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Los Angeles Lakers vs. Houston Rockets

December 25, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Rockets beat the Lakers 119-96 on 2025-12-25 on the road against the Lakers. The Lakers started LeBron James, Deandre Ayton, Luka Dončić, Rui Hachimura, and Austin Reaves. The Rockets started Kevin Durant, Alperen Sengun, Jabari Smith Jr., Tari Eason, and Amen Thompson. Kevin Durant (Rockets) scored 4 points (2/11) in his matchups, with LeBron James as his primary defender. Luka Dončić (Lakers) scored 15 points (6/18) in his matchups, with Amen Thompson as his primary defender.

Box score

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

LAL

Los Angeles Lakers 96

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Deandre Ayton GS	36:17	10	2	0	0	0	1	3	5-6	0-0	0-0	-14
Luka Dončić GS	33:55	25	5	7	1	2	6	2	9-17	3-8	4-7	-25
LeBron James GS	32:26	18	2	5	2	1	3	3	7-13	1-3	3-4	-33
Rui Hachimura GS	27:42	0	2	1	1	0	1	3	0-6	0-3	0-0	-29
Austin Reaves GS	14:48	12	1	1	0	1	2	0	5-8	2-5	0-0	-7
Marcus Smart	29:22	6	2	1	1	0	1	1	3-8	0-3	0-0	-2
Jarred Vanderbilt	26:23	11	5	2	1	0	0	3	4-6	3-4	0-0	+5
Jake LaRavia	23:22	5	4	1	0	1	1	0	2-5	1-1	0-0	+1
Maxi Kleber	6:18	2	0	1	1	0	1	2	1-4	0-2	0-0	-8
Adou Thiero	3:09	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1-2	0-0	0-0	-1
Bronny James	3:09	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1-1	1-1	0-0	-1
Dalton Knecht	3:09	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	-1
Totals		96	25	19	7	5	16	17	39-77	11-30	7-11

HOU

Houston Rockets 119

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jabari Smith Jr. GS	35:40	16	7	0	2	1	0	2	6-9	2-3	2-2	+25
Kevin Durant GS	33:29	25	4	8	1	2	3	1	8-14	4-6	5-5	+26
Amen Thompson GS	31:51	26	7	5	1	0	2	2	12-19	0-2	2-3	+26
Alperen Sengun GS	31:13	14	12	4	1	0	6	1	5-7	0-0	4-4	+24
Tari Eason GS	26:05	13	3	2	4	2	1	4	6-14	1-5	0-2	+23
Steven Adams	25:33	4	9	2	0	0	1	0	2-3	0-0	0-0	-4
Reed Sheppard	19:17	13	2	1	1	0	0	1	5-10	1-4	2-3	-8
Dorian Finney-Smith	13:11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0-1	0-1	0-0	+2
Josh Okogie	9:52	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0-4	0-1	0-0	-4
Aaron Holiday	3:09	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	+1
Jeff Green	2:40	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+1
Clint Capela	2:40	6	3	0	0	0	0	0	3-4	0-0	0-0	+1
Jae'Sean Tate	2:40	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1-2	0-0	0-0	+1
JD Davison	2:40	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	0-1	0-1	0-0	+1
Totals		119	48	24	10	6	15	13	48-90	8-24	15-19

Lineups

LAL

Los Angeles Lakers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

LeBron James · Deandre Ayton · Luka Dončić · Rui Hachimura · Austin Reaves Starter 8.2 min
Marcus Smart · Jarred Vanderbilt · Deandre Ayton · Luka Dončić · Jake LaRavia 6.1 min
LeBron James · Marcus Smart · Deandre Ayton · Luka Dončić · Rui Hachimura 6.0 min
LeBron James · Marcus Smart · Jarred Vanderbilt · Deandre Ayton · Austin Reaves 5.6 min
LeBron James · Marcus Smart · Jarred Vanderbilt · Rui Hachimura · Jake LaRavia 5.4 min

HOU

Houston Rockets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Kevin Durant · Alperen Sengun · Jabari Smith Jr. · Tari Eason · Amen Thompson Starter 13.0 min
Steven Adams · Josh Okogie · Alperen Sengun · Jabari Smith Jr. · Reed Sheppard 5.7 min
Kevin Durant · Steven Adams · Dorian Finney-Smith · Tari Eason · Amen Thompson 4.5 min
Kevin Durant · Steven Adams · Jabari Smith Jr. · Tari Eason · Amen Thompson 4.3 min
Kevin Durant · Dorian Finney-Smith · Alperen Sengun · Jabari Smith Jr. · Amen Thompson 2.8 min

Who guarded whom

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

Lakers defense

Kevin Durant 4 pts (2/11) in 61 possessions

Guarded by: LeBron James (25 %, 0 pts) · Rui Hachimura (22 %, 0 pts) · Jarred Vanderbilt (19 %, 0 pts)
Alperen Sengun 14 pts (6/11) in 56 possessions

Guarded by: Deandre Ayton (49 %, 2 pts) · Jarred Vanderbilt (20 %, 3 pts) · Rui Hachimura (7 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Deandre Ayton	Alperen Sengun: 28 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Steven Adams: 20 poss., 6 pts (3/3)
Luka Dončić	Amen Thompson: 22 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Tari Eason: 19 poss., 8 pts (3/4)
LeBron James	Kevin Durant: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jabari Smith Jr.: 13 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Rui Hachimura	Jabari Smith Jr.: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Kevin Durant: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/3)
Marcus Smart	Jabari Smith Jr.: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Reed Sheppard: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Jarred Vanderbilt	Kevin Durant: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Alperen Sengun: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Jake LaRavia	Reed Sheppard: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Jabari Smith Jr.: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Austin Reaves	Amen Thompson: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Josh Okogie: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Maxi Kleber	Steven Adams: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Clint Capela: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Dalton Knecht	Aaron Holiday: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · JD Davison: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Bronny James	JD Davison: 2 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Aaron Holiday: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Adou Thiero	Jae'Sean Tate: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jeff Green: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/1)

Rockets defense

Luka Dončić 15 pts (6/18) in 67 possessions

Guarded by: Amen Thompson (23 %, 4 pts) · Jabari Smith Jr. (19 %, 3 pts) · Tari Eason (18 %, 4 pts)
LeBron James 8 pts (3/9) in 62 possessions

Guarded by: Jabari Smith Jr. (27 %, 0 pts) · Amen Thompson (20 %, 2 pts) · Tari Eason (19 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Jabari Smith Jr.	LeBron James: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Luka Dončić: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Kevin Durant	Rui Hachimura: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jarred Vanderbilt: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Amen Thompson	Luka Dončić: 16 poss., 4 pts (2/6) · LeBron James: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Alperen Sengun	Deandre Ayton: 30 poss., 8 pts (4/5) · Jarred Vanderbilt: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tari Eason	Luka Dončić: 12 poss., 4 pts (2/4) · LeBron James: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/4)
Steven Adams	Deandre Ayton: 21 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Marcus Smart: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Reed Sheppard	Marcus Smart: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Jake LaRavia: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Dorian Finney-Smith	Luka Dončić: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · LeBron James: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Josh Okogie	Austin Reaves: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Luka Dončić: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Aaron Holiday	Dalton Knecht: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Bronny James: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jae'Sean Tate	Adou Thiero: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Dalton Knecht: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
JD Davison	Bronny James: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jake LaRavia: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Clint Capela	Maxi Kleber: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Adou Thiero: 1 poss., 4 pts (2/3)
Jeff Green	Jake LaRavia: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Adou Thiero: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)