OUT: LBJ,Dlo,Mo,2Ws. Lakers finally get to .500, but blew the Tacos on the last
play. They won the game really due to a +16 Q1; the rest of the game was trying
to protect their lead. 5 guys in DFs with AD getting the DD, AR 1 AST short.
Lakers out-shot from 3s/FTs. 116-111 Lakers win by 5.
FBP: 4 vs 8; PIP: 54 vs 48; POT: 9 vs 10; SCP: 10 vs 16.

Game Dbl-Figures Leaders:
Player Pts FG% 3P% FT% RB AS BL ST TO PF EFF
Davis 37 (71 /0 /64 )/14/ 0/ 0/ 1/ 1/ 1/ +0 DD
Schroder 21 (57 /50 /75 )/ 3/ 6/ 1/ 2/ 3/ 2/ +0
Walker 20 (58 /50 /50 )/ 4/ 0/ 0/ 3/ 0/ 1/ +0
Reaves 11 (25 /20 /100)/ 6/ 9/ 0/ 0/ 3/ 3/ +0
Beasley 10 (36 /33 /0 )/ 2/ 1/ 0/ 2/ 2/ 0/ +0

Next games following:
Game 75 LAL vs CHI: Sun Mar 26 12:30 -- -- Crypto.com
Game 76 LAL at CHI: Wed Mar 29 17:00 -- -- United Center
Game 77 LAL at MIN: Fri Mar 31 17:00 -- -- Target Center

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Quarterly Laker scoring leaders/notes (pluses OR/ST/BL; minuses TO/PF/oOR):

Q1 - Great start, but can they maintain for 3 more Qs - shooting 58% vs 40%;
pluses 3/1/2; minuses 2/2/1. Davis 15, Beasley 7, Reaves/Gabriel 5.
41-25=+16Q.

Q2 - Lakers give half back with too many PFs - shooting 50% vs 55%; pluses
3/3/1; minuses 3/7/3. Walker 12, Davis 8, Schroder 5. 33-41=-8Q.

Q3 - Lakers give the rest back and only up 1 - need better focus in Q4 to pull
this one out - shooting 40% vs 40%; pluses 4/3/2; minuses 5/4/6. Davis 8,
Reaves 4. 19-26=-7Q (93-92=+1).

Q4 - Lakers barely pull it out in the last minute for the W - shooting 36% vs
40%; pluses 4/2/0; minuses 1/1/2. Schroder 13, Davis 6. 23-19=+4Q.

H1 - Lakers had a great H1 and gave half back in H2 - need to step up the D in
H2 - shooting 54% vs 47%; pluses 6/4/3; minuses 5/9/4. Davis 23,
Walker 15, Beasley 10, Schroder 8, Reaves 7, Gabriel 5.

H2 - Lakers not playing the best D in H2, but only gave up 3 of their +8 lead -
shooting 38% vs 40%; pluses 8/5/1; minuses 6/5/8. 42-45=-3H.

FG - Great W for LA, despite losing Q2/3 - shooting 47% vs 44%; pluses 14/9/4;
minuses 11/14/12. 116-111=+5G.

Team scoring by Q (FG%/FG-AT includes 3P%/3P-AT):
Lakers Opponent Lakers Opponent
Q FG-AT 3P-AT FT-AT FG-AT 3P-AT FT-AT FG% 3P% FT% FG% 3P% FT% LAL OPP
Q1 14-24 6-13 7-7 10-25 2-6 3-3 58.3 46.2 100 40 33.3 100 41 25
Q2 12-24 3-10 6-9 12-22 6-8 11-11 50 30 66.7 54.5 75 100 33 41
Q3 8-20 1-6 2-2 10-25 4-11 2-3 40 16.7 100 40 36.4 66.7 19 26
Q4 8-22 2-5 5-10 8-20 2-11 1-2 36.4 40 50 40 18.2 50 23 19

H1 26-48 9-23 13-16 22-47 8-14 14-14 54.2 39.1 81.3 46.8 57.1 100 74 66
A3 34-68 10-29 15-18 32-72 12-25 16-17 50 34.5 83.3 44.4 48 94.1 93 92
H2 16-42 3-11 7-12 18-45 6-22 3-5 38.1 27.3 58.3 40 27.3 60 42 45
FL 42-90 12-34 20-28 40-92 14-36 17-19 46.7 35.3 71.4 43.5 38.9 89.5 116 111

Team stats by Q (RB includes team RBs):
Lakers Opponent Diff
Q AS RB OR ST BL TO PF OR AS RB ST BL TO PF AS RB OR ST BL TO PF
Q1 6 16 3 1 2 2 2 1 2 9 2 1 1 5 +4 +7 +2 -1 +1 +1 -3
Q2 5 11 3 3 1 3 7 3 7 14 1 1 3 7 -2 -3 +2
Q3 5 13 4 3 2 5 4 6 9 15 2 3 3 2 -4 -2 -2 +1 -1 +2 +2
Q4 3 19 4 2 -1 1 1 2 3 13 1 0 3 5 +6 +2 +1 -1 -2 -4

H1 11 27 6 4 3 5 9 4 9 23 3 2 4 12 +2 +4 +2 +1 +1 +1 -3
A3 16 40 10 7 5 10 13 10 18 38 5 5 7 14 -2 +2 +2 +3 -1
H2 8 32 8 5 1 6 5 8 12 28 3 3 6 7 -4 +4 +2 -2 -2
FL 19 59 14 9 4 11 14 12 21 51 6 5 10 19 -2 +8 +2 +3 -1 +1 -5

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NBA Final Box Score:

Team 1 2 3 4 Total
Oklahoma City Thunder 25 41 26 19 111
Los Angeles Lakers 41 33 19 23 116 - End of Regulation

PLAYER POS MIN FGM-A 3GM-A FTM-A OR TR AS TO ST BS PF PTS P36 +/- EFF
Luguentz Dort SF 31 5-12 5-8 0-0 4 6 1 0 0 2 4 15 17 -12 +17
Jalen Williams PF 38 3-10 0-2 3-3 2 5 2 1 1 0 0 9 9 -1 +9
Jaylin Williams C 27 2-7 1-5 0-0 0 3 1 1 1 1 4 5 7 -13 +5
Josh Giddey SG 39 12-24 2-6 1-1 4 18 7 2 1 1 3 27 25 +14 +40
Shai Gilgeous-Alex PG 36 9-22 1-3 8-9 0 5 8 2 1 1 4 27 27 +2 +26
Isaiah Joe 20 0-3 0-3 2-2 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 2 4 -11 +1
Aaron Wiggins 12 2-3 1-1 1-2 1 4 0 2 1 0 0 6 18 -10 +7
Lindy Waters III 18 2-4 2-4 0-0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 6 12 +1 +5
Ousmane Dieng 02 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 -3 -1
Jeremiah Robinson- 17 5-6 2-3 2-2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 14 30 +8 +16
Tre Mann 00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 +0
Aleksej Pokusevski 00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 +0
Dario Saric 00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 +0
Olivier Sarr 00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 +0
Jared Butler DNP - INACTIVE_GLEAGUE_TWOWAY
Chet Holmgren DNP - INACTIVE_INJURY
Kenrich Williams DNP - INACTIVE_INJURY
Totals 240 40-92 14-36 17-19 12 51 21 10 6 5 19 111
Percent 43.5% 38.9% 89.5%

Fastbreak points: 8
Points in the paint: 48
Points off turnovers: 10
Second chance pts: 16
Biggest lead: 2
Technical fouls: 0

PLAYER POS MIN FGM-A 3GM-A FTM-A OR TR AS TO ST BS PF PTS P36 +/- EFF
Troy Brown Jr. SF 27 2-10 2-7 0-0 0 2 2 1 0 2 0 6 8 -3 +3
Jarred Vanderbilt PF 28 0-5 0-1 1-2 3 9 0 0 0 1 3 1 1 -7 +5
Anthony Davis C 36 15-21 0-1 7-11 4 14 0 1 1 0 1 37 37 +8 +41
Austin Reaves SG 38 3-12 1-5 4-4 3 6 9 3 0 0 3 11 10 +4 +14
Dennis Schroder PG 37 8-14 2-4 3-4 1 3 6 3 2 1 2 21 20 +4 +23
Malik Beasley 18 4-11 2-6 0-0 0 2 1 2 2 0 0 10 20 +13 +6
Wenyen Gabriel 18 2-4 1-2 2-2 2 8 0 0 0 0 2 7 14 +6 +13
Lonnie Walker IV 24 7-12 4-8 2-4 1 4 0 0 3 0 1 20 30 -1 +20
Rui Hachimura 14 1-1 0-0 1-1 0 3 1 1 1 0 2 3 8 +1 +7
Max Christie 00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 +0
Davon Reed 00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 +0
D'Angelo Russell 00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 +0
Mo Bamba DNP - INACTIVE_INJURY
LeBron James DNP - INACTIVE_INJURY
Scotty Pippen Jr. DNP - INACTIVE_GLEAGUE_TWOWAY
Cole Swider DNP - INACTIVE_GLEAGUE_TWOWAY
Totals 240 42-90 12-34 20-28 14 59 19 11 9 4 14 116
Percent 46.7% 35.3% 71.4%

Fastbreak points: 4
Points in the paint: 54
Points off turnovers: 9
Second chance pts: 10
Biggest lead: 17
Technical fouls: 0

Lead changes: 1
Times tied: 3
Officials:
22: JB DeRosa
16: David Guthrie
86: Brandon Schwab
Venue: Crypto.com Arena - Los Angeles, CA

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NBA Q3 Box Score:

Team 1 2 3 Total
Oklahoma City Thunder 25 41 26 92
Los Angeles Lakers 41 33 19 93 - End of Q3

PLAYER POS MIN FGM-A 3GM-A FTM-A OR TR AS TO ST BS PF PTS P36 +/- EFF
Luguentz Dort SF 26 5-11 5-7 0-0 3 4 1 0 0 2 2 15 21 -8 +16
Jalen Williams PF 28 3-8 0-0 3-3 2 4 1 0 1 0 0 9 12 +1 +10
Jaylin Williams C 21 1-6 0-4 0-0 0 2 1 1 1 1 3 2 3 -9 +1
Josh Giddey SG 29 9-18 2-4 1-1 3 13 6 1 1 1 2 21 26 +17 +32
Shai Gilgeous-Alex PG 29 7-16 1-1 8-9 0 3 7 2 1 1 3 23 29 +5 +23
Isaiah Joe 14 0-1 0-1 2-2 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 2 5 -6 +3
Aaron Wiggins 08 1-2 1-1 0-0 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 3 14 -12 +4
Lindy Waters III 11 2-4 2-4 0-0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 6 20 +1 +5
Ousmane Dieng 02 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 -3 -1
Jeremiah Robinson- 12 4-5 1-2 2-2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 11 33 +9 +13
Tre Mann 00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 +0
Aleksej Pokusevski 00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 +0
Dario Saric 00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 +0
Olivier Sarr 00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 +0
Jared Butler DNP - INACTIVE_GLEAGUE_TWOWAY
Chet Holmgren DNP - INACTIVE_INJURY
Kenrich Williams DNP - INACTIVE_INJURY
Totals 180 32-72 12-25 16-17 10 38 18 7 5 5 14 92
Percent 44.4% 48.0% 94.1%

Fastbreak points: 7
Points in the paint: 36
Points off turnovers: 8
Second chance pts: 14
Biggest lead: 2
Technical fouls: 0

PLAYER POS MIN FGM-A 3GM-A FTM-A OR TR AS TO ST BS PF PTS P36 +/- EFF
Troy Brown Jr. SF 23 2-9 2-7 0-0 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 6 9 -1 +5
Jarred Vanderbilt PF 21 0-3 0-1 0-0 1 7 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 -8 +5
Anthony Davis C 28 13-16 0-1 5-7 4 10 0 1 1 0 1 31 40 +6 +36
Austin Reaves SG 28 3-10 1-4 4-4 3 6 7 3 0 0 3 11 14 -1 +14
Dennis Schroder PG 27 3-7 1-3 1-2 1 1 5 3 2 1 2 8 11 -1 +9
Malik Beasley 15 4-9 2-5 0-0 0 2 1 2 2 0 0 10 24 +9 +8
Wenyen Gabriel 12 2-2 1-1 2-2 1 5 0 0 0 0 1 7 21 +5 +12
Lonnie Walker IV 15 6-11 3-7 2-2 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 17 41 -3 +16
Rui Hachimura 11 1-1 0-0 1-1 0 3 1 1 0 1 2 3 10 -1 +7
Max Christie 00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 +0
Davon Reed 00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 +0
D'Angelo Russell 00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 +0
Mo Bamba DNP - INACTIVE_INJURY
LeBron James DNP - INACTIVE_INJURY
Scotty Pippen Jr. DNP - INACTIVE_GLEAGUE_TWOWAY
Cole Swider DNP - INACTIVE_GLEAGUE_TWOWAY
Totals 180 34-68 10-29 15-18 10 40 16 10 7 5 13 93
Percent 50.0% 34.5% 83.3%