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Phoenix Suns vs. Los Angeles Lakers

February 26, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Suns beat the Lakers 113-110 on 2026-02-26 at home. The Suns started Royce O'Neale, Jalen Green, Mark Williams, Collin Gillespie, and Ryan Dunn. The Lakers started LeBron James, Marcus Smart, Deandre Ayton, Luka Dončić, and Austin Reaves. Luka Dončić (Lakers) scored 15 points (5/13) in his matchups, with Ryan Dunn as his primary defender. Jalen Green (Suns) scored 13 points (4/8) 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
Phoenix Suns 113

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Collin Gillespie GS 31:19 21 3 3 0 1 2 3 7-13 6-11 1-1 0
Royce O'Neale GS 28:19 13 6 3 0 0 2 3 4-7 3-6 2-2 -4
Ryan Dunn GS 26:29 10 4 1 1 0 1 4 4-7 2-3 0-0 -20
Jalen Green GS 23:50 9 3 1 1 0 4 2 4-15 1-7 0-0 -2
Mark Williams GS 13:19 4 10 0 0 0 1 4 2-6 0-0 0-0 0
Oso Ighodaro 34:19 8 4 3 2 2 1 0 4-5 0-0 0-0 0
Grayson Allen 31:01 28 1 6 1 1 1 3 9-24 6-16 4-4 -14
Rasheer Fleming 20:44 8 6 0 1 0 0 1 3-5 2-3 0-0 +19
Amir Coffey 17:06 6 2 2 1 0 0 1 2-2 2-2 0-0 +20
Jamaree Bouyea 13:34 6 2 3 2 1 0 2 1-3 0-2 4-7 +16
Totals 113 41 22 9 5 12 23 40-87 22-50 11-14

Did not play: Isaiah Livers (DNP - Coach's Decision), Khaman Maluach (DNP - Coach's Decision)

LAL
Los Angeles Lakers
Los Angeles Lakers 110

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Luka Dončić GS 39:19 41 8 8 2 0 3 1 12-21 6-11 11-12 +9
Austin Reaves GS 36:26 14 3 2 2 0 4 4 5-12 2-5 2-2 +9
LeBron James GS 34:41 15 6 5 0 0 1 0 7-16 0-3 1-2 +5
Marcus Smart GS 31:00 13 1 3 1 0 2 3 4-8 2-5 3-4 -3
Deandre Ayton GS 22:33 2 4 0 1 0 0 1 1-3 0-0 0-0 -24
Jake LaRavia 27:47 11 5 1 1 1 0 2 3-6 1-4 4-4 -3
Jaxson Hayes 21:19 6 8 1 0 1 0 2 2-3 0-0 2-2 +16
Luke Kennard 21:00 8 3 0 1 0 1 1 4-6 0-1 0-0 -9
Jarred Vanderbilt 5:54 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 -15
Maxi Kleber 0:01 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0
Totals 110 39 20 8 2 12 15 38-75 11-29 23-26

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

Lineups

PHX
Phoenix Suns
Phoenix Suns

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.

Suns defense

Defender Guarded most
Oso Ighodaro Jaxson Hayes: 22 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Deandre Ayton: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Grayson Allen Jake LaRavia: 15 poss., 3 pts (1/5) · Luke Kennard: 9 poss., 6 pts (2/5)
Collin Gillespie Austin Reaves: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Marcus Smart: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Royce O'Neale LeBron James: 16 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Austin Reaves: 12 poss., 2 pts (0/2)
Ryan Dunn Luka Dončić: 21 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Luke Kennard: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Jalen Green Marcus Smart: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Jake LaRavia: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Rasheer Fleming Luka Dončić: 14 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · LeBron James: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Amir Coffey Luke Kennard: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jake LaRavia: 5 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Mark Williams Deandre Ayton: 17 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Jaxson Hayes: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Jamaree Bouyea Austin Reaves: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Marcus Smart: 5 poss., 2 pts (0/0)

Lakers defense

Defender Guarded most
Luka Dončić Ryan Dunn: 26 poss., 9 pts (3/4) · Rasheer Fleming: 15 poss., 4 pts (1/3)
Austin Reaves Collin Gillespie: 20 poss., 7 pts (3/3) · Grayson Allen: 11 poss., 7 pts (2/4)
LeBron James Royce O'Neale: 24 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Ryan Dunn: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Marcus Smart Jalen Green: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Collin Gillespie: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Jake LaRavia Grayson Allen: 13 poss., 6 pts (2/2) · Amir Coffey: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Deandre Ayton Oso Ighodaro: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Mark Williams: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Luke Kennard Grayson Allen: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Amir Coffey: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jaxson Hayes Oso Ighodaro: 21 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Grayson Allen: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jarred Vanderbilt Amir Coffey: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Grayson Allen: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)