Houston Rockets @ Los Angeles Lakers

1-0, 1-0 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Rockets HOU	16	27	27	25	95
Lakers LAL	25	18	19	31	93

Los Angeles LakersLakersLAL

0-1, 0-1 Home

Houston Rockets

starters
Chuck HayesC. Hayes
Shane BattierS. Battier
Yao MingY. Ming
Rafer AlstonR. Alston
Tracy McGradyT. McGrady
bench
Carl LandryC. Landry
Luis ScolaL. Scola
Steve NovakS. Novak
Dikembe MutomboD. Mutombo
Mike JamesM. James
Luther HeadL. Head
Bonzi WellsB. Wells
Aaron BrooksA. Brooks
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
26	4	2-2	0-0	0-1	8	0	0	0	0	2	6	3	0
37	11	4-11	2-6	1-2	5	0	1	2	1	3	2	6	0
41	25	9-16	0-0	7-8	12	3	4	1	3	4	8	5	0
29	5	1-6	1-5	2-2	7	8	4	1	0	0	7	1	0
40	30	10-20	0-4	10-12	6	4	3	0	0	0	6	4	0
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	3	0	1	0	0	0	3	3	0
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
26	13	5-10	3-5	0-4	2	2	3	3	0	1	1	2	0
7	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
19	7	3-7	0-1	1-2	6	2	2	3	1	2	4	3	0
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	95	34-74	6-22	21-31	20	23	19	10	5	8	12	30
		46%	27%	68%

Los Angeles Lakers

starters
Kobe BryantK. Bryant
Luke WaltonL. Walton
Kwame BrownK. Brown
Ronny TuriafR. Turiaf
Derek FisherD. Fisher
bench
Lamar OdomL. Odom
Brian CookB. Cook
Vladimir RadmanovicV. Radmanovic
Chris MihmC. Mihm
Andrew BynumA. Bynum
Jordan FarmarJ. Farmar
Javaris CrittentonJ. Crittenton
Coby KarlC. Karl
Maurice EvansM. Evans
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
43	45	13-32	1-3	18-27	8	4	5	4	1	0	8	4	0
39	8	3-8	0-1	2-4	5	4	1	1	0	1	4	2	0
28	4	2-3	0-0	0-4	8	1	1	1	0	4	4	3	0
24	8	3-5	0-0	2-3	5	1	2	1	1	0	5	5	0
34	17	6-9	1-3	4-4	1	2	1	4	0	0	1	0	0
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	0	0-2	0-0	0-0	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	3	1-3	0-0	1-3	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0
19	4	2-6	0-0	0-0	4	2	0	3	1	2	2	3	0
20	4	2-5	0-0	0-0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	0
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	0	0-3	0-1	0-0	2	2	0	1	0	2	0	2	0
	93	32-76	2-8	27-45	29	18	12	16	3	18	11	22
		42%	25%	60%

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

Matchups

HOU

HOU leads season

1-0

LAL

Game 1•@ LAL

Final

Game 2•@ HOU

Final

104

Game 3•@ HOU

Final

Game Information

Los Angeles, CA

Referee:Jack Nies

Referee:Bennie Adams

Referee:Rodney Mott

Western Conference

Southwest	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
San Antonio	44	17	.721	-	W1
Houston	38	22	.633	5.5	W1
Memphis	23	38	.377	21	L2
Dallas	21	40	.344	23	L4
New Orleans	19	44	.302	26	L2

Pacific	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
LA Lakers	37	24	.607	-	W3
Phoenix	35	26	.574	2	W2
Golden State	31	30	.508	6	L2
LA Clippers	29	31	.483	7.5	W2
Sacramento	14	49	.222	24	L2

NBA News

Alex Caruso, Isaiah Hartenstein exit Thunder win vs. Knicks

Alex Caruso (left hip contusion) and Isaiah Hartenstein (left calf tightness) were ruled out during the team's 103-100 victory over the Knicks on Wednesday night and will be reevaluated Thursday.

Holiday and Grant power the Trail Blazers to a 122-114 win over the Grizzlies

— Jrue Holiday had 35 points and 11 assists, and Jerami Grant added 30 points as the Portland Trail Blazers snapped a two-game skid with a 122-114 win over the Memphis Grizzlies on Wednesday night.

Portland Trail Blazers vs. Memphis Grizzlies: Game Highlights

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