Nets (122) vs Lakers (115) · Dec 25, 2021 · NBA Scores

FINAL

Dec 25, 2021

22-9BrooklynNets

122

16-18Los AngelesLakers

115

Game Recap

Led by James Hardens 36 points, ten rebounds, ten assists and season-high 3 blocks, the Nets defeated the Lakers, 122-115. This is Hardens 63rd career triple-double and his 5th of the season. Harden is now the 8th player in NBA history and the 1st player in Nets franchise history to record a triple-double on Christmas Day. Patty Mills added a career-high tying 34 points (Christmas Day record eight 3pt FG) and a season-high seven assists in the victory, while LeBron James (39 points, nine rebounds, seven assists, three steals) and Russell Westbrook (13 points, 12 rebounds, 11 assists) combined for 52 points in the losing effort. The Nets improve to 22-9 on the season, while the Lakers fall to 16-18.

Box Score

	1	2	3	4	T
BKN	38	28	36	20	122
LAL	23	39	20	33	115

NETS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS	+/-
1Bruce BrownSF	36	6-9	0-1	4-4	6	4	1	0	1	4	16	+17
95DeAndre' BembryPF	27	6-8	3-3	0-0	5	1	1	1	2	4	15	+9
33Nic ClaxtonC	32	4-9	0-0	1-2	6	3	0	4	0	1	9	+15
8Patty MillsSG	35	11-17	8-13	4-4	2	7	1	0	0	4	34	+19
13James HardenPG	38	10-25	3-8	13-17	10	10	1	3	4	5	36	+5
2Blake Griffin	10	0-3	0-0	0-0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
16James Johnson	24	4-9	0-2	0-0	4	3	1	1	0	1	8	-1
0Jevon Carter	13	1-6	0-4	0-0	3	1	1	0	1	0	2	-20
31Paul Millsap	6	0-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	-5
7Langston Galloway	13	1-2	0-1	0-0	2	1	0	0	2	4	2	-4
11James Ennis III	— did not play —												— did not play —
32Wenyen Gabriel	— did not play —												— did not play —
3Shaquille Harrison	— did not play —												— did not play —


TOTAL		43-8948.3%	14-3243.8%	22-2781.5%	41	31	6	9	10	25	122

LAKERS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS	+/-
5Talen Horton-TuckerSF	30	5-11	0-1	4-4	2	2	1	0	2	4	14	-15
6LeBron JamesPF	39	14-25	3-9	8-9	9	7	3	1	3	2	39	+9
39Dwight HowardC	6	0-1	0-0	2-2	3	0	0	0	1	1	2	-10
2Wayne EllingtonSG	13	1-4	1-3	0-0	3	0	0	0	0	1	3	-20
0Russell WestbrookPG	36	4-20	0-3	5-6	12	11	1	0	3	5	13	-23
11Malik Monk	35	8-13	3-7	1-1	4	3	0	1	2	1	20	+9
14Stanley Johnson	27	2-4	1-3	2-2	1	1	1	0	0	5	7	+6
7Carmelo Anthony	38	6-15	2-7	3-4	11	4	2	3	2	1	17	+10
21Darren Collison	12	0-3	0-2	0-0	2	1	0	0	0	3	0	-1
30Jay Huff	— did not play —												— did not play —
32Jemerrio Jones	— did not play —												— did not play —
40Mason Jones	— did not play —												— did not play —
10DeAndre Jordan	— did not play —												— did not play —
4Rajon Rondo	— did not play —												— did not play —
31Isaiah Thomas	— did not play —												— did not play —
TOTAL		40-9641.7%	10-3528.6%	25-2889.3%	47	29	8	5	13	23	115

Play-by-Play

Scores Only

1st quarterbknlal

(11:56) Jump Ball Howard vs. Claxton: Tip to Ellington
+2 (11:36) James 13' Turnaround Fadeaway (2 PTS) (Westbrook 1 AST)
02
+2 (11:14) Brown 7' Floating Jump Shot (2 PTS) (Harden 1 AST)
22
(10:56) Horton-Tucker OFF.Foul (P1) (D.Richardson)
(10:56) Horton-Tucker Offensive Foul Turnover (P1.T1)
+2 (10:44) Claxton 3' Cutting Layup Shot (2 PTS) (Harden 2 AST)
42
(10:44) Howard S.FOUL (P1.T1) (D.Richardson)
(10:44) MISS Claxton Free Throw 1 of 1
(10:40) Ellington REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(10:37) Bembry S.FOUL (P1.T1) (D.Richardson)
+1 (10:37) Horton-Tucker Free Throw 1 of 2 (1 PTS)
43
+1 (10:37) Horton-Tucker Free Throw 2 of 2 (2 PTS)
44
+2 (10:26) Bembry 1' Reverse Dunk (2 PTS) (Claxton 1 AST)
64
(10:15) MISS Horton-Tucker 25' 3PT Jump Shot
(10:11) Ellington REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
(10:05) MISS Westbrook 2' Driving Layup
(10:05) Harden BLOCK (1 BLK)
(10:05) Nets Rebound
(9:41) MISS Claxton 15' Jump Shot
(9:40) Nets Rebound
(9:40) Nets Turnover: Shot Clock (T#1)
(9:35) MISS James 26' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot
(9:31) Howard REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
(9:19) MISS James 6' Layup
(9:19) Bembry BLOCK (1 BLK)
(9:16) Bembry REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+3 (9:12) Mills 24' 3PT Fadeaway Jumper (3 PTS) (Brown 1 AST)
94
+2 (9:00) Horton-Tucker 1' Driving Layup (4 PTS) (Westbrook 2 AST)
96
+2 (8:47) Harden 3' Layup (2 PTS)
116
(8:27) Westbrook Bad Pass Turnover (P1.T2)
(8:27) Mills STEAL (1 STL)
+3 (8:15) Bembry 3PT Jump Shot (5 PTS) (Brown 2 AST)
146
(8:15) LAKERS Timeout: Regular (Full 1 Short 0)
(8:00) MISS Westbrook 3' Layup
(8:00) LAKERS Rebound
(7:52) MISS Howard 1' Dunk
(7:52) Claxton BLOCK (1 BLK)
(7:52) Howard REBOUND (Off:2 Def:0)
(7:52) Harden S.FOUL (P1.T2) (K.Cutler)
+1 (7:52) Howard Free Throw 1 of 2 (1 PTS)
147
+1 (7:52) Howard Free Throw 2 of 2 (2 PTS)
148
+3 (7:40) Mills 25' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (6 PTS) (Harden 3 AST)
178
(7:35) James Out of Bounds - Bad Pass Turnover Turnover (P1.T3)
+2 (7:23) Harden 5' Driving Floating Jump Shot (4 PTS)
198
(7:11) MISS Westbrook 24' 3PT Jump Shot
(7:11) LAKERS Rebound
(7:11) Bembry L.B.FOUL (P2.T3) (M.Dagher)
(7:05) Howard 3 Second Violation Turnover (P1.T4)
(6:54) MISS Harden 26' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot
(6:53) LAKERS Rebound
(6:49) MISS Westbrook 2' Driving Layup
(6:49) Claxton BLOCK (2 BLK)
(6:49) LAKERS Rebound
(6:40) Claxton P.FOUL (P1.T4) (K.Cutler)
(6:26) MISS Horton-Tucker 20' Step Back Jump Shot
(6:22) Harden REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(6:21) Ellington P.FOUL (P1.T2) (M.Dagher)
(6:12) MISS Harden 6' Fadeaway Jumper
(6:09) Howard REBOUND (Off:2 Def:1)
+2 (6:07) Monk 2' Running Layup (2 PTS) (James 1 AST)
1910
+3 (5:53) Bembry 3PT Jump Shot (8 PTS) (Mills 1 AST)
2210
(5:49) Mills P.FOUL (P1.PN) (M.Dagher)
+1 (5:49) Johnson Free Throw 1 of 2 (1 PTS)
2211
+1 (5:49) Johnson Free Throw 2 of 2 (2 PTS)
2212
(5:41) MISS Mills 27' 3PT Jump Shot
(5:38) James REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (5:31) James 2' Layup (4 PTS) (Monk 1 AST)
2214
(5:15) Monk S.FOUL (P1.T3) (K.Cutler)
(5:15) MISS Harden Free Throw 1 of 2
(5:15) Nets Rebound
(5:15) MISS Harden Free Throw 2 of 2
(5:12) Anthony REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(5:04) Anthony Traveling Turnover (P1.T5)
(4:54) MISS Johnson 2' Driving Layup
(4:54) James BLOCK (1 BLK)
(4:54) LAKERS Rebound
(4:50) Johnson P.FOUL (P1.PN) (D.Richardson)
+1 (4:50) James Free Throw 1 of 2 (5 PTS)
2215
+1 (4:50) James Free Throw 2 of 2 (6 PTS)
2216
+2 (4:24) Harden 7' Driving Floating Jump Shot (6 PTS)
2416
(4:07) MISS Monk 28' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot
(4:04) Harden REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(3:58) MISS Harden 3' Running Layup
(3:56) Johnson REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(3:50) LAKERS Timeout: Regular (Full 2 Short 0)
+2 (3:33) Johnson 2' Layup (4 PTS) (Horton-Tucker 1 AST)
2418
+2 (3:07) Carter 21' Pullup Jump Shot (2 PTS) (Johnson 1 AST)
2618
(2:53) MISS Westbrook 18' Pullup Jump Shot
(2:50) Carter REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (2:45) Harden 2' Driving Layup (8 PTS)
2818
(2:45) Johnson S.FOUL (P1.T4) (D.Richardson)
+1 (2:45) Harden Free Throw 1 of 1 (9 PTS)
2918
(2:33) MISS Collison 3PT Jump Shot
(2:29) Harden REBOUND (Off:0 Def:3)
+2 (2:25) Harden 2' Running Layup (11 PTS)
3118
(2:05) Monk Lost Ball Turnover (P1.T6)
(2:05) Carter STEAL (1 STL)
(2:05) Jump Ball Collison vs. Carter: Tip to Mills
+2 (1:58) Mills 1' Running Finger Roll Layup (8 PTS) (Carter 1 AST)
3318
+3 (1:48) Johnson 25' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (7 PTS) (Westbrook 3 AST)
3321
(1:33) MISS Johnson 26' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot
(1:33) Westbrook REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (1:24) Westbrook 1' Running Layup (2 PTS)
3323
+2 (1:10) Mills 1' Driving Layup (10 PTS)
3523
(1:10) Johnson S.FOUL (P2.PN) (M.Dagher)
+1 (1:10) Mills Free Throw 1 of 1 (11 PTS)
3623
(0:59) Johnson Violation:Kicked Ball (K.Cutler)
(0:56) James Backcourt Turnover (P2.T7)
+2 (0:46) Mills 11' Driving Floating Jump Shot (13 PTS)
3823
(0:32) MISS James 27' 3PT Jump Shot
(0:29) Bembry REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(0:07) MISS Carter 16' Fadeaway Jumper
(0:04) James REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(0:00) MISS Monk 25' 3PT Running Pull-Up Jump Shot
(0:00) LAKERS Rebound

2nd quarter

3rd quarter

4th quarter

Team Stats

BKN

LAL

122Points115

43-89(48.3%)Field Goal(%)40-96(41.7%)

14-32(43.8%)3-Point(%)10-35(28.6%)

22-27(81.5%)Free Throw(%)25-28(89.3%)

41(6)Rebounds(Offensive)47(12)

31Assists29

6Steals8

9Blocks5

10Turnovers13

25Fouls23

56Pts In The Paint54

11Fast Break Pts21

17Pts Off Turnovers17

12Bench Pts44

23Largest Lead2

Game Details

Saturday, December 25, 2021 · 8:00 PM

Crypto.com Arena · Los Angeles, CA

attendance: 18,997 (99.6%)