Lakers 136-134 Kings (8 Jan, 2023) Play-by-Play

Los Angeles Lakers

19-21, 9-13 away

136

	1	2	3	4	T
LAL	37	36	36	27	136
SAC	38	35	36	25	134

Sacramento Kings

20-18, 11-9 home

134

De'Aaron Fox makes 12-foot pullup jump shot
Kevin Huerter makes 2-foot layup (Domantas Sabonis assists)
Kevin Huerter misses 27-foot three point jumper
Keegan Murray misses 19-foot pullup jump shot
De'Aaron Fox makes 17-foot pullup jump shot
Keegan Murray misses 26-foot three point shot
Harrison Barnes misses 23-foot three point pullup jump shot
Keegan Murray makes 26-foot three point jumper (De'Aaron Fox assists)
Domantas Sabonis makes 21-foot jumper (De'Aaron Fox assists)
Kevin Huerter makes 27-foot three pointer (Harrison Barnes assists)
Davion Mitchell misses 20-foot pullup jump shot
Domantas Sabonis makes 18-foot jumper (Keegan Murray assists)
Kevin Huerter misses 17-foot pullup jump shot
Domantas Sabonis misses 17-foot jumper
Harrison Barnes makes 23-foot three point jumper
Kevin Huerter makes 26-foot three pointer (Domantas Sabonis assists)
Terence Davis misses 23-foot three point jumper
Domantas Sabonis misses 26-foot three point jumper
Davion Mitchell makes 23-foot three point shot (Kevin Huerter assists)
Davion Mitchell makes 23-foot three point jumper (Terence Davis assists)
Davion Mitchell makes 26-foot three point jumper (Terence Davis assists)
Terence Davis misses 26-foot three point jumper
Richaun Holmes misses tip shot
Trey Lyles misses two point shot
Trey Lyles misses 7-foot two point shot
Richaun Holmes makes 2-foot dunk
De'Aaron Fox misses 10-foot two point shot
Trey Lyles makes 26-foot three point jumper (KZ Okpala assists)
Terence Davis misses 25-foot three point jumper
De'Aaron Fox misses 14-foot two point shot
Harrison Barnes makes 10-foot two point shot (Kevin Huerter assists)
Kevin Huerter makes driving floating jump shot
Domantas Sabonis makes 2-foot dunk (De'Aaron Fox assists)
De'Aaron Fox makes 10-foot pullup jump shot
Domantas Sabonis misses 4-foot two point shot
Harrison Barnes makes 23-foot three point jumper (De'Aaron Fox assists)
Domantas Sabonis makes driving layup
De'Aaron Fox misses 24-foot three point jumper
Davion Mitchell misses 26-foot three point jumper
De'Aaron Fox misses 22-foot pullup jump shot
Keegan Murray makes 26-foot three point jumper (De'Aaron Fox assists)
Domantas Sabonis makes 7-foot hook shot (Kevin Huerter assists)
Harrison Barnes misses 23-foot three point jumper
Domantas Sabonis misses 26-foot three point jumper
Kevin Huerter makes 8-foot two point shot
De'Aaron Fox misses 22-foot step back jumpshot
Harrison Barnes misses 45-foot three point pullup jump shot
Keegan Murray makes 26-foot three point jumper (De'Aaron Fox assists)
Keegan Murray makes dunk (Domantas Sabonis assists)
Kevin Huerter makes 25-foot three pointer (Domantas Sabonis assists)
Keegan Murray makes 26-foot three point jumper (De'Aaron Fox assists)
Juan Toscano-Anderson blocks De'Aaron Fox 's 2-foot driving layup
De'Aaron Fox makes driving dunk
Kevin Huerter misses driving layup
De'Aaron Fox makes 15-foot pullup jump shot
Richaun Holmes makes dunk (De'Aaron Fox assists)
Russell Westbrook blocks De'Aaron Fox 's 2-foot driving layup
De'Aaron Fox makes driving layup
Harrison Barnes misses 5-foot two point shot
Terence Davis misses 15-foot pullup jump shot
Harrison Barnes makes dunk
Kevin Huerter makes 11-foot driving floating jump shot (Domantas Sabonis assists)
Domantas Sabonis makes hook shot (KZ Okpala assists)
Trey Lyles makes 23-foot three point jumper (Domantas Sabonis assists)
Domantas Sabonis makes two point shot
Kevin Huerter misses three point jumper
Domantas Sabonis makes 20-foot jumper (De'Aaron Fox assists)
Domantas Sabonis misses 4-foot hook shot
Kevin Huerter misses 27-foot three point jumper
De'Aaron Fox misses 23-foot step back jumpshot
Keegan Murray makes 2-foot two point shot (Domantas Sabonis assists)
Domantas Sabonis misses 8-foot two point shot
De'Aaron Fox makes driving layup
De'Aaron Fox makes 13-foot pullup jump shot
Domantas Sabonis makes two point shot
Domantas Sabonis makes 5-foot two point shot
Thomas Bryant blocks Harrison Barnes 's 3-foot two point shot
Kevin Huerter misses 23-foot three point jumper
Kevin Huerter misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
De'Aaron Fox makes 5-foot two point shot
De'Aaron Fox misses 14-foot two point shot
Domantas Sabonis misses layup
De'Aaron Fox makes 19-foot step back jumpshot
Kevin Huerter misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
De'Aaron Fox makes 14-foot two point shot
De'Aaron Fox misses 43-foot three point jumper
Patrick Beverley makes 26-foot three point shot
Thomas Bryant makes 2-foot layup (Dennis Schroder assists)
Thomas Bryant makes 18-foot jumper (LeBron James assists)
LeBron James misses two point shot
Thomas Bryant makes 13-foot jumper (LeBron James assists)
Harrison Barnes blocks Thomas Bryant's layup
Dennis Schroder makes 26-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
LeBron James makes 25-foot three pointer (Patrick Beverley assists)
LeBron James misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
LeBron James misses 25-foot three point jumper
Dennis Schroder makes driving floating jump shot
Patrick Beverley makes 23-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
Dennis Schroder makes 25-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
Kendrick Nunn makes 15-foot jumper (Russell Westbrook assists)
Dennis Schroder misses two point shot
Russell Westbrook misses driving layup
Thomas Bryant makes two point shot (Russell Westbrook assists)
Russell Westbrook makes driving layup
Wenyen Gabriel misses driving floating jump shot
Russell Westbrook makes driving layup
Russell Westbrook makes 26-foot three pointer
Wenyen Gabriel misses 53-foot three point pullup jump shot
LeBron James misses layup
Russell Westbrook makes driving dunk
LeBron James makes 6-foot two point shot
LeBron James makes 10-foot two point shot
LeBron James misses 12-foot two point shot
Wenyen Gabriel makes 8-foot two point shot (Russell Westbrook assists)
LeBron James makes 1-foot dunk (Russell Westbrook assists)
Russell Westbrook misses 15-foot pullup jump shot
Wenyen Gabriel makes layup (Russell Westbrook assists)
LeBron James misses 24-foot three point jumper
LeBron James makes driving layup
LeBron James misses driving layup
Dennis Schroder makes 24-foot three point jumper (Russell Westbrook assists)
Thomas Bryant makes layup (Russell Westbrook assists)
Russell Westbrook makes 25-foot three point jumper (Dennis Schroder assists)
Russell Westbrook misses 16-foot two point shot
LeBron James makes 2-foot layup (Russell Westbrook assists)
Max Christie misses alley oop dunk shot
LeBron James misses layup
Dennis Schroder makes three pointer
Wenyen Gabriel makes driving layup
Juan Toscano-Anderson makes 3-foot two point shot (LeBron James assists)
LeBron James misses three point jumper
Domantas Sabonis blocks LeBron James's driving layup
Thomas Bryant makes two point shot
LeBron James makes 2-foot driving dunk
Thomas Bryant misses 5-foot two point shot
Dennis Schroder makes two point shot
Patrick Beverley misses 23-foot three point jumper
LeBron James makes driving layup (Russell Westbrook assists)
Max Christie makes 9-foot two point shot (Russell Westbrook assists)
Thomas Bryant makes 12-foot jumper (Russell Westbrook assists)
Kevin Huerter blocks Russell Westbrook 's 3-foot driving layup
LeBron James misses driving floating jump shot
LeBron James makes 2-foot dunk (Russell Westbrook assists)
Dennis Schroder makes 17-foot pullup jump shot
Russell Westbrook makes 1-foot layup (Wenyen Gabriel assists)
Russell Westbrook makes driving layup
Trey Lyles blocks Russell Westbrook 's 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
Kendrick Nunn misses 18-foot pullup jump shot
Kendrick Nunn misses 25-foot three point jumper
Juan Toscano-Anderson makes layup (Russell Westbrook assists)
LeBron James makes driving layup
Thomas Bryant makes 13-foot jumper (Russell Westbrook assists)
LeBron James misses 26-foot three point jumper
Thomas Bryant makes 11-foot jumper (Russell Westbrook assists)
LeBron James makes driving layup
Thomas Bryant makes 13-foot jumper
LeBron James makes driving layup
Dennis Schroder makes 15-foot pullup jump shot
Dennis Schroder misses 15-foot pullup jump shot
Russell Westbrook misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot
Dennis Schroder misses 23-foot three point jumper
Thomas Bryant makes two point shot
LeBron James misses driving layup
LeBron James makes 7-foot hook shot
Thomas Bryant makes layup (LeBron James assists)
LeBron James misses two point shot
Russell Westbrook misses three point jumper
LeBron James makes driving layup

LAKERS

KINGS

TIME		LAL	SAC
12:00	Thomas Bryant vs. Domantas Sabonis (LeBron James gains possession)	0	0
11:37	Patrick Beverley makes 26-foot three point shot	3	0
11:17	De'Aaron Fox makes 12-foot pullup jump shot	3	2
11:10	Thomas Bryant makes 2-foot layup (Dennis Schroder assists)	5	2
11:05	De'Aaron Fox out of bounds bad pass turnover	5	2
10:52	Thomas Bryant makes 18-foot jumper (LeBron James assists)	7	2
10:37	Kevin Huerter makes 2-foot layup (Domantas Sabonis assists)	7	4
10:12	LeBron James misses two point shot	7	4
10:07	De'Aaron Fox defensive rebound	7	4
10:02	Juan Toscano-Anderson shooting foul	7	4
10:02	Harrison Barnes makes free throw 1 of 2	7	5
10:02	Harrison Barnes makes free throw 2 of 2	7	6
9:48	Thomas Bryant makes 13-foot jumper (LeBron James assists)	9	6
9:38	Kevin Huerter misses 27-foot three point jumper	9	6
9:35	Thomas Bryant defensive rebound	9	6
9:32	Juan Toscano-Anderson offensive foul	9	6
9:32	Juan Toscano-Anderson turnover	9	6
9:19	Keegan Murray misses 19-foot pullup jump shot	9	6
9:15	Thomas Bryant defensive rebound	9	6
9:07	Thomas Bryant offensive foul	9	6
9:07	Thomas Bryant turnover	9	6
9:03	De'Aaron Fox makes 17-foot pullup jump shot	9	8
8:44	Harrison Barnes blocks Thomas Bryant's layup	9	8
8:40	Juan Toscano-Anderson offensive rebound	9	8
8:37	Harrison Barnes kicked ball violation	9	8
8:29	LeBron James bad pass (Keegan Murray steals)	9	8
8:25	Keegan Murray misses 26-foot three point shot	9	8
8:20	LeBron James defensive rebound	9	8
8:18	De'Aaron Fox shooting foul	9	8
8:18	LeBron James makes free throw 1 of 2	10	8
8:18	LeBron James makes free throw 2 of 2	11	8
8:05	Harrison Barnes misses 23-foot three point pullup jump shot	11	8
8:00	Dennis Schroder defensive rebound	11	8
7:41	Patrick Beverley bad pass (Keegan Murray steals)	11	8
7:33	Keegan Murray makes 26-foot three point jumper (De'Aaron Fox assists)	11	11
7:17	Dennis Schroder makes 26-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)	14	11
7:04	Domantas Sabonis makes 21-foot jumper (De'Aaron Fox assists)	14	13
6:46	LeBron James makes 25-foot three pointer (Patrick Beverley assists)	17	13
6:35	Kevin Huerter makes 27-foot three pointer (Harrison Barnes assists)	17	16
6:15	LeBron James misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot	17	16
6:14	Kings defensive team rebound	17	16
6:14	Kings Full timeout	17	16
6:14	Davion Mitchell enters the game for De'Aaron Fox	17	16
6:14	Russell Westbrook enters the game for Juan Toscano-Anderson	17	16
5:55	Davion Mitchell misses 20-foot pullup jump shot	17	16
5:52	LeBron James defensive rebound	17	16
5:40	LeBron James misses 25-foot three point jumper	17	16
5:37	Domantas Sabonis defensive rebound	17	16
5:27	Domantas Sabonis makes 18-foot jumper (Keegan Murray assists)	17	18
5:14	Dennis Schroder makes driving floating jump shot	19	18
5:05	Kevin Huerter misses 17-foot pullup jump shot	19	18
5:01	LeBron James defensive rebound	19	18
4:55	Patrick Beverley makes 23-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)	22	18
4:42	Domantas Sabonis misses 17-foot jumper	22	18
4:40	LeBron James defensive rebound	22	18
4:27	Dennis Schroder makes 25-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)	25	18
4:18	Davion Mitchell out of bounds bad pass turnover	25	18
4:18	Terence Davis enters the game for Keegan Murray	25	18
4:18	Wenyen Gabriel enters the game for LeBron James	25	18
4:18	Kendrick Nunn enters the game for Patrick Beverley	25	18
4:09	Kendrick Nunn makes 15-foot jumper (Russell Westbrook assists)	27	18
3:58	Harrison Barnes makes 23-foot three point jumper	27	21
3:44	Dennis Schroder misses two point shot	27	21
3:43	Davion Mitchell defensive rebound	27	21
3:43	Davion Mitchell out of bounds bad pass turnover	27	21
3:43	Trey Lyles enters the game for Davion Mitchell	27	21
3:43	Keegan Murray enters the game for Harrison Barnes	27	21
3:43	Davion Mitchell enters the game for Keegan Murray	27	21
3:19	Trey Lyles shooting foul	27	21
3:19	Thomas Bryant makes free throw 1 of 2	28	21
3:19	Thomas Bryant misses free throw 2 of 2	28	21
3:19	Max Christie enters the game for Dennis Schroder	28	21
3:16	Domantas Sabonis defensive rebound	28	21
3:06	Kevin Huerter makes 26-foot three pointer (Domantas Sabonis assists)	28	24
2:56	Russell Westbrook misses driving layup	28	24
2:56	Terence Davis defensive rebound	28	24
2:46	Terence Davis misses 23-foot three point jumper	28	24
2:43	Thomas Bryant defensive rebound	28	24
2:41	Thomas Bryant makes two point shot (Russell Westbrook assists)	30	24
2:22	Domantas Sabonis misses 26-foot three point jumper	30	24
2:19	Thomas Bryant defensive rebound	30	24
2:02	Russell Westbrook bad pass (Kevin Huerter steals)	30	24
1:58	Davion Mitchell makes 23-foot three point shot (Kevin Huerter assists)	30	27
1:56	Lakers Full timeout	30	27
1:56	Richaun Holmes enters the game for Kevin Huerter	30	27
1:56	De'Aaron Fox enters the game for Domantas Sabonis	30	27
1:56	Sterling Brown enters the game for Thomas Bryant	30	27
1:44	Russell Westbrook makes driving layup	32	27
1:44	Davion Mitchell shooting foul	30	27
1:44	Russell Westbrook misses free throw 1 of 1	30	27
1:42	Kings defensive team rebound	32	27
1:23	Davion Mitchell makes 23-foot three point jumper (Terence Davis assists)	32	30
1:04	Wenyen Gabriel misses driving floating jump shot	32	30
1:04	Kings defensive team rebound	32	30
57.0	Sterling Brown shooting foul	32	30
57.0	De'Aaron Fox makes free throw 1 of 2	32	31
57.0	De'Aaron Fox makes free throw 2 of 2	32	32
45.0	Russell Westbrook makes driving layup	34	32
38.1	Davion Mitchell makes 26-foot three point jumper (Terence Davis assists)	34	35
29.2	Russell Westbrook makes 26-foot three pointer	37	35
11.1	Terence Davis misses 26-foot three point jumper	37	35
6.1	Richaun Holmes offensive rebound	37	35
6.1	Richaun Holmes misses tip shot	37	35
5.0	Trey Lyles offensive rebound	37	35
4.0	Trey Lyles misses two point shot	37	35
4.0	Trey Lyles offensive rebound	37	35
4.0	Max Christie shooting foul	37	35
4.0	Trey Lyles makes free throw 1 of 2	37	36
4.0	KZ Okpala enters the game for Richaun Holmes	37	36
4.0	Harrison Barnes enters the game for De'Aaron Fox	37	36
4.0	LeBron James enters the game for Sterling Brown	37	36
4.0	Trey Lyles misses free throw 2 of 2	37	36
1.1	Trey Lyles offensive rebound	37	36
1.1	Wenyen Gabriel shooting foul	37	36
1.1	Trey Lyles makes free throw 1 of 2	37	37
1.1	Trey Lyles makes free throw 2 of 2	37	38
0.0	Wenyen Gabriel misses 53-foot three point pullup jump shot	37	38
0.0	Lakers offensive team rebound	37	38
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	37	38

Regular Season Series

SAC leads 2-1

Kings
120
Lakers
114

Game 1

12/11

Lakers
120
Kings
134

Game 2

22/12

Lakers
136
Kings
134

Game 3

8/1

Kings
116
Lakers
111

Game 4

19/1

Golden 1 Center

3:00 AM, 8 January 2023

Sacramento, CA

Attendance: 17,611

Referees:
Pat Fraher
Dedric Taylor
Jacyn Goble

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LA Clippers	51	31	.622	-	L3
Phoenix	49	33	.598	2	W3
LA Lakers	47	35	.573	4	W2
Sacramento	46	36	.561	5	W1
Golden State	46	36	.561	5	W1

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