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Los Angeles Lakers vs. New York Knicks

March 8, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Lakers beat the Knicks 110-97 on 2026-03-08 at home. The Lakers started Marcus Smart, Deandre Ayton, Luka Dončić, Rui Hachimura, and Austin Reaves. The Knicks started Karl-Anthony Towns, OG Anunoby, Josh Hart, Mikal Bridges, and Jalen Brunson. Jalen Brunson (Knicks) scored 7 points (1/13) in his matchups, with Marcus Smart as his primary defender. Luka Dončić (Lakers) scored 17 points (6/16) in his matchups, with OG Anunoby as his primary defender.

Box score

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

LAL

Los Angeles Lakers 110

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Austin Reaves GS	38:49	25	4	5	3	1	1	2	8-16	3-6	6-7	+5
Luka Dončić GS	38:24	35	8	4	2	0	6	3	11-25	5-16	8-10	+14
Rui Hachimura GS	36:45	13	7	2	0	1	1	0	5-11	3-8	0-0	+5
Marcus Smart GS	29:17	5	3	4	2	0	1	2	1-10	0-5	3-4	+27
Deandre Ayton GS	19:55	6	8	0	0	2	0	2	3-4	0-0	0-0	+3
Luke Kennard	26:51	12	2	1	1	0	2	2	4-8	3-7	1-1	0
Jaxson Hayes	16:38	5	4	0	1	0	1	2	0-3	0-0	5-6	+8
Jake LaRavia	12:54	6	4	3	0	0	1	3	2-2	0-0	2-2	+8
Jarred Vanderbilt	10:28	3	2	1	0	1	0	2	1-2	1-2	0-0	-4
Maxi Kleber	9:59	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	-1
Totals		110	42	20	10	5	13	20	35-81	15-44	25-30

Did not play: Kobe Bufkin (DNP - Coach's Decision), Dalton Knecht (DNP - Coach's Decision), Drew Timme (DNP - Coach's Decision)

NYK

New York Knicks 97

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jalen Brunson GS	42:08	24	6	7	0	0	7	2	8-19	3-8	5-7	-8
OG Anunoby GS	37:58	13	8	1	1	0	2	4	5-11	1-4	2-2	-9
Karl-Anthony Towns GS	33:52	25	16	2	1	1	2	4	8-17	1-5	8-8	-9
Mikal Bridges GS	27:21	0	6	5	1	1	2	4	0-6	0-4	0-0	-4
Josh Hart GS	22:29	8	6	2	2	0	1	3	4-8	0-1	0-0	-5
Landry Shamet	27:23	10	1	2	1	0	3	0	4-8	2-6	0-0	-18
Mitchell Robinson	16:54	4	4	0	1	0	0	1	2-3	0-0	0-0	-11
Mohamed Diawara	14:35	4	0	2	0	0	0	2	1-4	0-3	2-2	+1
Jordan Clarkson	10:07	9	0	1	0	0	0	3	3-4	1-2	2-2	+4
Jose Alvarado	7:13	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	-6
Totals		97	47	23	7	2	18	23	35-82	8-34	19-21

Did not play: Pacôme Dadiet (DNP - Coach's Decision), Ariel Hukporti (DNP - Coach's Decision), Tyler Kolek (DNP - Coach's Decision), Kevin McCullar Jr. (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jeremy Sochan (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

LAL

Los Angeles Lakers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Marcus Smart · Deandre Ayton · Luka Dončić · Rui Hachimura · Austin Reaves Starter 12.2 min
Luke Kennard · Deandre Ayton · Luka Dončić · Rui Hachimura · Austin Reaves 6.2 min
Marcus Smart · Luke Kennard · Luka Dončić · Jaxson Hayes · Jake LaRavia 5.6 min
Luke Kennard · Maxi Kleber · Jarred Vanderbilt · Austin Reaves · Jake LaRavia 5.6 min
Luke Kennard · Luka Dončić · Rui Hachimura · Jaxson Hayes · Austin Reaves 5.2 min

NYK

New York Knicks

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Karl-Anthony Towns · OG Anunoby · Josh Hart · Mikal Bridges · Jalen Brunson Starter 8.8 min
Jordan Clarkson · Karl-Anthony Towns · OG Anunoby · Mikal Bridges · Jalen Brunson 7.9 min
Josh Hart · Jalen Brunson · Mitchell Robinson · Landry Shamet · Mohamed Diawara 6.6 min
Karl-Anthony Towns · OG Anunoby · Mikal Bridges · Jalen Brunson · Landry Shamet 4.8 min
Karl-Anthony Towns · OG Anunoby · Josh Hart · Jalen Brunson · Landry Shamet 4.5 min

Who guarded whom

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

Lakers defense

Jalen Brunson 7 pts (1/13) in 82 possessions

Guarded by: Marcus Smart (33 %, 0 pts) · Luke Kennard (19 %, 0 pts) · Austin Reaves (13 %, 0 pts)
Karl-Anthony Towns 14 pts (4/8) in 67 possessions

Guarded by: Deandre Ayton (35 %, 2 pts) · Jaxson Hayes (14 %, 0 pts) · Maxi Kleber (13 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Austin Reaves	Mikal Bridges: 17 poss., 6 pts (1/3) · Landry Shamet: 16 poss., 6 pts (3/4)
Luka Dončić	OG Anunoby: 24 poss., 10 pts (3/8) · Landry Shamet: 9 poss., 9 pts (4/6)
Rui Hachimura	Josh Hart: 19 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Mikal Bridges: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Luke Kennard	Jalen Brunson: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Landry Shamet: 11 poss., 6 pts (2/3)
Marcus Smart	Jalen Brunson: 27 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Karl-Anthony Towns: 5 poss., 2 pts (0/0)
Deandre Ayton	Karl-Anthony Towns: 24 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Jalen Brunson: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jaxson Hayes	Mitchell Robinson: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Karl-Anthony Towns: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/3)
Jake LaRavia	Jalen Brunson: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Mohamed Diawara: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Jarred Vanderbilt	OG Anunoby: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Karl-Anthony Towns: 5 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Maxi Kleber	Karl-Anthony Towns: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Mitchell Robinson: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Knicks defense

Luka Dončić 17 pts (6/16) in 76 possessions

Guarded by: OG Anunoby (21 %, 2 pts) · Landry Shamet (16 %, 0 pts) · Jalen Brunson (15 %, 7 pts)
Austin Reaves 15 pts (5/12) in 76 possessions

Guarded by: Jalen Brunson (19 %, 2 pts) · Landry Shamet (17 %, 0 pts) · Mikal Bridges (16 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Jalen Brunson	Marcus Smart: 22 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Austin Reaves: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/4)
OG Anunoby	Luka Dončić: 16 poss., 2 pts (0/2) · Rui Hachimura: 16 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Karl-Anthony Towns	Deandre Ayton: 21 poss., 2 pts (1/7) · Marcus Smart: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Landry Shamet	Austin Reaves: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Luka Dončić: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Mikal Bridges	Austin Reaves: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Rui Hachimura: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Josh Hart	Rui Hachimura: 13 poss., 4 pts (2/4) · Austin Reaves: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Mitchell Robinson	Jaxson Hayes: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Deandre Ayton: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Mohamed Diawara	Luka Dončić: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Luke Kennard: 4 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Jordan Clarkson	Austin Reaves: 5 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Luke Kennard: 4 poss., 2 pts (0/0)
Jose Alvarado	Jarred Vanderbilt: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Austin Reaves: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)