Los Angeles Lakers @ New Orleans Pelicans — Jan 7, 2026

NBA Smoothie King Center, New Orleans·January 7, 2026
Los Angeles Lakers LAL 23-11, 13-5 Away
111
Final
103
New Orleans Pelicans NOP 8-30, 6-17 Home
1 2 3 4 T
LAL 29 22 28 32 111
NOP 25 29 32 17 103
Leaders
Points
L.
L. James F LAL
30 PTS
T.
T. Murphy F NOP
42 PTS
Rebounds
D.
D. Ayton C LAL
11 REB
D.
D. Queen C NOP
13 REB
Assists
L.
L. Dončić FG LAL
10 AST
D.
D. Queen C NOP
8 AST
Box Scores
Lakers
Pelicans
MIN — Minutes · PTS — Points · FG — Field Goals · 3PT — 3-Point Field Goals · FT — Free Throws · REB — Rebounds · AST — Assists · STL — Steals · BLK — Blocks · TO — Turnovers · PF — Personal Fouls · +/- — Plus-Minus
Team Statistics
Lakers
Pelicans
50.6% Field Goals 44%
35.5% 3-Point FG 25%
66.7% Free Throws 72.2%
44 Rebounds 44
9 OFF 14
35 DEF 30
30 Assists 28
11 Steals 8
6 Blocks 2
14 Turnovers 15
21 Fouls 19
11 Biggest Lead 9
30:19 Time in Lead 15:48
9 Max Pts in Row 8
Four Factors
57.1% eFG% 49.5%
12.9% TOV% 13.2%
23.1% ORB% 28.6%
16.5% FT Rate 14.3%
Play-by-Play
Q4 32 - 17 111 - 103
2PT J. LaRavia
111 - 103 0:11
109 - 103 0:18
T. Murphy 3PT
FT L. Dončić
109 - 100 0:24
FT L. Dončić
108 - 100 0:24
107 - 100 0:45
T. Murphy FT
107 - 99 0:45
T. Murphy FT
107 - 98 1:15
D. Queen 2PT
2PT L. James
107 - 96 1:24
3PT L. Dončić
105 - 96 2:00
2PT L. James
102 - 96 2:42
100 - 96 3:12
J. Alvarado 3PT
3PT L. Dončić
100 - 93 3:39
97 - 93 3:58
T. Murphy FT
97 - 92 3:58
T. Murphy FT
97 - 91 4:33
T. Murphy FT
2PT J. LaRavia
97 - 90 4:43
2PT D. Ayton
95 - 90 6:49
2PT D. Ayton
93 - 90 7:43
91 - 90 8:18
Z. Williamson 2PT
3PT D. Knecht
91 - 88 8:28
88 - 88 8:46
D. Queen 2PT
FT J. Vanderbilt
88 - 86 9:27
3PT L. James
87 - 86 10:04
2PT J. Vanderbilt
84 - 86 10:53
3PT L. James
82 - 86 11:41
Q3 28 - 32 79 - 86
79 - 86 0:23
T. Murphy FT
79 - 85 0:23
T. Murphy 2PT
2PT L. James
79 - 83 0:42
FT L. James
77 - 83 0:54
FT L. James
76 - 83 0:54
FT L. James
75 - 83 0:54
74 - 83 1:48
K. Matković FT
74 - 82 1:48
K. Matković FT
74 - 81 2:50
T. Murphy 3PT
FT J. LaRavia
74 - 78 3:31
73 - 78 3:38
D. Queen 2PT
FT L. Dončić
73 - 76 3:59
2PT L. Dončić
72 - 76 4:24
70 - 76 4:44
T. Murphy 2PT
70 - 74 5:20
T. Murphy 3PT
3PT M. Smart
70 - 71 5:39
67 - 71 5:57
Z. Williamson 2PT
2PT D. Ayton
67 - 69 6:10
65 - 69 6:34
T. Murphy 2PT
65 - 67 6:58
T. Murphy 3PT
2PT D. Ayton
65 - 64 7:11
3PT M. Smart
63 - 64 7:37
60 - 64 7:59
D. Queen 2PT
2PT M. Smart
60 - 62 8:17
2PT D. Ayton
58 - 62 8:40
56 - 62 8:58
Z. Williamson 2PT
3PT L. Dončić
56 - 60 9:22
53 - 60 9:57
T. Murphy 2PT
53 - 58 10:17
J. Fears 2PT
2PT D. Ayton
53 - 56 11:03
51 - 56 11:46
T. Murphy 2PT
Q2 22 - 29 51 - 54
51 - 54 0:03
J. Alvarado 2PT
51 - 52 0:33
Y. Missi 2PT
51 - 50 1:29
Z. Williamson 2PT
2PT L. James
51 - 48 1:38
2PT J. Hayes
49 - 48 2:18
47 - 48 2:33
Z. Williamson 2PT
FT L. Dončić
47 - 46 2:46
FT L. James
46 - 46 3:29
FT L. James
45 - 46 3:29
44 - 46 3:46
Z. Williamson 2PT
44 - 44 4:12
T. Murphy FT
44 - 43 4:12
T. Murphy 2PT
44 - 41 4:18
Z. Williamson FT
2PT J. Vanderbilt
44 - 40 4:29
42 - 40 5:25
T. Murphy 3PT
2PT L. Dončić
42 - 37 6:37
40 - 37 6:48
T. Murphy FT
40 - 36 6:48
T. Murphy 2PT
2PT D. Ayton
40 - 34 7:08
38 - 34 7:29
T. Murphy 2PT
2PT L. Dončić
38 - 32 7:41
FT L. James
36 - 32 8:36
FT L. James
35 - 32 8:36
34 - 32 9:26
M. Peavy 2PT
2PT L. James
34 - 30 10:07
32 - 30 10:31
M. Peavy 3PT
32 - 27 11:09
D. Queen 2PT
3PT D. Knecht
32 - 25 11:34
Q1 29 - 25 29 - 25
29 - 25 0:59
K. Matković 2PT
2PT L. Dončić
29 - 23 1:39
27 - 23 2:04
Y. Missi 2PT
2PT L. Dončić
27 - 21 3:07
25 - 21 3:20
Y. Missi FT
25 - 20 3:20
Y. Missi FT
2PT L. Dončić
25 - 19 3:50
23 - 19 4:07
K. Matković 2PT
2PT J. Vanderbilt
23 - 17 4:43
2PT D. Ayton
21 - 17 4:59
19 - 17 5:23
H. Jones 3PT
FT L. Dončić
19 - 14 5:33
2PT L. Dončić
18 - 14 5:33
16 - 14 6:01
Z. Williamson 2PT
2PT L. James
16 - 12 6:22
2PT M. Smart
14 - 12 6:50
12 - 12 6:57
J. Fears 2PT
3PT M. Smart
12 - 10 7:19
9 - 10 7:32
Y. Missi 2PT
3PT L. James
9 - 8 8:26
6 - 8 8:40
T. Murphy 3PT
2PT L. Dončić
6 - 5 8:49
4 - 5 9:22
J. Fears 3PT
4 - 2 10:54
J. Fears 2PT
2PT D. Ayton
4 - 0 11:13
2PT L. James
2 - 0 11:41
Score Lines
Lead Tracker
Lead Changes: 12 Biggest Lead: LAL +11 Times Tied: 4
Head-to-Head
Lakers leads 2-0
Final
LAL Lakers
35303023
118
NOP Pelicans
25272527
104
Final
LAL Lakers
21252929
104
NOP Pelicans
30261528
99
Highlights
Lakers 111 - 103 Pelicans
January 7, 2026
Lakers 111 - 103 Pelicans
January 7, 2026
Lakers 111 - 103 Pelicans
January 7, 2026
Smoothie King Center
New Orleans, US · 16,867 capacity
League
NBA
Season
NBA 25/26
Date
January 7, 2026
Time
1:00 am
Duration
48 min