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
107
Did not play: Jordan McLaughlin (DNP - Coach's Decision), Kelly Olynyk (DNP - Coach's Decision)
LAL
Los Angeles Lakers
91
Lineups
SAS
San Antonio Spurs
Starting lineup
The 5 most-used lineups:
- Harrison Barnes · De'Aaron Fox · Luke Kornet · Julian Champagnie · Stephon Castle Starter 8.5 min
- De'Aaron Fox · Keldon Johnson · Julian Champagnie · Victor Wembanyama · Stephon Castle 4.5 min
- De'Aaron Fox · Keldon Johnson · Julian Champagnie · Jeremy Sochan · Victor Wembanyama 3.7 min
- Harrison Barnes · Keldon Johnson · Victor Wembanyama · Stephon Castle · Dylan Harper 3.6 min
- De'Aaron Fox · Julian Champagnie · Jeremy Sochan · Victor Wembanyama · Dylan Harper 3.2 min
LAL
Los Angeles Lakers
Starting lineup
The 5 most-used lineups:
- Marcus Smart · Jarred Vanderbilt · Deandre Ayton · Luka Dončić · Jake LaRavia Starter 14.2 min
- Marcus Smart · Deandre Ayton · Luka Dončić · Jake LaRavia · Dalton Knecht 4.7 min
- Luka Dončić · Gabe Vincent · Jaxson Hayes · Jake LaRavia · Dalton Knecht 4.5 min
- Marcus Smart · Deandre Ayton · Luka Dončić · Gabe Vincent · Jake LaRavia 4.3 min
- Marcus Smart · Luka Dončić · Jaxson Hayes · Jake LaRavia · Dalton Knecht 3.9 min
Who guarded whom
Based on stats.nba.com matchup data. Points and shooting are always the offensive player's.
Spurs defense
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Luka Dončić 11 pts (4/7) in 76 possessions
Guarded by: Stephon Castle (21 %, 2 pts) · Harrison Barnes (21 %, 0 pts) · De'Aaron Fox (13 %, 0 pts)
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Dalton Knecht 10 pts (3/7) in 34 possessions
Guarded by: Julian Champagnie (31 %, 3 pts) · Keldon Johnson (20 %, 5 pts) · De'Aaron Fox (13 %, 0 pts)
| 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
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Victor Wembanyama 8 pts (3/8) in 50 possessions
Guarded by: Deandre Ayton (41 %, 5 pts) · Jaxson Hayes (29 %, 2 pts) · Jake LaRavia (7 %, 0 pts)
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Stephon Castle 10 pts (4/12) in 62 possessions
Guarded by: Luka Dončić (48 %, 8 pts) · Marcus Smart (20 %, 0 pts) · Jake LaRavia (11 %, 0 pts)
| 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) |