Los Angeles Lakers vs New York Knicks Head-to-Head
Los Angeles Lakers lead the all-time record 179-137 across 332 recorded meetings and 16 meetings without a final source score.
By Erik AnderssonStats synced Apr 16, 2026LAL lead 179-137
LAL 6-4 over the latest 10
LAL won 110-97 on Mar 8, 2026
42 wins separate the teams
The average winning margin is 9.9 points across decided games.
Recent Games
| Date | Home | Away | Score | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 2026 | LAL | NYK | 110–97 | LAL |
| Feb 1, 2026 | NYK | LAL | 112–100 | NYK |
| Mar 6, 2025 | LAL | NYK | 113–109 | LAL |
| Feb 1, 2025 | NYK | LAL | 112–128 | LAL |
| Feb 3, 2024 | NYK | LAL | 105–113 | LAL |
| Dec 18, 2023 | LAL | NYK | 109–114 | NYK |
| Mar 12, 2023 | LAL | NYK | 108–112 | NYK |
| Jan 31, 2023 | NYK | LAL | 123–129 | LAL |
| Feb 5, 2022 | LAL | NYK | 122–115 | LAL |
| Nov 23, 2021 | NYK | LAL | 106–100 | NYK |
Matchup context
Los Angeles Lakers have won 6 of the latest 10 scored meetings. Los Angeles Lakers lead the complete decided record 179-137. The 9.9-point average margin is reported separately from both win records.
- History span
- 1948 to 2026
- 77 seasons
- Average margin
- 9.9 points
- Across decided games
- Playoff history
- 29
- 29 playoff meetings across 5 postseasons
All-Time Record
| Season ↓ | LAL ↕ | NYK ↕ | Games ↕ |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–26 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2024–25 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2023–24 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2022–23 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2021–22 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2020–21 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2019–20 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2018–19 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2017–18 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2016–17 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Matchup Insights
Questions about this record: Los Angeles Lakers vs New York Knicks
How is the Los Angeles Lakers vs New York Knicks meeting total counted?
The source contains 332 recorded meetings. 316 meetings have a winner; 16 meetings have no final source score and do not count as a win. This is why the meeting total can be larger than the two win totals combined.
What is the Los Angeles Lakers vs New York Knicks NBA playoff record?
The playoff subset contains 29 games: Los Angeles Lakers have 16 wins and New York Knicks have 13. Those games are already included in the complete all-time total.
Methodology & Data Sources
Last updated
Every head-to-head record on SharkBetting is computed from scored game logs. Regular-season and playoff results come from the balldontlie API and historical records cross-checked against basketball-reference.com. All-time records, recent form, postseason splits, margins, streaks, decades, and seasons are calculated from the same listed results. Records without a final score are excluded from decided-game statistics.
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Pre-1996 game scores partially derived from the nbadb dataset by Wyatt Walsh, distributed under CC BY-SA 4.0.