San Antonio Spurs vs LA Lakers Player Stats and Box Score (Mar. 17) | 2024-25 NBA season

The LA Lakers shrugged off a slow start to beat the San Antonio Spurs 125-109 on Monday. Luka Doncic, who scored 12 points in the first quarter, led the home team with 21 points, 14 assists, nine rebounds and three steals. Austin Reaves was just as impactful, delivering 30 points, seven rebounds, six assists and two steals.

Rookie Stephon Castle struggled early on but ended the game with 23 points, eight rebounds and three assists. Devin Vassell, who had 15 first-half points, fizzled to a 17-point, eight-rebound and two-assist night.

The Spurs-Lakers game was briefly stopped midway through the fourth quarter following an altercation between Jarred Vanderbilt and Jeremy Sochan. After review, both were tossed out of the game.

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San Antonio Spurs vs LA Lakers player stats and box score

San Antonio Spurs player stats and box score

Players	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3-PT FG	FT	+/-
Harrison Barnes	7	2	3	0	0	1	3-6	1-2	0-0	-13
Bismack Biyombo	4	4	1	0	0	0	2-3	0-0	0-0	-7
Chris Paul	9	6	8	0	0	2	3-7	2-3	1-1	-12
Devin Vassell	17	8	2	0	1	2	6-13	3-8	2-2	-15
Stephon Castle	23	8	3	0	0	2	8-19	3-6	4-6	-8
Sandro Mamukelashvili	10	2	0	1	0	1	3-6	2-4	2-2	0
Julian Champagnie	6	4	5	1	1	1	2-8	2-7	0-0	-4
Jeremy Sochan	15	3	1	0	0	3	7-9	1-3	0-0	-11
Keldon Johnson	11	4	2	2	2	3	4-10	0-2	3-3	-7
Blake Wesley	7	3	6	2	1	2	3-7	1-3	0-0	-3
Jordan McLaughlin	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-

LA Lakers player stats and box score

Player	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3-PT FG	FT	+/-
Dorian Finney-Smith	15	3	1	0	0	0	5-12	4-8	1-2	+13
Jaxson Hayes	9	11	3	2	1	2	3-5	0-0	3-4	+21
Luka Doncic	21	9	14	3	1	3	5-20	1-7	10-13	+19
Austin Reaves	30	7	6	2	0	2	12-21	5-13	1-1	+18
Jordan Goodwin	15	4	3	3	1	0	6-9	3-6	0-0	+9
Jarred Vanderbilt	2	1	1	0	0	1	1-2	0-0	0-0	-2
Christian Koloko	4	2	1	0	0	1	2-2	0-0	0-0	-4
Gabe Vincent	11	2	1	2	0	0	4-6	3-5	0-0	+9
Shake Milton	2	0	1	1	0	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	+4
Bronny James	3	0	0	0	0	0	1-2	1-2	0-0	-2
Dalton Knecht	13	3	3	0	1	0	4-10	2-7	3-4	-5
Cam Reddish	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Alex Len	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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San Antonio Spurs vs LA Lakers Game Summary

The San Antonio Spurs and the LA Lakers met on Monday, the fourth and final battle between the two teams this season. San Antonio, without Victor Wembanyama and De’Aaron Fox, hoped to pull off an upset to even the head-to-head series. The Lakers entered the game without LeBron James, but they remained favorites.

Luka Doncic pushed the Lakers to an early 32-22 lead with 12 points, two rebounds and two assists. Austin Reaves contributed six points, two assists and one rebound. San Antonio went 5-for-12 from deep but only 7-for-20 overall with six turnovers to fall behind after one quarter.

Doncic had help from Reaves, Dorian Finney-Smith and Dalton Knecht in the second quarter to push LA's lead to 65-51 at halftime. The Slovenian already had 16 points, sic six rebounds, five assists and two steals in 18 minutes.

Devin Vasell kept the Spurs within striking distance with 15 first-half points. Rookie Stephon Castle got his groove late in the second quarter and contributed six points, three rebounds and one assist.

Luka Doncic went 0-for-7 in the third quarter, prompting Austin Reaves to pick up the scoring slack. AR had 12 points and one assist to help hold off the Spurs. The Lakers entered the fourth quarter with a 94-75 lead.

Stephon Castle cut LA's advantage to 107-95 before the hosts surged to the finish line. Gabe Vincent's triple pushed the lead to 118-102. Reaves drilled a jumper a few plays later to take the fight out of the visitors.