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Phoenix Suns vs. Los Angeles Lakers

December 23, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Suns beat the Lakers 132-108 on 2025-12-23 at home. The Suns started Devin Booker, Royce O'Neale, Dillon Brooks, Mark Williams, and Collin Gillespie. The Lakers started LeBron James, Marcus Smart, Deandre Ayton, Jake LaRavia, and Nick Smith Jr. LeBron James (Lakers) scored 10 points (4/7) in his matchups, with Royce O'Neale as his primary defender. Devin Booker (Suns) scored 17 points (6/9) in his matchups, with Marcus Smart as his primary defender.

Box score

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

PHX

Phoenix Suns 132

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Collin Gillespie GS	28:07	16	4	8	3	0	2	1	6-10	4-8	0-0	+23
Devin Booker GS	27:18	21	2	11	2	0	4	3	7-14	0-2	7-8	+21
Dillon Brooks GS	23:48	25	0	0	0	0	0	2	10-15	3-6	2-2	+20
Royce O'Neale GS	22:54	12	3	3	1	0	1	2	4-5	4-5	0-0	+19
Mark Williams GS	21:23	18	9	2	0	2	0	1	7-8	0-0	4-4	+19
Ryan Dunn	28:21	4	7	2	1	1	2	5	2-6	0-2	0-0	+5
Jamaree Bouyea	24:12	14	4	2	0	1	1	0	7-10	0-3	0-0	+4
Jordan Goodwin	21:40	8	1	3	2	0	1	2	2-7	2-6	2-2	+14
Oso Ighodaro	20:47	5	3	3	0	1	0	3	2-2	0-0	1-2	+10
Rasheer Fleming	9:50	7	2	0	1	0	0	1	2-3	1-2	2-2	-5
Nigel Hayes-Davis	5:50	0	2	1	0	0	1	1	0-2	0-0	0-0	-5
Khaman Maluach	5:50	2	1	0	0	1	1	3	1-3	0-0	0-0	-5
Totals		132	38	35	10	6	13	24	50-85	14-34	18-20

Did not play: Nick Richards (DNP - Coach's Decision)

LAL

Los Angeles Lakers 108

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Marcus Smart GS	29:51	14	3	6	0	0	1	3	5-11	4-8	0-0	-19
Jake LaRavia GS	28:57	12	5	1	2	2	2	2	4-8	2-3	2-4	-11
Nick Smith Jr. GS	28:12	12	1	1	0	0	2	5	5-11	1-3	1-2	-9
Deandre Ayton GS	27:26	12	10	1	3	0	2	2	6-8	0-0	0-1	-23
LeBron James GS	25:46	23	2	6	0	0	0	0	7-14	3-5	6-11	-18
Austin Reaves	21:43	17	2	2	0	0	3	4	6-11	1-5	4-5	-17
Jarred Vanderbilt	19:53	5	5	1	0	0	2	0	2-4	1-2	0-0	-28
Dalton Knecht	14:26	3	3	0	0	1	1	1	1-5	0-3	1-1	-2
Adou Thiero	13:57	6	2	2	1	0	1	2	2-5	0-1	2-3	+6
Bronny James	9:50	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0-2	0-2	0-0	+5
Maxi Kleber	8:47	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	1-2	0-0	0-0	-2
Chris Mañon	5:50	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	+5
Jaxson Hayes	5:22	2	1	0	0	0	1	2	0-0	0-0	2-2	-7
Totals		108	38	22	7	4	17	22	39-81	12-32	18-29

Lineups

PHX

Phoenix Suns

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Devin Booker · Royce O'Neale · Dillon Brooks · Mark Williams · Collin Gillespie Starter 13.3 min
Jordan Goodwin · Jamaree Bouyea · Collin Gillespie · Oso Ighodaro · Ryan Dunn 8.3 min
Devin Booker · Royce O'Neale · Dillon Brooks · Jordan Goodwin · Mark Williams 6.3 min
Nigel Hayes-Davis · Jamaree Bouyea · Ryan Dunn · Rasheer Fleming · Khaman Maluach 5.8 min
Jamaree Bouyea · Collin Gillespie · Oso Ighodaro · Ryan Dunn · Rasheer Fleming 4.0 min

LAL

Los Angeles Lakers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

LeBron James · Marcus Smart · Deandre Ayton · Jake LaRavia · Nick Smith Jr. Starter 9.7 min
Nick Smith Jr. · Dalton Knecht · Bronny James · Adou Thiero · Chris Mañon 5.8 min
LeBron James · Marcus Smart · Jarred Vanderbilt · Deandre Ayton · Austin Reaves 4.6 min
Marcus Smart · Maxi Kleber · Austin Reaves · Jake LaRavia · Adou Thiero 3.8 min
Marcus Smart · Deandre Ayton · Austin Reaves · Jake LaRavia · Nick Smith Jr. 3.0 min

Who guarded whom

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

Suns defense

LeBron James 10 pts (4/7) in 53 possessions

Guarded by: Royce O'Neale (30 %, 6 pts) · Ryan Dunn (25 %, 2 pts) · Dillon Brooks (15 %, 2 pts)
Austin Reaves 21 pts (9/11) in 45 possessions

Guarded by: Jordan Goodwin (25 %, 0 pts) · Devin Booker (17 %, 4 pts) · Dillon Brooks (13 %, 4 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Devin Booker	Marcus Smart: 23 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Austin Reaves: 8 poss., 4 pts (1/2)
Ryan Dunn	LeBron James: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Jake LaRavia: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Collin Gillespie	Nick Smith Jr.: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jarred Vanderbilt: 10 poss., 5 pts (2/3)
Dillon Brooks	Jake LaRavia: 19 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · LeBron James: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Mark Williams	Deandre Ayton: 30 poss., 10 pts (4/5) · LeBron James: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Royce O'Neale	LeBron James: 16 poss., 6 pts (2/2) · Jake LaRavia: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Jamaree Bouyea	Marcus Smart: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Nick Smith Jr.: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jordan Goodwin	Austin Reaves: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Nick Smith Jr.: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Oso Ighodaro	Deandre Ayton: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jaxson Hayes: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Rasheer Fleming	Dalton Knecht: 4 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Adou Thiero: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Khaman Maluach	Adou Thiero: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Chris Mañon: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Nigel Hayes-Davis	Bronny James: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Dalton Knecht: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/1)

Lakers defense

Devin Booker 17 pts (6/9) in 57 possessions

Guarded by: Marcus Smart (42 %, 9 pts) · Jake LaRavia (18 %, 0 pts) · LeBron James (8 %, 3 pts)
Dillon Brooks 12 pts (4/9) in 52 possessions

Guarded by: LeBron James (40 %, 7 pts) · Nick Smith Jr. (13 %, 0 pts) · Jake LaRavia (12 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Deandre Ayton	Mark Williams: 33 poss., 6 pts (3/4) · Oso Ighodaro: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Jake LaRavia	Royce O'Neale: 18 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Devin Booker: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Marcus Smart	Devin Booker: 24 poss., 9 pts (3/5) · Collin Gillespie: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Nick Smith Jr.	Collin Gillespie: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jamaree Bouyea: 11 poss., 4 pts (2/3)
LeBron James	Dillon Brooks: 21 poss., 7 pts (2/5) · Ryan Dunn: 10 poss., 7 pts (2/2)
Austin Reaves	Jordan Goodwin: 13 poss., 4 pts (1/3) · Collin Gillespie: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jarred Vanderbilt	Royce O'Neale: 13 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Oso Ighodaro: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Adou Thiero	Khaman Maluach: 6 poss., 4 pts (1/1) · Rasheer Fleming: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Dalton Knecht	Collin Gillespie: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Ryan Dunn: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Maxi Kleber	Ryan Dunn: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Oso Ighodaro: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Bronny James	Ryan Dunn: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jamaree Bouyea: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Chris Mañon	Ryan Dunn: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Rasheer Fleming: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jaxson Hayes	Oso Ighodaro: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jordan Goodwin: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)