Game ID: 22500002
Golden State Warriors @ Los Angeles Lakers
Tuesday, October 21, 2025 at 10:00 PM ET
Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles, CA
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
LAL 22 32 25 30 109GSW 28 27 35 29 119
GSW @ LAL ScoutingGSW @ LAL Scouting
Welcome to the scouting desk. The coffee is cold, the film is play-by-play, and somebody has to explain what happened.
Every game has a hinge — a stretch where it was decided, usually while everyone was watching something else. Start where the evidence lives: the Lineups' face-offs say which five actually won their minutes; the Possessions ledger says who ran ahead of the night's own pace; the Shot Chart says where the points really came from, which is rarely where the highlights were. When all three agree, that is the story. When they don't — that is why this desk has a chair.
LAL availability going into 10/21 · season opener
full strength
LAL availability going into 10/24 · 2 days' rest
full strength
LAL availability going into 10/26 · 1 day's rest
full strength
LAL availability going into 10/27 · back-to-backOUT Hayes missed 2 since 10/24, out tonight
NEW Hachimura 30 to 36 min over the last 3
NEW Ayton 27 to 34 min over the last 3
LAL availability going into 10/29 · 1 day's restOUT Dončić missed 2 since 10/26, out tonight
OUT Hayes missed 3 since 10/24, returns tonight: 13 min (71% of 18)
NEW Hachimura 30 to 36 min over the last 4
NEW Ayton 27 to 34 min over the last 4
GSW availability going into 10/21 · season opener
full strength
GSW availability going into 10/23 · 1 day's rest
full strength
GSW availability going into 10/24 · back-to-backOUT Spencer missed 2 since 10/21, returns tonight: 11 min (59% of 19)
OUT Jackson-Davis missed 2 since 10/21, returns tonight: 17 min (146% of 11)
GSW availability going into 10/27 · 2 days' restBACK Spencer back 10/24 after 2, 11 min since (59% of 19)
BACK Jackson-Davis back 10/24 after 2, 17 min since (146% of 11)
NEW Kuminga 24 to 31 min over the last 3
GSW availability going into 10/28 · back-to-backOUT Horford missed 2 since 10/24, returns tonight: 20 min (95% of 22)
BACK Spencer back 10/24 after 2, 6 min since (32% of 19)
BACK Jackson-Davis back 10/24 after 2, 12 min since (103% of 11)
NEW Kuminga 24 to 31 min over the last 4
10/21 vs GSW 109-119 — LAL notes
LAL lost 109-119. LAL shot 55% (42 of 77) to GSW's 49%, 8 of 32 from three. Dončić led with 43 (17 of 27, 2 of 10 from three, 7 of 10 at the line); Reaves added 26, Ayton 10. Q2 was theirs, 32-27, the deficit cut from 6 to 1, but the other 3 periods went 92-77 against them. Reaves's -14 in 36 minutes was the worst on the floor.
10/21 @ LAL 119-109 — GSW notes
GSW won 119-109. GSW shot 49% (38 of 78) to LAL's 55%, 17 of 40 from three. Butler III led with 31 (7 of 14, 16 of 16 at the line); Curry added 23, Kuminga 17. The hinge was Q3, 35-25: a lead of 1 became 11, and the lead reached 17. Butler III was the night's best plus/minus at +20.
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
LALAR A. Reaves
DA D. Ayton
DO Doncic
GV G. Vincent
JH J. Hayes
JL J. LaRavia
JV J. Vanderbilt
LD L. Dončić
MS M. Smart
RH R. Hachimura
GSWAH A. Horford
BH B. Hield
BP B. Podziemski
DG D. Green
GP G. Payton II
GS G. Santos
JB J. Butler III
JK J. Kuminga
QP Q. Post
SC S. Curry
WR W. Richard
LAL/GSW the team itself, not a player
-- the feed named nobody
What
What happened
the codes in the Events column
M2 / M3 made 2 / made 3
X2 / X3 missed 2 / missed 3
FT / X1 free throw made / missed
AST assist
OR / DR offensive / defensive rebound
STL steal
BLK block
TO turnover
FL foul
OF offensive foul — ends the possession
VIOL violation
JUMP jump ball
TM timeout
IR instant replay
HE heave at the buzzer, filed to the team
END the clock ran out, ball in hand
Where
Where a shot came from
the middle field of M3.LW.25
RM at the rim inside 4 ft
RC right corner
RW right wing
SO straight on
LW left wing
LC left corner
M3.LW.25 made 3, left wing, 25 ft
X2.RM.01 missed 2, at the rim, 1 ft
When
When it happened
the Offset column
one number per event, in the Events order:
whole seconds from the start of the
possession to that event
Events FL X3.RC.23 OR M2.RM.01
Offset 0 18 22 24
the foul opens the possession at 0s;
the putback ends it at 24s, which is
the possession's own Dur
Luka scores 43, but Butler's Warriors top Lakers 119-109 in a LeBron-less season opener
LOS ANGELES -- — Jimmy Butler scored 31 points, Stephen Curry added 23 and the Golden State Warriors overcame Luka Doncic’s 43-point performance to beat the Los Angeles Lakers 119-109 on Tuesday night in both teams' season opener.
LeBron James missed a season opener for the first time in his 23 years in the NBA, watching from the Lakers' bench. The top scorer in league history has sciatica that is expected to sideline him until mid-November.
Jonathan Kuminga scored 17 points while the Warriors largely shut down the Lakers apart from Doncic. who scored 40 points for the 47th time in his NBA career and the third since joining the Lakers.
Doncic added 12 rebounds and nine assists in his first season opener with the Lakers , but the Slovenian superstar was 2 of 10 on 3-point attempts as Los Angeles lost its season opener for the ninth time in 10 years.
Curry began his 17th season with just three 3-pointers while ceding major offensive roles to Kuminga and Buddy Hield , who hit five 3-pointers.
Butler made all 16 of his free throws, and Curry hit a 3-pointer in the final minute for his first points of the fourth quarter.
Austin Reaves scored 13 of his 26 points in the fourth quarter after struggling with foul trouble.
Golden State opened the second half with a 19-4 run to open a lead that grew to 17 points. Reaves led a fourth-quarter rally, trimming the Warriors' edge to 105-99, but LA couldn't close get closer.
Draymond Green scored only eight points and got an early technical foul while sitting on the bench, but his 3-pointer with 3:33 left stopped the Lakers' surge.
Deandre Ayton had 10 points and six rebounds in his Lakers debut, while Marcus Smart had nine points.
Al Horford scored five points in his Warriors debut, hitting a 3-pointer on the first shot of his 19th NBA season.