Los Angeles Lakers @ Houston Rockets

4-3, 2-1 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Lakers LAL	25	36	14	18	93
Rockets HOU	22	27	22	19	90

Houston RocketsRocketsHOU

6-3, 3-1 Home

Los Angeles Lakers

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

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
34	10	4-10	0-3	2-2	7	0	4	2	0	3	4	6	0
38	30	11-23	2-5	6-6	8	5	4	1	1	1	7	2	0
29	2	1-3	0-0	0-0	5	0	2	2	1	0	5	3	0
24	9	3-5	0-0	3-4	6	0	2	0	0	1	5	3	0
31	13	4-7	1-1	4-4	1	2	3	1	0	0	1	1	0
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
21	6	2-6	2-4	0-0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	6	0
15	2	1-4	0-0	0-0	1	3	2	0	1	0	1	1	0
2	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	6	1-3	0-0	4-6	9	2	1	0	1	2	7	4	0
18	8	3-7	2-3	0-2	9	1	1	1	0	2	7	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	0	0
10	7	2-4	1-1	2-4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	93	32-72	8-17	21-28	25	14	21	8	4	15	10	30
		44%	47%	75%

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
Kirk SnyderK. Snyder
Aaron BrooksA. Brooks
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
28	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	7	1	0	3	0	2	5	3	0
23	8	3-9	2-6	0-0	2	0	1	1	0	2	0	5	0
37	26	6-18	0-0	14-20	13	5	1	3	0	7	6	4	0
38	11	5-13	1-6	0-1	2	7	2	1	0	0	2	2	0
19	9	3-7	2-4	1-2	1	2	1	1	1	0	1	1	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
12	4	2-4	0-0	0-2	2	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	0
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	1	0-1	0-0	1-2	4	0	1	0	0	3	1	0	0
20	5	2-10	1-2	0-0	2	0	3	0	0	1	1	4	0
6	0	0-2	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
41	21	7-19	0-1	7-12	10	2	2	2	3	4	6	5	0
5	5	2-2	1-1	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
	90	30-85	7-20	23-39	32	18	13	12	4	12	20	25
		35%	35%	59%

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

Matchups

LAL

Season tied

1-1

HOU

Game 1@ LAL

Final

Game 2@ HOU

Final

Game 3@ HOU

Final

104

Game Information

Houston, TX

Referee:Dick Bavetta

Referee:Violet Palmer

Referee:Mark Ayotte

Western Conference

Pacific	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
LA Lakers	47	26	.644	-	W1
Phoenix	40	33	.548	7	L1
LA Clippers	37	36	.507	10	W3
Golden State	35	38	.479	12	W2
Sacramento	19	54	.260	28	L1

Southwest	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
San Antonio	55	18	.753	-	W7
Houston	43	29	.597	11.5	L2
New Orleans	25	48	.342	30	L2
Memphis	24	48	.333	30.5	L4
Dallas	23	50	.315	32	L5

NBA News

Timberwolves post NBA's largest overtime comeback on record

With a game-closing 15-0 run, the Timberwolves came back from 13 points down for a 110-108 victory over the Rockets on Wednesday night.

Green: Wembanyama shouldn't have to state importance of defense

Warriors forward Draymond Green said he both "hated" and "absolutely loved" the MVP self-promotion from Spurs center Victor Wembanyama.

New Orleans visits Detroit on 3-game road slide

New Orleans Pelicans (25-48, 11th in the Western Conference) vs. Detroit Pistons (52-20, first in the Eastern Conference)

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