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Detroit Pistons vs. Los Angeles Lakers

March 23, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Pistons beat the Lakers 113-110 on 2026-03-23 at home. The Pistons started Tobias Harris, Duncan Robinson, Jalen Duren, Ausar Thompson, and Daniss Jenkins. The Lakers started LeBron James, Deandre Ayton, Luka Dončić, Austin Reaves, and Jake LaRavia. Luka Dončić (Lakers) scored 21 points (9/14) in his matchups, with Tobias Harris as his primary defender. Jalen Duren (Pistons) scored 12 points (5/16) in his matchups, with Deandre Ayton as his primary defender.

Box score

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

DET
Detroit Pistons
Detroit Pistons 113

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Daniss Jenkins GS 39:04 30 4 8 0 0 2 2 11-18 4-5 4-4 -5
Ausar Thompson GS 35:50 6 5 3 1 1 1 4 3-11 0-0 0-1 +1
Jalen Duren GS 33:20 20 11 3 0 0 3 3 5-9 0-0 10-10 +6
Tobias Harris GS 31:54 14 7 5 1 2 1 2 5-14 2-5 2-3 0
Duncan Robinson GS 27:38 12 0 2 0 0 2 2 4-10 4-9 0-0 -1
Kevin Huerter 20:29 7 1 3 2 0 0 2 3-6 1-3 0-0 +11
Caris LeVert 16:56 8 3 4 0 0 2 2 3-7 0-2 2-2 -2
Javonte Green 14:57 6 2 1 1 1 0 1 1-1 0-0 4-4 +14
Paul Reed 14:40 8 4 1 1 0 0 2 4-7 0-0 0-0 -3
Ronald Holland II 5:14 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 1-5 0-2 0-0 -6
Totals 113 37 31 6 4 11 23 40-88 11-26 22-24

Did not play: Chaz Lanier (DNP - Coach's Decision), Tolu Smith (DNP - Coach's Decision)

LAL
Los Angeles Lakers
Los Angeles Lakers 110

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Austin Reaves GS 39:33 24 2 5 0 1 3 2 7-15 2-6 8-9 -5
Luka Dončić GS 38:49 32 7 6 3 0 3 1 11-29 3-13 7-8 +7
LeBron James GS 38:44 12 9 10 0 1 4 2 4-10 1-2 3-3 -8
Jake LaRavia GS 28:56 7 1 1 0 0 0 4 3-4 1-2 0-0 -5
Deandre Ayton GS 26:57 13 10 0 1 0 1 2 5-6 0-0 3-4 -6
Luke Kennard 28:10 6 3 2 0 0 0 0 1-5 1-5 3-3 +7
Jaxson Hayes 20:49 11 3 1 2 4 1 3 5-5 0-0 1-2 +1
Jarred Vanderbilt 15:29 4 4 2 0 0 0 3 2-4 0-1 0-0 -2
Adou Thiero 2:24 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0-1 0-0 1-2 -4
Maxi Kleber 0:09 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0
Totals 110 39 27 6 6 12 18 38-79 8-29 26-31

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

Lineups

DET
Detroit Pistons
Detroit Pistons

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

LAL
Los Angeles Lakers
Los Angeles Lakers

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.

Pistons defense

Defender Guarded most
Daniss Jenkins Austin Reaves: 28 poss., 6 pts (2/2) · Jake LaRavia: 11 poss., 7 pts (2/4)
Jalen Duren Deandre Ayton: 21 poss., 6 pts (3/3) · Jaxson Hayes: 16 poss., 6 pts (2/4)
Ausar Thompson LeBron James: 28 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Luka Dončić: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Tobias Harris Luka Dončić: 23 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · LeBron James: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Duncan Robinson Luke Kennard: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Jake LaRavia: 11 poss., 6 pts (2/3)
Kevin Huerter Luke Kennard: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jake LaRavia: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Caris LeVert Jarred Vanderbilt: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jake LaRavia: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Javonte Green Austin Reaves: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · LeBron James: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Paul Reed Deandre Ayton: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Jaxson Hayes: 9 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Ronald Holland II Luka Dončić: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Luke Kennard: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Lakers defense

Defender Guarded most
Austin Reaves Daniss Jenkins: 34 poss., 10 pts (4/7) · Ausar Thompson: 13 poss., 2 pts (0/2)
Luka Dončić Ausar Thompson: 30 poss., 4 pts (2/7) · Tobias Harris: 9 poss., 2 pts (0/0)
LeBron James Tobias Harris: 28 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Javonte Green: 10 poss., 5 pts (1/1)
Luke Kennard Daniss Jenkins: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Duncan Robinson: 12 poss., 3 pts (0/0)
Deandre Ayton Jalen Duren: 23 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Paul Reed: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jake LaRavia Duncan Robinson: 19 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Kevin Huerter: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jaxson Hayes Jalen Duren: 18 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Paul Reed: 9 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Jarred Vanderbilt Caris LeVert: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Kevin Huerter: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Adou Thiero Tobias Harris: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Paul Reed: 1 poss., 1 pts (0/1)