Los Angeles Lakers 129, Chicago Bulls 118 — Recap

January 26, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Los Angeles Lakers 129, Chicago Bulls 118. Scoring by quarter: Q1 LAL 35-31 CHI; Q2 LAL 34-25 CHI; Q3 LAL 35-33 CHI; Q4 LAL 25-29 CHI.

Top performers (box score): Luka Doncic (LAL) 46 points, 7 rebounds, 12 assists, 8 threes on 15-of-25 shooting; LeBron James (LAL) 24 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 threes on 9-of-19 shooting; Coby White (CHI) 23 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists, 5 threes on 8-of-13 shooting; Rui Hachimura (LAL) 23 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assists, 4 threes on 9-of-11 shooting; Ayo Dosunmu (CHI) 20 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 threes on 8-of-14 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · LAL

Luka Doncic

46 PTS, 7 REB, 12 AST, 8 3PM · 15-25 FG

Scoring · LAL

LeBron James

24 PTS, 5 REB, 3 AST, 1 3PM · 9-19 FG

Scoring · CHI

Coby White

23 PTS, 5 REB, 6 AST, 5 3PM · 8-13 FG

Season highs

Luka Doncic · Season-high 8 threes

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

📊 Game Flow

LAL 20 largest lead Q2 1:27 (LAL 69, CHI 49) · 9-0 run, Q1 1:31–Q1 0:22

CHI 6 largest lead Q1 7:13 (LAL 10, CHI 16) · 10-0 run, Q2 1:03–Q3 11:25

Swings 4 lead changes Tied 4 times

Ahead for good: Jaxson Hayes makes 1-foot running dunk (Jarred Vanderbilt assists) (Q1 0:48, LAL 33, CHI 31).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
LAL	35	34	35	25		129
CHI	31	25	33	29		118

🧮 How They Scored

LALCHI

52Points in the paint48

24Fast-break points19

5Second-chance points13

23Points off turnovers12

33Bench points46

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

65.9%Effective FG%63.4%

6.0%Turnover %14.3%

7.9%Offensive rebound %13.5%

0.354Free-throw rate0.220

Box Score

Los Angeles Lakers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Luka Doncic F-G	38	46	7	12	0	0	3	15-25	8-14	8-12	+6
LeBron James F	33	24	5	3	1	0	2	9-19	1-4	5-6	-14
Jake LaRavia F	33	8	5	3	3	0	0	3-6	2-4	0-0	-9
Marcus Smart G	32	12	2	1	1	0	0	3-6	1-3	5-7	+5
Rui Hachimura F	29	23	2	1	1	1	0	9-11	4-5	1-2	+22
Jaxson Hayes C	23	8	4	1	1	2	0	3-4	0-0	2-2	+26
Deandre Ayton C	22	6	2	0	0	0	0	3-6	0-0	0-0	-15
Jarred Vanderbilt F	17	2	7	2	0	0	1	1-3	0-2	0-0	+21
Gabe Vincent G	12	0	1	3	0	0	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	+13

Chicago Bulls

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jalen Smith F-C	37	13	7	0	1	1	5-7	3-5	0-2	+5
Nikola Vucevic C	36	18	11	5	1	2	6-10	1-3	5-5	-3
Coby White G	31	23	5	6	1	4	8-13	5-10	2-2	+7
Josh Giddey G	28	19	6	7	0	3	6-14	3-8	4-4	-23
Isaac Okoro F-G	28	7	1	5	0	0	3-5	1-2	0-0	+10
Ayo Dosunmu G	25	20	3	2	2	1	8-14	2-6	2-3	-14
Matas Buzelis F	22	11	5	4	0	3	4-8	2-6	1-2	+9
Kevin Huerter G	15	0	1	1	0	0	0-5	0-5	0-0	-22
Patrick Williams F	12	7	0	1	0	1	3-5	1-3	0-0	-22
Dalen Terry F	3	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	-2
Lachlan Olbrich C	1	0	1	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0
Julian Phillips F	1	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0
Jevon Carter G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Luka Doncic	Starter	38	46	76.0	40.2	+7.6	21.5
LeBron James	Starter	33	24	55.5	31.1	-17.9	10.1
Marcus Smart	Starter	32	12	66.1	12.7	+5.5	4.3
Jake LaRavia	Starter	33	8	66.7	8.3	-13.0	8.9
Deandre Ayton	Starter	22	6	50.0	12.8	-36.9	3.0
Rui Hachimura	Bench	29	23	96.8	18.2	+34.9	17.5
Jaxson Hayes	Bench	23	8	82.0	9.8	+53.1	11.2
Jarred Vanderbilt	Bench	17	2	33.3	10.3	+55.3	9.4
Maxi Kleber	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Gabe Vincent	Bench	12	0	0.0	7.1	+44.7	3.2
Nick Smith Jr.	Bench	00	0	—	—	—	—
Dalton Knecht	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Bronny James	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Drew Timme	Bench	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Chris Mañon	Bench	00	0	—	—	—	—

Chicago BullsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Coby White	Starter	31	23	82.9	27.7	+13.4	12.6
Nikola Vucevic	Starter	36	18	73.8	16.5	-5.4	13.9
Jalen Smith	Starter	37	13	82.5	11.5	+10.3	6.6
Matas Buzelis	Starter	22	11	61.9	26.1	+26.0	7.5
Isaac Okoro	Starter	28	7	70.0	8.3	+17.2	6.2
Ayo Dosunmu	Bench	25	20	65.3	26.7	-25.5	12.9
Josh Giddey	Bench	28	19	60.3	27.9	-43.1	14.7
Patrick Williams	Bench	12	7	70.0	19.4	-84.0	6.7
Jevon Carter	Bench	01	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Kevin Huerter	Bench	15	0	0.0	12.5	-69.1	-4.1
Dalen Terry	Bench	03	0	0.0	14.3	-28.6	-35.3
Julian Phillips	Bench	01	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Lachlan Olbrich	Bench	01	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-33.3