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Los Angeles Lakers vs Detroit Pistons Box Score

Sunday, November 8, 2026 · 6:00 PM ET · Little Caesars Arena · Attendance 20,178

Score by quarter

Team1234T
LAL38232733121
DET14343335116

Box score

Los Angeles Lakers

PlayerMinPtsRebAstStlBlkTOFG3PTFT+/-
Austin Reaves G37435400114-274-611-11+21
Quentin Grimes G3212141124-122-52-4+1
Walker Kessler C29121641345-100-02-3+5
Jake LaRavia F295110001-30-13-4+3
Matisse Thybulle G284204002-50-30-00
Collin Sexton G2417220025-100-27-8+1
Ziaire Williams F2117200106-104-81-2+7
Sandro Mamukelashvili F187300023-51-30-0-7
Jarred Vanderbilt F1421030121-10-00-1+2
Adou Thiero F82200011-10-00-0-8

Did not play: Kevon Looney (Coach's decision); Bronny James (Coach's decision); Jaden Hardy (Coach's decision); Cameron Carr (Coach's decision); Lawson Lovering (Coach's decision)

Detroit Pistons

PlayerMinPtsRebAstStlBlkTOFG3PTFT+/-
Cade Cunningham G3814482046-151-61-2-15
John Collins F328411213-71-21-2-13
Duncan Robinson F2712030014-123-111-2+7
Ausar Thompson G2471131023-90-01-2-16
Paul Reed F2081000024-80-00-2-8
Kevin Huerter G3524552519-144-82-3+9
Daniss Jenkins G3231541019-178-155-5+22
Javonte Green G177223003-71-40-0-4
Ronald Holland II F145210001-51-22-2-7

Did not play: Tolu Smith (Coach's decision); Taurean Prince (Coach's decision); Ebuka Okorie (Coach's decision); Chaz Lanier (Coach's decision); Isaac Jones (Coach's decision)

Starters are marked with a bar. Min: minutes, TO: turnovers, FG, 3PT and FT: made-attempted.

Get this box score from the API

Every game has an id, and this one is 1609. /api/basketball/games/1609/players returns one line per player: minutes, points, shooting, rebounds, assists, steals, blocks, turnovers, fouls and plus-minus. Players who didn't play have the reason in dnp. The team totals are at /api/basketball/games/1609.

box_score.py
import requests

API_KEY = "YOUR_API_KEY"
answer = requests.get(
    "https://sportapi.ai/api/basketball/games/1609/players",
    headers={"X-API-Key": API_KEY},
    timeout=20,
).json()

game = answer["game"]
print(game["away"]["name"], game["away"]["score"], "@", game["home"]["name"], game["home"]["score"])
for side in ("away", "home"):
    print(game[side]["name"])
    for row in answer["data"][side]:
        if row["dnp"]:
            continue
        print(f'  {row["player"]["name"]:<24} {row["minutes"]:>2} min {row["pts"]:>3} pts {row["reb"]:>2} reb {row["ast"]:>2} ast')

The API documentation lists every basketball endpoint. The same key works for the NBA, WNBA, EuroLeague, NCAA and the other leagues, and for football too.