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Los Angeles Lakers vs. Oklahoma City Thunder

February 9, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Thunder beat the Lakers 119-110 on 2026-02-09 on the road against the Lakers. The Lakers started LeBron James, Marcus Smart, Deandre Ayton, Rui Hachimura, and Jake LaRavia. The Thunder started Isaiah Hartenstein, Luguentz Dort, Chet Holmgren, Jalen Williams, and Cason Wallace. Jalen Williams (Thunder) scored 9 points (3/7) in his matchups, with Rui Hachimura as his primary defender. LeBron James (Lakers) scored 6 points (3/7) in his matchups, with Luguentz Dort as his primary defender.

Box score

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

LAL
Los Angeles Lakers
Los Angeles Lakers 110

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
LeBron James GS 35:59 22 6 10 1 0 3 1 9-17 0-4 4-6 -7
Rui Hachimura GS 32:53 12 5 2 0 0 1 1 5-8 2-5 0-0 +4
Marcus Smart GS 29:24 19 3 3 2 0 1 1 7-16 4-7 1-2 -4
Deandre Ayton GS 29:01 6 10 0 0 0 1 3 3-5 0-0 0-3 -5
Jake LaRavia GS 24:02 14 4 1 1 1 1 3 3-8 2-6 6-6 -9
Austin Reaves 28:52 16 2 7 1 0 5 3 6-14 1-5 3-3 -14
Luke Kennard 24:13 7 1 1 1 0 0 4 3-5 1-2 0-0 -7
Jarred Vanderbilt 16:55 2 2 0 1 1 2 3 1-3 0-2 0-0 +9
Jaxson Hayes 13:52 12 4 1 0 0 1 2 5-8 0-0 2-3 -4
Maxi Kleber 4:49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 -8
Totals 110 37 25 7 2 15 21 42-84 10-31 16-23

Did not play: Kobe Bufkin (DNP - Coach's Decision), Bronny James (DNP - Coach's Decision), Dalton Knecht (DNP - Coach's Decision)

OKC
Oklahoma City Thunder
Oklahoma City Thunder 119

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Chet Holmgren GS 31:11 13 10 2 1 2 1 3 5-10 1-2 2-2 +12
Cason Wallace GS 30:49 12 4 6 2 1 0 2 6-9 0-3 0-0 -2
Luguentz Dort GS 28:55 7 5 1 1 1 4 4 2-5 2-5 1-2 -7
Jalen Williams GS 24:22 23 3 1 1 0 2 2 6-17 0-2 11-13 -10
Isaiah Hartenstein GS 21:40 10 9 6 3 0 2 1 4-8 0-0 2-4 -5
Isaiah Joe 27:27 19 3 2 2 0 1 2 6-13 4-8 3-3 +14
Alex Caruso 24:05 17 1 2 1 0 0 0 7-8 3-4 0-1 +19
Jaylin Williams 18:53 11 3 2 0 0 4 2 3-6 3-5 2-2 +9
Aaron Wiggins 14:36 0 4 1 0 0 1 1 0-4 0-2 0-0 +6
Jared McCain 13:37 7 3 0 0 0 0 2 3-6 1-2 0-0 +10
Kenrich Williams 4:25 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0-1 0-0 0-2 -1
Totals 119 45 23 12 4 15 19 42-87 14-33 21-29

Did not play: Buddy Boeheim (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

LAL
Los Angeles Lakers
Los Angeles Lakers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

OKC
Oklahoma City Thunder
Oklahoma City Thunder

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
Rui Hachimura Jalen Williams: 24 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Chet Holmgren: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
LeBron James Luguentz Dort: 30 poss., 2 pts (1/4) · Alex Caruso: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Austin Reaves Cason Wallace: 25 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Alex Caruso: 11 poss., 4 pts (2/4)
Marcus Smart Cason Wallace: 13 poss., 6 pts (2/3) · Jared McCain: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Deandre Ayton Isaiah Hartenstein: 22 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jaylin Williams: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Luke Kennard Isaiah Joe: 20 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Aaron Wiggins: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Jake LaRavia Chet Holmgren: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Isaiah Joe: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jarred Vanderbilt Jaylin Williams: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Alex Caruso: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jaxson Hayes Chet Holmgren: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Jaylin Williams: 9 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Maxi Kleber Chet Holmgren: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Alex Caruso: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Thunder defense

Defender Guarded most
Chet Holmgren LeBron James: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Rui Hachimura: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Cason Wallace Austin Reaves: 13 poss., 6 pts (3/3) · Rui Hachimura: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Luguentz Dort LeBron James: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Rui Hachimura: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Isaiah Joe Marcus Smart: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · LeBron James: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Alex Caruso LeBron James: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Austin Reaves: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jalen Williams Rui Hachimura: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Marcus Smart: 7 poss., 2 pts (0/0)
Isaiah Hartenstein Deandre Ayton: 16 poss., 6 pts (2/3) · Jake LaRavia: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jaylin Williams Deandre Ayton: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Jaxson Hayes: 8 poss., 6 pts (2/2)
Aaron Wiggins Luke Kennard: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Austin Reaves: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Jared McCain Marcus Smart: 6 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · LeBron James: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kenrich Williams Luke Kennard: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Austin Reaves: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)