Luka Dončić, and Austin Reaves. The Kings started Russell Westbrook, DeMar DeRozan, Precious Achiuwa, Nique Clifford, and Maxime Raynaud. Russell Westbrook (Kings) scored 5 points (2/3) in his matchups, with Luka Dončić as his primary defender. Luka Dončić (Lakers) scored 12 points (5/11) in his matchups, with Nique Clifford 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	29:13	28	5	9	1	1	1	1	10-16	4-8	4-7	+18
Austin Reaves GS	27:06	12	0	5	0	2	2	0	3-9	2-6	4-4	+15
LeBron James GS	26:46	24	1	5	2	1	3	0	8-15	3-4	5-6	+13
Marcus Smart GS	24:52	9	3	3	5	0	1	1	3-5	3-5	0-0	+17
Deandre Ayton GS	18:02	12	4	2	2	1	1	0	6-6	0-0	0-1	+2
Luke Kennard	25:47	11	1	5	1	1	1	0	4-10	3-5	0-0	+17
Rui Hachimura	22:20	8	2	0	1	1	0	2	2-8	2-4	2-2	+12
Jake LaRavia	21:46	4	7	1	1	0	0	3	2-10	0-3	0-0	+11
Maxi Kleber	13:30	6	6	0	0	1	0	1	3-3	0-0	0-0	+7
Jaxson Hayes	12:33	4	5	1	0	1	0	4	2-2	0-0	0-1	+16
Bronny James	6:20	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	1-3	1-2	0-0	-5
Adou Thiero	3:55	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	1-1	-1
Dalton Knecht	3:55	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	-1
Kobe Bufkin	3:55	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1-5	0-2	0-0	-1
Totals		128	37	34	14	9	9	12	47-94	18-39	16-22

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

SAC

Sacramento Kings 104

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Nique Clifford GS	41:39	26	7	4	1	1	3	3	11-18	1-2	3-4	-17
Maxime Raynaud GS	33:47	16	13	1	0	0	6	3	8-10	0-1	0-0	-12
Precious Achiuwa GS	26:42	8	9	1	1	2	0	2	4-10	0-1	0-0	-11
DeMar DeRozan GS	22:02	9	4	8	0	0	2	1	3-5	1-2	2-2	-9
Russell Westbrook GS	21:58	14	4	5	0	0	4	3	6-16	1-7	1-1	-12
Daeqwon Plowden	25:17	2	2	2	0	0	0	1	0-6	0-4	2-2	-30
Devin Carter	20:43	6	2	3	0	0	1	0	2-7	0-2	2-2	-14
Malik Monk	16:19	10	1	2	0	0	1	0	3-7	2-5	2-2	-12
Drew Eubanks	14:13	10	2	1	1	2	2	2	4-7	0-0	2-2	-12
Patrick Baldwin Jr.	11:00	3	6	1	1	3	1	1	1-2	1-1	0-0	+4
Killian Hayes	6:20	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	+5
Totals		104	52	30	4	8	20	16	42-90	6-26	14-15

Did not play: Doug McDermott (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

LAL

Los Angeles Lakers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

LeBron James · Marcus Smart · Deandre Ayton · Luka Dončić · Austin Reaves Starter 10.3 min
LeBron James · Marcus Smart · Luke Kennard · Maxi Kleber · Jake LaRavia 7.9 min
Luke Kennard · Luka Dončić · Rui Hachimura · Jaxson Hayes · Austin Reaves 5.5 min
Jake LaRavia · Kobe Bufkin · Dalton Knecht · Bronny James · Adou Thiero 3.9 min
Luke Kennard · Deandre Ayton · Luka Dončić · Rui Hachimura · Austin Reaves 3.3 min

SAC

Sacramento Kings

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Russell Westbrook · DeMar DeRozan · Precious Achiuwa · Nique Clifford · Maxime Raynaud Starter 15.4 min
Killian Hayes · Patrick Baldwin Jr. · Devin Carter · Nique Clifford · Maxime Raynaud 6.3 min
Malik Monk · Drew Eubanks · Patrick Baldwin Jr. · Daeqwon Plowden · Devin Carter 3.7 min
Precious Achiuwa · Daeqwon Plowden · Devin Carter · Nique Clifford · Maxime Raynaud 3.4 min
Russell Westbrook · DeMar DeRozan · Daeqwon Plowden · Nique Clifford · Maxime Raynaud 3.2 min

Who guarded whom

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

Lakers defense

Russell Westbrook 5 pts (2/3) in 44 possessions

Guarded by: Luka Dončić (49 %, 0 pts) · Austin Reaves (19 %, 0 pts) · Deandre Ayton (11 %, 0 pts)
Malik Monk 5 pts (2/5) in 35 possessions

Guarded by: Luke Kennard (30 %, 0 pts) · Marcus Smart (17 %, 0 pts) · Jake LaRavia (17 %, 2 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Luka Dončić	Russell Westbrook: 21 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Nique Clifford: 12 poss., 8 pts (3/3)
Austin Reaves	Nique Clifford: 19 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · DeMar DeRozan: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
LeBron James	Precious Achiuwa: 16 poss., 9 pts (4/5) · Daeqwon Plowden: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Luke Kennard	Malik Monk: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Daeqwon Plowden: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Marcus Smart	DeMar DeRozan: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Nique Clifford: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jake LaRavia	Nique Clifford: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Devin Carter: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Rui Hachimura	Precious Achiuwa: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Daeqwon Plowden: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Deandre Ayton	Maxime Raynaud: 19 poss., 6 pts (3/3) · Precious Achiuwa: 6 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Maxi Kleber	Drew Eubanks: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Maxime Raynaud: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jaxson Hayes	Drew Eubanks: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Maxime Raynaud: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Bronny James	Killian Hayes: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Devin Carter: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Adou Thiero	Maxime Raynaud: 4 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Patrick Baldwin Jr.: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Dalton Knecht	Devin Carter: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Patrick Baldwin Jr.: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kobe Bufkin	Nique Clifford: 3 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Devin Carter: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Kings defense

Luka Dončić 12 pts (5/11) in 53 possessions

Guarded by: Nique Clifford (24 %, 4 pts) · Russell Westbrook (19 %, 6 pts) · Maxime Raynaud (15 %, 0 pts)
LeBron James 10 pts (5/7) in 47 possessions

Guarded by: Nique Clifford (17 %, 2 pts) · Maxime Raynaud (16 %, 2 pts) · Precious Achiuwa (15 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Nique Clifford	Luka Dončić: 13 poss., 4 pts (1/1) · Austin Reaves: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Maxime Raynaud	Deandre Ayton: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Austin Reaves: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Daeqwon Plowden	Luke Kennard: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Rui Hachimura: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Precious Achiuwa	LeBron James: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Luka Dončić: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
DeMar DeRozan	Marcus Smart: 8 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Austin Reaves: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Devin Carter	Luke Kennard: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jake LaRavia: 7 poss., 2 pts (0/2)
Russell Westbrook	Austin Reaves: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Luka Dončić: 10 poss., 6 pts (3/8)
Malik Monk	Marcus Smart: 7 poss., 5 pts (1/3) · Jake LaRavia: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Drew Eubanks	Jaxson Hayes: 6 poss., 6 pts (2/3) · Maxi Kleber: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Patrick Baldwin Jr.	Jake LaRavia: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · LeBron James: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Killian Hayes	Bronny James: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jake LaRavia: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1)