The 2024–25 Los Angeles Lakers season was the 78th season of the franchise, its 77th season in the

National Basketball Association The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a professional basketball league in North America composed of 30 teams (29 in the United States and 1 in Canada). The NBA is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Ca ...

(NBA), its 65th season in

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, and its 26th season playing home games at Crypto.com Arena. On May 3, 2024, the Lakers fired head coach

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and all of their assistant coaches, including

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, who had been with the team since their 2020 championship season. On June 24, 2024, the Lakers hired

JJ Redick Jonathan Clay "JJ" Redick ( ) (born June 24, 1984) is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is the head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He most recently served as an analyst ...

as their new head coach. They entered the season as the defending

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champions. Prior to the start of the season, the Lakers announced that jersey No. 21 would be retired in honor of

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during their game against the

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on January 13, 2025, after he was announced as a finalist for the 2024

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. In their season-opener against the

Minnesota Timberwolves The Minnesota Timberwolves (often referred to as the Wolves or T-wolves) are an American professional basketball team based in Minneapolis. The Timberwolves compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Northwest Divisio ...

LeBron James LeBron Raymone James Sr. ( ; born December 30, 1984) is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Nicknamed "King James", he is the NBA's all-time leading scorer and ...

and his son

Bronny LeBron Raymone "Bronny" James Jr. (born October 6, 2004) is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). A consensus four-star college recruiting, recruit, James was named a ...

made NBA history by becoming the first father-son duo to play together in the league. LeBron James would also become the first player in NBA history to play in the NBA both as a teenager and as a 40 year old on New Year's Eve. For the first time since 2016–17, the Lakers won on opening night and started 3–0 for the first time since

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. With their victory over the

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on November 19, 2024, the Lakers posted their first six game winning streak in five seasons. During this season, the Lakers would see two games of theirs postponed for later into the season due to the

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, which also saw the loss of coach JJ Redick's home in the area of the

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. On February 2, 2025, the Lakers were involved in a blockbuster three-team trade with the

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and

, acquiring superstar

Luka Dončić Luka Dončić ( ; ; born February 28, 1999) is a Slovenian professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Since his rookie season, he has been selected to five NBA All-Star games and fiv ...

alongside

Maxi Kleber Maximilian Kleber (born 29 January 1992) is a German professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). At , he plays the power forward position. Early life Kleber played in the youth ranks of ...

and

Markieff Morris Markieff Morris ( ; born September 2, 1989) is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Kansas Jayhawks before being drafted 13th over ...

while trading

Anthony Davis Anthony Marshon Davis Jr. (born March 11, 1993), nicknamed "AD" and "the Brow", is an American professional basketball player for the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Davis, a Power forward (basketball), power f ...

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, and a 2029 1st round pick to the Mavericks, and

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and two 2nd round picks to the Jazz. This trade is widely considered to be one of the most shocking in NBA history, with it being the first time ever that two reigning All-NBA players were traded for each other during the season. On April 9, the Lakers clinched a playoff berth for a third consecutive year and the first berth since

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not to involve the play-in tournament following their win against the

. On April 11, the Lakers won their first Pacific Division title since 2020 following their victory over the

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. On April 30, the Lakers were upset in the first round by the sixth-seeded

in five games. This marks the first time since 2005–06 and 2006–07 the Lakers were eliminated in the first round in back-to-back seasons, and the third time in five seasons that the Lakers were eliminated in the first round. It was also the first time they were eliminated in the first round as the 3rd seed or higher.

Draft

The Lakers entered this draft (which was two days long instead of one day long like it had been since

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) with a first-round pick and a second-round pick. On the first night of the draft, the Lakers selected small forward

Dalton Knecht Dalton Douglas Knecht (; born April 19, 2001) is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for Northeastern Junior College, Northern Colorado, ...

from the

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with the first round pick that was conveyed to the Lakers after the

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decided to defer it back to the Lakers in exchange for the Lakers' 2025 first-round pick through a previous trade they made. Then, on the second day of the draft, the Lakers selected

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guard

Bronny James LeBron Raymone "Bronny" James Jr. (born October 6, 2004) is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). A consensus four-star recruit, James was named a McDonald's All-Ame ...

, the son of current Lakers player

, with the 55th pick of the draft. It would famously become the first time in NBA history that a father-son duo would play together in the NBA.

Roster

Standings

Division

Conference

Game log

Preseason

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Footprint Center The PHX Arena (formerly America West Arena, US Airways Center, Talking Stick Resort Arena, Phoenix Suns Arena and Footprint Center) is a multi-purpose arena in Phoenix, Arizona. It opened under the name America West Arena on June 6, 1992, at ...

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Chase Center Chase Center is an indoor arena in the Mission Bay neighborhood of San Francisco, California. It is the home of the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association (NBA), Golden State Valkyries of the Women's National Basketball A ...

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19,800 , 4–2 , - style="background:#fcc" , 7 , November 4 , @

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18,997 , 7–4 , - style="background:#cfc" , 12 , November 15 , @

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18,761 , 9–4 , - style="background:#cfc , 14 , November 19 ,

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18,997 , 10–4 , - style="background:#fcc , 15 , November 21 ,

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18,978 , 12–9 , - style="background:#fcc , 22 , December 4 , @

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19,657 , 12–10 , - style="background:#fcc , 23 , December 6 , @

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18,997 , 24–18 , - style="background:#cfc , 43 , January 25 , @ Golden State , , Anthony Davis (36) , Anthony Davis (13) , LeBron James (12) ,

18,064 , 25–18 , - style="background:#cfc , 44 , January 27 , @ Charlotte , , Anthony Davis (42) , Anthony Davis (23) , LeBron James (8) ,

Spectrum Center The Spectrum Center is an indoor arena in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States. Located in Uptown Charlotte, Uptown, it is owned by the city of Charlotte and operated by its main tenant, the Charlotte Hornets of the National Basketball Ass ...

19,483 , 26–18 , - style="background:#fcc , 45 , January 28 , @

, , LeBron James (31) , LeBron James (8) , LeBron James (9) ,

Wells Fargo Center Wells Fargo Center may refer to: * Wells Fargo Center (Los Angeles), California * Wells Fargo Center (Sacramento), California * Wells Fargo Center (San Francisco), California * Wells Fargo Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa, California * Wells Fargo C ...

19,775 , 26–19 , - style="background:#cfc , 46 , January 30 , @

, , LeBron James (24) , Jaxson Hayes (10) , LeBron James (11) ,

Capital One Arena Capital One Arena is an indoor arena in Washington, D.C. Located in the Chinatown section of the larger Penn Quarter neighborhood, the arena sits atop the Gallery Place rapid transit station of the Washington Metro. The arena was opened o ...

17,491 , 27–19 , - style="background:#cfc , 47 , February 1 , @

New York New York most commonly refers to: * New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States * New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York New York may also refer to: Places United Kingdom * ...

, ,

(33) , LeBron James (11) , LeBron James (12) ,

Madison Square Garden Madison Square Garden, colloquially known as the Garden or by its initials MSG, is a multi-purpose indoor arena in New York City. It is located in Midtown Manhattan between Seventh Avenue (Manhattan), Seventh and Eighth Avenue (Manhattan), Eig ...

19,812 , 28–19 , - style="background:#cfc , 48 , February 4 , @ L.A. Clippers , , LeBron James (26) , LeBron James (8) , James, Reaves (9) ,

17,927 , 29–19 , - style="background:#cfc , 49 , February 6 , Golden State , , LeBron James (42) , LeBron James (17) , LeBron James (8) , Crypto.com Arena
18,997 , 30–19 , - style="background:#cfc , 50 , February 8 ,

Indiana Indiana ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Michigan to the northwest, Michigan to the north and northeast, Ohio to the east, the Ohio River and Kentucky to the s ...

, , Austin Reaves (45) ,

(12) , Reaves,

Vincent Vincent (Latin: ''Vincentius'') is a masculine given name originating from the Roman name ''Vincentius'', which itself comes from the Latin verb ''vincere'', meaning "to conquer." People with the given name Artists *Vincent Apap (1909–2003) ...

(7) , Crypto.com Arena
18,997 , 31–19 , - style="background:#cfc , 51 , February 10 ,

, , LeBron James (24) , Austin Reaves (9) , LeBron James (8) , Crypto.com Arena
18,997 , 32–19 , - style="background:#fcc , 52 , February 12 , @ Utah , ,

(19) ,

Alex Len Oleksii Yuriyovych Len (; born June 16, 1993), commonly known as Alex Len (), is a Ukrainian professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Before being drafted, he played two seasons for ...

(7) , Austin Reaves (11) ,

18,175 , 32–20 , - align="center" , colspan="9" bgcolor="#bbcaff",

All-Star Game An all-star game is an exhibition game that showcases the best players (the "stars") of a sports league. The exhibition is between two teams organized solely for the event, usually representing the league's teams based on region or division, bu ...

, - style="background:#fcc , 53 , February 19 , Charlotte , , LeBron James (26) ,

(11) , LeBron James (11) , Crypto.com Arena
18,997 , 32–21 , - style="background:#cfc , 54 , February 20 , @

, , LeBron James (40) , Rui Hachimura (12) , Austin Reaves (7) ,

Moda Center Moda Center, formerly known as the Rose Garden, is the primary indoor sports arena in Portland, Oregon, United States. It is used for basketball, rodeos, circuses, conventions, ice shows, concerts, and dramatic productions. The arena has a capa ...

19,399 , 33–21 , - style="background:#cfc , 55 , February 22 , @

, , Luka Dončić (32) , Luka Dončić (10) , Dončić, Reaves (7) ,

Ball Arena Ball Arena (formerly known as the Pepsi Center) is a multi-purpose indoor arena located in Denver, Colorado, United States. It is situated at Speer Boulevard, a main thoroughfare in downtown Denver, and is served by two nearby exits off Inter ...

19,998 , 34–21 , - style="background:#cfc , 56 , February 25 ,

, , LeBron James (27) , Luka Dončić (15) , Luka Dončić (12) , Crypto.com Arena
18,997 , 35–21 , - style="background:#cfc , 57 , February 27 ,

, , LeBron James (33) , LeBron James (17) , LeBron James (6) , Crypto.com Arena
18,997 , 36–21 , - style="background:#cfc , 58 , February 28 , L.A. Clippers , , Luka Dončić (31) , LeBron James (13) , Luka Dončić (5) , Crypto.com Arena
18,997 , 37–21 , - style="background:#cfc , 59 , March 2 , L.A. Clippers , ,

(29) ,

Jarred Vanderbilt Jarred Jakobi Vanderbilt (born April 3, 1999) is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was selected as a McDonald's All-American in high school. Vanderbilt played co ...

(9) , Dončić, L. James (9) , Crypto.com Arena
18,997 , 38–21 , - style="background:#cfc , 60 , March 4 ,

, , LeBron James (34) ,

(10) , Luka Dončić (15) , Crypto.com Arena
18,997 , 39–21 , - style="background:#cfc , 61 , March 6 ,

, , Luka Dončić (32) , LeBron James (12) , Luka Dončić (12) , Crypto.com Arena
18,997 , 40–21 , - style="background:#fcc , 62 , March 8 , @

, , Luka Dončić (34) , LeBron James (14) , LeBron James (9) ,

TD Garden TD Garden (named the FleetCenter from opening until 2005 and TD Banknorth Garden until 2009) is a multi-purpose arena in Boston. It is located directly above the MBTA's North Station, and it replaced the original Boston Garden upon opening i ...

19,156 , 40–22 , - style="background:#fcc , 63 , March 10 , @

, ,

Gabe Vincent Gabriel Nnamdi Vincent (born June 14, 1996) is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the Nigerian national basketball team. He played college basketball for the UC ...

(24) , Luka Dončić (12) , Luka Dončić (12) ,

Barclays Center Barclays Center ( ) is a multi-purpose list of indoor arenas, indoor arena in the New York City Boroughs of New York City, borough of Brooklyn. The arena is home to the Brooklyn Nets of the National Basketball Association and the New York Liber ...

18,215 , 40–23 , - style="background:#fcc , 64 , March 13 , @

, , Luka Dončić (45) , Luka Dončić (11) , Dončić, Goodwin,

, Reaves (3) ,

18,017 , 40–24 , - style="background:#fcc , 65 , March 14 , @

, , Austin Reaves (37) , Austin Reaves (8) , Austin Reaves (13) ,

19,946 , 40–25 , - style="background:#cfc , 66 , March 16 , Phoenix , , Luka Dončić (33) , Luka Dončić (11) , Luka Dončić (8) , Crypto.com Arena
18,997 , 41–25 , - style="background:#cfc , 67 , March 17 ,

, , Austin Reaves (30) , Jaxson Hayes (11) , Luka Dončić (14) , Crypto.com Arena
17,723 , 42–25 , - style="background:#cfc , 68 , March 19 , Denver , , Luka Dončić (31) , Luka Dončić (8) , Austin Reaves (8) , Crypto.com Arena
18,997 , 43–25 , - style="background:#fcc , 69 , March 20 , Milwaukee , , B. James, Knecht (17) ,

(9) , Goodwin, B. James (5) , Crypto.com Arena
17,709 , 43–26 , - style="background:#fcc , 70 , March 22 ,

Chicago Chicago is the List of municipalities in Illinois, most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States. With a population of 2,746,388, as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, it is the List of Unite ...

, , Luka Dončić (34) , Luka Dončić (8) , Luka Dončić (6) , Crypto.com Arena
18,997 , 43–27 , - style="background:#fcc , 71 , March 24 , @

, , Luka Dončić (32) , Dončić, Finney-Smith (7) , Dončić, L. James (7) ,

Kia Center Kia Center (formerly Amway Center) is an indoor arena located in the downtown core of Orlando, Florida. The arena is home to the Orlando Magic of the National Basketball Association (NBA), the Orlando Solar Bears of the ECHL, and the Orlando Pr ...

19,598 , 43–28 , - style="background:#cfc , 72 , March 26 , @

, , Luka Dončić (34) , LeBron James (13) , Dončić, L. James (7) ,

Gainbridge Fieldhouse Gainbridge Fieldhouse is an indoor arena located in downtown Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. It opened in November 1999 to replace Market Square Arena. The arena is the home of the Indiana Pacers of the National Basketball Association (NBA) ...

17,274 , 44–28 , - style="background:#fcc , 73 , March 27 , @ Chicago , , Austin Reaves (30) , Luka Dončić (10) , LeBron James (12) ,

United Center The United Center is an indoor arena on the Near West Side, Chicago, Near West Side of Chicago, Illinois. It is home to the Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League (NHL) ...

21,957 , 44–29 , - style="background:#cfc , 74 , March 29 , @

, , Austin Reaves (31) , Luka Dončić (8) , Luka Dončić (9) ,

18,087 , 45–29 , - style="background:#cfc , 75 , March 31 ,

, , Dončić, Finney-Smith, Vincent (20) , L. James, Reaves (8) , Luka Dončić (9) , Crypto.com Arena
18,997 , 46–29 , - style="background:#fcc , 76 , April 3 , Golden State , ,

(33) ,

(8) , LeBron James (9) , Crypto.com Arena
18,997 , 46–30 , - style="background:#cfc , 77 , April 4 ,

, , Luka Dončić (35) ,

(12) , LeBron James (8) , Crypto.com Arena
18,997 , 47–30 , - style="background:#cfc , 78 , April 6 , @

, , Luka Dončić (30) , Dončić, Finney-Smith, Hachimura (7) , LeBron James (7) ,

Paycom Center Paycom Center (originally known as the Ford Center from 2002 to 2010, Oklahoma City Arena from 2010 to 2011, and Chesapeake Energy Arena from 2011 to 2021) is an arena located in downtown Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States. It opened in 200 ...

18,203 , 48–30 , - style="background:#fcc , 79 , April 8 , @ Oklahoma City , , LeBron James (28) ,

(12) , Dončić, Reaves (5) ,

18,203 , 48–31 , - style="background:#cfc , 80 , April 9 , @

, , Luka Dončić (45) , Luka Dončić (8) , Luka Dončić (6) ,

20,841 , 49–31 , - style="background:#cfc , 81 , April 11 ,

, , Luka Dončić (39) , Luka Dončić (8) , LeBron James (8) , Crypto.com Arena
18,997 , 50–31 , - style="background:#fcc , 82 , April 13 , @

, ,

(27) , Jemison III, Koloko, Knecht (8) , B. James,

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(6) ,

19,335 , 50–32

Playoffs

, -style="background:#fcc" , 1 , April 19 ,

, ,

(37) , Luka Dončić (8) ,

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, Reaves (3) , Crypto.com Arena
18,997 , 0–1 , -style="background:#cfc" , 2 , April 22 ,

, , Luka Dončić (31) , Luka Dončić (12) , Luka Dončić (9) , Crypto.com Arena
18,997 , 1–1 , -style="background:#fcc" , 3 , April 25 , @

, , LeBron James (38) , LeBron James (10) , Luka Dončić (8) ,

19,312 , 1–2 , -style="background:#fcc" , 4 , April 27 , @

, , Luka Dončić (38) , LeBron James (12) , LeBron James (8) ,

19,289 , 1–3 , -style="background:#fcc" , 5 , April 30 ,

, , Luka Dončić (28) , Dončić, James, Vanderbilt (7) , Luka Dončić (9) , Crypto.com Arena
18,997 , 1–4

NBA Cup

The groups were revealed during the tournament announcement on July 12, 2024. The Lakers initially won their first two games of the NBA Cup and looked to continue their win streak in the mid-season tournament play that started last season back in the

2023 NBA In-Season Tournament The 2023 NBA In-Season Tournament was a multi-stage basketball tournament that played during the 2023–24 NBA season. It was the first edition of the NBA Cup, then under the working name ''NBA In-Season Tournament''. All 30 teams participated ...

, but losses to the

Phoenix Suns The Phoenix Suns are an American professional basketball team based in Phoenix, Arizona. The Suns compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Pacific Division (NBA), Pacific Division of the Western Conference (NBA), We ...

and

Oklahoma City Thunder The Oklahoma City Thunder are an American professional basketball team based in Oklahoma City. The Thunder compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Northwest Division (NBA), Northwest Division of the Western Confer ...

near the end of Group B play would eliminate the Lakers' run at repeating as champions of the renamed NBA Cup.

West Group B

Game log

, -style="background:#cfc" , 1 , November 15 , @

, ,

(40) , Anthony Davis (16) ,

(12) ,

18,916 , 1–0 , -style="background:#cfc;" , 2 , November 19 ,

, ,

(37) , Anthony Davis (14) , LeBron James (12) , Crypto.com Arena
18,997 , 2–0 , -style="background:#fcc , 3 , November 26 , @ Phoenix , , Anthony Davis (25) , Anthony Davis (15) , LeBron James (10) ,

17,071 , 2–1 , -style="background:#fcc , 4 , November 29 ,

, , Dalton Knecht (20) , Anthony Davis (11) , Anthony Davis (8) , Crypto.com Arena
18,997 , 2–2

Transactions

Trades

Free agency

Re-signed

Additions

Subtractions

Notes

References

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Los Angeles Lakers The Los Angeles Lakers are an American professional basketball team based in Los Angeles. The Lakers compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Pacific Division (NBA), Pacific Division of the Western Conference (NBA ...

Lakers The Los Angeles Lakers are an American professional basketball team based in Los Angeles. The Lakers compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Pacific Division (NBA), Pacific Division of the Western Conference (NBA ...