Los Angeles Lakers @ New York Knicks

28-19, 12-13 Away

128

28-19, 12-13 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Lakers LAL	32	27	32	37	128
Knicks NY	32	22	35	23	112

New York KnicksKnicksNY

32-17, 17-9 Home

112

32-17, 17-9 Home

Los Angeles Lakers

starters
LeBron JamesL. James#23
Rui HachimuraR. Hachimura#28
Jaxson HayesJ. Hayes#11
Austin ReavesA. Reaves#15
Max ChristieM. Christie#12
bench
Dorian Finney-SmithD. Finney-Smith#17
Jarred VanderbiltJ. Vanderbilt#2
Trey Jemison IIIT. Jemison III#55
Dalton KnechtD. Knecht#4
Christian KolokoC. Koloko#10
Gabe VincentG. Vincent#7
Bronny JamesB. James#9
Shake MiltonS. Milton#20
team

MIN	PTS	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	FG%	3PT	3PT%	FT	FT%	PF	+/-
37	33	0	11	11	12	0	0	5	14-26	53.8	3-8	37.5	2-4	50.0	3	+12
38	21	0	3	3	2	1	1	1	8-12	66.7	3-6	50.0	2-2	100.0	1	+13
22	4	0	2	2	1	3	1	2	2-2	100.0	0-0	0.0	0-0	0.0	2	+5
29	27	0	5	5	6	3	0	3	7-12	58.3	4-7	57.1	9-9	100.0	3	+18
33	15	0	3	3	2	0	1	0	6-10	60.0	1-4	25.0	2-3	66.7	4	+21
MIN	PTS	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	FG%	3PT	3PT%	FT	FT%	PF	+/-
32	15	0	2	2	1	2	0	2	5-6	83.3	5-6	83.3	0-0	0.0	1	+14
14	0	3	5	8	1	0	0	0	0-3	0.0	0-1	0.0	0-0	0.0	3	+4
2	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0-0	0.0	0-0	0.0	0-0	0.0	0	0
10	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1-3	33.3	0-2	0.0	0-0	0.0	2	-8
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0.0	0-0	0.0	0-0	0.0	0	0
20	9	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	3-6	50.0	3-6	50.0	0-0	0.0	3	+1
2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1-1	100.0	0-0	0.0	0-0	0.0	0	0
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	128	3	34	37	26	9	4	15	47-81	58.0	19-40	47.5	15-18	83.3	22

New York Knicks

starters
OG AnunobyO. Anunoby#8
Karl-Anthony TownsK. Towns#32
Josh HartJ. Hart#3
Mikal BridgesM. Bridges#25
Jalen BrunsonJ. Brunson#11
bench
Precious AchiuwaP. Achiuwa#5
Matt RyanM. Ryan#37
Jacob ToppinJ. Toppin#00
Jericho SimsJ. Sims#20
Ariel HukportiA. Hukporti#55
Cameron PayneC. Payne#1
Landry ShametL. Shamet#44
Miles McBrideM. McBride#2
Tyler KolekT. Kolek#13
team

MIN	PTS	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	FG%	3PT	3PT%	FT	FT%	PF	+/-
17	13	1	0	1	1	0	2	1	5-7	71.4	3-4	75.0	0-0	0.0	0	+1
35	11	2	4	6	3	0	0	3	3-12	25.0	1-2	50.0	4-4	100.0	5	-15
38	26	4	9	13	11	2	0	2	11-16	68.8	1-5	20.0	3-4	75.0	1	-20
33	16	1	1	2	3	1	1	0	7-14	50.0	2-4	50.0	0-0	0.0	2	-9
40	17	0	2	2	7	1	0	6	7-18	38.9	0-2	0.0	3-7	42.9	3	-17
MIN	PTS	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	FG%	3PT	3PT%	FT	FT%	PF	+/-
29	15	7	8	15	3	1	0	1	6-12	50.0	0-1	0.0	3-3	100.0	3	-5
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0.0	0-0	0.0	0-0	0.0	0	0
2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0-1	0.0	0-0	0.0	0-0	0.0	0	0
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0.0	0-0	0.0	0-0	0.0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1-1	100.0	0-0	0.0	0-0	0.0	0	0
6	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	0-2	0.0	0-2	0.0	0-0	0.0	0	+1
9	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0-2	0.0	0-1	0.0	0-0	0.0	1	-10
23	12	1	2	3	1	1	0	0	4-9	44.4	3-7	42.9	1-1	100.0	1	-6
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0-0	0.0	0-0	0.0	0-0	0.0	0	0
	112	16	28	44	33	7	3	14	44-95	46.3	10-28	35.7	14-19	73.7	16

+/- denotes team's net points while the player is on the court

Regular Season Series

LAL lead 1-0

Lakers
128
Knicks
112

Game 1

2/1

Knicks
109
Lakers
113

Game 2

3/6

Madison Square Garden

8:30 PM, February 1, 2025Coverage: ABC/ESPN+

New York, NY

Attendance: 19,812

Referees:
Josh Tiven
Nick Buchert
Brandon Adair

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
LA Lakers	6	2	.750	-	W4
Golden State	4	3	.571	1.5	L2
LA Clippers	3	3	.500	2	L1
Phoenix	3	4	.429	2.5	W2
Sacramento	2	5	.286	3.5	L1

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Philadelphia	5	1	.833	-	W1
New York	4	3	.571	1.5	W2
Toronto	3	4	.429	2.5	W2
Boston	3	5	.375	3	L2
Brooklyn	0	7	.000	5.5	L7

Short-handed Lakers win at Portland with help of Nick Smith Jr.

Playing without Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves, the Lakers won at Portland on Monday night behind a combined 57 points from starters Deandre Ayton and Rui Hachimura and an unexpected 25-point performance from reserve guard Nick Smith Jr.

Oklahoma City plays Los Angeles, seeks 4th straight road win

Oklahoma City Thunder (7-0, first in the Western Conference) vs. Los Angeles Clippers (3-2, ninth in the Western Conference)

Toronto plays Milwaukee in conference showdown

Milwaukee Bucks (4-2, third in the Eastern Conference) vs. Toronto Raptors (3-4, eighth in the Eastern Conference)

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Los Angeles Lakers @ New York Knicks

Regular Season Series

LAL lead 1-0

Game Information

2025-26 Pacific Standings

2025-26 Atlantic Standings

NBA News

Short-handed Lakers win at Portland with help of Nick Smith Jr.

Oklahoma City plays Los Angeles, seeks 4th straight road win

Toronto plays Milwaukee in conference showdown