Lakers 89-70 Rockets (17 May, 2009) Play-by-Play

Houston Rockets

53-29, 20-21 away

	1	2	3	4	T
HOU	12	19	19	20	70
LAL	22	29	18	20	89

Los Angeles Lakers

65-17, 36-5 home

Kobe Bryant misses 19-foot jumper
Kobe Bryant makes driving layup
Chuck Hayes blocks Pau Gasol's layup
Trevor Ariza makes tip shot
Trevor Ariza makes 25-foot three point jumper (Derek Fisher assists)
Pau Gasol misses 9-foot two point shot
Derek Fisher misses layup
Derek Fisher misses 19-foot jumper
Andrew Bynum misses jumper
Kobe Bryant misses 13-foot jumper
Andrew Bynum makes layup
Trevor Ariza misses driving layup
Trevor Ariza makes three point jumper (Kobe Bryant assists)
Derek Fisher makes 20-foot jumper (Kobe Bryant assists)
Derek Fisher makes 23-foot jumper (Kobe Bryant assists)
Jordan Farmar misses 20-foot jumper
Trevor Ariza misses 26-foot three point jumper
Pau Gasol makes dunk (Jordan Farmar assists)
Jordan Farmar misses 10-foot jumper
Trevor Ariza misses 6-foot jumper
Pau Gasol makes layup
Shane Battier blocks Lamar Odom's dunk
Jordan Farmar misses 57-foot three point jumper
Pau Gasol misses 6-foot two point shot
Jordan Farmar makes two point shot
Pau Gasol misses 16-foot jumper
Andrew Bynum makes 8-foot hook shot
Lamar Odom makes 27-foot three point jumper (Sasha Vujacic assists)
Kobe Bryant misses 26-foot three point jumper
Lamar Odom makes driving layup
Kobe Bryant makes 18-foot jumper
Andrew Bynum makes layup (Lamar Odom assists)
Kobe Bryant misses layup
Sasha Vujacic misses three point jumper
Pau Gasol makes layup
Kobe Bryant misses layup
Pau Gasol misses layup
Pau Gasol makes slam dunk
Trevor Ariza makes driving dunk (Kobe Bryant assists)
Pau Gasol makes 4-foot hook shot (Lamar Odom assists)
Kobe Bryant misses 27-foot three point jumper
Trevor Ariza misses driving layup
Kobe Bryant makes 27-foot three point jumper (Pau Gasol assists)
Trevor Ariza makes 4-foot two point shot
Pau Gasol misses jumper
Derek Fisher misses 27-foot three point jumper
Kobe Bryant makes 23-foot jumper
Pau Gasol misses layup
Andrew Bynum makes two point shot (Trevor Ariza assists)
Kobe Bryant misses 28-foot three pointer
Andrew Bynum makes 6-foot jumper
Pau Gasol misses layup
Andrew Bynum makes two point shot
Kobe Bryant misses 3-foot two point shot
Pau Gasol makes 6-foot jumper (Jordan Farmar assists)
Shannon Brown makes 12-foot jumper (Lamar Odom assists)
Shannon Brown misses 14-foot jumper
Pau Gasol misses tip shot
Pau Gasol makes tip shot
Lamar Odom misses 25-foot three point jumper
Jordan Farmar misses 19-foot jumper
Sasha Vujacic misses 28-foot three point jumper
Shannon Brown misses 19-foot jumper
Sasha Vujacic makes driving dunk
Sasha Vujacic makes three point jumper (Jordan Farmar assists)
Pau Gasol makes 17-foot jumper
Pau Gasol makes layup (Sasha Vujacic assists)
Lamar Odom misses 26-foot three point jumper
Sasha Vujacic misses 12-foot jumper
Pau Gasol makes 7-foot jumper
Sasha Vujacic makes 15-foot jumper (Kobe Bryant assists)
Sasha Vujacic makes 13-foot jumper
Carl Landry blocks Josh Powell's 11-foot jumper
Luke Walton misses 12-foot jumper
D.J. Mbenga misses 21-foot jumper
Ron Artest misses 25-foot three point jumper
Pau Gasol blocks Luis Scola's 12-foot jumper
Ron Artest misses 24-foot three point jumper
Chuck Hayes misses 9-foot jumper
Shane Battier misses 26-foot three point jumper
Aaron Brooks misses layup
Luis Scola misses 16-foot jumper
Andrew Bynum blocks Chuck Hayes's layup
Trevor Ariza blocks Ron Artest's 19-foot jumper
Aaron Brooks misses three point jumper
Aaron Brooks misses 15-foot jumper
Andrew Bynum blocks Aaron Brooks's 5-foot jumper
Chuck Hayes makes layup (Ron Artest assists)
Chuck Hayes misses layup
Shane Battier makes 20-foot jumper (Ron Artest assists)
Carl Landry makes layup
Luis Scola makes layup
Luis Scola misses 5-foot jumper
Luis Scola makes driving layup (Chuck Hayes assists)
Luis Scola misses layup
Von Wafer misses two point shot
Chuck Hayes makes 4-foot jumper
Carl Landry misses 15-foot jumper
Ron Artest misses 23-foot jumper
Carl Landry misses 4-foot jumper
Aaron Brooks makes 21-foot jumper
Luis Scola misses jumper
Ron Artest makes 15-foot two point shot
Shane Battier misses 23-foot three point jumper
Von Wafer makes 16-foot jumper
Von Wafer makes layup (Ron Artest assists)
Brent Barry misses 27-foot three point jumper
Luis Scola misses tip shot
Von Wafer makes driving dunk (Luis Scola assists)
Ron Artest misses 24-foot three point jumper
Aaron Brooks misses 19-foot jumper
Kobe Bryant blocks Von Wafer's 15-foot jumper
Ron Artest makes 27-foot three point jumper
Von Wafer makes 19-foot jumper (Aaron Brooks assists)
Pau Gasol blocks Carl Landry's 71-foot three point jumper
Aaron Brooks makes 16-foot jumper
Chuck Hayes misses 27-foot three point jumper
Ron Artest misses 26-foot three point jumper
Luis Scola makes 17-foot jumper (Aaron Brooks assists)
Chuck Hayes makes layup (Ron Artest assists)
Aaron Brooks misses layup
Luis Scola misses 19-foot jumper
Kobe Bryant blocks Luis Scola's layup
Aaron Brooks makes 28-foot three point jumper
Aaron Brooks misses 12-foot jumper
Chuck Hayes makes 9-foot jumper
Shane Battier misses 13-foot running jumper
Aaron Brooks makes 26-foot three point jumper (Shane Battier assists)
Trevor Ariza blocks Aaron Brooks's layup
Ron Artest makes driving layup
Ron Artest misses 30-foot three point jumper
Aaron Brooks misses 21-foot jumper
Carl Landry misses layup
Carl Landry misses 4-foot jumper
Lamar Odom blocks Von Wafer's two point shot
Von Wafer makes slam dunk (Kyle Lowry assists)
Von Wafer misses 26-foot three point jumper
Pau Gasol blocks Carl Landry's layup
Luis Scola makes driving layup (Aaron Brooks assists)
Von Wafer misses 19-foot jumper
Carl Landry makes layup (Ron Artest assists)
Carl Landry misses 21-foot jumper
Von Wafer misses 7-foot jumper
Shane Battier misses 23-foot three point jumper
Shane Battier misses 29-foot three point jumper
Carl Landry misses 24-foot three point jumper
Brian Cook makes layup (Kyle Lowry assists)
James White makes jumper (Kyle Lowry assists)
James White makes 16-foot jumper (Brian Cook assists)
Kyle Lowry makes three point jumper (Brent Barry assists)
Kyle Lowry makes 28-foot three point jumper (Carl Landry assists)

ROCKETS

LAKERS

TIME		HOU	LAL
12:00	Start of the 1st Quarter	0	0
12:00	Jumpball: Luis Scola vs. Andrew Bynum (Pau Gasol gains possession)	0	0
11:41	Luis Scola shooting foul (Trevor Ariza draws the foul)	0	0
11:41	Trevor Ariza makes free throw 1 of 2	0	1
11:41	Trevor Ariza misses free throw 2 of 2	0	1
11:41	Ron Artest defensive rebound	0	1
11:18	Ron Artest misses 25-foot three point jumper	0	1
11:18	Kobe Bryant defensive rebound	0	1
11:11	Kobe Bryant misses 19-foot jumper	0	1
11:10	Ron Artest defensive rebound	0	1
10:51	Pau Gasol blocks Luis Scola's 12-foot jumper	0	1
10:49	Pau Gasol defensive rebound	0	1
10:45	Kobe Bryant makes driving layup	0	3
10:26	Luis Scola bad pass (Derek Fisher steals)	0	3
10:15	Chuck Hayes blocks Pau Gasol's layup	0	3
10:12	Trevor Ariza offensive rebound	0	5
10:12	Trevor Ariza makes tip shot	0	5
9:47	Aaron Brooks lost ball (Kobe Bryant steals)	0	5
9:38	Trevor Ariza makes 25-foot three point jumper (Derek Fisher assists)	0	8
9:32	Houston full timeout	0	8
9:22	Ron Artest misses 24-foot three point jumper	0	8
9:22	Shane Battier offensive rebound	0	8
9:11	Pau Gasol personal foul (Aaron Brooks draws the foul)	0	8
9:00	Chuck Hayes misses 9-foot jumper	0	8
9:00	Andrew Bynum defensive rebound	0	8
8:45	Pau Gasol misses 9-foot two point shot	0	8
8:41	Luis Scola defensive rebound	0	8
8:30	Shane Battier misses 26-foot three point jumper	0	8
8:30	Trevor Ariza defensive rebound	0	8
8:25	Derek Fisher misses layup	0	8
8:25	Kobe Bryant offensive rebound	0	8
8:25	Aaron Brooks loose ball foul (Kobe Bryant draws the foul)	0	8
8:11	Trevor Ariza lost ball (Ron Artest steals)	0	8
8:03	Aaron Brooks misses layup	0	8
8:02	Pau Gasol defensive rebound	0	8
7:56	Derek Fisher misses 19-foot jumper	0	8
7:54	Ron Artest defensive rebound	0	8
7:43	Luis Scola misses 16-foot jumper	0	8
7:41	Chuck Hayes offensive rebound	0	8
7:41	Andrew Bynum blocks Chuck Hayes's layup	0	8
7:39	Kobe Bryant defensive rebound	0	8
7:26	Andrew Bynum misses jumper	0	8
7:26	Luis Scola defensive rebound	0	8
7:07	Trevor Ariza blocks Ron Artest's 19-foot jumper	0	8
7:05	Pau Gasol defensive rebound	0	8
6:54	Pau Gasol bad pass (Aaron Brooks steals)	0	8
6:52	Trevor Ariza shooting foul (Aaron Brooks draws the foul)	0	8
6:52	Aaron Brooks makes free throw 1 of 2	1	8
6:52	Aaron Brooks makes free throw 2 of 2	2	8
6:39	Kobe Bryant misses 13-foot jumper	2	8
6:39	Andrew Bynum offensive rebound	2	8
6:37	Andrew Bynum makes layup	2	10
6:11	Aaron Brooks misses three point jumper	2	10
6:11	Andrew Bynum defensive rebound	2	10
5:52	Trevor Ariza misses driving layup	2	10
5:50	Chuck Hayes defensive rebound	2	10
5:43	Aaron Brooks misses 15-foot jumper	2	10
5:41	Shane Battier offensive rebound	2	10
5:18	Andrew Bynum blocks Aaron Brooks's 5-foot jumper	2	10
5:16	Andrew Bynum defensive rebound	2	10
5:07	Trevor Ariza makes three point jumper (Kobe Bryant assists)	2	13
4:43	Chuck Hayes makes layup (Ron Artest assists)	4	13
4:22	Derek Fisher makes 20-foot jumper (Kobe Bryant assists)	4	15
4:05	Andrew Bynum personal foul (Shane Battier draws the foul)	4	15
3:59	Chuck Hayes misses layup	4	15
3:57	Andrew Bynum defensive rebound	4	15
3:50	Derek Fisher makes 23-foot jumper (Kobe Bryant assists)	4	17
3:27	Shane Battier makes 20-foot jumper (Ron Artest assists)	6	17
3:18	Los Angeles full timeout	6	17
3:18	Carl Landry enters the game for Chuck Hayes	6	17
3:18	Lamar Odom enters the game for Andrew Bynum	6	17
3:18	Jordan Farmar enters the game for Derek Fisher	6	17
3:11	Carl Landry personal foul (Pau Gasol draws the foul)	6	17
2:58	Jordan Farmar misses 20-foot jumper	6	17
2:57	Lamar Odom offensive rebound	6	17
2:51	Trevor Ariza misses 26-foot three point jumper	6	17
2:49	Ron Artest defensive rebound	6	17
2:34	Carl Landry makes layup	8	17
2:13	Pau Gasol makes dunk (Jordan Farmar assists)	8	19
1:50	Luis Scola makes layup	10	19
1:23	Jordan Farmar misses 10-foot jumper	10	19
1:22	Luis Scola defensive rebound	10	19
1:01	Luis Scola misses 5-foot jumper	10	19
1:00	Kobe Bryant defensive rebound	10	19
57.4	Shane Battier personal foul (Kobe Bryant draws the foul)	10	19
57.4	Von Wafer enters the game for Ron Artest	10	19
57.4	Kyle Lowry enters the game for Aaron Brooks	10	19
47.9	Trevor Ariza misses 6-foot jumper	10	19
46.0	Pau Gasol offensive rebound	10	19
46.0	Pau Gasol makes layup	10	21
46.0	Carl Landry shooting foul (Pau Gasol draws the foul)	10	21
46.0	Sasha Vujacic enters the game for Trevor Ariza	10	21
46.0	Chuck Hayes enters the game for Carl Landry	10	21
46.0	Pau Gasol makes free throw 1 of 1	10	22
34.1	Luis Scola makes driving layup (Chuck Hayes assists)	12	22
21.9	Shane Battier blocks Lamar Odom's dunk	12	22
19.5	Shane Battier defensive rebound	12	22
2.9	Luis Scola misses layup	12	22
1.7	Pau Gasol defensive rebound	12	22
0.9	Jordan Farmar misses 57-foot three point jumper	12	22
0.0	Los Angeles offensive rebound	12	22
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	12	22

Rockets
100
Lakers
92

Game 1

5/5

Rockets
98
Lakers
111

Game 2

7/5

Lakers
108
Rockets
94

Game 3

9/5

Lakers
87
Rockets
99

Game 4

10/5

Rockets
78
Lakers
118

Game 5

13/5

Lakers
80
Rockets
95

Game 6

15/5

Rockets
70
Lakers
89

Game 7

17/5

crypto.com Arena

8:30 PM, 17 May 2009

Los Angeles, CA

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Dallas	50	32	.610	-	L2
New Orleans	49	33	.598	1	L1
Houston	41	41	.500	9	W2
Memphis	27	55	.329	23	L5
San Antonio	22	60	.268	28	W2

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
LA Clippers	51	31	.622	-	L3
Phoenix	49	33	.598	2	W3
LA Lakers	47	35	.573	4	W2
Sacramento	46	36	.561	5	W1
Golden State	46	36	.561	5	W1

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