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Los Angeles Lakers vs. Detroit Pistons

December 30, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Pistons beat the Lakers 128-106 on 2025-12-30 on the road against the Lakers. The Lakers started LeBron James, Marcus Smart, Deandre Ayton, Luka Dončić, and Jake LaRavia. The Pistons started Tobias Harris, Duncan Robinson, Cade Cunningham, Jalen Duren, and Ausar Thompson. Cade Cunningham (Pistons) scored 3 points (1/3) in his matchups, with Jarred Vanderbilt as his primary defender. Luka Dončić (Lakers) scored 23 points (9/11) in his matchups, with Ausar Thompson as his primary defender.

Box score

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

LAL

Los Angeles Lakers 106

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jake LaRavia GS	38:08	9	4	1	4	1	2	3	3-9	1-5	2-2	-18
Luka Dončić GS	35:44	30	5	11	0	0	8	3	9-22	3-11	9-13	-15
LeBron James GS	31:55	17	4	4	1	1	5	1	6-17	3-10	2-5	-16
Deandre Ayton GS	25:46	10	2	0	1	0	1	5	5-8	0-0	0-0	-9
Marcus Smart GS	24:53	6	2	5	3	0	1	4	1-4	0-3	4-4	-24
Jarred Vanderbilt	27:26	8	8	1	0	0	1	4	3-3	2-2	0-0	-17
Jaxson Hayes	18:05	13	2	2	1	0	0	1	5-5	0-0	3-5	-17
Nick Smith Jr.	17:09	3	0	1	0	0	1	1	1-6	0-3	1-2	-2
Maxi Kleber	8:27	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0-2	0-2	0-0	-4
Adou Thiero	4:09	0	3	1	0	1	0	1	0-1	0-0	0-0	+4
Dalton Knecht	4:09	10	2	0	0	0	0	1	4-4	2-2	0-0	+4
Bronny James	4:09	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	+4
Totals		106	33	28	10	3	20	24	37-82	11-39	21-31

DET

Detroit Pistons 128

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Cade Cunningham GS	32:45	27	5	11	1	0	5	3	12-19	1-4	2-2	+23
Duncan Robinson GS	27:38	6	2	4	0	0	0	1	2-5	1-4	1-2	+4
Jalen Duren GS	27:31	14	8	2	5	0	5	4	6-8	0-0	2-4	+1
Ausar Thompson GS	21:40	7	2	3	1	1	0	4	3-6	0-0	1-4	-11
Tobias Harris GS	5:48	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	2-2	1-1	2-2	+1
Javonte Green	31:20	8	4	2	0	2	0	2	3-7	1-4	1-2	+21
Marcus Sasser	24:05	19	2	5	2	0	1	2	5-8	4-6	5-5	+14
Ronald Holland II	19:22	11	7	0	1	0	2	4	4-7	1-3	2-3	+19
Isaiah Stewart	17:31	15	2	0	0	1	1	4	6-6	1-1	2-2	+21
Jaden Ivey	17:14	9	2	2	1	0	1	0	4-5	1-1	0-0	+20
Paul Reed	8:02	3	2	0	1	0	1	2	1-3	0-0	1-1	+2
Daniss Jenkins	4:09	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-4
Chaz Lanier	2:56	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	2-2	-1
Totals		128	37	30	12	4	18	26	48-76	11-24	21-29

Lineups

LAL

Los Angeles Lakers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

LeBron James · Marcus Smart · Deandre Ayton · Luka Dončić · Jake LaRavia Starter 14.8 min
LeBron James · Jarred Vanderbilt · Deandre Ayton · Luka Dončić · Jake LaRavia 6.0 min
Jarred Vanderbilt · Luka Dončić · Jaxson Hayes · Jake LaRavia · Nick Smith Jr. 5.7 min
Marcus Smart · Jarred Vanderbilt · Luka Dončić · Jaxson Hayes · Jake LaRavia 4.8 min
Maxi Kleber · Nick Smith Jr. · Dalton Knecht · Bronny James · Adou Thiero 4.2 min

DET

Detroit Pistons

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Tobias Harris · Duncan Robinson · Cade Cunningham · Jalen Duren · Ausar Thompson Starter 5.8 min
Duncan Robinson · Javonte Green · Cade Cunningham · Jalen Duren · Ausar Thompson 6.2 min
Javonte Green · Paul Reed · Jaden Ivey · Marcus Sasser · Ronald Holland II 3.2 min
Duncan Robinson · Isaiah Stewart · Cade Cunningham · Jalen Duren · Ausar Thompson 3.2 min
Duncan Robinson · Javonte Green · Isaiah Stewart · Cade Cunningham · Marcus Sasser 3.0 min

Who guarded whom

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

Lakers defense

Cade Cunningham 3 pts (1/3) in 69 possessions

Guarded by: Jarred Vanderbilt (23 %, 0 pts) · LeBron James (22 %, 1 pts) · Jake LaRavia (21 %, 0 pts)
Jalen Duren 17 pts (6/12) in 56 possessions

Guarded by: Deandre Ayton (47 %, 4 pts) · Jaxson Hayes (18 %, 0 pts) · Luka Dončić (12 %, 7 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Jake LaRavia	Duncan Robinson: 22 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Cade Cunningham: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Luka Dončić	Ausar Thompson: 33 poss., 17 pts (5/11) · Ronald Holland II: 14 poss., 5 pts (2/4)
LeBron James	Javonte Green: 26 poss., 6 pts (2/6) · Cade Cunningham: 15 poss., 1 pts (0/1)
Jarred Vanderbilt	Cade Cunningham: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jaden Ivey: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Marcus Smart	Duncan Robinson: 19 poss., 2 pts (0/0) · Marcus Sasser: 11 poss., 2 pts (0/2)
Deandre Ayton	Jalen Duren: 26 poss., 4 pts (2/4) · Cade Cunningham: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jaxson Hayes	Jalen Duren: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Isaiah Stewart: 9 poss., 4 pts (1/1)
Nick Smith Jr.	Marcus Sasser: 22 poss., 1 pts (0/0) · Jaden Ivey: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Maxi Kleber	Isaiah Stewart: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Ronald Holland II: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Bronny James	Daniss Jenkins: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Chaz Lanier: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Dalton Knecht	Duncan Robinson: 2 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Daniss Jenkins: 2 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Adou Thiero	Marcus Sasser: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Chaz Lanier: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Pistons defense

Luka Dončić 23 pts (9/11) in 80 possessions

Guarded by: Ausar Thompson (26 %, 2 pts) · Javonte Green (14 %, 0 pts) · Ronald Holland II (12 %, 3 pts)
LeBron James 7 pts (3/5) in 68 possessions

Guarded by: Javonte Green (30 %, 0 pts) · Tobias Harris (13 %, 0 pts) · Duncan Robinson (12 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Cade Cunningham	Jarred Vanderbilt: 20 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Marcus Smart: 17 poss., 4 pts (2/5)
Duncan Robinson	Jake LaRavia: 24 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Marcus Smart: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Javonte Green	LeBron James: 21 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Luka Dončić: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jalen Duren	Deandre Ayton: 30 poss., 4 pts (1/1) · Luka Dončić: 7 poss., 6 pts (3/3)
Marcus Sasser	Nick Smith Jr.: 19 poss., 5 pts (1/1) · Luka Dončić: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Ausar Thompson	Luka Dončić: 21 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · LeBron James: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Ronald Holland II	Luka Dončić: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · LeBron James: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Isaiah Stewart	Jaxson Hayes: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Maxi Kleber: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jaden Ivey	Jarred Vanderbilt: 12 poss., 7 pts (3/3) · Jake LaRavia: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Paul Reed	Jaxson Hayes: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jarred Vanderbilt: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tobias Harris	LeBron James: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jake LaRavia: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Daniss Jenkins	Bronny James: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Nick Smith Jr.: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Chaz Lanier	Dalton Knecht: 2 poss., 2 pts (0/0) · Bronny James: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)