Rockets 76-74 Lakers (18 Dec, 2005) Box Score

Houston Rockets

10-13, 7-7 away

	1	2	3	4	T
HOU	12	19	34	11	76
LAL	14	28	15	17	74

Los Angeles Lakers

13-11, 5-6 home

Houston Rockets

starters
Juwan HowardJ. Howard
Ryan BowenR. Bowen
Dikembe MutomboD. Mutombo
Tracy McGradyT. McGrady
David WesleyD. Wesley
bench
Stromile SwiftS. Swift
Lonny BaxterL. Baxter
Rafer AlstonR. Alston
Moochie NorrisM. Norris
Bob SuraB. Sura
Luther HeadL. Head
Jon BarryJ. Barry
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
39	5-12	0-0	0-1	4	3	7	4	1	0	2	4	0	10
16	3-8	0-1	0-0	2	1	3	0	1	0	1	1	0	6
32	1-5	0-0	0-0	1	8	9	0	0	3	0	3	0	2
35	6-16	1-5	7-8	1	7	8	4	1	1	5	5	0	20
35	6-10	3-5	3-4	1	2	3	3	0	0	1	4	0	18
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
20	2-6	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	4
6	0-2	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	0-2	0-0	0-0	1	3	4	3	2	0	2	3	0	0
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
38	6-13	4-11	0-0	0	6	6	2	3	0	2	0	0	16
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	29-74	8-22	10-13	10	30	40	16	8	5	14	21		76
	39.2%	36.4%	76.9%

Los Angeles Lakers

starters
Lamar OdomL. Odom
Brian CookB. Cook
Kobe BryantK. Bryant
Chris MihmC. Mihm
Smush ParkerS. Parker
bench
Slava MedvedenkoS. Medvedenko
Devean GeorgeD. George
Luke WaltonL. Walton
Kwame BrownK. Brown
Aaron McKieA. McKie
Laron ProfitL. Profit
Sasha VujacicS. Vujacic
Von WaferV. Wafer
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
29	1-5	0-0	1-2	1	6	7	1	0	0	5	1	0	3
13	1-2	0-0	3-4	1	5	6	1	0	0	0	1	0	5
38	6-13	1-3	11-12	0	2	2	6	2	0	3	2	0	24
20	0-5	0-0	1-2	0	6	6	1	1	2	1	3	0	1
31	5-11	1-4	0-0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	2	0	11
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	2-10	1-5	0-0	1	4	5	0	0	0	1	3	0	5
19	2-6	1-2	0-0	2	1	3	3	2	1	0	2	0	5
28	4-8	0-0	3-7	5	1	6	1	1	1	0	1	0	11
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	1-3	0-1	0-0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2
23	3-8	1-5	0-0	1	3	4	3	1	0	1	2	0	7
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	25-71	5-20	19-27	11	30	41	18	8	5	12	17		74
	35.2%	25.0%	70.4%

+/- denotes team's net points while the player is on the court

Regular Season Series

HOU leads 1-0

Rockets
76
Lakers
74

Game 1

18/12

Lakers
89
Rockets
78

Game 2

9/2

Rockets
88
Lakers
104

Game 3

2/4

crypto.com Arena

11:30 PM, 18 December 2005

Los Angeles, CA

Attendance: 18,997

Referees:
Bennett Salvatore
Bennie Adams
Zach Zarba

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Memphis	20	9	.690	-	W2
Houston	19	9	.679	0.5	W2
Dallas	18	10	.643	1.5	W1
San Antonio	15	13	.536	4.5	W2
New Orleans	5	25	.167	15.5	L7

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
LA Lakers	16	12	.571	-	W3
Golden State	15	12	.556	0.5	W1
LA Clippers	16	13	.552	0.5	L1
Phoenix	14	13	.519	1.5	L2
Sacramento	13	17	.433	4	L4

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Houston Rockets

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Regular Season Series

HOU leads 1-0

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