Los Angeles Lakers vs San Antonio Spurs Full Game Highlights 1st Qtr | Dec 10 | 2025 NBA Highlights

Los Angeles Lakers vs San Antonio Spurs Full Game Highlights 1st Qtr | Dec 10 | 2025 NBA Highlights

And it is if you’re talking about the fight for second place, but no one has been close to the Thunder. I mean, what they did tonight was just unbelievable. Lakers control the tip. We’re underway. Winner goes to Vegas. Emirates NBA Cup quarterfinals. Donic tried to lob it up to Eightton. He had to adjust. Reeves the jumper too strong. LeBron got his hands on it and knocked out of bounds. Our officiating crew tonight, John Goel, John Butler, and Brandon Schwab. San Antonio is coming off a tight win in New Orleans on Monday night. Barnes led the way with 24 points. The cell teardrop. No. And cleared by Eightton. Hachimura swing. Ball movement leads to Reeves. thought about a step back three. Now it’s an isolation. LeBron against Barnes connects. Well, and we’ll see a lot of that isolation. The Lakers actually throw the fewest passes per game in the NBA and yet have a 17-6 record. So, what’s working for LA? It’s good. Yeah. I mean, because they’ve got three of the best shot creators in the NBA. cap better across the board. Uh, no question. And look, that’s going to provide the challenge for the Lakers tonight. Can they guard these guys off the dribble? Steve Nash made the point last night that the Lakers are not the fleetest of foot. Yeah, that was a really nice way of saying it. Yeah, Steve’s a very nice guy. He is. He’s Canadian. Just naturally nice. Eighton floats it in. Well, that’s what I’m talking about right there. The Lakers forced to switch on the LeBron pick and roll. And as they come to help, he’s able to find eight. Fox a three bottom. Well, it used to be you could go under pick and rolls on De’aran Fox. No more. Shooting 38% from there coming in. Donic protects over Castle for two. And this is something to watch, Ian. Can the Spurs, as good as he is defensively, can they play in that drop coverage with Luke Cornett against Luca Donuch? He just destroys drop coverage. Fox puts it up over James and hits. These two teams played November 6th. The Lakers beat the Spurs 118 to 116. Luca went for 35 points, 13 assists, nine rebounds. Reeves nearly lost it. Eight and fills and scores. And again, drop coverage there against Reeves. It’s just really, really difficult. Guards have gotten so good against that coverage. Barnes, it bounces off the rim. Donic. Lakers were down by 10 against Philadelphia. Came back to win that one. Donic hangs, gets the castle with the foul. Donic converts at the line. Lakers extend the lead 11-7. They’ve made their last five shots. Donets already with five leaves the NBA scoring over 13 points a game in the first quarter. Castle on a kick. Spread it for Fox. Swing it for Barnes. The fly by Donic and Barnes can’t make him pay. A terrific effort there by Castle, but the Lakers come away with it. Reeves lob it up for James. The catch and release for two. Yeah, the Lakers don’t run conventional fast break, but what they do all the time is contest on the perimeter and then that guy runs out and seals at the rim. We will see that all night long with the Lakers and they’ve got guys capable of making that pass. One and done off the miss by Vel early offense. The catchon couldn’t get a clean look. Already the third time they’ve looked for that. Spurs are running. Fox little shake and bake. Kicked the cell’s got the green light but can’t hit the three. Donic uncontested rebound. 13-7 Lakers. Spurs are two of seven from the field. Aim Mura sets a screen. They switch. Vel knocks it away and creates a turnover. Castle forcing the action. Gets around Donic for two. That was shifty. They’ve got some explosive guys off the dribble. Dylan Harper will come in off the bench. They got four guards that all can get the ball in the paint at will. Eightton off the bounce from Reeds. He hits. Yeah, look, the Lakers lead the league in points off a pick and roll. I just don’t think that drop coverage giant is going to last. Spurs come in 16th in the NBA in defensive rating. Castle misses it from the outside. Well, they’re great defensively when they have Winyama and one of the worst teams in the league defensively when they don’t have Winyama. The miss by LeBron upstairs. Aton knocks it away. He was trying to hit Cornet on the alley. Donic fends off on Castle. We’re going to hit the sevenminute mark of this opening quarter. Step back Jay rims out. Donic wanted a call down low. Spurs run with Castle. He maneuvers for the buck. Castle converts. Three-point play. Cuts it to three. JJ Reic has sent Gabe Vincent into the game. And Dylan Harper, the rookie out of Ruckers seeing his first action coming off a terrific outing in the Spurs victory over New Orleans. Everything dropping. Hachi Mura from long range. Well, again the drop coverage. Lucas downhill now. They’re rotating over to help on DeAndre Aton on the roll. Nobody makes that skip pass to the corner better than Donic does. Barnes got a three. This has really been a renaissance for Harrison Barnes. And the way that Mitch Johnson described it, the fact that Barnes can bring stability, consistency, continuity, he’s all of those things. Donic the missing ahead for Vel. Well, and with all the injuries they’ve had this year, having somebody you can count on to be there every night. Carter Bryan said, “The HB has done a great job of showing me the ropes, the same routine, the same stretch routine, doing my workout the same exact way, and he keeps the standards high for this group of young guys.” Guys, Bryant is the rookie out of Arizona. Turnover Lakers Harper takes it himself and switches to the off hand, but he’s basically ambidextrous. He really is. That’s something Mitch Johnson was talking about before the game. Donic got caught in no man’s land. Eighton clears and Reeves is fouled by Harper. That’ll be followed by the West semifinals with the Thunder and the survivor of this one as Reeves just took a shot advantage. The Lakers last in bench scoring San Antonio games dealing with back issues. He’s missed nine games overall and the hope is he could come in and help solidify the defense for LA. Well, and they need that. As we said earlier, bottom 10 defense. This guy’s a former defensive player of the year, but injuries have been a major problem since he left Boston over two years ago. Chap Kenny’s put together a nice season so far. Donuch has missed a pair of free throws. Johnson crossing piouetses, puts it up. It was challenged there by Eight and that forced him to alter the shot. Logo land bottom. Luca Donic with a long range bomb. He’s third in the league in three-pointers made. Harper off the drive. He could not shovel it in, but he is going to the free throw line.

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Los Angeles Lakers vs San Antonio Spurs Full Game Highlights 1st Qtr | Dec 10 | 2025 NBA Highlights