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Los Angeles Lakers vs. New Orleans Pelicans

November 30, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Lakers beat the Pelicans 133-121 on 2025-11-30 at home. The Lakers started Deandre Ayton, Luka Dončić, Rui Hachimura, Gabe Vincent, and Austin Reaves. The Pelicans started Saddiq Bey, Bryce McGowens, Yves Missi, Jeremiah Fears, and Derik Queen. Jeremiah Fears (Pelicans) scored 6 points (2/8) in his matchups, with Gabe Vincent as his primary defender. Luka Dončić (Lakers) scored 23 points (10/14) in his matchups, with Bryce McGowens as his primary defender.

Box score

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

LAL
Los Angeles Lakers
Los Angeles Lakers 133

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Austin Reaves GS 39:38 33 5 8 1 1 5 1 9-15 4-7 11-12 -2
Luka Dončić GS 35:04 34 12 7 1 1 2 0 9-22 4-12 12-14 +8
Rui Hachimura GS 33:35 14 2 0 0 0 0 2 6-14 2-8 0-0 -3
Deandre Ayton GS 26:59 22 12 1 0 4 0 0 7-9 0-0 8-8 +14
Gabe Vincent GS 24:43 6 2 4 1 0 0 3 2-5 2-4 0-0 +15
Jake LaRavia 25:31 10 5 2 0 1 1 1 4-14 2-7 0-0 +4
Jaxson Hayes 21:01 8 6 2 0 2 0 3 4-4 0-0 0-1 -2
Dalton Knecht 17:25 4 1 2 0 1 0 2 1-4 1-3 1-2 +13
Maxi Kleber 13:12 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0-0 0-0 2-2 +14
Adou Thiero 2:52 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 -1
Totals 133 46 26 4 10 8 14 42-87 15-41 34-39

Did not play: Marcus Smart (DND - Injury/Illness), Nick Smith Jr. (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jarred Vanderbilt (DNP - Coach's Decision)

NOP
New Orleans Pelicans
New Orleans Pelicans 121

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Bryce McGowens GS 33:29 23 7 5 0 0 0 3 9-18 3-5 2-4 -15
Saddiq Bey GS 32:55 22 11 3 1 0 1 0 9-13 3-4 1-2 -6
Derik Queen GS 28:15 15 7 3 1 0 1 5 4-12 0-0 7-8 -22
Jeremiah Fears GS 27:06 21 2 3 1 0 1 2 7-14 1-3 6-6 -4
Yves Missi GS 23:54 2 6 1 0 0 2 4 1-5 0-0 0-0 -1
Micah Peavy 29:37 13 2 1 2 0 2 3 5-10 3-5 0-0 -1
Jose Alvarado 28:22 12 0 2 0 0 0 4 5-12 2-8 0-0 -5
Trey Alexander 21:09 7 2 3 0 1 1 2 3-4 1-1 0-0 -2
Kevon Looney 15:13 6 3 2 1 0 0 4 3-3 0-0 0-0 -4
Totals 121 40 23 6 1 8 27 46-91 13-26 16-20

Did not play: Hunter Dickinson (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jordan Hawkins (DNP - Injury/Illness), DeAndre Jordan (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

LAL
Los Angeles Lakers
Los Angeles Lakers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

NOP
New Orleans Pelicans
New Orleans Pelicans

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 Micah Peavy: 19 poss., 6 pts (1/3) · Bryce McGowens: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/5)
Austin Reaves Bryce McGowens: 18 poss., 10 pts (2/2) · Jose Alvarado: 17 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
Rui Hachimura Saddiq Bey: 26 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Yves Missi: 10 poss., 4 pts (2/3)
Deandre Ayton Derik Queen: 14 poss., 6 pts (3/4) · Yves Missi: 13 poss., 6 pts (1/1)
Jake LaRavia Jose Alvarado: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Saddiq Bey: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/4)
Gabe Vincent Jeremiah Fears: 19 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Micah Peavy: 7 poss., 6 pts (2/2)
Jaxson Hayes Yves Missi: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Derik Queen: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Dalton Knecht Bryce McGowens: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jose Alvarado: 5 poss., 1 pts (0/0)
Maxi Kleber Trey Alexander: 6 poss., 2 pts (0/0) · Kevon Looney: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Adou Thiero Micah Peavy: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Derik Queen: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Pelicans defense

Defender Guarded most
Bryce McGowens Austin Reaves: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Luka Dončić: 16 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Saddiq Bey Austin Reaves: 19 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Rui Hachimura: 14 poss., 6 pts (2/2)
Micah Peavy Luka Dončić: 13 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Austin Reaves: 10 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
Jose Alvarado Jake LaRavia: 13 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Gabe Vincent: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Jeremiah Fears Gabe Vincent: 14 poss., 4 pts (1/2) · Austin Reaves: 9 poss., 6 pts (2/4)
Derik Queen Deandre Ayton: 11 poss., 4 pts (2/6) · Rui Hachimura: 11 poss., 2 pts (0/0)
Yves Missi Deandre Ayton: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jaxson Hayes: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Trey Alexander Luka Dončić: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Austin Reaves: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Kevon Looney Deandre Ayton: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Jaxson Hayes: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)