The Los Angeles Lakers (47-26) defeat the Indiana Pacers (16-57), 137-130.

137 - 130

Box Scores: NBA - Yahoo

GAME SUMMARY

Location: Gainbridge Fieldhouse

Officials: Eric Dalen, Ben Taylor, and Evan Scott

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Los Angeles Lakers	45	30	30	32	137
Indiana Pacers	28	31	26	45	130

TEAM STATS

Team	PTS	FG	FG%	3P	3P%	FT	FT%	OREB	TREB	AST	PF	STL	TO	BLK
Los Angeles Lakers	137	50-89	56.2%	9-23	39.1%	28-34	82.4%	7	52	30	22	15	13	4
Indiana Pacers	130	48-86	55.8%	16-39	41.0%	18-23	78.3%	5	37	35	25	7	18	2

PLAYER STATS


Los Angeles Lakers	MIN	PTS	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	ORB	DRB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	±
Jake LaRavia^SF	28:37	6	3-3	0-0	0-0	1	4	5	1	4	1	3	3	-1
LeBron James^PF	34:28	23	9-17	0-1	5-5	1	8	9	9	1	0	1	1	24
Jaxson Hayes^C	36:15	21	9-11	0-0	3-6	2	8	10	1	2	2	0	1	2
Austin Reaves^SG	37:58	25	7-16	2-7	9-9	0	1	1	8	2	0	2	3	14
Luka Dončić^PG	37:30	43	15-30	4-11	9-10	1	5	6	7	1	0	5	5	6
Luke Kennard	27:59	8	2-4	2-2	2-2	1	1	2	2	0	0	1	3	-9
Jarred Vanderbilt	12:27	5	2-2	1-1	0-0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	-9
Maxi Kleber	11:23	2	1-2	0-0	0-2	1	3	4	1	2	0	1	2	4
Bronny James	13:22	4	2-4	0-1	0-0	0	1	1	1	2	1	0	3	4
Kobe Bufkin	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dalton Knecht	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Drew Timme	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Deandre Ayton	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rui Hachimura	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
Marcus Smart	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nick Smith Jr.	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Adou Thiero	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Indiana Pacers	MIN	PTS	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	ORB	DRB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	±
Jarace Walker^SF	29:33	15	5-9	4-8	1-2	0	6	6	4	0	0	3	3	-9
Pascal Siakam^PF	29:48	20	7-15	1-2	5-7	2	6	8	1	1	0	4	6	-20
Jay Huff^C	31:35	18	7-10	2-5	2-2	1	5	6	1	0	1	1	1	6
Aaron Nesmith^SG	32:07	14	6-13	2-8	0-2	0	3	3	1	1	0	3	5	11
Andrew Nembhard^PG	33:34	14	3-9	2-6	6-6	0	2	2	19	0	0	2	4	4
Obi Toppin	19:51	15	7-10	1-3	0-0	0	3	3	2	3	0	3	0	6
Micah Potter	16:03	4	1-1	0-0	2-2	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	-12
Ben Sheppard	17:29	13	4-6	4-5	1-1	2	0	2	2	1	0	0	3	5
T.J. McConnell	14:26	17	8-10	0-0	1-1	0	2	2	3	1	1	0	0	-11
Quenton Jackson	07:07	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	-14
Kobe Brown	08:25	0	0-2	0-2	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	-1
Kam Jones	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Johnny Furphy	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tyrese Haliburton	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Taelon Peter	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jalen Slawson	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ethan Thompson	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ivica Zubac	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Jayveesac | Lakers

106 | 19 hours ago

Lakers really went 5-1 in the most important road trip of the regular season. They almost went 6-0 so full credit to Detroit for their defense last Monday night

Apprehensive-Rain601 | Lakers

43 | 19 hours ago

Should’ve been 6-0 but beggars can’t be choosers I’m more than happy

stuckontwice | Lakers

17 | 19 hours ago

Detroit is legit even without Cade. That defense is suffocating. Can’t be mad!

axnjxn00 | Magic

21 | 19 hours ago

The defense is better without cade but the offense is much worse

NeoMagnet | Lakers

10 | 18 hours ago

Luckily for the pistons you don’t need much of an offense against the Lakers defense

rjcarr | Supersonics

-1 | 15 hours ago

Detroit defense, sure, and you don’t have anyone to guard a player like Jenkins.

doomrider2 | Lakers

89 | 19 hours ago

Bronny needs more pt

Mood_Academic | Lakers

50 | 19 hours ago

Genuinely looked good. I want him back next year and get some actual PT as Smart2.0

medyolang_ | Lakers

15 | 18 hours ago

> Smart2.0

Never stop being delusional, Laker fans. I love it

ih-unh-unh | Lakers

20 | 17 hours ago

Seriously. He’s more like the second coming of Steph Curry

doomrider2 | Lakers

7 | 16 hours ago

*combined with mj, Bron, wilt, Kareem, Shaq, wemby, and magic.

sasadoncic | Lakers

0 | 17 hours ago

Lmao

ThatGuyFromCanadia

16 | 19 hours ago

Hopefully he gets the same minutes/shifts he did tonight a few more times before the end of the regular season. The Lakers have 3-4 more games against tanking teams like Indiana, those are perfect opportunites to give Bronny (and hopefully Adou if he can get healthy) these types of opportunities to play against real NBA players (compared to g-league they usually play against).

Bronny is on essentially a league minimum contract for the next 2 seasons. If he can become a rotation level player for them next season, even if that only means 10-15 mins a night, thats a very positive outcome from a very late 2nd round draft pick.

flaming_burrito_ | Wizards

14 | 19 hours ago

Better minutes than Vando tbh. He’s got the right skills to be a decent roll player, just gotta get some more time in

PomfAndCircvmstance | Supersonics

19 | 19 hours ago

Better minutes than Vando tbh. He’s got the right skills to be a decent roll player, just gotta get some more time in

Always did. People memed on a raw developmental guy for being raw and needing development but hes athletic and seems to work hard and be a good locker room guy.

Ghorrhyon | Spain

3 | 14 hours ago

Next year will be crucial: he’ll drop 250 lbs of pressure from his shoulders, more or less and will be able to develop normally.

CutLonzosHair2017 | LAL

2 | 18 hours ago

Everyone is better minutes than Vando. Dude is such a drag on the offense that he’ll be out of the league once his contract is up.

rjcarr | Supersonics

1 | 15 hours ago

Serous question: as a role player what’s his role?

flaming_burrito_ | Wizards

5 | 15 hours ago

I imagine a kind of Dennis Schroder type defensive guard. So mostly guarding other fast guards and being pesky zipping in and trying to knock the ball out of bigger players hands, and he also offers some ball handling ability. Probably not hugely impactful, but a nice depth piece

blatant_shill | Lakers

80 | 19 hours ago

The Lakers obviously let it happen by not taking the end seriously, but the Pacers got upset in those final 6 minutes and decided to remind everyone they’re tanking by choice and are only a single injured player away from contention.

flaming_burrito_ | Wizards

28 | 19 hours ago

On god though, made the game 1 vs Knicks Pacers come out for a second. Started full court pressing, hounding everyone in the inbounds, and knocking down 3’s out of nowhere. The black magic Pacers are still in there, they just need their playmaking star back and some rim protection

BDObadguy | Lakers

9 | 19 hours ago

If it wasn’t for Luka being on the Lakers I’d be a Pacers fan. Amazing run last year, heartbreaking bad luck in game seven, now they’re in purgatory and if they eventually emerge as contenders again it will be a true testament to their resolve to win despite any setback. It’s difficult not to root for them.

gridironk

65 | 19 hours ago

LeBron has more career assists than Jordan and Kobe combined.

11,944 - LeBron

11,939 - Jordan + Kobe

PomfAndCircvmstance | Supersonics

26 | 19 hours ago

Well yeah, they’re “Shooting” Guards. Why would you pass? Not in the job description.

BigStrongPolarGuy

64 | 19 hours ago

This is why LeBron will never be the GOAT. Spent most of his career at small forward but he wasn’t even that small.

UCLA_FB_SUCKS | Clippers

2 | 8 hours ago

Should of played big forward

Gagabubu777

10 | 19 hours ago

And more points than them too. Btw Luka and James Harden are SGs, Jokic is a Center

domingodlf

21 | 19 hours ago

Luka has played the point basically his entire career. He calls himself a Pg, his coaches call him a Pg, he’s classified as a Pg. He’s a point guard.

axnjxn00 | Magic

-10 | 19 hours ago

Luka is a forward. If you guard forwards, are guarded by forwards, that makes you a forward

domingodlf

8 | 19 hours ago

I guess Magic was a forward and Herb Jones is every position then!

axnjxn00 | Magic

-11 | 19 hours ago

I cant comment on magic as that was before my time. Its also irrelevant to today’s game. As for herb I dont know who is guarding him to comment

makesterriblejokes | NBA

7 | 19 hours ago

A lot of forwards guard point guards though… That’s not a Luka specific thing. If your best player is a PG, you often have your best wing defender on them and that typically is a forward.

Your position is primarily dictated by what you’re doing on offense, not on defense.

If you want, you can call him a point forward, but that’s really just a forward taking the responsibilities of a point guard.

axnjxn00 | Magic

1 | 15 hours ago

Correct. He’s a forward taking the responsibility of a PG. Same thing as what scottie pippen did.

makesterriblejokes | NBA

1 | 8 hours ago

I would even push back on that given Luka’s high usage rate and the fact that there’s not a separate point guard running alongside him like Pippen had with Harper.

Smart is moved to SG and AR to SF.

At the end of the day, Luka is just a tall point guard. I don’t really understand why you’re fixated on height defining your role when we’ve seen plenty of exceptions throughout the years.

NotNice4193 | Mavericks

1 | 18 hours ago

lol thats not how positions work. 🤦‍♂️

SamuraiFruitPunch8

48 | 19 hours ago

Pacers just refuse to tank normally

sgeswein | Pacers

26 | 19 hours ago

Spot the other team ten points
Lose by seven
Refuse to elaborate

DaBusDriva2 | Lakers

44 | 19 hours ago

Score looks about right for Lakers Pacers

Nby333

-21 | 19 hours ago

Pacers 1 ejection way from winning too.

Melodying | Spurs

34 | 19 hours ago

Laker were up 29 at one point… Pacers almost made a comeback in about a quarter and a half

2ndPick | Lakers

35 | 19 hours ago

Foot off the gas at the fourth. It comes with the ²⁰²⁵⁄₂₀₂₆ Lakers experience

Melodying | Spurs

22 | 19 hours ago

If they let Indy score 2 more at the end, could have called it a “clutch” win… 5 point diff with less than 5 remaining…

swords_devil | Lakers

11 | 19 hours ago

tbh that’s why Lakers have so many clutch win…. they lead by double digit and in 3 minutes it’s 1 point game

naive-dragon | LAL

5 | 18 hours ago

This is how the Lakers statpad the clutch rating. Big brain moves

makesterriblejokes | NBA

2 | 19 hours ago

That would honestly have been pretty funny lol

CranjisLeBasketball

4 | 18 hours ago

Clutch win merchants.

heat_fan_ | Raptors

9 | 19 hours ago

Lakers almost got Nembhard thankfully they got Luka and Bron

incredibleamadeuscho | Lakers

11 | 19 hours ago

The James family scored a combined 27 points in this game!

heshouldgo | Lakers

9 | 19 hours ago

Hope to see Bronny play some more

incredibleamadeuscho | Lakers

6 | 19 hours ago

I am pissed they tossed out Sikiam!

Shadoken-TYPE0 | Canada

5 | 19 hours ago

Loved the Bronny minutes

The last 5 mins were atrocious to watch tho

CurrentRoster

-1 | 19 hours ago

45 points in the 4th quarter by the pacers??? is hali back? 😭

rsayegh7

-12 | 18 hours ago

Bronny getting minutes over Dalton, lol okay. Lakers completely derailed Daltons career atp

My-Life-For-Auir | Australia

8 | 17 hours ago

Bronny fills a gap when Smart is out by being a discount Smart.

LA have Kennard now, Dalton does quite literally nothing better than Kennard so why put him in when you can just put Kennard in

edmund7

2 | 18 hours ago

Dalton is dogshit