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Phoenix Suns vs. Los Angeles Lakers

December 14, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Lakers beat the Suns 116-114 on 2025-12-14 on the road against the Suns. The Suns started Devin Booker, Dillon Brooks, Grayson Allen, Mark Williams, and Collin Gillespie. The Lakers started LeBron James, Marcus Smart, Deandre Ayton, Luka Dončić, and Rui Hachimura. Luka Dončić (Lakers) scored 29 points (10/20) in his matchups, with Grayson Allen as his primary defender. Devin Booker (Suns) scored 13 points (3/5) in his matchups, with LeBron James as his primary defender.

Box score

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

PHX

Phoenix Suns 114

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Collin Gillespie GS	36:40	10	3	6	1	0	1	4	4-9	2-5	0-0	-2
Grayson Allen GS	35:03	13	2	7	3	0	2	1	4-11	1-5	4-4	-4
Devin Booker GS	31:22	27	6	7	1	1	1	3	7-17	0-5	13-16	+4
Mark Williams GS	28:53	20	6	1	0	3	1	2	9-10	0-0	2-3	+14
Dillon Brooks GS	24:32	18	1	0	1	0	3	5	6-9	4-7	2-2	+12
Royce O'Neale	23:57	12	5	1	1	0	2	3	4-7	4-7	0-0	-23
Jordan Goodwin	18:10	5	3	2	2	0	2	1	2-7	1-3	0-0	0
Ryan Dunn	16:57	5	4	2	1	1	2	3	2-6	1-4	0-0	+6
Oso Ighodaro	15:53	2	5	3	1	0	4	4	1-4	0-0	0-0	-6
Jamaree Bouyea	6:01	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1-2	0-1	0-0	-2
Nick Richards	2:32	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	-9
Totals		114	37	29	11	5	19	28	40-82	13-37	21-25

Did not play: Rasheer Fleming (DNP - Coach's Decision), Nigel Hayes-Davis (DNP - Coach's Decision), Khaman Maluach (DNP - Coach's Decision)

LAL

Los Angeles Lakers 116

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Luka Dončić GS	38:12	29	3	6	1	0	6	3	7-25	2-14	13-14	-5
LeBron James GS	36:14	26	3	4	2	2	8	3	8-17	1-5	9-14	+8
Marcus Smart GS	31:36	8	4	6	1	2	2	3	2-7	1-5	3-4	-10
Rui Hachimura GS	30:58	3	7	1	2	0	0	3	1-5	1-4	0-0	-12
Deandre Ayton GS	30:09	20	13	0	2	1	3	4	10-11	0-0	0-2	-12
Jake LaRavia	21:12	6	8	1	2	2	0	4	2-9	0-4	2-2	+13
Gabe Vincent	18:59	5	0	0	1	0	0	1	2-5	1-3	0-0	+10
Jaxson Hayes	17:39	12	9	2	0	0	2	1	4-4	0-0	4-5	+11
Jarred Vanderbilt	15:01	7	7	0	2	1	0	1	2-5	1-2	2-2	+7
Totals		116	54	20	13	8	21	23	38-88	7-37	33-43

Did not play: Dalton Knecht (DNP - Coach's Decision), Nick Smith Jr. (DNP - Coach's Decision), Adou Thiero (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

PHX

Phoenix Suns

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Devin Booker · Dillon Brooks · Grayson Allen · Mark Williams · Collin Gillespie Starter 14.6 min
Royce O'Neale · Jordan Goodwin · Collin Gillespie · Oso Ighodaro · Ryan Dunn 6.4 min
Royce O'Neale · Grayson Allen · Jamaree Bouyea · Collin Gillespie · Oso Ighodaro 3.3 min
Devin Booker · Dillon Brooks · Grayson Allen · Mark Williams · Ryan Dunn 3.2 min
Devin Booker · Dillon Brooks · Grayson Allen · Jordan Goodwin · Mark Williams 3.2 min

LAL

Los Angeles Lakers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

LeBron James · Marcus Smart · Deandre Ayton · Luka Dončić · Rui Hachimura Starter 17.8 min
LeBron James · Luka Dončić · Gabe Vincent · Jaxson Hayes · Jake LaRavia 4.5 min
Luka Dončić · Rui Hachimura · Gabe Vincent · Jaxson Hayes · Jake LaRavia 4.2 min
LeBron James · Marcus Smart · Jarred Vanderbilt · Deandre Ayton · Gabe Vincent 3.2 min
LeBron James · Marcus Smart · Jarred Vanderbilt · Jaxson Hayes · Jake LaRavia 3.2 min

Who guarded whom

Based on stats.nba.com matchup data. Points and shooting are always the offensive player's.

Suns defense

Luka Dončić 29 pts (10/20) in 82 possessions

Guarded by: Grayson Allen (19 %, 0 pts) · Devin Booker (16 %, 7 pts) · Royce O'Neale (13 %, 6 pts)
LeBron James 14 pts (6/13) in 71 possessions

Guarded by: Dillon Brooks (34 %, 3 pts) · Ryan Dunn (15 %, 0 pts) · Royce O'Neale (14 %, 3 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Collin Gillespie	Gabe Vincent: 21 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Marcus Smart: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Grayson Allen	Rui Hachimura: 23 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Luka Dončić: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/3)
Devin Booker	Marcus Smart: 22 poss., 4 pts (2/5) · Luka Dončić: 13 poss., 7 pts (2/4)
Mark Williams	Deandre Ayton: 33 poss., 4 pts (1/1) · Jaxson Hayes: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Dillon Brooks	LeBron James: 24 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Luka Dončić: 10 poss., 7 pts (2/4)
Royce O'Neale	Rui Hachimura: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Luka Dončić: 11 poss., 6 pts (2/2)
Ryan Dunn	LeBron James: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Luka Dončić: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Oso Ighodaro	Jaxson Hayes: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Deandre Ayton: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jordan Goodwin	Jake LaRavia: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · LeBron James: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Jamaree Bouyea	Marcus Smart: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · LeBron James: 3 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Nick Richards	Jaxson Hayes: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jarred Vanderbilt: 0 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Lakers defense

Devin Booker 13 pts (3/5) in 61 possessions

Guarded by: LeBron James (27 %, 4 pts) · Marcus Smart (19 %, 4 pts) · Rui Hachimura (12 %, 0 pts)
Dillon Brooks 11 pts (3/9) in 48 possessions

Guarded by: Luka Dončić (40 %, 3 pts) · LeBron James (30 %, 6 pts) · Rui Hachimura (8 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Luka Dončić	Dillon Brooks: 19 poss., 3 pts (1/5) · Ryan Dunn: 13 poss., 4 pts (0/2)
LeBron James	Devin Booker: 16 poss., 4 pts (0/0) · Dillon Brooks: 15 poss., 6 pts (1/2)
Marcus Smart	Collin Gillespie: 27 poss., 1 pts (0/2) · Devin Booker: 12 poss., 4 pts (1/1)
Rui Hachimura	Grayson Allen: 22 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Royce O'Neale: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Deandre Ayton	Mark Williams: 24 poss., 10 pts (5/6) · Grayson Allen: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jake LaRavia	Grayson Allen: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Collin Gillespie: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/4)
Gabe Vincent	Collin Gillespie: 17 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Royce O'Neale: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Jaxson Hayes	Oso Ighodaro: 14 poss., 4 pts (1/1) · Mark Williams: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Jarred Vanderbilt	Devin Booker: 6 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Jordan Goodwin: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)