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Los Angeles Lakers

Los Angeles Lakers

Western Conference · Pacific

11-2 · #1 in the West · Streak: 7 wins

Offense
121.6 #1 in the NBA
Defense
113.6 #17 in the NBA
Net rating
+8.0 #5 in the NBA
Pace
100.5 #11 in the NBA

Points scored and allowed per 100 possessions, and possessions per game. On defense, lower is better.

The Los Angeles Lakers starting lineup on the depth chart is Luka Dončić (point guard), Austin Reaves (shooting guard), Ziaire Williams (small forward), Matisse Thybulle (power forward), and Walker Kessler (center). Their top options, in order, are Luka Dončić, Austin Reaves, and Walker Kessler. Quentin Grimes, Collin Sexton, Austin Reaves, and Luka Dončić are questionable. The roster has 18 players.

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Probable starters

Starters in the last game: Jake LaRavia, Matisse Thybulle, Walker Kessler, Luka Dončić, and Austin Reaves.

Depth chart

  Starter 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
Point Guard
Luka Dončić

#77 Luka Dončić

★ 1st option Questionable · Returns: 2026-11-15
Collin Sexton

#10 Collin Sexton

Questionable · Returns: 2026-11-15
Austin Reaves

#15 Austin Reaves

★ 2nd option Questionable · Returns: 2026-11-15
Quentin Grimes

#5 Quentin Grimes

Questionable · Returns: 2026-11-15
Shooting Guard
Austin Reaves

#15 Austin Reaves

★ 2nd option Questionable · Returns: 2026-11-15
Quentin Grimes

#5 Quentin Grimes

Questionable · Returns: 2026-11-15
Collin Sexton

#10 Collin Sexton

Questionable · Returns: 2026-11-15
Small Forward
Quentin Grimes

#5 Quentin Grimes

Questionable · Returns: 2026-11-15
Power Forward
Center
Walker Kessler

#14 Walker Kessler

★ 3rd option

Unassigned

Unassigned

Roster

Stats: per-game averages in the 2026-27 season. Click a column to sort by it. If a player has changed teams, they include his games with his previous team (except starts, which only count this team).

■ In orange, the high in each column. For percentages, among players attempting at least 5 field goals, 3 two-pointers or 2 three-pointers or free throws per game.

77
Luka Dončić
★ 1st optionQuestionable · Returns: 2026-11-15
27 PG 11 11 35.9 11.9 24.4 48.9 5.5 13.4 40.8 6.5 11.0 58.7 60.1 9.4 10.8 86.6 0.4 7.2 7.5 7.6 2.0 0.7 5.0 2.6 38.6
15
Austin Reaves
★ 2nd optionQuestionable · Returns: 2026-11-15
28 PG/SG/SF 12 12 35.3 8.1 15.8 51.3 2.3 5.5 40.9 5.8 10.3 56.9 58.5 6.3 6.8 91.5 0.8 2.6 3.3 4.7 1.2 0.3 3.4 2.8 24.7
14
Walker Kessler
★ 3rd option
25 C 13 13 30.8 6.2 9.2 67.5 0.0 0.0 – 6.2 9.2 67.5 67.5 2.1 3.4 61.4 3.5 7.3 10.8 1.8 1.2 2.2 1.7 3.0 14.5
5
Quentin Grimes
Questionable · Returns: 2026-11-15
26 PG/SG 11 2 26.1 2.5 5.9 43.1 0.7 3.0 24.2 1.8 2.9 62.5 49.2 2.2 3.1 70.6 0.4 2.2 2.5 2.5 0.9 0.2 1.4 1.6 8.0
12 25 SF 12 9 24.5 2.0 4.2 48.0 1.0 1.9 52.2 1.0 2.3 44.4 60.0 0.6 1.2 50.0 2.2 1.8 4.0 2.2 1.3 0.7 1.5 3.6 5.6
4 29 SG/SF 13 13 24.4 2.4 5.5 43.7 1.7 4.2 40.0 0.7 1.2 56.3 59.2 0.6 0.7 88.9 0.5 1.4 1.8 1.1 2.2 0.8 1.1 1.9 7.1
11 25 SG/SF 10 5 24.1 4.0 7.1 56.3 2.0 4.3 46.5 2.0 2.8 71.4 70.4 1.0 1.2 83.3 0.9 1.7 2.6 2.0 1.5 0.2 0.4 2.7 11.0
54 27 C 13 0 23.6 3.9 7.9 49.5 1.6 3.9 41.2 2.3 4.0 57.7 59.7 1.4 1.7 81.8 1.0 3.5 4.5 1.6 0.8 0.5 0.8 1.5 10.8
10
Collin Sexton
Questionable · Returns: 2026-11-15
27 PG/SG 12 0 17.8 3.6 8.3 43.4 0.9 3.3 27.5 2.7 4.9 54.2 49.0 2.2 3.0 72.2 0.6 1.3 1.8 2.6 0.6 0.3 1.3 2.5 10.3
2 27 SG/SF/PF 8 0 12.0 1.0 1.1 88.9 0.0 0.0 – 1.0 1.1 88.9 88.9 0.0 0.1 0.0 1.1 2.6 3.8 1.3 0.3 0.5 0.8 1.8 2.0
1 22 SF 4 0 9.1 1.0 2.5 40.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 1.0 2.3 44.4 40.0 0.5 0.5 100.0 1.8 0.8 2.5 1.0 0.5 0.3 0.8 1.5 2.5
55 30 PF 6 0 5.6 0.5 1.0 50.0 0.0 0.0 – 0.5 1.0 50.0 50.0 0.3 0.3 100.0 0.8 0.8 1.7 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.2 1.3
43 21 PG/SG 5 0 4.8 0.2 1.2 16.7 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.2 0.2 100.0 16.7 0.0 0.0 – 0.2 0.8 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.6 0.4
7 24 PG/SG 7 0 3.6 0.3 1.9 15.4 0.3 1.6 18.2 0.0 0.3 0.0 23.1 0.7 0.9 83.3 0.0 0.6 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.0 0.1 0.6 1.6
30 24 PG/SG 2 0 3.5 0.5 1.5 33.3 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.5 1.0 50.0 33.3 0.0 0.0 – 0.5 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 1.0
20 22 PF 1 0 3.2 0.0 0.0 – 0.0 0.0 – 0.0 0.0 – 0.0 1.0 2.0 50.0 0.0 2.0 2.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
9 22 PG 6 0 2.8 0.3 0.7 50.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 0.3 100.0 50.0 0.7 0.7 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.3 1.0 1.3
47 – SF – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
Team total 13 240.0 42.1 83.6 50.3 14.1 36.8 38.3 28.0 46.8 59.8 58.7 23.9 29.8 80.4 11.3 29.5 40.8 24.7 11.0 6.2 16.9 23.4 122.2

Lineup performance

2026-27 season. Net rating = points scored minus points allowed per 100 possessions with that lineup on the floor. Best and worst among lineups with at least 100 possessions.

Most used

Lineup GP MIN +/- Off / Def Net rating
Dončić · Thybulle · Reaves · Kessler · LaRavia 6 65 +42 123.1 / 92.5 +30.7
Dončić · Thybulle · Williams · Reaves · Kessler 6 58 +23 132.5 / 115.7 +16.8
Grimes · Thybulle · Reaves · Kessler · LaRavia 7 39 +5 107.5 / 102.5 +5.0
Dončić · Grimes · Reaves · Mamukelashvili · Kessler 9 31 +24 120.3 / 92.9 +27.4
Sexton · Thybulle · Williams · Reaves · Kessler 5 21 +8 127.7 / 115.6 +12.1

Best performing

Lineup GP MIN +/- Off / Def Net rating
Dončić · Thybulle · Reaves · Kessler · LaRavia 6 65 +42 123.1 / 92.5 +30.7

Worst performing

Lineup GP MIN +/- Off / Def Net rating
Dončić · Thybulle · Williams · Reaves · Kessler 6 58 +23 132.5 / 115.7 +16.8

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