Brooklyn Nets 99, Los Angeles Lakers 116 — Recap

March 27, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Brooklyn Nets 99, Los Angeles Lakers 116. Scoring by quarter: Q1 BKN 30-35 LAL; Q2 BKN 29-26 LAL; Q3 BKN 25-24 LAL; Q4 BKN 15-31 LAL.

Top performers (box score): Luka Doncic (LAL) 41 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists, 5 threes on 15-of-25 shooting; Austin Reaves (LAL) 26 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists, 4 threes on 7-of-13 shooting; Josh Minott (BKN) 18 points, 6 rebounds, 0 assists, 4 threes on 6-of-12 shooting; Nicolas Claxton (BKN) 16 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists on 8-of-10 shooting; Ziaire Williams (BKN) 16 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 threes on 6-of-14 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · LAL

Luka Doncic

41 PTS, 8 REB, 3 AST, 5 3PM · 15-25 FG

Scoring · LAL

Austin Reaves

26 PTS, 8 REB, 5 AST, 4 3PM · 7-13 FG

Scoring · BKN

Josh Minott

18 PTS, 6 REB, 0 AST, 4 3PM · 6-12 FG

Every player's line is in the box score below; the play-by-play is available in the BlowOutAlert workspace.

📊 Game Flow

BKN 5 largest lead Q2 8:08 (BKN 44, LAL 39) · 8-0 run, Q3 6:16–Q3 5:00

LAL 17 largest lead Q4 0:56 (BKN 99, LAL 116) · 12-0 run, Q2 7:50–Q2 5:13

Swings 10 lead changes Tied 3 times

Ahead for good: Austin Reaves makes 27-foot three pointer (LeBron James assists) (Q4 8:00, BKN 92, LAL 95).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
BKN	30	29	25	15		99
LAL	35	26	24	31		116

🧮 How They Scored

BKNLAL

50Points in the paint44

8Fast-break points8

21Second-chance points6

16Points off turnovers19

46Bench points26

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

46.9%Effective FG%62.1%

12.0%Turnover %12.8%

22.2%Offensive rebound %18.2%

0.156Free-throw rate0.600

Box Score

Brooklyn Nets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Josh Minott F	26	18	6	0	1	0	1	6-12	4-9	2-4	-6
Nolan Traoré G	26	9	1	7	4	0	6	4-14	1-4	0-0	-11
Ziaire Williams G-F	25	16	2	2	3	0	1	6-14	1-4	3-6	-2
Noah Clowney F	24	5	3	2	1	0	1	2-6	1-5	0-0	-6
Nicolas Claxton F-C	23	16	7	3	0	1	0	8-10	0-0	0-0	-4
Ben Saraf G	22	10	3	2	1	0	1	5-12	0-1	0-0	-6
Drake Powell F	22	7	0	1	0	0	1	2-5	1-3	2-2	-12
Terance Mann G	22	5	4	2	1	1	0	2-4	1-2	0-0	-16
Ochai Agbaji G	21	2	5	1	0	0	0	1-6	0-4	0-0	-1
Jalen Wilson F	15	9	6	2	0	0	2	3-11	1-6	2-3	-8
Chaney Johnson G-F	14	2	2	2	0	0	1	1-2	0-1	0-0	-13

Los Angeles Lakers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Austin Reaves G	40	26	8	5	1	0	2	7-13	4-7	8-11	+26
Luka Doncic F-G	39	41	8	3	3	1	5	15-25	5-10	6-6	+19
LeBron James F	38	14	6	8	1	0	1	5-11	0-1	4-7	+19
Jaxson Hayes C	26	10	8	1	0	5	1	2-3	0-0	6-10	+12
Rui Hachimura F	26	8	3	0	1	0	0	3-6	0-2	2-4	+7
Deandre Ayton C	22	9	7	0	1	3	2	3-3	0-0	3-4	+5
Jake LaRavia F	18	0	2	0	1	0	2	0-2	0-2	0-0	+2
Luke Kennard G	17	5	4	1	1	0	0	2-4	1-2	0-0	-6
Jarred Vanderbilt F	10	0	2	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	+6
Bronny James G	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1-2	1-1	0-0	-5

🔬 Advanced Stats

Brooklyn NetsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Nicolas Claxton	Starter	23	16	80.0	17.9	-10.0	26.1
Ziaire Williams	Starter	25	16	48.1	25.8	-5.6	6.8
Nolan Traoré	Starter	26	9	32.1	31.7	-19.3	1.0
Drake Powell	Starter	22	7	59.5	13.2	-27.3	5.0
Noah Clowney	Starter	24	5	41.7	11.9	-15.6	3.1
Josh Minott	Bench	26	18	65.4	21.2	-13.3	12.2
Ben Saraf	Bench	22	10	41.7	23.6	-13.6	4.5
Jalen Wilson	Bench	15	9	36.5	38.9	-21.8	4.5
Terance Mann	Bench	22	5	62.5	7.7	-38.1	7.7
Ochai Agbaji	Bench	21	2	16.7	11.3	-2.4	0.0
Chaney Johnson	Bench	14	2	50.0	8.8	-52.8	4.5
E.J. Liddell	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Tyson Etienne	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Los Angeles LakersTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Luka Doncic	Starter	39	41	74.2	36.3	+24.3	24.8
Austin Reaves	Starter	40	26	72.9	22.0	+33.1	18.2
LeBron James	Starter	38	14	49.7	18.8	+31.1	13.8
Deandre Ayton	Starter	22	9	94.5	14.0	+15.1	15.7
Jake LaRavia	Starter	18	0	0.0	9.8	+2.6	-8.5
Jaxson Hayes	Bench	26	10	67.6	15.8	+25.0	12.8
Rui Hachimura	Bench	26	8	51.5	12.9	+8.7	6.9
Luke Kennard	Bench	17	5	62.5	10.5	-13.7	12.4
Bronny James	Bench	04	3	75.0	25.0	-62.5	8.2
Maxi Kleber	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jarred Vanderbilt	Bench	10	0	0.0	4.8	+24.7	2.4
Kobe Bufkin	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Dalton Knecht	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Drew Timme	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0