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Golden State Warriors vs. Los Angeles Lakers

April 9, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Lakers beat the Warriors 119-103 on 2026-04-09 on the road against the Warriors. The Warriors started Draymond Green, De'Anthony Melton, Pat Spencer, Nate Williams, and Brandin Podziemski. The Lakers started LeBron James, Luke Kennard, Deandre Ayton, Rui Hachimura, and Jake LaRavia. LeBron James (Lakers) scored 16 points (7/11) in his matchups, with Pat Spencer as his primary defender. De'Anthony Melton (Warriors) scored 12 points (5/6) in his matchups, with Luke Kennard as his primary defender.

Box score

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

GSW
Golden State Warriors
Golden State Warriors 103

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Pat Spencer GS 38:04 12 4 6 1 0 3 0 5-12 2-5 0-0 -17
Nate Williams GS 34:32 17 4 3 0 0 4 2 7-13 3-6 0-0 -16
Brandin Podziemski GS 24:01 17 1 1 0 0 0 0 7-15 1-5 2-2 -17
Draymond Green GS 22:06 2 5 6 1 0 4 2 0-1 0-1 2-2 -7
De'Anthony Melton GS 14:55 2 3 2 2 0 2 0 1-5 0-3 0-0 -12
Charles Bassey 29:48 12 13 1 0 2 2 1 6-8 0-0 0-0 -8
Malevy Leons 24:08 12 4 3 2 0 2 0 4-8 0-2 4-4 -13
Seth Curry 23:18 11 2 0 0 0 0 0 4-9 1-3 2-2 -1
LJ Cryer 15:09 8 1 2 1 0 2 1 3-6 2-5 0-0 -1
Gary Payton II 13:59 10 1 0 1 0 0 0 4-4 0-0 2-2 +12
Totals 103 38 24 8 2 19 6 41-81 9-30 12-12

Did not play: Will Richard (DND - Injury/Illness), Gui Santos (DND - Injury/Illness)

LAL
Los Angeles Lakers
Los Angeles Lakers 119

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Luke Kennard GS 31:53 14 2 8 4 0 1 1 6-11 1-2 1-1 +20
LeBron James GS 31:48 26 8 11 2 1 4 1 11-17 3-5 1-2 +19
Jake LaRavia GS 30:43 16 7 4 3 1 3 5 6-7 4-5 0-0 +29
Deandre Ayton GS 30:39 21 5 1 0 1 0 2 9-11 0-0 3-4 +19
Rui Hachimura GS 29:39 12 2 2 3 0 0 2 5-12 2-4 0-1 +20
Jarred Vanderbilt 25:36 2 6 5 0 0 4 0 1-3 0-2 0-0 +15
Bronny James 20:33 10 1 3 2 0 3 1 4-7 2-4 0-0 -5
Nick Smith Jr. 11:20 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 4-5 4-5 0-0 +9
Drew Timme 8:31 4 1 2 0 0 2 0 2-3 0-1 0-0 -9
Adou Thiero 6:35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-1 0-0 0-0 -13
Maxi Kleber 5:21 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-1 0-0 0-0 -10
Kobe Bufkin 3:41 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 1-2 0-1 0-0 -7
Dalton Knecht 3:41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 -7
Totals 119 33 37 14 3 17 13 49-80 16-29 5-8

Did not play: Chris Mañon (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

GSW
Golden State Warriors
Golden State Warriors

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.

Warriors defense

Defender Guarded most
Pat Spencer LeBron James: 12 poss., 1 pts (0/1) · Jake LaRavia: 10 poss., 7 pts (3/4)
Nate Williams LeBron James: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Jake LaRavia: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Charles Bassey Deandre Ayton: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Jarred Vanderbilt: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Malevy Leons Rui Hachimura: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jarred Vanderbilt: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Brandin Podziemski Deandre Ayton: 8 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · Rui Hachimura: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Seth Curry Bronny James: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Luke Kennard: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Draymond Green Deandre Ayton: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Rui Hachimura: 9 poss., 2 pts (0/0)
LJ Cryer Bronny James: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Jarred Vanderbilt: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Gary Payton II LeBron James: 6 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Luke Kennard: 6 poss., 2 pts (0/0)
De'Anthony Melton Luke Kennard: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Rui Hachimura: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)

Lakers defense

Defender Guarded most
LeBron James Nate Williams: 18 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Pat Spencer: 10 poss., 7 pts (3/3)
Deandre Ayton Charles Bassey: 19 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Draymond Green: 13 poss., 7 pts (2/2)
Luke Kennard Pat Spencer: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · De'Anthony Melton: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Rui Hachimura Brandin Podziemski: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Malevy Leons: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Jake LaRavia Pat Spencer: 16 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Nate Williams: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Jarred Vanderbilt Charles Bassey: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Nate Williams: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Bronny James LJ Cryer: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Malevy Leons: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Nick Smith Jr. Pat Spencer: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Nate Williams: 5 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Drew Timme Nate Williams: 3 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Seth Curry: 3 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Adou Thiero Seth Curry: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Charles Bassey: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Maxi Kleber Charles Bassey: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Gary Payton II: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kobe Bufkin Seth Curry: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Malevy Leons: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Dalton Knecht Seth Curry: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Malevy Leons: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)