101 - 125

Box Scores: NBA - Yahoo

GAME SUMMARY

Location: Crypto.com Arena

Officials: Scott Twardoski, CJ Washington, and James Williams

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Sacramento Kings	24	29	27	21	101
Los Angeles Lakers	30	38	31	26	125

TEAM STATS

Team	PTS	FG	FG%	3P	3P%	FT	FT%	OREB	TREB	AST	PF	STL	TO	BLK
Sacramento Kings	101	40-83	48.2%	8-29	27.6%	13-19	68.4%	10	44	24	20	11	19	4
Los Angeles Lakers	125	47-89	52.8%	15-38	39.5%	16-18	88.9%	8	50	25	19	14	15	4

PLAYER STATS


Sacramento Kings	MIN	PTS	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	ORB	DRB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	±
DeMar DeRozan^SF	33:40	22	8-17	1-2	5-5	2	2	4	5	1	0	3	2	-14
Precious Achiuwa^PF	19:35	5	2-4	0-1	1-2	1	2	3	1	1	0	0	0	-18
Maxime Raynaud^C	34:38	16	8-10	0-0	0-1	2	8	10	2	0	0	2	4	-22
Keon Ellis^SG	22:16	2	1-5	0-2	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	-20
Russell Westbrook^PG	26:15	13	6-17	1-5	0-0	2	3	5	4	2	0	6	1	-17
Dylan Cardwell	23:42	7	3-4	0-0	1-3	1	6	7	0	3	1	0	3	1
Nique Clifford	28:55	11	4-6	2-4	1-2	1	5	6	3	1	0	4	2	-4
Dennis Schröder	19:28	11	3-6	0-2	5-6	0	2	2	7	2	1	2	3	-7
Malik Monk	19:24	11	4-10	3-9	0-0	1	1	2	2	1	0	2	2	-12
Doug McDermott	12:07	3	1-4	1-4	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	-7
Dario Šarić	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Devin Carter	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Drew Eubanks	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Zach LaVine	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Keegan Murray	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Daeqwon Plowden	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Domantas Sabonis	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Isaiah Stevens	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Los Angeles Lakers	MIN	PTS	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	ORB	DRB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	±
LeBron James^SF	28:38	24	11-13	1-2	1-1	1	2	3	5	2	0	2	0	20
Rui Hachimura^PF	26:14	12	5-10	2-4	0-0	0	4	4	1	2	0	0	1	24
Deandre Ayton^C	30:10	11	5-9	0-0	1-2	2	9	11	2	0	2	0	0	24
Marcus Smart^SG	20:25	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	3	3	2	1	0	1	3	10
Luka Dončić^PG	32:44	34	11-23	5-14	7-8	0	5	5	7	3	1	5	3	22
Jake LaRavia	25:20	11	3-8	0-3	5-5	1	1	2	4	2	1	2	5	13
Jarred Vanderbilt	22:18	5	2-4	1-3	0-0	1	1	2	0	2	0	2	3	9
Maxi Kleber	13:14	2	0-2	0-0	2-2	1	2	3	2	1	0	2	1	6
Nick Smith Jr.	23:58	21	8-14	5-10	0-0	1	2	3	1	0	0	0	3	10
Adou Thiero	04:36	2	1-3	0-0	0-0	1	2	3	1	1	0	0	0	-6
Dalton Knecht	04:36	3	1-2	1-1	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	-6
Bronny James	04:36	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-6
Drew Timme	03:11	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
Jaxson Hayes	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chris Mañon	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Austin Reaves	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gabe Vincent	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

shittydotamorph | Australia

334 | 5 hours ago

Playing the kings is the remedy for all locker room issues

Proof-Umpire-7718 | Lakers

112 | 5 hours ago

If only the Kings could play against themselves

GunsmokeIV | Kings

54 | 5 hours ago

Shockingly enough, theres been zero locker room drama. Pretty sure the players know where we’re at.

lesarbreschantent | Kings

32 | 4 hours ago

Love my boy Monk. Dude has been given no role, even some DNPs, and still plays with fire and has a smile on his face. Good vibes considering we’re a shit team.

Several_Sugar_6505

5 | 5 hours ago

imagine

Wise_Ad_112 | Lakers

5 | 5 hours ago

Unless ur the nuggets

WalrusInMySheets | LAL

151 | 5 hours ago

We are so fucking back guys

JJ only has to put up with 52 games of this shit

analytics_Gnome

18 | 4 hours ago

just like me telling myself for my job every start of year

WalrusInMySheets | LAL

5 | 4 hours ago

Love a little words of affirmation

heshouldgo | Lakers

120 | 5 hours ago

Lakers should still change their starting lineup, but you could see the difference in effort tonight

justletmeregisteryou | Bucks

80 | 5 hours ago

I don’t understand why you guys are still starting Rui lol

kapesaumaga | Mavericks

69 | 5 hours ago

Yeah. Rui should be coming in for Lebron. They’re both power forwards and should alternate on the floor.

LardHop | Lakers

1 | 6 minutes ago

Rui is like one of the few players than can actually hit threes so I understand the dilemma

orhantemerrut

-15 | 4 hours ago

LeBron is small forward.

bootywizard42O | NBA

36 | 4 hours ago

No he is big forward

SmokeOddessey | Lakers

14 | 3 hours ago

Not anymore

WalrusInMySheets | LAL

37 | 5 hours ago

He fits well when he gets open looks. He’s a solid corner shooter. He hasn’t been getting a lot of open looks

incredibleamadeuscho | Lakers

21 | 5 hours ago

Rui opens the lane for Luka with his gravity, allowing for Luka’s paint scoring. This makes Luka hard to predict and he can attack on all three levels, and pass as needed. This is the importance of Luka’s gravity.

eZreazy | Lakers

23 | 4 hours ago

Unfortunately Rui doesn’t really have the level of gravity other shooters of his calibre have. He’s an amazing shooter but people sag off of him a little because his shot release is pretty slow so it’s easy to close out on him.

shortyman920 | Lakers

3 | 4 hours ago

When Reaves is out and Smart is in, it’s not too bad. He is our best catch and shoot shooter.

When Reaves is back, I agree that he cannot start.

MazKhan | Lakers

2 | 4 hours ago

No one with a basketball brain understands it. When Lukas on the floor, rui isn’t getting too many shots. Rui running with the bench lineup makes way more sense

incredibleamadeuscho | Lakers

34 | 5 hours ago

The obsession with the starting line up comes down to not recognizing the issues. The issue was Luka not offensively involving his teammates due to lack of offensive organization, and LeBron not taking up the role of doing the dirty work. Blaming Rui for Luka and LeBron’s faults is letting them off the hook. The Lakers want Luka to be a better defender, not over rely on other defenders around him. That establishes bad habits.

Shadoken-TYPE0 | Canada

10 | 5 hours ago

I wish I saw more comments like this in the Lakers sub.

Literally wanted Ruis head on a pike.

incredibleamadeuscho | Lakers

12 | 5 hours ago

often times Lakers fans just rotate whoever is on a spike because they want to sacrifice whoever they can for a championship. It changes from season to season, but it’s always someone. They dont really think about what makes a team better.

flaming_burrito_ | Lakers

2 | 4 hours ago

I mean, you’re right, but I’d still rather someone like Jake on the starting lineup that Rui even if they make that adjustment. Someone on the starting lineup has to be able to get some stops, and Rui isn’t contributing enough offensively to make up for the fact that the starting lineup bleeds too many easy points.

incredibleamadeuscho | Lakers

4 | 3 hours ago

Jake fouls more, is slower, has worse hands, is a worse shooter.

These two players are not interchangeable. Rui matches the offensive identity of the starters, and contributes to Luka’s driving lanes being open, which results in Luka’s paint driven offense.

flaming_burrito_ | Lakers

3 | 3 hours ago

We can still have plenty of lineups with Luka and Rui in them, but clearly defense is what is more needed in the starting lineup, and Bron can do Rui’s job better than Rui can, other than 3 point shooting. Having both on the floor is simply not the best fit

WalrusInMySheets | LAL

2 | 5 hours ago

This is the best way I’ve seen the Lakers issues put

Lmao1903 | NBA

1 | 3 hours ago

Man I get that but you have to realize literally every good team will have great defenders in the starting lineup. Brunson/KAT are covered by Mikal/OG/Hart or Mitch, they are not exactly starting guys like Rui there.

G1Spectrum | Lakers

10 | 5 hours ago

I’m not sure you can glean much from a win over the Kings lol

ThaRealSunGod | Lakers

9 | 5 hours ago

It’s not this game.

He said “still” which clearly means “in spite of” this game not “because of”.

And he is correct.

Matzeeh | Spurs

-4 | 3 hours ago

Reaves should a 6th man

swords_devil | Lakers

96 | 5 hours ago

First blowout win bring that point differential up to positive lmao

Cul_what | Lakers

72 | 5 hours ago

Nick Smith Jr. saved my life

boybandzzz | West

61 | 5 hours ago

Luka had some crazy highlight reel passes tonight which his teammates predictably bricked

orhantemerrut

21 | 4 hours ago

The one where he got the hockey assist was pretty good, though. He passed the ball to Smith Jr. behind the back who slung it to the corner to Rui and that was a made 3.

Mood_Academic | Lakers

7 | 4 hours ago

Gonna be honest I feel like I don’t see enough Luka hockey assists

That was nice to see

Western-Election-997 | Lakers

7 | 3 hours ago

If you made a compilation of crazy passes with teammates bricking the shot Luka might be #1 in the league

incredibleamadeuscho | Lakers

41 | 5 hours ago

We got some really good insights into what changed. A lot of it revolved around Luka and LeBron. Luka was offball. Luka took a break earlier. LeBron was crashing, cutting, doing the dirty work.

This is the best Luka has looked in awhile. He looked exhausted at the end of the first and second quarter previously. He has a lot of energy tonight. Luka units are offensive units. Including the starters. I see the vision. You gotta let Luka be Luka, but Luka can’t rely on stepbacks. When he drives with the intention to score, he’s unstoppable.

_Robbert_

18 | 5 hours ago

Luka will really shoot like 70% from 2 and take a bunch of threes.

CrippledBanana | Canada

5 | 3 hours ago

That was driving me nuts. Like 86% at the rim or something and yet its always step back time for him lol

Zestyclose-Draft-724 | Lakers

10 | 4 hours ago

Crazy how this team still needs LeBron to do the dirty work.

Why can’t Rui do this? He’s also a forward, younger, and has a big body. I don’t know if it’s a mentality thing or BBIQ thing.

incredibleamadeuscho | Lakers

13 | 4 hours ago

LeBron is literally the GOAT small forward and is getting paid a max level contract. He has the speed and agility that Rui will never have due to LeBron’s genetics. He has the communication skills to see ahead on defense. LeBron had to adjust to this role with Austin’s ascension this season, but didnt. It’s the same role he had last season after the Luka trade.

If Rui was being paid 40 million, you could ask him to do that. Rui is a true power forward though, and does fine with that.

itsyaboikuzma | Lakers

3 | 4 hours ago

I agree but I think we could ask Rui to do a bit more with the 18 million on his contract.

fastheadcrab | Raptors

2 | 4 hours ago

Rui looks so useless in the past few games. We know he’s quite athletic but he just goes for such long periods with zero intensity. Couple that with his low defensive IQ makes it so painful to watch him play. He’s even more frustrating to watch than someone like Ayton. He’s even a very good shooter and sometimes looks like he has a spark of offensive explosion.

Why does he play so much like he give zero fucks and acts so lackadaisical on the court? If I had to guess, Redick’s rants are directed at him. Rui spends so much time lounging around on both offense and defense

ss5234 | Lakers

0 | 3 hours ago

low bbiq

lannistargaryen | Lakers

38 | 5 hours ago

Finally a blowout 🙏🙏🙏

G1Spectrum | Lakers

29 | 5 hours ago

It’s the Kings, but a win is a win

lesarbreschantent | Kings

17 | 4 hours ago

Tank you very much.

Airhostnyc

30 | 5 hours ago

I expect this from Luka and LeBron against a tanking team. Need to see how they perform with a team with more fight

heat_fan_ | Raptors

26 | 5 hours ago

Lebron still got it, talk about efficiency at age 40 holy crap

FershureB | Minneapolis Lakers

3 | 5 hours ago

Thank you u/heatfan

G1Spectrum | Lakers

21 | 5 hours ago

Nick Smith Jr. definitely needs more minutes going forward

FiveDollarShake | Raptors

22 | 5 hours ago

I don’t think I’ve ever seen a player like Luka in terms of how hot he starts and how different his first quarter is from his fourth.

I’ve seen so many games where he starts off ⁵⁄₇ for 15 in the first quarter and end ¹²⁄₂₇ or something.

MazKhan | Lakers

13 | 4 hours ago

When we go up a lot, he starts chucking. It’s like he has a shot quota of like 22-24 shots lol

His efficiency can be so much better if he actually looked to get a good shot everytime

geodesuckmydick

1 | 3 hours ago

You can literally see him start to relax and then throw up some bullshit when they’re up

TheDudeInJapan | Lakers

9 | 5 hours ago

That 24 point first quarter from him was insane.

gjaxx

-3 | 5 hours ago

His conditioning is abysmal

Suplewich | Raptors

16 | 5 hours ago

Westbrook was trash tonight.

ShotgunStyles | Kings

23 | 4 hours ago

Kings were on a B2B. The uncs got no legs under them. You should still trade for Westbrook/Derozan!

Sw3atyGoalz | Lakers

5 | 5 hours ago

What else is new

GunsmokeIV | Kings

16 | 5 hours ago

I don’t know whats worse, my Steelers down 3 receivers or the Kings being second last in offensive rating trying to bring basketball back into the 1950s.

At least Maxime and Nique had a solid showing.

mauro_membrere | Kings

10 | 5 hours ago

Steelers, we tanking bro

GunsmokeIV | Kings

3 | 5 hours ago

Yeah but the Steeler’s defence been showing up lately. Kings have a concept of a defence designed by Doug Christie.

MazKhan | Lakers

1 | 4 hours ago

As a Ravens fan, next week boutta be a movie 🔥

laker_padres619

2 | 3 hours ago

Hey, fellow raven fan! Got to get revenge on those Steelers for thanksgiving screwjob

MazKhan | Lakers

2 | 3 hours ago

Yup, at one point I was content with not making it so they potentially fire Harbaugh but man I can’t take playoff opportunities for granted. Get in and who knows what happens. I don’t like our defense but we still got a bunch of talent on the team, just gotta peak at the right time

laker_padres619

2 | 3 hours ago

Yup. Dont know if Lamar will be back but I think we can manage if we don’t choke like usual. Also tired of ol John

GunsmokeIV | Kings

1 | 3 hours ago

Whoever wins is getting destroyed in the wild card round lmao

MazKhan | Lakers

1 | 3 hours ago

Probably but I give us a punchers chance cause of Lamar and Henry, but yeah that Texans defense is scary

GunsmokeIV | Kings

2 | 3 hours ago

You guys just gotta pray Harbaugh remembers Henry is your RB and not sit him in the 4th like in the past.

Man, the entire division needs a coaching staff shake up.

MazKhan | Lakers

3 | 3 hours ago

That’s the only bad thing about potentially making the playoffs, Harbaugh might stay put. Him and Tomlin both gotta go man, I feel like both teams need a change at HC

PicklesTheHamster

7 | 5 hours ago

And y’all really bought into that?

jasxnn

6 | 5 hours ago

Dylan Cardwell is so nice. King’s young core is actually a bit underrated

Renegadeforever2024 | Raptors

4 | 5 hours ago

Much needed win

incredibleamadeuscho | Lakers

3 | 5 hours ago

Nick Smith Jr with a career 1000 pts

Nantee_69

3 | 4 hours ago

imagine losing to the lakers.. lol..

Less_Sample235 | Mavericks

2 | 5 hours ago

so sick and tired of luka being on pace for 50 and ending with 34 lmao…

GalactusAteMyPlanet

2 | 5 hours ago

Westbrook is ¹⁄₁ at Fans Getting Ejected Attempts. Best Westbrook game yet.

Bananadite

2 | 3 hours ago

Always glad to see Stanford Alumnis doing well in the NBA

NeptuneOW | Mavericks

2 | 3 hours ago

Luka would be so much more dangerous if he stopped shooting so many 3s

Debits_equals_credit

0 | 5 hours ago

I need Puka less than 8ppr points to win.

Several_Sugar_6505

1 | 5 hours ago

Westbrook plays so hard even after the trade

jonnysh | Lakers

1 | 4 hours ago

For every game against the Suns there is a game against the Kings.

Perfectly balanced as all things should be.

GriffinQ | WAS

1 | 3 hours ago

No way the Lakers were gonna lose this game with the chance to send the Kings to 8-24.

Insult after injury, just for the sake of it.

kyosukedei

1 | 3 hours ago

It honestly looks like from a viewing experience, the team looks better without Reeves starting, and having some defense to back up the perimeter for Luka with either Smart of Vanderbilt. Even if Reeves is the better player the balance is so off when he’s on the court with Luka.

Rui should also not be starting, if hes only going to shoot like 2-3 shots a quarter, and give below average defense and rebounding, you’re better off with an actually quicker wing who will defend.

Maybe Reeves in a more 6th role would better? Like good old Manu.G

Dudedude88 | Wizards

1 | 2 hours ago

I feel like the Lakers perform better when they only have 2 main ball handlers. Luka + Reaves or Luka + lebron. If you have Reaves, Luka and bron…. Defense and hustle is terrible. We will see next game when it’s not the kings.

WalrusSubstantial865 | Rockets

1 | an hour ago

GG. These guys beat my Rockets to make their record 8 total wins lol.

HungryPercentage1667 | Knicks

-16 | 5 hours ago

The lakers are still a first round exit tbh

xWolfsbane | Grizzlies

5 | 4 hours ago

They need more athletes. 41 year old bron can’t be your most athletic player.

The Los Angeles Lakers (20-10) defeat the Sacramento Kings (8-24), 125-101 behind a combined 58 points from Luka and LeBron.