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Los Angeles Lakers vs. Golden State Warriors

October 21, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Warriors beat the Lakers 119-109 on 2025-10-21 on the road against the Lakers. The Lakers started Deandre Ayton, Luka Dončić, Rui Hachimura, Gabe Vincent, and Austin Reaves. The Warriors started Stephen Curry, Jimmy Butler III, Draymond Green, Jonathan Kuminga, and Brandin Podziemski. Stephen Curry (Warriors) scored 6 points (2/4) in his matchups, with Gabe Vincent as his primary defender. Luka Dončić (Lakers) scored 24 points (9/16) in his matchups, with Jimmy Butler III as his primary defender.

Box score

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

LAL
Los Angeles Lakers
Los Angeles Lakers 109

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Luka Dončić GS 40:59 43 12 9 2 1 3 1 17-27 2-10 7-10 -8
Austin Reaves GS 36:20 26 5 9 2 0 5 5 9-16 1-5 7-10 -14
Rui Hachimura GS 35:25 9 4 3 0 0 1 2 3-6 3-6 0-0 -6
Deandre Ayton GS 33:53 10 6 0 0 1 4 3 5-7 0-0 0-2 -4
Gabe Vincent GS 28:44 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 1-4 1-4 0-0 -5
Marcus Smart 22:46 9 0 0 1 0 3 4 3-6 0-3 3-4 +2
Jake LaRavia 15:50 5 3 0 0 0 0 1 2-4 1-2 0-2 -5
Jaxson Hayes 14:07 4 6 1 0 0 1 2 2-3 0-0 0-0 -6
Jarred Vanderbilt 11:56 0 3 0 1 0 2 0 0-4 0-2 0-0 -4
Totals 109 39 23 7 2 19 21 42-77 8-32 17-28

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

GSW
Golden State Warriors
Golden State Warriors 119

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Jimmy Butler III GS 34:44 31 5 4 1 0 1 4 7-14 1-2 16-16 +20
Jonathan Kuminga GS 32:54 17 9 6 1 0 2 3 6-11 4-6 1-2 +4
Brandin Podziemski GS 32:32 7 7 2 1 0 1 2 3-7 1-4 0-0 +13
Stephen Curry GS 32:04 23 1 4 3 1 2 3 6-14 3-9 8-8 +1
Draymond Green GS 28:24 8 7 9 1 2 4 5 3-6 1-3 1-3 +20
Buddy Hield 22:15 17 1 0 1 0 2 0 6-11 5-10 0-0 +5
Al Horford 20:15 5 5 1 0 0 2 4 2-7 1-4 0-0 -10
Will Richard 13:35 5 1 1 1 0 0 2 2-2 1-1 0-0 -11
Gary Payton II 12:04 6 2 1 1 1 3 3 3-6 0-1 0-0 +3
Quinten Post 8:34 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 +5
Gui Santos 2:39 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0
Totals 119 40 29 10 4 18 27 38-78 17-40 26-29

Did not play: Trayce Jackson-Davis (DNP - Coach's Decision), Pat Spencer (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

LAL
Los Angeles Lakers
Los Angeles Lakers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

GSW
Golden State Warriors
Golden State Warriors

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 Jonathan Kuminga: 45 poss., 16 pts (7/12) · Jimmy Butler III: 10 poss., 9 pts (4/5)
Deandre Ayton Draymond Green: 32 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · Al Horford: 21 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Austin Reaves Brandin Podziemski: 24 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · Gary Payton II: 14 poss., 5 pts (2/4)
Rui Hachimura Jimmy Butler III: 27 poss., 6 pts (2/2) · Buddy Hield: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Gabe Vincent Stephen Curry: 33 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Brandin Podziemski: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Marcus Smart Stephen Curry: 19 poss., 2 pts (0/0) · Brandin Podziemski: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Jaxson Hayes Al Horford: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Draymond Green: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jake LaRavia Jimmy Butler III: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Buddy Hield: 6 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Jarred Vanderbilt Draymond Green: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Quinten Post: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Warriors defense

Defender Guarded most
Jimmy Butler III Luka Dončić: 24 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Gabe Vincent: 9 poss., 10 pts (3/4)
Stephen Curry Gabe Vincent: 25 poss., 5 pts (2/4) · Marcus Smart: 16 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Jonathan Kuminga Deandre Ayton: 22 poss., 6 pts (2/5) · Rui Hachimura: 19 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Brandin Podziemski Austin Reaves: 21 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · Gabe Vincent: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Draymond Green Deandre Ayton: 18 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Rui Hachimura: 14 poss., 3 pts (1/4)
Buddy Hield Austin Reaves: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Marcus Smart: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Al Horford Deandre Ayton: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Jaxson Hayes: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Will Richard Austin Reaves: 13 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Luka Dončić: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Gary Payton II Luka Dončić: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Austin Reaves: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Quinten Post Jake LaRavia: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jaxson Hayes: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Gui Santos Austin Reaves: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jake LaRavia: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)