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Yaxel Lendeborg
Last: vs Los Angeles Lakers · Tipped off 10:00 PM ET · this page updates each morning
Points by game
The Edge
Role and usageLendeborg's profile stands out most on rebound chances per game (93rd percentile) and usage rate (88th percentile). Latest snapshot 2026-10-30.
Early sample: percentiles among players with 2+ games.
Our pick
Yaxel Lendeborg over 8.5 rebounds
Read our reasoning
Lendeborg has cleared 8.5 rebounds in 4 of his 5 games this season (L10 4/5, avg 9.2, range 3-13, season median 9). His tracking data shows 7.6 offensive rebound chances and 8.0 defensive rebound chances per game, with OREB%:52.6 and DREB%:65.0 — elite board rates. At 33.6 MPG he plays full starter minutes. The one outlier (3 rebounds, vsLAL Oct 21) is the only game pulling the average down; in his other 4 games he averaged above the line. CRITICAL CAVEAT: Lendeborg is Day-To-Day (foot, questionable for Wednesday). Confirm he is active before betting. If he plays, the rebound edge is real. Season sample is just 5 games — treat accordingly.
Points against the line
Recorded line 21.5 · Points · as of Oct 28
2026-27 season · all games played, playoffs included · game log · through 2026-10-28
Hit rate by situation · 2026-27 · against the recorded line 21.5
home, away, back-to-back, in wins and in losses splits have fewer than 10 games this season and are not shown yet.
This season's games only · historical frequency, not a forecast.
Where he scores
35% of his shots come from the restricted area, where he makes 64%, close to the league rate there.
- Restricted area64%level with league35% of attempts · 28 FGA
- Three-pointers35%level with league39% of attempts · 31 FGA
- Mid-range33%▼ 6.7 vs league4% of attempts · 3 FGA · small sample
- Share of attempts
- FG% above league
- below
- under 20 attempts
Where he shoots from, against the league
- Restricted area35% / 29%18 of 28 · 64% FG against 66% for the league
- Paint (non-restricted)23% / 19%8 of 18 · 44% FG against 44% for the league
- Mid-range4% / 10%1 of 3 · 33% FG against 40% for the league
- Left corner 31% / 6%0 of 1 · 0% FG against 34% for the league
- Right corner 310% / 5%6 of 8 · 75% FG against 34% for the league
- Above-the-break 328% / 31%5 of 22 · 23% FG against 34% for the league
Distance buckets and the period split are not available: this player's shots for this season are not in our shot chart yet.
Matchup: vs Los Angeles Lakers
Los Angeles Lakers defense
Who guards him, then team ratings and what they allow to forwards.
Who guards him
Luka Dončić has guarded him most: 14.7 partial possessions, 2 points on 1 of 2.
2026-27 matchups · roster as of Oct 30 · defender ratings as of Oct 30. Tough, average or soft is the defender's own FG% allowed against the league (top, middle or bottom third), shown only for defenders in the league ranking.
Team defense
Los Angeles Lakers: the 17th-best defense at an average pace; about average against forwards on points.
Allowed-to-forwards figures use 2025-26 (last season), 249 forward-games against LAL · team ratings over 5 games, snapshot 2026-10-30.
1 meeting on record: 12.0 points, 3.0 rebounds, 2.0 assists per game (last on Oct 21). The vs LAL window above shows each game.
LAL injury report · Oct 30
- Cameron Carr · Out
- Adou Thiero · Out
- Luka Dončić · Day-to-day
- Ziaire Williams · Day-to-day
Lineup context
Team ratings with him on and off the floor, then points per game with and without his top teammates by minutes.
On and off
The team is 3.7 points per 100 possessions worse with him on the floor (small sample: under 100 minutes on one side).
- Net rating
Offensive and defensive rating
- Offensive rating
- Defensive rating (lower is better)
Points per 100 possessions · 3 games · as of Oct 26.
With and without teammates
- Draymond Greensmall sample without
- Stephen Currysmall sample without
- De'Anthony Meltonsmall sample without
Teammate availability from the injury report as of Oct 30.
Game log & career
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