Los Angeles Lakers @ New Orleans Pelicans
23-11, 13-5 Away
111
23-11, 13-5 Away
8-30, 6-17 Home
103
8-30, 6-17 Home
Shot Chart
Shot Made
Shot Missed
- LeBron James makes dunk (Deandre Ayton assists)
- Zion Williamson misses driving layup
- Deandre Ayton makes 2-foot running dunk (LeBron James assists)
- Jeremiah Fears makes driving layup
- Deandre Ayton misses driving floating jump shot
- Derik Queen misses 19-foot pullup jump shot
- Jeremiah Fears misses 25-foot three point step back jumpshot
- LeBron James misses driving layup
- Marcus Smart misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Herbert Jones misses 23-foot running jump shot
- Luka Doncic misses driving layup
- Jeremiah Fears makes 23-foot running jump shot (Trey Murphy III assists)
- Luka Doncic misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Deandre Ayton blocks Derik Queen 's 2-foot running layup
- Luka Doncic makes 14-foot fade away jump shot
- Trey Murphy III makes 27-foot three point jumper (Zion Williamson assists)
- LeBron James makes 27-foot three point jumper (Luka Doncic assists)
- Trey Murphy III misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Luka Doncic misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Yves Missi makes 1-foot two point shot (Zion Williamson assists)
- Marcus Smart makes 23-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
- LeBron James blocks Zion Williamson 's 5-foot driving layup
- Jeremiah Fears makes 21-foot pullup jump shot
- Marcus Smart makes layup (Luka Doncic assists)
- Jeremiah Fears misses 25-foot three point jumper
- LeBron James makes 11-foot fade away jump shot
- Herbert Jones misses layup
- Zion Williamson makes tip in dunk
- Marcus Smart misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Luka Doncic makes 15-foot pullup jump shot (Deandre Ayton assists)
- Luka Doncic makes free throw 1 of 1
- Herbert Jones makes 26-foot three pointer (Jeremiah Fears assists)
- Deandre Ayton makes 3-foot alley oop dunk (Luka Doncic assists)
- Jarred Vanderbilt makes running layup
- Trey Murphy III misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Luka Doncic misses 25-foot three point step back jumpshot
- Karlo Matkovic makes running dunk (Jose Alvarado assists)
- Luka Doncic makes 12-foot pullup jump shot
- Jose Alvarado misses 22-foot three point jumper
- Yves Missi makes free throw 1 of 2
- Yves Missi makes free throw 2 of 2
- Luka Doncic makes driving layup
- Trey Murphy III misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Nick Smith Jr. misses 28-foot three point jumper
- Jose Alvarado misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Yves Missi makes two point shot
- Jarred Vanderbilt misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Yves Missi misses running layup
- Luka Doncic makes running layup (Jarred Vanderbilt assists)
- Luka Doncic misses 29-foot three point jumper
- Karlo Matkovic makes 1-foot alley oop dunk (Jose Alvarado assists)
- LeBron James misses 12-foot fade away jump shot
- Jordan Poole misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Jordan Poole misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Jose Alvarado misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Dalton Knecht makes 25-foot running jump shot (LeBron James assists)
- Dalton Knecht misses running layup
- Derik Queen makes running layup (Jose Alvarado assists)
- Nick Smith Jr. misses layup
- LeBron James misses 16-foot fade away jump shot
- Micah Peavy makes 26-foot three point jumper (Zion Williamson assists)
- LeBron James misses driving layup
- LeBron James makes running dunk (Nick Smith Jr. assists)
- Jaxson Hayes blocks Zion Williamson 's 5-foot layup
- Dalton Knecht misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Micah Peavy makes running layup (Zion Williamson assists)
- Deandre Ayton misses 6-foot two point shot
- Micah Peavy misses driving floating jump shot
- LeBron James makes free throw 1 of 2
- LeBron James makes free throw 2 of 2
- Derik Queen misses 11-foot fade away jump shot
- Jeremiah Fears misses driving floating jump shot
- Luka Doncic makes 9-foot two point shot
- Trey Murphy III makes 2-foot alley oop dunk (Derik Queen assists)
- Deandre Ayton makes 3-foot hook shot (Jarred Vanderbilt assists)
- Trey Murphy III makes 2-foot layup (Derik Queen assists)
- Trey Murphy III makes free throw 1 of 1
- Luka Doncic makes 18-foot fade away jump shot
- Derik Queen misses 2-foot reverse layup
- Marcus Smart misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Luka Doncic misses 25-foot three point step back jumpshot
- Deandre Ayton misses two point shot
- Marcus Smart blocks Jeremiah Fears 's 2-foot driving layup
- Jordan Poole misses 6-foot jumper
- Trey Murphy III makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jeremiah Fears assists)
- Herbert Jones misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Trey Murphy III misses 28-foot running jump shot
- Jarred Vanderbilt makes 1-foot running dunk (Luka Doncic assists)
- Zion Williamson makes free throw 1 of 2
- Zion Williamson misses free throw 2 of 2
- Trey Murphy III makes driving layup (Yves Missi assists)
- Trey Murphy III makes free throw 1 of 1
- Zion Williamson makes driving layup (Yves Missi assists)
- Jaxson Hayes misses driving floating jump shot
- LeBron James makes free throw 1 of 2
- LeBron James makes free throw 2 of 2
- Zion Williamson misses driving floating jump shot
- LeBron James misses running pullup jump shot
- Luka Doncic makes free throw 1 of 2
- Luka Doncic misses free throw 2 of 2
- Zion Williamson makes driving layup (Jose Alvarado assists)
- Jaxson Hayes makes 1-foot reverse layup (Luka Doncic assists)
- Jaxson Hayes misses free throw 1 of 1
- LeBron James makes 1-foot alley oop dunk (Luka Doncic assists)
- Zion Williamson makes driving layup
- Luka Doncic misses 15-foot pullup jump shot
- Zion Williamson misses free throw 1 of 2
- Zion Williamson misses free throw 2 of 2
- Luka Doncic misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Zion Williamson misses running layup
- Yves Missi makes tip in dunk
- Jake LaRavia misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Jose Alvarado makes 3-foot driving floating jump shot (Zion Williamson assists)
- Luka Doncic misses heave jump shot
- Trey Murphy III makes 3-foot layup (Derik Queen assists)
- Deandre Ayton misses 3-foot two point shot
- Deandre Ayton makes 1-foot driving dunk (Luka Doncic assists)
- Jeremiah Fears misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
- LeBron James misses 6-foot fade away jump shot
- Jeremiah Fears misses running layup
- Jeremiah Fears makes layup
- Luka Doncic misses 9-foot fade away jump shot
- Trey Murphy III makes driving layup (Derik Queen assists)
- Jake LaRavia misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Jeremiah Fears misses running layup
- Herbert Jones misses two point shot
- Luka Doncic makes 26-foot running pullup jump shot (Marcus Smart assists)
- Zion Williamson makes driving layup (Derik Queen assists)
- Deandre Ayton makes 1-foot layup (LeBron James assists)
- Trey Murphy III misses 3-foot reverse layup
- Marcus Smart makes 19-foot running jump shot (LeBron James assists)
- Derik Queen makes driving layup
- Marcus Smart makes 25-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
- Deandre Ayton blocks Zion Williamson 's 3-foot driving layup
- Herbert Jones misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Deandre Ayton makes 4-foot hook shot (LeBron James assists)
- Trey Murphy III makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jose Alvarado assists)
- Trey Murphy III makes 2-foot two point shot
- Deandre Ayton makes alley oop layup (Luka Doncic assists)
- Zion Williamson makes alley oop dunk (Derik Queen assists)
- Marcus Smart makes 22-foot three point jumper (Deandre Ayton assists)
- Trey Murphy III makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jose Alvarado assists)
- Deandre Ayton misses 4-foot two point shot
- Trey Murphy III makes 1-foot alley oop dunk (Derik Queen assists)
- Luka Doncic makes 13-foot driving floating jump shot (Jarred Vanderbilt assists)
- Luka Doncic blocks Herbert Jones 's 3-foot driving layup
- Luka Doncic misses free throw 1 of 2
- Luka Doncic makes free throw 2 of 2
- Derik Queen makes 1-foot two point shot
- Jake LaRavia misses free throw 1 of 2
- Jake LaRavia makes free throw 2 of 2
- Trey Murphy III misses 27-foot three point shot
- Trey Murphy III makes 23-foot three point jumper (Derik Queen assists)
- Trey Murphy III misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Jordan Poole blocks Luka Doncic 's 4-foot pullup jump shot
- Karlo Matkovic makes free throw 1 of 2
- Karlo Matkovic makes free throw 2 of 2
- LeBron James misses driving layup
- Jose Alvarado misses 23-foot running jump shot
- Nick Smith Jr. misses 23-foot running jump shot
- Trey Murphy III misses 24-foot jump bank shot
- LeBron James makes free throw 1 of 3
- LeBron James makes free throw 2 of 3
- LeBron James makes free throw 3 of 3
- LeBron James makes 2-foot running dunk
- Karlo Matkovic misses 22-foot three point jumper
- Trey Murphy III makes driving layup (Jordan Poole assists)
- Trey Murphy III makes free throw 1 of 1
- Dalton Knecht misses 26-foot three point jumper
- LeBron James makes 25-foot three point jumper (Marcus Smart assists)
- Jarred Vanderbilt makes 1-foot layup (LeBron James assists)
- Trey Murphy III misses 25-foot three point jumper
- LeBron James makes 27-foot three point step back jumpshot
- LeBron James misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Jarred Vanderbilt misses free throw 1 of 2
- Jarred Vanderbilt makes free throw 2 of 2
- Jordan Poole misses 29-foot three point jumper
- Zion Williamson blocks Deandre Ayton 's 7-foot layup
- Derik Queen makes 18-foot pullup jump shot
- Dalton Knecht makes 27-foot three point jumper (Jarred Vanderbilt assists)
- Zion Williamson makes layup (Micah Peavy assists)
- Zion Williamson misses free throw 1 of 1
- Herbert Jones misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Deandre Ayton makes 7-foot floating jump shot (Luka Doncic assists)
- Jeremiah Fears misses 28-foot three point jumper
- Marcus Smart misses 22-foot three point jumper
- Derik Queen misses 22-foot three point jumper
- Deandre Ayton makes running layup (Marcus Smart assists)
- Jeremiah Fears misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Deandre Ayton misses 7-foot fade away jump shot
- Marcus Smart misses driving floating jump shot
- Trey Murphy III misses 29-foot three point jumper
- LeBron James misses 16-foot step back jumpshot
- Jake LaRavia makes 11-foot fade away jump shot
- Trey Murphy III misses free throw 1 of 2
- Trey Murphy III makes free throw 2 of 2
- Trey Murphy III makes free throw 1 of 2
- Trey Murphy III makes free throw 2 of 2
- Luka Doncic makes 22-foot three point jumper
- Jose Alvarado makes 26-foot three point jumper (Trey Murphy III assists)
- LeBron James makes 2-foot reverse layup
- Herbert Jones misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Luka Doncic makes 31-foot three pointer
- LeBron James makes 1-foot reverse layup (Luka Doncic assists)
- Derik Queen makes driving layup (Trey Murphy III assists)
- Luka Doncic misses 26-foot three point step back jumpshot
- Trey Murphy III makes free throw 1 of 2
- Trey Murphy III makes free throw 2 of 2
- Luka Doncic misses free throw 1 of 2
- Luka Doncic misses free throw 2 of 2
- Trey Murphy III misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Luka Doncic makes free throw 1 of 2
- Luka Doncic makes free throw 2 of 2
- Trey Murphy III makes 27-foot three point step back jumpshot
- Jake LaRavia makes 4-foot running dunk (Marcus Smart assists)
- Trey Murphy III misses 26-foot three point jumper
Shot Made
Shot Missed
| TIME | PLAY | LAL | NO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12:00 | | Deandre Ayton vs. Derik Queen (LeBron James gains possession) | 0 | 0 |
| 11:41 | | LeBron James makes dunk (Deandre Ayton assists) | 2 | 0 |
| 11:18 | | Zion Williamson misses driving layup | 2 | 0 |
| 11:16 | | LeBron James defensive rebound | 2 | 0 |
| 11:13 | | Deandre Ayton makes 2-foot running dunk (LeBron James assists) | 4 | 0 |
| 10:54 | | Jeremiah Fears makes driving layup | 4 | 2 |
| 10:34 | | Deandre Ayton misses driving floating jump shot | 4 | 2 |
| 10:31 | | Jeremiah Fears defensive rebound | 4 | 2 |
| 10:25 | | Derik Queen misses 19-foot pullup jump shot | 4 | 2 |
| 10:21 | | Trey Murphy III offensive rebound | 4 | 2 |
| 10:14 | | Jeremiah Fears misses 25-foot three point step back jumpshot | 4 | 2 |
| 10:11 | | Luka Doncic defensive rebound | 4 | 2 |
| 9:50 | | LeBron James misses driving layup | 4 | 2 |
| 9:49 | | Deandre Ayton offensive rebound | 4 | 2 |
| 9:47 | | Marcus Smart misses 25-foot three point jumper | 4 | 2 |
| 9:42 | | Derik Queen defensive rebound | 4 | 2 |
| 9:38 | | Herbert Jones misses 23-foot running jump shot | 4 | 2 |
| 9:35 | | Deandre Ayton defensive rebound | 4 | 2 |
| 9:27 | | Luka Doncic misses driving layup | 4 | 2 |
| 9:25 | | Zion Williamson defensive rebound | 4 | 2 |
| 9:22 | | Jeremiah Fears makes 23-foot running jump shot (Trey Murphy III assists) | 4 | 5 |
| 9:06 | | Luka Doncic misses 25-foot three point jumper | 4 | 5 |
| 9:04 | | Derik Queen defensive rebound | 4 | 5 |
| 9:00 | | Deandre Ayton blocks Derik Queen 's 2-foot running layup | 4 | 5 |
| 8:58 | | Jake LaRavia defensive rebound | 4 | 5 |
| 8:49 | | Luka Doncic makes 14-foot fade away jump shot | 6 | 5 |
| 8:40 | | Trey Murphy III makes 27-foot three point jumper (Zion Williamson assists) | 6 | 8 |
| 8:26 | | LeBron James makes 27-foot three point jumper (Luka Doncic assists) | 9 | 8 |
| 8:08 | | Trey Murphy III misses 23-foot three point jumper | 9 | 8 |
| 8:05 | | LeBron James defensive rebound | 9 | 8 |
| 7:59 | | Luka Doncic misses 27-foot three point jumper | 9 | 8 |
| 7:55 | | Herbert Jones defensive rebound | 9 | 8 |
| 7:46 | | Jake LaRavia personal foul | 9 | 8 |
| 7:46 | | Yves Missi enters the game for Derik Queen | 9 | 8 |
| 7:32 | | Yves Missi makes 1-foot two point shot (Zion Williamson assists) | 9 | 10 |
| 7:19 | | Marcus Smart makes 23-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists) | 12 | 10 |
| 7:07 | | LeBron James blocks Zion Williamson 's 5-foot driving layup | 12 | 10 |
| 7:03 | | Yves Missi offensive rebound | 12 | 10 |
| 6:57 | | Jeremiah Fears makes 21-foot pullup jump shot | 12 | 12 |
| 6:50 | | Marcus Smart makes layup (Luka Doncic assists) | 14 | 12 |
| 6:50 | | Yves Missi defensive goaltending violation | 14 | 12 |
| 6:36 | | Jeremiah Fears misses 25-foot three point jumper | 14 | 12 |
| 6:36 | | LeBron James defensive rebound | 14 | 12 |
| 6:22 | | LeBron James makes 11-foot fade away jump shot | 16 | 12 |
| 6:16 | | Marcus Smart personal foul | 16 | 12 |
| 6:16 | | Pelicans Full timeout | 16 | 12 |
| 6:16 | | Jarred Vanderbilt enters the game for LeBron James | 16 | 12 |
| 6:05 | | Herbert Jones misses layup | 16 | 12 |
| 6:01 | | Zion Williamson offensive rebound | 16 | 12 |
| 6:01 | | Zion Williamson makes tip in dunk | 16 | 14 |
| 5:39 | | Marcus Smart misses 25-foot three point jumper | 16 | 14 |
| 5:36 | | Deandre Ayton offensive rebound | 16 | 14 |
| 5:33 | | Luka Doncic makes 15-foot pullup jump shot (Deandre Ayton assists) | 18 | 14 |
| 5:33 | | Herbert Jones shooting foul | 18 | 14 |
| 5:33 | | Luka Doncic makes free throw 1 of 1 | 19 | 14 |
| 5:23 | | Herbert Jones makes 26-foot three pointer (Jeremiah Fears assists) | 19 | 17 |
| 5:08 | | Herbert Jones shooting foul | 19 | 17 |
| 5:08 | | Karlo Matkovic enters the game for Jeremiah Fears | 19 | 17 |
| 5:08 | | Jordan Poole enters the game for Zion Williamson | 19 | 17 |
| 5:08 | | Jose Alvarado enters the game for Herbert Jones | 19 | 17 |
| 4:59 | | Deandre Ayton makes 3-foot alley oop dunk (Luka Doncic assists) | 21 | 17 |
| 4:47 | | Jordan Poole bad pass turnover (Jarred Vanderbilt steals) | 21 | 17 |
| 4:43 | | Jarred Vanderbilt makes running layup | 23 | 17 |
| 4:26 | | Trey Murphy III misses 23-foot three point jumper | 23 | 17 |
| 4:23 | | Jake LaRavia defensive rebound | 23 | 17 |
| 4:14 | | Luka Doncic misses 25-foot three point step back jumpshot | 23 | 17 |
| 4:10 | | Jose Alvarado defensive rebound | 23 | 17 |
| 4:07 | | Karlo Matkovic makes running dunk (Jose Alvarado assists) | 23 | 19 |
| 3:50 | | Luka Doncic makes 12-foot pullup jump shot | 25 | 19 |
| 3:37 | | Jose Alvarado misses 22-foot three point jumper | 25 | 19 |
| 3:35 | | Deandre Ayton defensive rebound | 25 | 19 |
| 3:25 | | Luka Doncic out of bounds bad pass turnover | 25 | 19 |
| 3:25 | | Nick Smith Jr. enters the game for Deandre Ayton | 25 | 19 |
| 3:25 | | Jaxson Hayes enters the game for Marcus Smart | 25 | 19 |
| 3:20 | | Jaxson Hayes shooting foul | 25 | 19 |
| 3:20 | | Yves Missi makes free throw 1 of 2 | 25 | 20 |
| 3:20 | | Yves Missi makes free throw 2 of 2 | 25 | 21 |
| 3:07 | | Luka Doncic makes driving layup | 27 | 21 |
| 2:56 | | Trey Murphy III misses 23-foot three point jumper | 27 | 21 |
| 2:56 | | Lakers defensive team rebound | 27 | 21 |
| 2:56 | | Micah Peavy enters the game for Trey Murphy III | 27 | 21 |
| 2:56 | | Lakers Full timeout | 27 | 21 |
| 2:56 | | Dalton Knecht enters the game for Jake LaRavia | 27 | 21 |
| 2:33 | | Nick Smith Jr. misses 28-foot three point jumper | 27 | 21 |
| 2:28 | | Yves Missi defensive rebound | 27 | 21 |
| 2:09 | | Jose Alvarado misses 26-foot three point jumper | 27 | 21 |
| 2:06 | | Yves Missi offensive rebound | 27 | 21 |
| 2:04 | | Yves Missi makes two point shot | 27 | 23 |
| 1:50 | | Jarred Vanderbilt misses 23-foot three point jumper | 27 | 23 |
| 1:47 | | Jose Alvarado defensive rebound | 27 | 23 |
| 1:42 | | Yves Missi misses running layup | 27 | 23 |
| 1:41 | | Jarred Vanderbilt defensive rebound | 27 | 23 |
| 1:39 | | Luka Doncic makes running layup (Jarred Vanderbilt assists) | 29 | 23 |
| 1:39 | | Karlo Matkovic defensive goaltending violation | 29 | 23 |
| 1:21 | | Jordan Poole bad pass turnover (Jaxson Hayes steals) | 29 | 23 |
| 1:09 | | Luka Doncic misses 29-foot three point jumper | 29 | 23 |
| 1:08 | | Pelicans defensive team rebound | 29 | 23 |
| 1:08 | | LeBron James enters the game for Luka Doncic | 29 | 23 |
| 58.8 | | Karlo Matkovic makes 1-foot alley oop dunk (Jose Alvarado assists) | 29 | 25 |
| 40.9 | | LeBron James misses 12-foot fade away jump shot | 29 | 25 |
| 37.1 | | Jordan Poole defensive rebound | 29 | 25 |
| 30.4 | | Jordan Poole misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot | 29 | 25 |
| 27.6 | | Jarred Vanderbilt defensive rebound | 29 | 25 |
| 14.1 | | Nick Smith Jr. offensive foul | 29 | 25 |
| 14.1 | | Nick Smith Jr. offensive foul turnover | 29 | 25 |
| 14.1 | | Trey Murphy III enters the game for Yves Missi | 29 | 25 |
| 0.9 | | Jordan Poole misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot | 29 | 25 |
| 0.9 | | Pelicans offensive team rebound | 29 | 25 |
| 0.0 | End of the 1st Quarter | 29 | 25 | |
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2025-26 Standings
Western Conference
| Pacific | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LA Lakers | 28 | 18 | .609 | - | L1 |
| Phoenix | 28 | 19 | .596 | 0.5 | W1 |
| Golden State | 27 | 22 | .551 | 2.5 | W1 |
| LA Clippers | 22 | 24 | .478 | 6 | W3 |
| Sacramento | 12 | 36 | .250 | 17 | L6 |
| Southwest | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Antonio | 32 | 15 | .681 | - | W1 |
| Houston | 28 | 17 | .622 | 3 | L1 |
| Dallas | 19 | 28 | .404 | 13 | L2 |
| Memphis | 18 | 27 | .400 | 13 | L4 |
| New Orleans | 12 | 37 | .245 | 21 | L1 |
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