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Golden State Warriors vs. Los Angeles Lakers

February 28, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Lakers beat the Warriors 129-101 on 2026-02-28 on the road against the Warriors. The Warriors started Draymond Green, De'Anthony Melton, Moses Moody, Gui Santos, and Brandin Podziemski. The Lakers started LeBron James, Marcus Smart, Deandre Ayton, Luka Dončić, and Austin Reaves. Luka Dončić (Lakers) scored 14 points (6/14) in his matchups, with Gui Santos as his primary defender. De'Anthony Melton (Warriors) scored 7 points (3/7) in his matchups, with Marcus Smart as his primary defender.

Box score

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

GSW

Golden State Warriors 101

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Brandin Podziemski GS	29:57	9	7	6	1	0	1	2	4-12	0-6	1-2	-20
Moses Moody GS	29:47	12	3	3	2	0	2	2	4-11	4-10	0-0	-25
Gui Santos GS	27:17	14	4	2	0	0	1	3	6-12	2-7	0-0	-22
Draymond Green GS	23:55	7	6	6	0	0	2	0	3-8	1-5	0-0	-30
De'Anthony Melton GS	23:53	10	1	4	0	1	0	0	3-12	2-5	2-2	-25
Pat Spencer	27:01	4	3	4	0	0	0	2	1-3	0-0	2-3	-3
Al Horford	22:09	8	5	2	0	2	0	1	2-3	2-3	2-2	-5
Gary Payton II	15:36	12	1	3	2	0	1	3	6-10	0-3	0-0	-3
Nate Williams	14:49	7	1	2	0	0	2	4	3-5	1-2	0-0	+1
Quinten Post	13:19	8	7	0	1	0	0	0	4-8	0-2	0-0	-2
Malevy Leons	7:45	6	1	0	0	0	0	1	3-4	0-1	0-0	+3
Will Richard	4:32	4	1	0	0	1	1	1	2-3	0-0	0-0	-9
Totals		101	40	32	6	4	10	19	41-91	12-44	7-9

Did not play: Kristaps Porziņģis (DND - Injury/Illness)

LAL

Los Angeles Lakers 129

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Luka Dončić GS	29:15	26	6	8	1	1	2	2	9-17	4-9	4-4	+26
Marcus Smart GS	28:51	8	5	1	2	0	0	1	3-6	2-4	0-0	+25
LeBron James GS	28:20	22	7	9	1	0	4	1	7-13	4-6	4-5	+26
Austin Reaves GS	27:45	18	1	3	0	0	1	1	7-11	2-4	2-2	+22
Deandre Ayton GS	19:39	4	10	0	0	0	0	0	2-5	0-0	0-2	+14
Jake LaRavia	27:01	15	5	3	1	0	1	3	6-10	3-6	0-3	+14
Luke Kennard	27:00	16	3	3	1	0	1	2	6-10	4-7	0-0	+14
Jaxson Hayes	15:18	6	5	0	0	0	0	1	3-4	0-0	0-0	+18
Maxi Kleber	12:45	4	2	1	1	3	0	0	2-4	0-1	0-0	-4
Jarred Vanderbilt	12:12	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1-4	0-1	0-0	-7
Dalton Knecht	5:57	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	-4
Kobe Bufkin	5:57	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	2-5	0-2	4-4	-4
Totals		129	47	29	7	5	9	11	48-90	19-41	14-20

Lineups

GSW

Golden State Warriors

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Draymond Green · De'Anthony Melton · Moses Moody · Gui Santos · Brandin Podziemski Starter 8.2 min
Al Horford · Draymond Green · De'Anthony Melton · Moses Moody · Brandin Podziemski 4.3 min
Pat Spencer · Nate Williams · Brandin Podziemski · Quinten Post · Malevy Leons 4.1 min
Pat Spencer · Gui Santos · Nate Williams · Quinten Post · Malevy Leons 3.7 min
Draymond Green · De'Anthony Melton · Moses Moody · Brandin Podziemski · Quinten Post 3.3 min

LAL

Los Angeles Lakers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

LeBron James · Marcus Smart · Deandre Ayton · Luka Dončić · Austin Reaves Starter 11.9 min
LeBron James · Marcus Smart · Luke Kennard · Jaxson Hayes · Jake LaRavia 7.3 min
Luke Kennard · Luka Dončić · Jaxson Hayes · Austin Reaves · Jake LaRavia 6.5 min
Maxi Kleber · Jarred Vanderbilt · Jake LaRavia · Kobe Bufkin · Dalton Knecht 6.0 min
LeBron James · Luke Kennard · Deandre Ayton · Luka Dončić · Austin Reaves 3.9 min

Who guarded whom

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

Warriors defense

Luka Dončić 14 pts (6/14) in 55 possessions

Guarded by: Gui Santos (17 %, 0 pts) · Moses Moody (16 %, 3 pts) · Brandin Podziemski (14 %, 0 pts)
LeBron James 13 pts (4/8) in 53 possessions

Guarded by: Gui Santos (19 %, 3 pts) · De'Anthony Melton (16 %, 3 pts) · Al Horford (15 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Brandin Podziemski	Luke Kennard: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Marcus Smart: 8 poss., 1 pts (0/0)
Moses Moody	Marcus Smart: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Jake LaRavia: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Gui Santos	LeBron James: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Luka Dončić: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Pat Spencer	Luke Kennard: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Maxi Kleber: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
De'Anthony Melton	Marcus Smart: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · LeBron James: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Draymond Green	Deandre Ayton: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Jaxson Hayes: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Al Horford	LeBron James: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jaxson Hayes: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Nate Williams	Luka Dončić: 5 poss., 4 pts (2/4) · Kobe Bufkin: 4 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Gary Payton II	Austin Reaves: 7 poss., 6 pts (3/3) · Luke Kennard: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Quinten Post	Jake LaRavia: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Maxi Kleber: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Malevy Leons	Dalton Knecht: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jarred Vanderbilt: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Will Richard	Austin Reaves: 4 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · LeBron James: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Lakers defense

De'Anthony Melton 7 pts (3/7) in 49 possessions

Guarded by: Marcus Smart (31 %, 3 pts) · LeBron James (25 %, 2 pts) · Austin Reaves (9 %, 0 pts)
Brandin Podziemski 5 pts (1/7) in 61 possessions

Guarded by: Austin Reaves (25 %, 0 pts) · Luke Kennard (17 %, 3 pts) · LeBron James (15 %, 2 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
LeBron James	De'Anthony Melton: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Gui Santos: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Luka Dončić	Moses Moody: 15 poss., 12 pts (4/6) · Gary Payton II: 11 poss., 6 pts (2/3)
Marcus Smart	De'Anthony Melton: 15 poss., 3 pts (1/4) · Moses Moody: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Austin Reaves	Brandin Podziemski: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Gary Payton II: 7 poss., 5 pts (2/3)
Jake LaRavia	Moses Moody: 10 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Brandin Podziemski: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Luke Kennard	Pat Spencer: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Brandin Podziemski: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Deandre Ayton	Draymond Green: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Al Horford: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Maxi Kleber	Quinten Post: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Al Horford: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jaxson Hayes	Al Horford: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Quinten Post: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Jarred Vanderbilt	Pat Spencer: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Gui Santos: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Dalton Knecht	Pat Spencer: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Malevy Leons: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kobe Bufkin	Nate Williams: 5 poss., 2 pts (0/1) · Malevy Leons: 4 poss., 2 pts (0/0)