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San Antonio Spurs vs. Los Angeles Lakers

January 7, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Spurs beat the Lakers 107-91 on 2026-01-07 at home. The Spurs started Harrison Barnes, De'Aaron Fox, Luke Kornet, Julian Champagnie, and Stephon Castle. The Lakers started Marcus Smart, Jarred Vanderbilt, Deandre Ayton, Luka Dončić, and Jake LaRavia. Luka Dončić (Lakers) scored 11 points (4/7) in his matchups, with Stephon Castle as his primary defender. Victor Wembanyama (Spurs) scored 8 points (3/8) in his matchups, with Deandre Ayton as his primary defender.

Box score

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

SAS
San Antonio Spurs
San Antonio Spurs 107

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
De'Aaron Fox GS 34:12 14 3 5 1 0 3 2 5-14 0-6 4-4 +12
Julian Champagnie GS 33:34 11 9 3 0 0 2 1 3-11 0-6 5-6 +18
Harrison Barnes GS 29:53 7 0 6 1 0 0 2 2-5 0-1 3-4 +16
Stephon Castle GS 29:07 15 5 4 2 1 2 5 6-10 0-2 3-3 +9
Luke Kornet GS 21:11 7 6 1 2 0 1 2 2-5 0-0 3-4 +7
Keldon Johnson 27:37 27 6 0 0 0 1 1 11-13 2-3 3-3 +14
Victor Wembanyama 25:58 16 14 2 2 4 4 3 7-15 0-3 2-4 +9
Dylan Harper 19:57 2 4 2 2 0 0 1 1-6 0-2 0-0 -2
Jeremy Sochan 11:28 6 0 1 0 0 0 3 2-2 2-2 0-0 -1
Carter Bryant 4:30 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 1-1 0-0 0-0 -2
Lindy Waters III 0:51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0
Bismack Biyombo 0:51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0
David Jones Garcia 0:51 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0
Totals 107 50 24 10 5 14 20 40-82 4-25 23-28

Did not play: Jordan McLaughlin (DNP - Coach's Decision), Kelly Olynyk (DNP - Coach's Decision)

LAL
Los Angeles Lakers
Los Angeles Lakers 91

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Jake LaRavia GS 38:35 16 7 1 1 0 1 2 6-13 4-9 0-0 -13
Luka Dončić GS 38:20 38 10 10 3 0 7 3 13-26 2-9 10-16 -7
Marcus Smart GS 34:29 2 7 1 3 0 4 3 1-6 0-3 0-0 -12
Deandre Ayton GS 28:54 9 6 1 0 1 1 2 4-9 0-0 1-2 -9
Jarred Vanderbilt GS 18:51 4 0 0 1 0 1 3 2-6 0-3 0-0 0
Dalton Knecht 19:10 2 3 0 0 1 3 1 1-6 0-5 0-0 -15
Jaxson Hayes 18:15 10 7 0 0 0 0 3 4-4 0-0 2-2 -7
Gabe Vincent 18:08 6 2 2 0 0 0 2 2-8 2-7 0-0 -10
Maxi Kleber 12:19 1 3 0 1 0 0 2 0-3 0-0 1-2 -3
Nick Smith Jr. 10:26 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1-4 1-2 0-0 -4
Chris Mañon 0:51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0
Bronny James 0:51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0
Drew Timme 0:51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-1 0-1 0-0 0
Totals 91 45 16 9 2 17 21 34-86 9-39 14-22

Lineups

SAS
San Antonio Spurs
San Antonio Spurs

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.

Spurs defense

Defender Guarded most
De'Aaron Fox Marcus Smart: 22 poss., 6 pts (2/3) · Luka Dončić: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Julian Champagnie Jake LaRavia: 21 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Dalton Knecht: 11 poss., 3 pts (0/2)
Stephon Castle Luka Dončić: 16 poss., 2 pts (0/1) · Marcus Smart: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Harrison Barnes Luka Dončić: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jake LaRavia: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Victor Wembanyama Deandre Ayton: 19 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Jaxson Hayes: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Keldon Johnson Jake LaRavia: 12 poss., 6 pts (3/3) · Gabe Vincent: 9 poss., 7 pts (3/3)
Luke Kornet Deandre Ayton: 18 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jaxson Hayes: 11 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Dylan Harper Marcus Smart: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jake LaRavia: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Jeremy Sochan Luka Dončić: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Jaxson Hayes: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Carter Bryant Luka Dončić: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jarred Vanderbilt: 1 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Lindy Waters III
David Jones Garcia
Bismack Biyombo

Lakers defense

Defender Guarded most
Luka Dončić Stephon Castle: 30 poss., 8 pts (3/8) · De'Aaron Fox: 15 poss., 6 pts (3/5)
Jake LaRavia Harrison Barnes: 23 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Julian Champagnie: 22 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Marcus Smart De'Aaron Fox: 19 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Dylan Harper: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Deandre Ayton Victor Wembanyama: 21 poss., 5 pts (2/5) · Luke Kornet: 19 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Dalton Knecht Julian Champagnie: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Keldon Johnson: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jaxson Hayes Victor Wembanyama: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Luke Kornet: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Jarred Vanderbilt Harrison Barnes: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Keldon Johnson: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/3)
Gabe Vincent De'Aaron Fox: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Dylan Harper: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Maxi Kleber Keldon Johnson: 7 poss., 1 pts (0/1) · Jeremy Sochan: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Nick Smith Jr. De'Aaron Fox: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Julian Champagnie: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Chris Mañon Dylan Harper: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · David Jones Garcia: 0 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Bronny James David Jones Garcia: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Dylan Harper: 0 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Drew Timme Bismack Biyombo: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/1)