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Los Angeles Lakers vs. Phoenix Suns

December 1, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Suns beat the Lakers 125-108 on 2025-12-01 on the road against the Lakers. The Lakers started LeBron James, Deandre Ayton, Luka Dončić, Rui Hachimura, and Austin Reaves. The Suns started Devin Booker, Royce O'Neale, Dillon Brooks, Mark Williams, and Collin Gillespie. Devin Booker (Suns) scored 2 points (1/2) in his matchups, with Rui Hachimura as his primary defender. Luka Dončić (Lakers) scored 11 points (5/13) in his matchups, with Royce O'Neale as his primary defender.

Box score

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

LAL
Los Angeles Lakers
Los Angeles Lakers 108

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Austin Reaves GS 33:22 16 4 3 0 0 5 2 6-12 3-7 1-1 -11
Luka Dončić GS 31:33 38 11 5 0 0 9 2 15-26 3-8 5-5 -25
LeBron James GS 31:14 10 0 3 0 0 3 2 3-10 1-4 3-4 -6
Deandre Ayton GS 27:52 12 9 1 1 0 0 2 6-8 0-0 0-0 -9
Rui Hachimura GS 22:59 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-1 0-0 0-0 -12
Gabe Vincent 20:44 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 1-6 1-4 0-0 -5
Jake LaRavia 15:57 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 1-3 0-1 0-0 -20
Dalton Knecht 15:37 13 4 1 0 0 0 3 5-7 3-5 0-0 -1
Jaxson Hayes 14:24 6 2 0 0 0 0 1 1-1 0-0 4-5 -13
Maxi Kleber 10:13 5 3 2 0 0 0 0 2-4 1-2 0-0 +5
Nick Smith Jr. 5:44 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1-2 1-2 0-0 +5
Bronny James 5:44 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 +5
Adou Thiero 4:37 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 +2
Totals 108 39 18 1 0 21 13 41-80 13-33 13-15

Did not play: Jarred Vanderbilt (DNP - Coach's Decision)

PHX
Phoenix Suns
Phoenix Suns 125

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Collin Gillespie GS 33:50 28 4 5 2 0 2 2 10-19 8-14 0-0 +12
Royce O'Neale GS 33:01 6 7 11 1 0 1 1 2-7 2-6 0-0 +20
Dillon Brooks GS 32:56 33 2 2 1 0 4 4 15-26 2-7 1-3 +22
Mark Williams GS 24:52 13 6 1 2 1 0 0 6-8 0-0 1-3 +14
Devin Booker GS 9:55 11 2 3 0 0 1 1 4-7 1-2 2-2 -1
Jordan Goodwin 24:26 13 1 5 3 0 1 1 5-10 3-7 0-0 -2
Jamaree Bouyea 22:32 7 1 5 3 0 1 2 3-3 1-1 0-0 +19
Oso Ighodaro 20:39 4 2 1 1 0 1 2 2-4 0-0 0-0 +6
Ryan Dunn 20:35 6 8 1 2 0 0 2 3-5 0-2 0-0 +7
Nigel Hayes-Davis 12:17 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 2-3 0-0 0-0 -6
Rasheer Fleming 2:29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 -3
Khaman Maluach 2:29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 -3
Totals 125 33 35 16 1 11 16 52-92 17-39 4-8

Did not play: Nick Richards (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

LAL
Los Angeles Lakers
Los Angeles Lakers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

PHX
Phoenix Suns
Phoenix Suns

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 Dillon Brooks: 17 poss., 8 pts (3/4) · Jordan Goodwin: 14 poss., 3 pts (1/4)
Austin Reaves Jamaree Bouyea: 20 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Collin Gillespie: 15 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
LeBron James Royce O'Neale: 19 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Ryan Dunn: 18 poss., 4 pts (1/1)
Deandre Ayton Mark Williams: 29 poss., 8 pts (4/4) · Oso Ighodaro: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Rui Hachimura Royce O'Neale: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Dillon Brooks: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Gabe Vincent Collin Gillespie: 20 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jamaree Bouyea: 6 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Jake LaRavia Nigel Hayes-Davis: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Dillon Brooks: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jaxson Hayes Oso Ighodaro: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Mark Williams: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Dalton Knecht Royce O'Neale: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Jordan Goodwin: 6 poss., 6 pts (2/2)
Maxi Kleber Mark Williams: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Dillon Brooks: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Nick Smith Jr. Jordan Goodwin: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Collin Gillespie: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Bronny James Royce O'Neale: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Collin Gillespie: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Adou Thiero Rasheer Fleming: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Dillon Brooks: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Suns defense

Defender Guarded most
Collin Gillespie Gabe Vincent: 20 poss., 8 pts (3/4) · LeBron James: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Royce O'Neale LeBron James: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Luka Dončić: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Dillon Brooks Rui Hachimura: 17 poss., 4 pts (2/8) · LeBron James: 12 poss., 4 pts (2/4)
Mark Williams Deandre Ayton: 24 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Luka Dončić: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Jordan Goodwin Luka Dončić: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Dalton Knecht: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Jamaree Bouyea Austin Reaves: 16 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Luka Dončić: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Oso Ighodaro Deandre Ayton: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Jaxson Hayes: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Ryan Dunn LeBron James: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Luka Dončić: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Devin Booker Austin Reaves: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Luka Dončić: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Nigel Hayes-Davis Luka Dončić: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Dalton Knecht: 4 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Rasheer Fleming Adou Thiero: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Dalton Knecht: 0 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Khaman Maluach Maxi Kleber: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Bronny James: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)