Los Angeles Lakers @ Phoenix Suns
PLAYOFFS • LAL lead series 3-2
45-37, 18-23 Away
97
45-37, 18-23 Away
54-28, 31-10 Home
114
54-28, 31-10 Home
Game Leaders
Team Stats
51% (36-70)
Field Goal %
49% (42-86)
33% (7-21)
Three Point %
35% (8-23)
75% (18-24)
Free Throw %
85% (22-26)
40
Turnovers
16
47
Rebounds
41
2
Largest Lead
26
Game Information
Phoenix, AZ
Referee:Ron Garretson
Referee:Greg Willard
Referee:Leon Wood
Game Flow
--LAL
--PHX
Shot Chart
- James Jones makes 16-foot jumper
- Smush Parker misses 21-foot jumper
- Steve Nash makes driving layup
- Boris Diaw misses 13-foot jumper
- Lamar Odom misses 7-foot jumper
- James Jones makes 26-foot three point jumper (Steve Nash assists)
- Kobe Bryant misses 18-foot jumper
- Raja Bell misses 28-foot three point jumper
- James Jones misses 18-foot jumper
- Luke Walton makes 22-foot three point jumper (Kobe Bryant assists)
- Shawn Marion misses jumper
- Smush Parker misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Boris Diaw makes driving layup
- Luke Walton makes 15-foot jumper (Lamar Odom assists)
- Boris Diaw makes jumper
- Raja Bell makes jumper (Boris Diaw assists)
- Luke Walton misses 10-foot jumper
- Steve Nash makes layup (Boris Diaw assists)
- Smush Parker misses jumper
- Steve Nash misses layup
- Kobe Bryant misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Smush Parker makes free throw 1 of 2
- Smush Parker makes free throw 2 of 2
- Tim Thomas makes free throw 1 of 2
- Tim Thomas misses free throw 2 of 2
- Kwame Brown makes 10-foot jumper
- Kwame Brown makes dunk (Lamar Odom assists)
- Steve Nash makes free throw 1 of 2
- Steve Nash makes free throw 2 of 2
- Lamar Odom misses free throw 1 of 2
- Lamar Odom makes free throw 2 of 2
- Tim Thomas misses layup
- Lamar Odom makes driving dunk
- Leandro Barbosa misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Luke Walton misses 10-foot two point shot
- Shawn Marion makes 11-foot jumper (Leandro Barbosa assists)
- Shawn Marion makes free throw 1 of 1
- Kwame Brown makes 8-foot two point shot
- Tim Thomas makes driving layup
- Tim Thomas misses free throw 1 of 1
- Lamar Odom makes two point shot (Brian Cook assists)
- Shawn Marion makes 9-foot two point shot
- Brian Cook makes driving layup
- Shawn Marion misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Kobe Bryant makes 17-foot jumper
- Leandro Barbosa makes driving layup
- Eddie House misses 19-foot jumper
- Shawn Marion misses tip shot
- Kobe Bryant makes free throw 1 of 1
- Kobe Bryant makes 8-foot jumper
- Leandro Barbosa misses 41-foot three point jumper
- Tim Thomas misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Tim Thomas makes layup (Boris Diaw assists)
- Kobe Bryant makes two point shot
- Leandro Barbosa makes 21-foot jumper
- Kobe Bryant makes technical free throw
- Brian Cook makes 17-foot jumper (Luke Walton assists)
- Leandro Barbosa misses 10-foot jumper
- Kobe Bryant makes slam dunk
- Tim Thomas misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Tim Thomas makes two point shot (Boris Diaw assists)
- Tim Thomas makes free throw 1 of 1
- Devean George misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Luke Walton makes layup (Kobe Bryant assists)
- Steve Nash misses free throw 1 of 2
- Steve Nash makes free throw 2 of 2
- Devean George misses 13-foot two point shot
- Smush Parker misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Brian Cook misses 18-foot jumper
- Leandro Barbosa makes free throw 1 of 2
- Leandro Barbosa makes free throw 2 of 2
- Lamar Odom misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Shawn Marion misses 6-foot two point shot
- Luke Walton makes 7-foot running jumper
- Raja Bell misses 19-foot jumper
- Ronny Turiaf makes 7-foot two point shot (Lamar Odom assists)
- Ronny Turiaf makes free throw 1 of 1
- Tim Thomas makes 26-foot three point jumper (Boris Diaw assists)
- Kobe Bryant misses 9-foot jumper
- Raja Bell makes 26-foot three point jumper (Tim Thomas assists)
- Shawn Marion misses layup
- Ronny Turiaf makes layup (Lamar Odom assists)
- Ronny Turiaf makes free throw 1 of 1
- Tim Thomas makes 20-foot jumper
- Boris Diaw makes free throw 1 of 2
- Boris Diaw makes free throw 2 of 2
- Ronny Turiaf makes free throw 1 of 2
- Ronny Turiaf makes free throw 2 of 2
- Boris Diaw misses layup
- Boris Diaw makes 7-foot two point shot
- Luke Walton misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Lamar Odom makes layup (Kobe Bryant assists)
- Boris Diaw misses two point shot
- Smush Parker misses 19-foot jumper
- Boris Diaw makes free throw 1 of 2
- Boris Diaw makes free throw 2 of 2
- Kobe Bryant misses free throw 1 of 2
- Kobe Bryant makes free throw 2 of 2
- Boris Diaw makes technical free throw
- Boris Diaw makes free throw 1 of 2
- Boris Diaw makes free throw 2 of 2
- Boris Diaw makes free throw 1 of 2
- Boris Diaw makes free throw 2 of 2
- Luke Walton misses 11-foot jumper
- Steve Nash misses layup
- Kobe Bryant misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Kwame Brown makes two point shot
- James Jones misses layup
- James Jones makes layup
- Kwame Brown makes dunk (Luke Walton assists)
- Shawn Marion misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Raja Bell misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Luke Walton misses 10-foot jumper
- Raja Bell misses 18-foot jumper
- James Jones misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Smush Parker misses layup
- Steve Nash makes driving layup
- Raja Bell makes driving layup
- Raja Bell makes free throw 1 of 1
- Kobe Bryant makes driving layup
- Shawn Marion makes 23-foot three point jumper (Boris Diaw assists)
- Kwame Brown misses free throw 1 of 2
- Kwame Brown makes free throw 2 of 2
- Raja Bell makes 25-foot three point jumper (Shawn Marion assists)
- Kwame Brown makes layup (Kobe Bryant assists)
- Shawn Marion makes 21-foot jumper (Steve Nash assists)
- Devean George misses 18-foot jumper
- Devean George misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Shawn Marion misses 17-foot jumper
- Steve Nash makes driving layup
- Steve Nash makes driving layup
- Kobe Bryant makes free throw 1 of 2
- Kobe Bryant makes free throw 2 of 2
- Steve Nash misses layup
- James Jones misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Shawn Marion makes layup (Boris Diaw assists)
- Boris Diaw makes dunk (Shawn Marion assists)
- Lamar Odom misses 9-foot jumper
- Brian Cook makes 19-foot jumper (Lamar Odom assists)
- Shawn Marion misses layup
- Shawn Marion makes two point shot (Steve Nash assists)
- Lamar Odom makes driving layup
- Steve Nash makes driving layup
- Steve Nash makes technical free throw
- Brian Cook makes 30-foot three point jumper (Kobe Bryant assists)
- Shawn Marion misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Kobe Bryant makes 26-foot three point jumper
- Steve Nash misses 13-foot jumper
- Kobe Bryant misses 28-foot three point jumper
- Kobe Bryant misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Steve Nash misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Sasha Vujacic misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Boris Diaw misses 21-foot jumper
- Kobe Bryant makes two point shot
- Boris Diaw makes free throw 1 of 2
- Boris Diaw makes free throw 2 of 2
- Kobe Bryant makes 27-foot three point jumper (Lamar Odom assists)
- Steve Nash makes 25-foot three point jumper
- Kobe Bryant makes 18-foot jumper (Brian Cook assists)
- Leandro Barbosa misses two point shot
- Shawn Marion makes layup
- Lamar Odom makes free throw 1 of 2
- Lamar Odom makes free throw 2 of 2
- Raja Bell misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Kobe Bryant misses technical free throw
- Lamar Odom makes 8-foot two point shot
- Boris Diaw makes 17-foot jumper (Leandro Barbosa assists)
- Kobe Bryant makes technical free throw
- Kobe Bryant misses free throw
- Kobe Bryant makes 28-foot three point jumper
- Steve Nash makes 18-foot jumper
- Lamar Odom makes layup (Jim Jackson assists)
- Leandro Barbosa makes 24-foot three point jumper (Boris Diaw assists)
- Kobe Bryant misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Shawn Marion makes 22-foot three point jumper (Steve Nash assists)
- Leandro Barbosa makes driving layup
- Jim Jackson misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Shawn Marion misses two point shot
- Shawn Marion misses tip shot
- Boris Diaw makes layup
- Boris Diaw makes 12-foot two point shot
- Lamar Odom misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Leandro Barbosa misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Steve Nash makes technical free throw
- Kwame Brown misses free throw 1 of 2
- Kwame Brown makes free throw 2 of 2
- Shawn Marion makes two point shot (Boris Diaw assists)
- Lamar Odom misses 10-foot jumper
- James Jones makes 18-foot jumper
- Lamar Odom misses 10-foot jumper
- Lamar Odom makes layup
- Lamar Odom makes free throw 1 of 1
- James Jones misses 21-foot jumper
- Pat Burke misses free throw 1 of 2
- Devean George makes 16-foot two point shot
- Nikoloz Tskitishvili misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Pat Burke makes two point shot
- Smush Parker makes 29-foot three point jumper
- Devean George makes 28-foot three point jumper
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Matchups
2025-26 Standings
Western Conference
| Pacific | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LA Lakers | 34 | 24 | .586 | - | L3 |
| Phoenix | 34 | 26 | .567 | 1 | W1 |
| Golden State | 31 | 28 | .525 | 3.5 | W1 |
| LA Clippers | 27 | 31 | .466 | 7 | L3 |
| Sacramento | 14 | 47 | .230 | 21.5 | W1 |
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