New Orleans Hornets @ Los Angeles Lakers
37-37, 13-22 Away
88
37-37, 13-22 Away
51-23, 31-5 Home
107
51-23, 31-5 Home
Shot Chart
Shot Made
Shot Missed
- Gary Payton missed 15 ft Jumper.
- Jamaal Magloire missed 6 ft Hook Shot.
- Darrell Armstrong made 15 ft Jumper.
- David Wesley made 26 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Shaquille O'Neal missed Jumper.
- Jamaal Magloire missed 16 ft Jumper.
- Darrell Armstrong missed Free Throw 1 of 3.
- Darrell Armstrong made Free Throw 2 of 3.
- Darrell Armstrong made Free Throw 3 of 3.
- Kobe Bryant missed Layup.
- Darrell Armstrong made Two Point Shot.
- Gary Payton made 3 ft Two Point Shot.
- Jamaal Magloire missed Layup.
- David Wesley missed Layup.
- P.J. Brown made Free Throw 1 of 2.
- P.J. Brown made Free Throw 2 of 2.
- Karl Malone missed Layup.
- Darrell Armstrong made 27 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Karl Malone made Free Throw 1 of 2.
- Karl Malone made Free Throw 2 of 2.
- David Wesley missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Jamaal Magloire made Slam Dunk.
- Shaquille O'Neal made 12 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Kobe Bryant.
- Stacey Augmon made 8 ft Jumper.
- Kobe Bryant made 5 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Shaquille O'Neal.
- Stacey Augmon made Free Throw 1 of 2.
- Stacey Augmon made Free Throw 2 of 2.
- Rick Fox made 25 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Karl Malone.
- Shaquille O'Neal missed 10 ft Jumper.
- David West made Layup. Assisted by Darrell Armstrong.
- Kobe Bryant made Technical Free Throw.
- Gary Payton missed 8 ft Jumper.
- Shaquille O'Neal made Slam Dunk. Assisted by Kobe Bryant.
- Stacey Augmon made Free Throw 1 of 2.
- Stacey Augmon made Free Throw 2 of 2.
- Shaquille O'Neal made Slam Dunk. Assisted by Kobe Bryant.
- Jamaal Magloire missed 6 ft Jumper.
- Karl Malone made 16 ft Jumper. Assisted by Kobe Bryant.
- Rick Fox made Two Point Shot. Assisted by Kobe Bryant.
- Darrell Armstrong missed 26 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Stacey Augmon made 15 ft Jumper. Assisted by Darrell Armstrong.
- Karl Malone made Layup. Assisted by Rick Fox.
- David Wesley made Free Throw 1 of 3.
- David Wesley made Free Throw 2 of 3.
- David Wesley made Free Throw 3 of 3.
- Kobe Bryant made 26 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Karl Malone.
- Darrell Armstrong missed 28 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Kobe Bryant made Layup. Assisted by Karl Malone.
- David Wesley made 21 ft Jumper.
- Rick Fox made Layup. Assisted by Karl Malone.
- Kobe Bryant missed 50 ft Three Point Jumper.
- P.J. Brown made Free Throw 1 of 2.
- P.J. Brown made Free Throw 2 of 2.
- Devean George missed 26 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Robert Traylor missed 9 ft Jumper.
- Gary Payton made 14 ft Jumper. Assisted by Shaquille O'Neal.
- Steve Smith made 5 ft Jumper.
- Shaquille O'Neal made Layup.
- Robert Traylor missed 12 ft Jumper.
- Devean George made 18 ft Jumper. Assisted by Derek Fisher.
- George Lynch made 17 ft Jumper. Assisted by Shammond Williams.
- Shaquille O'Neal missed 11 ft Jumper.
- Stanislav Medvedenko made Layup.
- Shammond Williams missed 8 ft Jumper.
- Gary Payton made 7 ft Two Point Shot.
- Steve Smith made 22 ft Jumper.
- Devean George made 27 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Gary Payton.
- Steve Smith missed 26 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Shaquille O'Neal made Two Point Shot. Assisted by Derek Fisher.
- P.J. Brown made 16 ft Jumper. Assisted by Darrell Armstrong.
- Stanislav Medvedenko missed 12 ft Jumper.
- George Lynch missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Devean George missed 14 ft Jumper.
- Shaquille O'Neal made Layup. Assisted by Gary Payton.
- Jamaal Magloire missed Dunk.
- Gary Payton made Two Point Shot.
- Darrell Armstrong made Two Point Shot.
- Kobe Bryant made 24 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Stanislav Medvedenko.
- David Wesley missed 11 ft Jumper.
- George Lynch made Two Point Shot. Assisted by Darrell Armstrong.
- Gary Payton made Layup. Assisted by Karl Malone.
- David Wesley missed 11 ft Jumper.
- Kobe Bryant missed 26 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Jamaal Magloire made Free Throw 1 of 2.
- Jamaal Magloire made Free Throw 2 of 2.
- Devean George made 25 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kobe Bryant.
- Devean George made Layup. Assisted by Karl Malone.
- Jamaal Magloire made 15 ft Jumper. Assisted by Stacey Augmon.
- Jamaal Magloire made Two Point Shot. Assisted by Stacey Augmon.
- Gary Payton made Layup. Assisted by Karl Malone.
- Darrell Armstrong missed 27 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Kobe Bryant missed 27 ft Three Point Jumper.
- P.J. Brown made Two Point Shot.
- Kobe Bryant missed 6 ft Two Point Shot.
- David Wesley missed 20 ft Jumper.
- Kobe Bryant made Layup.
- Stacey Augmon missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
- Stacey Augmon missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
- Shaquille O'Neal missed Layup.
- P.J. Brown missed 14 ft Jumper.
- David Wesley missed 28 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Karl Malone missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
- Karl Malone missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
- Darrell Armstrong missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
- David Wesley made Technical Free Throw.
- Rick Fox missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
- Rick Fox made Free Throw 2 of 2.
- P.J. Brown missed 17 ft Jumper.
- Karl Malone made 21 ft Jumper.
- Stacey Augmon missed 16 ft Jumper.
- P.J. Brown missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
- P.J. Brown made Free Throw 2 of 2.
- Shaquille O'Neal missed Jumper.
- Kobe Bryant made 25 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Gary Payton.
- Jamaal Magloire made Two Point Shot. Assisted by David Wesley.
- Gary Payton made Layup. Assisted by Rick Fox.
- Stacey Augmon made Free Throw 1 of 2.
- Stacey Augmon made Free Throw 2 of 2.
- Gary Payton made Free Throw 1 of 2.
- Gary Payton made Free Throw 2 of 2.
- Robert Traylor missed 14 ft Jumper.
- Jamaal Magloire missed Tip Shot.
- Steve Smith missed 15 ft Jumper.
- Karl Malone made 18 ft Jumper.
- Steve Smith made Free Throw 1 of 3.
- Steve Smith made Free Throw 2 of 3.
- Steve Smith made Free Throw 3 of 3.
- Shaquille O'Neal made Slam Dunk. Assisted by Karl Malone.
- Shaquille O'Neal missed Free Throw 1 of 1.
- Darrell Armstrong made 18 ft Jumper. Assisted by Robert Traylor.
- Gary Payton made Two Point Shot.
- Steve Smith missed Jumper.
- Steve Smith missed 27 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Shaquille O'Neal missed 4 ft Jumper.
- Jamaal Magloire missed Layup.
- Kobe Bryant made 19 ft Jumper.
- Kobe Bryant made Free Throw 1 of 1.
- Derek Fisher made Free Throw 1 of 2.
- Derek Fisher made Free Throw 2 of 2.
- George Lynch missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Steve Smith missed 9 ft Jumper.
- David West missed Tip Shot.
- Karl Malone missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
- Karl Malone made Free Throw 2 of 2.
- David West missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
- David West made Free Throw 2 of 2.
- Kobe Bryant missed 27 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Steve Smith made Layup. Assisted by Robert Traylor.
- Derek Fisher made 26 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Karl Malone.
- Stanislav Medvedenko missed Jumper.
- Kobe Bryant made Free Throw 1 of 2.
- Kobe Bryant made Free Throw 2 of 2.
- P.J. Brown made 18 ft Jumper. Assisted by Steve Smith.
- Kobe Bryant missed Layup.
- Kobe Bryant made Free Throw 1 of 2.
- Kobe Bryant made Free Throw 2 of 2.
- Steve Smith missed Layup.
- David West made Layup. Assisted by Shammond Williams.
- David West made Free Throw 1 of 1.
- Kobe Bryant missed 9 ft Jumper.
- Devean George missed 17 ft Jumper.
- Shammond Williams missed 14 ft Jumper.
- Gary Payton missed 26 ft Three Point Jumper.
- David West missed 17 ft Jumper.
- Shaquille O'Neal missed Layup.
- Shaquille O'Neal missed 8 ft Jumper.
- P.J. Brown made 16 ft Jumper. Assisted by David West.
- Devean George missed 12 ft Jumper.
- Shammond Williams missed Jumper.
- David West made Tip Shot.
- Brian Cook made 16 ft Jumper.
- Shammond Williams made Two Point Shot.
- Gary Payton missed 15 ft Jumper.
- David Wesley missed 26 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Shaquille O'Neal missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
- Shaquille O'Neal made Free Throw 2 of 2.
- Brian Cook made 16 ft Jumper. Assisted by Gary Payton.
- Shammond Williams made 20 ft Jumper.
- Brian Cook made 10 ft Jumper. Assisted by Gary Payton.
- Maurice Carter missed 14 ft Jumper.
- George Lynch made 17 ft Jumper. Assisted by Maurice Carter.
- Brian Cook made 12 ft Jumper. Assisted by Shaquille O'Neal.
- Shammond Williams missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Derek Fisher missed 22 ft Jumper.
- Gary Payton made Layup. Assisted by Luke Walton.
- Shammond Williams made Layup. Assisted by Jamaal Magloire.
- Luke Walton made 25 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Gary Payton.
- Jamaal Magloire made Free Throw 1 of 2.
- Jamaal Magloire made Free Throw 2 of 2.
- Derek Fisher missed 20 ft Jumper.
- Brian Cook made Hook Shot.
- George Lynch missed 26 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Derek Fisher missed 16 ft Jumper.
- Brian Cook missed 14 ft Jumper.
- Maurice Carter made Free Throw 1 of 2.
- Maurice Carter made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Shot Made
Shot Missed
PLAYS
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Game Information
Los Angeles, CA
Referee:Tom Washington
Referee:Gary Zielinski
Referee:Violet Palmer
2025-26 Standings
Western Conference
| Pacific | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LA Lakers | 53 | 29 | .646 | - | W3 |
| Phoenix | 45 | 37 | .549 | 8 | W1 |
| LA Clippers | 42 | 40 | .512 | 11 | W1 |
| Golden State | 37 | 45 | .451 | 16 | L3 |
| Sacramento | 22 | 60 | .268 | 31 | L1 |
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