Los Angeles Lakers 129, Golden State Warriors 101 — Recap

February 28, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Los Angeles Lakers 129, Golden State Warriors 101. Scoring by quarter: Q1 LAL 33-20 GSW; Q2 LAL 32-27 GSW; Q3 LAL 34-25 GSW; Q4 LAL 30-29 GSW.

Top performers (box score): Luka Doncic (LAL) 26 points, 6 rebounds, 8 assists, 4 threes on 9-of-17 shooting; LeBron James (LAL) 22 points, 7 rebounds, 9 assists, 4 threes on 7-of-13 shooting; Austin Reaves (LAL) 18 points, 1 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 threes on 7-of-11 shooting; Luke Kennard (LAL) 16 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists, 4 threes on 6-of-10 shooting; Jake LaRavia (LAL) 15 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 threes on 6-of-10 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · LAL

Luka Doncic

26 PTS, 6 REB, 8 AST, 4 3PM · 9-17 FG

Scoring · LAL

LeBron James

22 PTS, 7 REB, 9 AST, 4 3PM · 7-13 FG

Scoring · LAL

Austin Reaves

18 PTS, 1 REB, 3 AST, 2 3PM · 7-11 FG

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

📊 Game Flow

LAL 32 largest lead Q4 10:46 (LAL 104, GSW 72) · 10-0 run, Q1 10:53–Q1 7:56

GSW 2 largest lead Q1 11:10 (LAL 0, GSW 2) · 7-0 run, Q2 3:53–Q2 2:27

Swings 1 lead changes Tied 1 time

Ahead for good: Marcus Smart makes 24-foot three point jumper (Luka Doncic assists) (Q1 10:26, LAL 5, GSW 2).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
LAL	33	32	34	30		129
GSW	20	27	25	29		101

🧮 How They Scored

LALGSW

56Points in the paint52

13Fast-break points5

12Second-chance points11

15Points off turnovers6

51Bench points42

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

63.9%Effective FG%50.6%

8.3%Turnover %8.2%

25.0%Offensive rebound %19.6%

0.222Free-throw rate0.105

Box Score

Los Angeles Lakers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Luka Doncic F-G	29	26	6	8	1	1	2	9-17	4-9	4-4	+26
Marcus Smart G	29	8	5	1	2	0	0	3-6	2-4	0-0	+25
LeBron James F	28	22	7	9	1	0	4	7-13	4-6	4-5	+26
Austin Reaves G	28	18	1	3	0	0	1	7-11	2-4	2-2	+22
Luke Kennard G	27	16	3	3	1	0	1	6-10	4-7	0-0	+14
Jake LaRavia F	27	15	5	3	1	0	1	6-10	3-6	0-3	+14
Deandre Ayton C	20	4	10	0	0	0	0	2-5	0-0	0-2	+14
Jaxson Hayes C	15	6	5	0	0	0	0	3-4	0-0	0-0	+18
Maxi Kleber F	13	4	2	1	1	3	0	2-4	0-1	0-0	-4
Jarred Vanderbilt F	12	2	2	0	0	0	0	1-4	0-1	0-0	-7
Kobe Bufkin G	6	8	1	1	0	0	0	2-5	0-2	4-4	-4
Dalton Knecht F	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	-4

Golden State Warriors

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Moses Moody G	30	12	3	3	2	0	2	4-11	4-10	0-0	-25
Brandin Podziemski G	30	9	7	6	1	0	1	4-12	0-6	1-2	-20
Gui Santos F	27	14	4	2	0	0	1	6-12	2-7	0-0	-22
Pat Spencer G	27	4	3	4	0	0	0	1-3	0-0	2-3	-3
De'Anthony Melton G	24	10	1	4	0	1	0	3-12	2-5	2-2	-25
Draymond Green F	24	7	6	6	0	0	2	3-8	1-5	0-0	-30
Al Horford C-F	22	8	5	2	0	2	0	2-3	2-3	2-2	-5
Gary Payton II G	16	12	1	3	2	0	1	6-10	0-3	0-0	-3
Quinten Post C	13	8	7	0	1	0	0	4-8	0-2	0-0	-2
Malevy Leons F	8	6	1	0	0	0	0	3-4	0-1	0-0	+3
Will Richard G	4	4	1	0	0	1	1	2-3	0-0	0-0	-9

🔬 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	29	26	69.3	30.9	+42.4	20.3
LeBron James	Starter	28	22	72.4	27.1	+42.6	20.1
Austin Reaves	Starter	28	18	75.8	20.0	+39.3	11.5
Marcus Smart	Starter	29	8	66.7	8.7	+40.2	9.4
Deandre Ayton	Starter	20	4	34.0	12.8	+31.2	8.6
Luke Kennard	Bench	27	16	80.0	17.5	+23.9	11.5
Jake LaRavia	Bench	27	15	66.3	18.5	+23.9	9.0
Kobe Bufkin	Bench	6	8	59.2	43.8	-37.9	23.7
Jaxson Hayes	Bench	15	6	75.0	10.8	+57.1	12.6
Maxi Kleber	Bench	13	4	50.0	12.9	-14.8	8.9
Jarred Vanderbilt	Bench	12	2	25.0	13.3	-32.6	0.7
Dalton Knecht	Bench	06	0	0.0	6.3	-37.9	-1.7

Golden State WarriorsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Gui Santos	Starter	27	14	58.3	20.3	-41.9	6.4
Moses Moody	Starter	30	12	54.5	19.1	-37.1	7.3
De'Anthony Melton	Starter	24	10	38.8	22.8	-46.5	5.6
Brandin Podziemski	Starter	30	9	34.9	19.7	-29.4	7.2
Draymond Green	Starter	24	7	43.8	18.5	-61.2	10.5
Gary Payton II	Bench	16	12	60.0	34.4	-9.4	11.7
Al Horford	Bench	22	8	103.1	8.0	-8.4	12.0
Quinten Post	Bench	13	8	50.0	25.8	-3.2	17.7
Malevy Leons	Bench	08	6	75.0	22.2	+18.8	11.8
Pat Spencer	Bench	27	4	46.3	6.8	-0.7	3.6
Will Richard	Bench	04	4	66.7	44.4	-88.9	8.5
Kristaps Porzingis	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0