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Los Angeles Lakers vs. Brooklyn Nets

March 27, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Lakers beat the Nets 116-99 on 2026-03-27 at home. The Lakers started LeBron James, Deandre Ayton, Luka Dončić, Austin Reaves, and Jake LaRavia. The Nets started Nic Claxton, Ziaire Williams, Noah Clowney, Nolan Traore, and Drake Powell. Nolan Traore (Nets) scored 20 points (8/10) in his matchups, with Austin Reaves as his primary defender. Luka Dončić (Lakers) scored 13 points (5/19) in his matchups, with Drake Powell as his primary defender.

Box score

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

LAL
Los Angeles Lakers
Los Angeles Lakers 116

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Austin Reaves GS 40:04 26 8 5 1 0 2 2 7-13 4-7 8-11 +26
Luka Dončić GS 38:41 41 8 3 3 1 5 5 15-25 5-10 6-6 +19
LeBron James GS 37:29 14 6 8 1 0 1 0 5-11 0-1 4-7 +19
Deandre Ayton GS 21:56 9 7 0 1 3 2 2 3-3 0-0 3-4 +5
Jake LaRavia GS 17:57 0 2 0 1 0 2 4 0-2 0-2 0-0 +2
Rui Hachimura 26:04 8 3 0 1 0 0 0 3-6 0-2 2-4 +7
Jaxson Hayes 26:04 10 8 1 0 5 1 2 2-3 0-0 6-10 +12
Luke Kennard 17:18 5 4 1 1 0 0 1 2-4 1-2 0-0 -6
Jarred Vanderbilt 10:01 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-1 0-0 0-0 +6
Bronny James 4:26 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1-2 1-1 0-0 -5
Totals 116 48 18 9 9 13 16 38-70 11-25 29-42

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

BKN
Brooklyn Nets
Brooklyn Nets 99

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Nolan Traore GS 25:38 9 1 7 4 0 6 4 4-14 1-4 0-0 -11
Ziaire Williams GS 25:12 16 2 2 3 0 1 4 6-14 1-4 3-6 -2
Noah Clowney GS 23:54 5 3 2 1 0 1 3 2-6 1-5 0-0 -6
Nic Claxton GS 23:04 16 7 3 0 1 0 0 8-10 0-0 0-0 -4
Drake Powell GS 21:53 7 0 1 0 0 1 0 2-5 1-3 2-2 -12
Josh Minott 25:58 18 6 0 1 0 1 3 6-12 4-9 2-4 -6
Ben Saraf 22:22 10 3 2 1 0 1 4 5-12 0-1 0-0 -6
Terance Mann 21:47 5 4 2 1 1 0 4 2-4 1-2 0-0 -16
Ochai Agbaji 21:00 2 5 1 0 0 0 2 1-6 0-4 0-0 -1
Jalen Wilson 14:51 9 6 2 0 0 2 2 3-11 1-6 2-3 -8
Chaney Johnson 14:21 2 2 2 0 0 1 2 1-2 0-1 0-0 -13
Totals 99 39 24 11 2 14 28 40-96 10-39 9-15

Did not play: Tyson Etienne (DNP - Coach's Decision), E.J. Liddell (DNP - Coach's Decision), Malachi Smith (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

LAL
Los Angeles Lakers
Los Angeles Lakers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

BKN
Brooklyn Nets
Brooklyn Nets

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 Ziaire Williams: 22 poss., 6 pts (2/6) · Noah Clowney: 10 poss., 7 pts (2/3)
Austin Reaves Drake Powell: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Nolan Traore: 11 poss., 5 pts (2/4)
LeBron James Noah Clowney: 18 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Josh Minott: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Rui Hachimura Nolan Traore: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Josh Minott: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Jaxson Hayes Chaney Johnson: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Josh Minott: 11 poss., 2 pts (0/1)
Deandre Ayton Nic Claxton: 23 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Drake Powell: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jake LaRavia Nolan Traore: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Ziaire Williams: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Luke Kennard Ben Saraf: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Terance Mann: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jarred Vanderbilt Josh Minott: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Ochai Agbaji: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Bronny James Ben Saraf: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Josh Minott: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Nets defense

Defender Guarded most
Ziaire Williams Rui Hachimura: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Austin Reaves: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Nolan Traore Austin Reaves: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Luka Dončić: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Josh Minott Jaxson Hayes: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · LeBron James: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Nic Claxton Deandre Ayton: 24 poss., 6 pts (3/4) · Luka Dončić: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Noah Clowney LeBron James: 17 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Austin Reaves: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Ochai Agbaji Luke Kennard: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Jaxson Hayes: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Ben Saraf Austin Reaves: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Luke Kennard: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Drake Powell Luka Dončić: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Austin Reaves: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Terance Mann Luka Dončić: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Austin Reaves: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jalen Wilson LeBron James: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Luka Dončić: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/5)
Chaney Johnson Jaxson Hayes: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Austin Reaves: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)