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Los Angeles Lakers vs. Dallas Mavericks

November 28, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Lakers beat the Mavericks 129-119 on 2025-11-28 at home. The Lakers started LeBron James, Deandre Ayton, Luka Dončić, Rui Hachimura, and Austin Reaves. The Mavericks started Anthony Davis, P.J. Washington, Max Christie, Cooper Flagg, and Ryan Nembhard. Anthony Davis (Mavericks) scored 6 points (2/5) in his matchups, with Deandre Ayton as his primary defender. Luka Dončić (Lakers) scored 18 points (7/12) in his matchups, with Cooper Flagg as his primary defender.

Box score

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

LAL
Los Angeles Lakers
Los Angeles Lakers 129

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Austin Reaves GS 41:19 38 8 3 0 0 1 2 12-15 6-8 8-9 +3
Luka Dončić GS 40:18 35 5 11 0 1 4 4 10-18 4-9 11-11 +15
Rui Hachimura GS 36:20 14 4 0 1 0 2 1 5-13 4-8 0-0 +10
Deandre Ayton GS 36:20 17 8 2 1 2 2 1 8-9 0-0 1-2 +18
LeBron James GS 33:57 13 5 7 1 0 2 1 5-13 2-6 1-4 +13
Gabe Vincent 22:54 6 0 3 0 0 0 4 2-3 2-3 0-0 +7
Jake LaRavia 13:32 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 -5
Jaxson Hayes 11:40 6 2 1 0 1 1 3 3-4 0-0 0-0 -8
Maxi Kleber 3:40 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 0-1 0-1 0-0 -3
Totals 129 34 27 4 4 14 20 45-76 18-35 21-26

Did not play: Bronny James (DNP - Coach's Decision), Dalton Knecht (DNP - Coach's Decision), Adou Thiero (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jarred Vanderbilt (DNP - Coach's Decision)

DAL
Dallas Mavericks
Dallas Mavericks 119

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Cooper Flagg GS 35:38 13 7 11 3 0 1 4 5-11 1-3 2-2 -8
P.J. Washington GS 35:15 22 9 1 1 1 2 2 9-19 2-4 2-2 -11
Anthony Davis GS 28:19 12 5 5 0 3 0 2 6-10 0-1 0-0 -4
Max Christie GS 27:27 13 1 1 0 0 1 1 5-10 3-8 0-0 -18
Ryan Nembhard GS 23:21 17 2 4 1 0 2 3 7-11 3-5 0-0 -16
Naji Marshall 24:59 16 7 2 1 0 1 4 4-8 1-2 7-7 -7
Brandon Williams 24:07 11 2 3 1 0 1 4 3-11 1-3 4-6 +9
Klay Thompson 19:56 10 1 1 0 0 1 2 3-8 3-6 1-1 +3
Daniel Gafford 17:29 5 4 0 1 0 2 1 2-3 0-0 1-2 -4
Jaden Hardy 1:10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 +2
Caleb Martin 1:10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 +2
Dwight Powell 1:10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 +2
Totals 119 39 28 8 4 11 23 44-91 14-32 17-20

Did not play: Moussa Cisse (DNP - Coach's Decision), D'Angelo Russell (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

LAL
Los Angeles Lakers
Los Angeles Lakers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

DAL
Dallas Mavericks
Dallas Mavericks

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Who guarded whom

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

Lakers defense

Defender Guarded most
Luka Dončić Max Christie: 22 poss., 8 pts (2/4) · Naji Marshall: 22 poss., 5 pts (1/4)
Austin Reaves Ryan Nembhard: 16 poss., 9 pts (3/3) · Klay Thompson: 11 poss., 8 pts (3/3)
Rui Hachimura Cooper Flagg: 22 poss., 9 pts (3/7) · P.J. Washington: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Deandre Ayton Anthony Davis: 30 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Cooper Flagg: 7 poss., 6 pts (3/3)
LeBron James P.J. Washington: 23 poss., 7 pts (3/5) · Cooper Flagg: 14 poss., 4 pts (1/3)
Gabe Vincent Brandon Williams: 17 poss., 6 pts (2/2) · Klay Thompson: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jake LaRavia Brandon Williams: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Klay Thompson: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jaxson Hayes Daniel Gafford: 16 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Naji Marshall: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Maxi Kleber Cooper Flagg: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Naji Marshall: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Mavericks defense

Defender Guarded most
Cooper Flagg LeBron James: 18 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Luka Dončić: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
P.J. Washington Rui Hachimura: 17 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · LeBron James: 16 poss., 4 pts (2/4)
Anthony Davis Deandre Ayton: 36 poss., 4 pts (2/6) · Luka Dončić: 4 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Brandon Williams Gabe Vincent: 12 poss., 1 pts (0/1) · Austin Reaves: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Naji Marshall Luka Dončić: 12 poss., 4 pts (1/1) · Rui Hachimura: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Max Christie Austin Reaves: 16 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Luka Dončić: 13 poss., 7 pts (3/4)
Klay Thompson Gabe Vincent: 18 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Austin Reaves: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Ryan Nembhard LeBron James: 10 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Austin Reaves: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Daniel Gafford Jaxson Hayes: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Deandre Ayton: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Dwight Powell Deandre Ayton: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Luka Dončić: 0 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jaden Hardy Rui Hachimura: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Luka Dončić: 0 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Caleb Martin LeBron James: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Rui Hachimura: 0 poss., 0 pts (0/0)