Los Angeles Lakers 116, Phoenix Suns 114 — Recap

December 14, 2025 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Los Angeles Lakers 116, Phoenix Suns 114. Scoring by quarter: Q1 LAL 31-36 PHX; Q2 LAL 31-26 PHX; Q3 LAL 24-15 PHX; Q4 LAL 30-37 PHX.

Top performers (box score): Luka Doncic (LAL) 29 points, 3 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 threes on 7-of-25 shooting; Devin Booker (PHX) 27 points, 6 rebounds, 7 assists on 7-of-17 shooting; LeBron James (LAL) 26 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 threes on 8-of-17 shooting; Deandre Ayton (LAL) 20 points, 13 rebounds, 0 assists on 10-of-11 shooting; Mark Williams (PHX) 20 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assists on 9-of-10 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · LAL

Luka Doncic

29 PTS, 3 REB, 6 AST, 2 3PM · 7-25 FG

Scoring · PHX

Devin Booker

27 PTS, 6 REB, 7 AST · 7-17 FG

Scoring · LAL

LeBron James

26 PTS, 3 REB, 4 AST, 1 3PM · 8-17 FG

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

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
LAL	31	31	24	30		116
PHX	36	26	15	37		114

🧮 How They Scored

LALPHX

50Points in the paint44

12Fast-break points18

25Second-chance points18

31Points off turnovers36

30Bench points26

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

47.2%Effective FG%56.7%

16.4%Turnover %17.0%

47.1%Offensive rebound %25.0%

0.489Free-throw rate0.305

Box Score

Los Angeles Lakers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Luka Doncic F-G	38	29	3	6	1	0	6	7-25	2-14	13-14	-5
LeBron James F	36	26	3	4	2	2	8	8-17	1-5	9-14	+8
Marcus Smart G	32	8	4	6	1	2	2	2-7	1-5	3-4	-10
Rui Hachimura F	31	3	7	1	2	0	0	1-5	1-4	0-0	-12
Deandre Ayton C	30	20	13	0	2	1	3	10-11	0-0	0-2	-12
Jake LaRavia F	21	6	8	1	2	2	0	2-9	0-4	2-2	+13
Gabe Vincent G	19	5	0	0	1	0	0	2-5	1-3	0-0	+10
Jaxson Hayes C	18	12	9	2	0	0	2	4-4	0-0	4-5	+11
Jarred Vanderbilt F	15	7	7	0	2	1	0	2-5	1-2	2-2	+7

Phoenix Suns

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Collin Gillespie G	37	10	3	6	1	0	1	4-9	2-5	0-0	-2
Grayson Allen G	35	13	2	7	3	0	2	4-11	1-5	4-4	-4
Devin Booker G	31	27	6	7	1	1	1	7-17	0-5	13-16	+4
Mark Williams C	29	20	6	1	0	3	1	9-10	0-0	2-3	+14
Dillon Brooks G-F	25	18	1	0	1	0	3	6-9	4-7	2-2	+12
Royce O'Neale F	24	12	5	1	1	0	2	4-7	4-7	0-0	-23
Jordan Goodwin G	18	5	3	2	2	0	2	2-7	1-3	0-0	0
Ryan Dunn F	17	5	4	2	1	1	2	2-6	1-4	0-0	+6
Oso Ighodaro F	16	2	5	3	1	0	4	1-4	0-0	0-0	-6
Jamaree Bouyea G	6	2	1	0	0	0	0	1-2	0-1	0-0	-2
Nick Richards C	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0-0	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	38	29	46.5	36.3	-6.3	6.6
LeBron James	Starter	36	26	56.1	31.9	+13.0	7.7
Deandre Ayton	Starter	30	20	84.2	19.7	-17.2	16.2
Marcus Smart	Starter	32	8	45.7	14.1	-7.9	5.9
Rui Hachimura	Starter	31	3	30.0	5.8	-18.8	4.1
Jaxson Hayes	Bench	18	12	96.8	15.7	+28.9	38.9
Jarred Vanderbilt	Bench	15	7	59.5	12.8	+19.8	16.0
Jake LaRavia	Bench	21	6	30.4	16.7	+30.2	8.0
Gabe Vincent	Bench	19	5	50.0	9.6	+21.7	3.6
Nick Smith Jr.	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Dalton Knecht	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Adou Thiero	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Phoenix SunsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Devin Booker	Starter	31	27	56.2	31.6	+4.3	19.0
Mark Williams	Starter	29	20	88.3	18.2	+21.8	18.6
Dillon Brooks	Starter	25	18	91.1	22.0	+21.3	8.5
Grayson Allen	Starter	35	13	50.9	18.1	-5.4	10.4
Collin Gillespie	Starter	37	10	55.6	11.2	-1.1	6.4
Royce O'Neale	Bench	24	12	85.7	15.0	-43.4	13.7
Jordan Goodwin	Bench	18	5	35.7	21.4	+2.8	7.0
Ryan Dunn	Bench	17	5	41.7	18.6	+16.2	4.1
Jamaree Bouyea	Bench	6	2	50.0	16.7	-6.4	6.3
Oso Ighodaro	Bench	16	2	25.0	19.5	-17.1	-0.8
Nigel Hayes	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Nick Richards	Bench	3	0	0.0	16.7	-180.0	-57.1
Khaman Maluach	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Rasheer Fleming	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0