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Los Angeles Lakers vs. San Antonio Spurs

November 5, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Lakers beat the Spurs 118-116 on 2025-11-05 at home. The Lakers started Marcus Smart, Deandre Ayton, Luka Dončić, Rui Hachimura, and Jake LaRavia. The Spurs started Harrison Barnes, Devin Vassell, Julian Champagnie, Victor Wembanyama, and Stephon Castle. Victor Wembanyama (Spurs) scored 14 points (4/10) in his matchups, with Deandre Ayton as his primary defender. Luka Dončić (Lakers) scored 17 points (7/16) in his matchups, with Julian Champagnie as his primary defender.

Box score

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

LAL
Los Angeles Lakers
Los Angeles Lakers 118

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Luka Dončić GS 41:37 35 9 13 5 2 4 5 9-27 4-11 13-17 +4
Jake LaRavia GS 37:31 8 6 1 0 0 2 5 3-9 1-5 1-2 -5
Rui Hachimura GS 34:46 15 2 0 1 0 0 2 5-9 2-3 3-6 +6
Marcus Smart GS 33:34 17 5 5 1 1 3 5 3-10 1-7 10-10 +3
Deandre Ayton GS 33:07 22 10 0 1 2 0 3 9-13 0-0 4-4 +1
Jarred Vanderbilt 17:13 5 0 2 0 0 0 4 2-3 1-2 0-0 -2
Dalton Knecht 15:38 3 1 1 0 0 1 3 1-4 1-3 0-0 -6
Jaxson Hayes 14:53 9 4 1 0 0 0 1 3-4 0-0 3-5 +1
Nick Smith Jr. 6:31 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1-1 0-0 0-0 +9
Bronny James 5:10 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 1-3 0-0 0-0 -1
Totals 118 38 23 8 5 12 30 37-83 10-31 34-44

Did not play: Maxi Kleber (DNP - Injury/Illness), Adou Thiero (DNP - Injury/Illness)

SAS
San Antonio Spurs
San Antonio Spurs 116

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Stephon Castle GS 37:14 16 5 8 3 0 6 4 3-11 1-5 9-11 +7
Devin Vassell GS 37:05 15 3 4 0 0 0 3 5-14 2-8 3-4 +2
Julian Champagnie GS 33:07 14 7 0 1 0 4 3 5-14 3-8 1-4 -1
Victor Wembanyama GS 32:41 19 8 3 1 1 5 6 5-14 0-2 9-11 -2
Harrison Barnes GS 27:53 14 6 3 0 0 0 6 4-6 4-6 2-2 0
Keldon Johnson 24:04 12 1 1 1 0 1 4 4-4 0-0 4-4 0
Jeremy Sochan 22:34 16 2 0 1 0 0 6 6-7 1-2 3-4 -6
Lindy Waters III 13:32 6 1 0 0 0 0 1 2-2 2-2 0-0 -9
Kelly Olynyk 9:17 4 4 3 0 0 1 3 2-2 0-0 0-0 +1
Jordan McLaughlin 2:33 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 -2
Totals 116 37 22 7 1 19 36 36-74 13-33 31-40

Did not play: Bismack Biyombo (DNP - Coach's Decision), Carter Bryant (DNP - Coach's Decision), David Jones Garcia (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

LAL
Los Angeles Lakers
Los Angeles Lakers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

SAS
San Antonio Spurs
San Antonio Spurs

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 Stephon Castle: 40 poss., 7 pts (2/8) · Jeremy Sochan: 18 poss., 6 pts (2/7)
Jake LaRavia Devin Vassell: 32 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Julian Champagnie: 19 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Marcus Smart Julian Champagnie: 24 poss., 5 pts (1/3) · Keldon Johnson: 9 poss., 2 pts (0/0)
Rui Hachimura Harrison Barnes: 26 poss., 4 pts (2/5) · Victor Wembanyama: 9 poss., 2 pts (0/0)
Deandre Ayton Victor Wembanyama: 28 poss., 6 pts (3/6) · Jeremy Sochan: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jarred Vanderbilt Keldon Johnson: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kelly Olynyk: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Jaxson Hayes Victor Wembanyama: 13 poss., 2 pts (0/0) · Jeremy Sochan: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Dalton Knecht Keldon Johnson: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Lindy Waters III: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Nick Smith Jr. Stephon Castle: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jordan McLaughlin: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Bronny James Lindy Waters III: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Devin Vassell: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Spurs defense

Defender Guarded most
Stephon Castle Marcus Smart: 29 poss., 1 pts (0/1) · Luka Dončić: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/3)
Devin Vassell Jake LaRavia: 35 poss., 3 pts (1/4) · Luka Dončić: 9 poss., 4 pts (2/3)
Victor Wembanyama Rui Hachimura: 24 poss., 7 pts (3/6) · Deandre Ayton: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Julian Champagnie Luka Dončić: 29 poss., 5 pts (2/6) · Marcus Smart: 12 poss., 4 pts (1/2)
Harrison Barnes Deandre Ayton: 21 poss., 8 pts (2/3) · Rui Hachimura: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Keldon Johnson Luka Dončić: 8 poss., 4 pts (1/1) · Marcus Smart: 8 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Jeremy Sochan Jaxson Hayes: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Luka Dončić: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Lindy Waters III Bronny James: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Dalton Knecht: 5 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Kelly Olynyk Deandre Ayton: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jarred Vanderbilt: 4 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Jordan McLaughlin Nick Smith Jr.: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jarred Vanderbilt: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)