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Doncic and James lead Lakers' rally to beat shorthanded Grizzlies 128-121

— Luka Doncic scored 34 points — half on free throws — and LeBron James added 31 as the Los Angeles Lakers rallied to beat the short-handed Memphis Grizzlies 128-121 on Friday night to open a two-game set.
Jan 3, 2027, 01:15 am - AP

Probabilities & Game Flow

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--MEM
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--LAL

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Shot Chart

Shot Chart
  • Marcus Smart makes 23-foot three point jumper (Luka Doncic assists)
  • Christian Koloko makes alley oop dunk (Ja Morant assists)
  • Jaylen Wells misses 25-foot running jump shot
  • LeBron James makes running layup
  • Cedric Coward misses 12-foot pullup jump shot
  • Luka Doncic makes 7-foot driving floating jump shot
  • Jaren Jackson Jr. makes 8-foot two point shot (Jaylen Wells assists)
  • Luka Doncic misses 30-foot three point jumper
  • Cedric Coward misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Luka Doncic makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Luka Doncic makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Ja Morant misses 13-foot pullup jump shot
  • Jake LaRavia makes 27-foot three point jumper (Luka Doncic assists)
  • Ja Morant misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Ja Morant makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Jake LaRavia makes 12-foot pullup jump shot (Luka Doncic assists)
  • Jake LaRavia makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Jake LaRavia makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Ja Morant misses driving layup
  • Santi Aldama makes running dunk (Ja Morant assists)
  • Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses 25-foot running jump shot
  • LeBron James makes free throw 1 of 2
  • LeBron James makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Jaylen Wells misses 15-foot pullup jump shot
  • Jake LaRavia makes 1-foot running dunk (LeBron James assists)
  • Cam Spencer makes 26-foot three pointer
  • Marcus Smart misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Jock Landale makes 6-foot two point shot (Kentavious Caldwell-Pope assists)
  • Luka Doncic makes driving layup
  • Jock Landale misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • LeBron James makes layup (Luka Doncic assists)
  • Jock Landale makes 6-foot two point shot
  • Jake LaRavia misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Santi Aldama makes 25-foot three pointer (Cam Spencer assists)
  • Luka Doncic misses 12-foot two point shot
  • Jaren Jackson Jr. makes running layup
  • Jaren Jackson Jr. misses free throw 1 of 1
  • Jake LaRavia makes running layup (Nick Smith Jr. assists)
  • Jaren Jackson Jr. makes layup (Santi Aldama assists)
  • Jaxson Hayes makes 6-foot two point shot (Jake LaRavia assists)
  • Santi Aldama makes 25-foot three pointer (Cam Spencer assists)
  • Santi Aldama makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Luka Doncic misses 32-foot three point jumper
  • GG Jackson makes 23-foot running jump shot (Santi Aldama assists)
  • Luka Doncic makes free throw 1 of 3
  • Luka Doncic makes free throw 2 of 3
  • Luka Doncic makes free throw 3 of 3
  • Cam Spencer misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Nick Smith Jr. makes 9-foot driving floating jump shot
  • Jaren Jackson Jr. misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Cedric Coward makes 3-foot two point shot
  • Cedric Coward makes free throw 1 of 1
  • LeBron James makes 30-foot three pointer
  • Cedric Coward misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Nick Smith Jr. makes 26-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
  • Cedric Coward misses 5-foot two point shot
  • Jaxson Hayes makes 1-foot dunk (Nick Smith Jr. assists)
  • GG Jackson misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • GG Jackson makes 1-foot dunk (Cedric Coward assists)
  • Marcus Smart makes 6-foot driving floating jump shot
  • LeBron James makes free throw 1 of 2
  • LeBron James makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Ja Morant makes driving layup
  • Ja Morant makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Jaxson Hayes makes 2-foot alley oop dunk (Marcus Smart assists)
  • Cedric Coward misses driving layup
  • Jarred Vanderbilt makes 5-foot layup (Marcus Smart assists)
  • Ja Morant misses 10-foot step back jumpshot
  • Christian Koloko makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Christian Koloko misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Luka Doncic makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Luka Doncic makes free throw 2 of 2
  • GG Jackson makes 24-foot three point jumper (Ja Morant assists)
  • Jake LaRavia makes driving layup (Marcus Smart assists)
  • Jake LaRavia misses free throw 1 of 1
  • LeBron James misses running pullup jump shot
  • Jake LaRavia makes tip shot
  • Ja Morant makes driving layup (Kentavious Caldwell-Pope assists)
  • Deandre Ayton misses 6-foot two point shot
  • Ja Morant misses driving floating jump shot
  • Luka Doncic misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Luka Doncic misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Jock Landale makes 27-foot three point jumper (Jaylen Wells assists)
  • Luka Doncic misses 29-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 26-foot running jump shot (Cam Spencer assists)
  • Jaylen Wells misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Nick Smith Jr. misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Jock Landale makes 3-foot two point shot
  • Jake LaRavia misses 11-foot fade away jump shot
  • Santi Aldama misses 26-foot running jump shot
  • Jaylen Wells makes 23-foot three point jumper (Cam Spencer assists)
  • Jarred Vanderbilt misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • LeBron James misses 29-foot three point jumper
  • Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 25-foot running pullup jump shot (Cam Spencer assists)
  • Jarred Vanderbilt misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Jock Landale makes 7-foot two point shot
  • Jake LaRavia makes 23-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
  • Luka Doncic misses 7-foot fade away jump shot
  • Santi Aldama misses two point shot
  • Jaylen Wells misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • LeBron James makes 9-foot two point shot
  • Cedric Coward misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • LeBron James makes 10-foot two point shot
  • Ja Morant misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Luka Doncic misses 26-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Jaylen Wells misses 23-foot running jump shot
  • Santi Aldama misses 29-foot three point jumper
  • LeBron James makes 1-foot running dunk (Marcus Smart assists)
  • Jaren Jackson Jr. makes 9-foot driving floating jump shot
  • Luka Doncic makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Luka Doncic makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Santi Aldama misses 22-foot three point jumper
  • LeBron James misses 34-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Cedric Coward makes driving layup (Ja Morant assists)
  • Jaren Jackson Jr. makes running layup
  • Deandre Ayton misses driving layup
  • Jake LaRavia misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Jaren Jackson Jr. makes 9-foot driving floating jump shot (Cedric Coward assists)
  • Luka Doncic makes 11-foot pullup jump shot
  • Marcus Smart makes 11-foot pullup jump shot
  • Jaren Jackson Jr. misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • LeBron James misses 12-foot fade away jump shot
  • Jaren Jackson Jr. makes 7-foot driving floating jump shot (Cedric Coward assists)
  • Jaren Jackson Jr. makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Luka Doncic misses 8-foot fade away jump shot
  • Cedric Coward misses running dunk
  • LeBron James makes 2-foot layup (Luka Doncic assists)
  • Jaren Jackson Jr. misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Jaren Jackson Jr. misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Jaylen Wells misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Deandre Ayton makes alley oop layup (Marcus Smart assists)
  • Luka Doncic makes technical free throw
  • Ja Morant makes 9-foot driving floating jump shot (Cedric Coward assists)
  • Luka Doncic misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Luka Doncic makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Ja Morant misses 22-foot three point jumper
  • Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses 29-foot three point jumper
  • Luka Doncic misses 26-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Santi Aldama misses 28-foot three point jumper
  • Deandre Ayton makes 15-foot jumper (Marcus Smart assists)
  • Santi Aldama makes 24-foot three point jumper (Ja Morant assists)
  • Santi Aldama makes free throw flagrant 1 of 1
  • Santi Aldama misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Jock Landale misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Jock Landale makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Luka Doncic makes driving layup
  • Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Luka Doncic makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Luka Doncic makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Jaren Jackson Jr. misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Luka Doncic makes 28-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Jock Landale makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Jock Landale makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Nick Smith Jr. makes 27-foot three point jumper (Luka Doncic assists)
  • Jaren Jackson Jr. makes driving layup
  • Luka Doncic makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Luka Doncic makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 14-foot step back jumpshot (Jaren Jackson Jr. assists)
  • Luka Doncic makes layup (Jarred Vanderbilt assists)
  • Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses two point shot
  • Ja Morant makes driving layup
  • Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 14-foot jumper
  • Jaxson Hayes makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Jaxson Hayes makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Ja Morant makes 7-foot driving floating jump shot (Santi Aldama assists)
  • LeBron James makes 9-foot driving floating jump shot
  • Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 26-foot three point jumper (Ja Morant assists)
  • Ja Morant misses driving floating jump shot
  • Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 25-foot three point jumper (Ja Morant assists)
  • LeBron James misses 29-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses heave jump shot
  • Ja Morant makes driving layup
  • LeBron James makes free throw 1 of 2
  • LeBron James makes free throw 2 of 2
  • GG Jackson misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Jaxson Hayes misses alley oop dunk
  • Dalton Knecht misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • GG Jackson makes free throw 1 of 2
  • GG Jackson misses free throw 2 of 2
  • LeBron James makes 8-foot driving floating jump shot
  • GG Jackson misses 23-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Christian Koloko misses 7-foot floating jump shot
  • LeBron James makes driving layup
  • Ja Morant makes 12-foot step back jumpshot
  • Marcus Smart makes 25-foot three pointer
  • GG Jackson makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jaren Jackson Jr. assists)
  • Jaren Jackson Jr. makes 8-foot driving floating jump shot (GG Jackson assists)
  • Jaren Jackson Jr. misses free throw 1 of 1
  • Luka Doncic misses 24-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Luka Doncic makes 5-foot driving floating jump shot (Marcus Smart assists)
  • Cam Spencer makes driving layup (GG Jackson assists)
  • Jaxson Hayes makes dunk (LeBron James assists)
  • Jaren Jackson Jr. makes driving layup (Ja Morant assists)
  • Luka Doncic misses 10-foot fade away jump shot
  • Cedric Coward misses running layup
  • Jock Landale misses tip shot
  • Luka Doncic makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Luka Doncic makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Marcus Smart misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Luka Doncic makes 8-foot fade away jump shot
  • Jake LaRavia misses 23-foot running jump shot
  • Jarred Vanderbilt makes 23-foot three point jumper (Luka Doncic assists)
  • Jaren Jackson Jr. makes driving layup (Cedric Coward assists)
  • Marcus Smart misses 10-foot pullup jump shot
  • Jaylen Wells misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Ja Morant misses driving floating jump shot
  • Jaylen Wells misses driving floating jump shot
  • Jake LaRavia makes 25-foot three point jumper (Luka Doncic assists)
  • Ja Morant misses 28-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • LeBron James makes driving layup
  • Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses 14-foot pullup jump shot
  • Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Marcus Smart makes 23-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
  • Jaren Jackson Jr. makes 7-foot driving floating jump shot (Ja Morant assists)
  • Jaxson Hayes makes dunk (LeBron James assists)
  • Santi Aldama misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Marcus Smart misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • LeBron James makes driving layup (Jake LaRavia assists)
  • Jaylen Wells makes 25-foot three point jumper (Ja Morant assists)
  • Santi Aldama makes 2-foot driving dunk (Ja Morant assists)
Shot Made
Shot Missed
Shot Made
Shot Missed
OpenSpreadTotalML
Memphis GrizzliesGrizzliesMEM
(15-19)
(15-19, 8-10 Away)
o239.5
-110
+5.5
-118
o241.5
-110
+170
Los Angeles LakersLakersLAL
(21-11)
(21-11, 9-6 Home)
-4.5
-105
-5.5
-102
u241.5
-110
-205
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