Lakers 102-96 Rockets (12 Mar, 2009) Box Score

Los Angeles Lakers

51-13, 22-9 away

102

	1	2	3	4	T
LAL	24	16	27	35	102
HOU	24	27	19	26	96

Houston Rockets

42-24, 27-7 home

Los Angeles Lakers

starters
Pau GasolP. Gasol
Josh PowellJ. Powell
Kobe BryantK. Bryant
Trevor ArizaT. Ariza
Derek FisherD. Fisher
bench
Lamar OdomL. Odom
Luke WaltonL. Walton
Adam MorrisonA. Morrison
Didier Ilunga-MbengaD. Ilunga-Mbenga
Andrew BynumA. Bynum
Shannon BrownS. Brown
Jordan FarmarJ. Farmar
Sasha VujacicS. Vujacic
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
43	9-18	0-0	2-2	4	1	5	2	4	1	2	2	+15	20
35	8-14	0-0	1-2	3	6	9	0	1	0	2	4	+5	17
40	14-23	2-3	7-10	1	4	5	6	4	2	4	2	+10	37
30	4-7	0-2	0-0	2	4	6	3	2	0	1	1	-8	8
32	3-9	0-3	2-2	0	3	3	2	1	0	1	2	+9	8
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
24	3-7	0-2	2-4	1	4	5	2	0	0	0	2	0	8
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	-4	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	0	0
16	1-4	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	2	-3	2
18	1-4	0-0	0-0	0	2	2	0	2	0	1	2	+6	2
	43-86	2-11	14-20	11	25	36	17	15	4	14	18		102
	50.0%	18.2%	70.0%

Houston Rockets

starters
Luis ScolaL. Scola
Metta World PeaceM. World Peace
Shane BattierS. Battier
Yao MingY. Ming
Aaron BrooksA. Brooks
bench
Brian CookB. Cook
Chuck HayesC. Hayes
Carl LandryC. Landry
Joey DorseyJ. Dorsey
Dikembe MutomboD. Mutombo
Kyle LowryK. Lowry
Brent BarryB. Barry
Tracy McGradyT. McGrady
Von WaferV. Wafer
James WhiteJ. White
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
33	7-9	0-0	1-1	1	8	9	1	0	0	2	3	+2	15
41	4-16	0-8	3-3	0	2	2	2	6	1	6	5	-4	11
28	1-5	0-4	2-2	1	1	2	2	0	0	2	5	-12	4
36	7-9	0-0	2-2	1	5	6	2	0	2	4	1	-18	16
22	5-10	3-8	1-1	0	1	1	4	0	0	2	2	-11	14
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
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	4-6	0-0	2-2	2	6	8	0	1	0	0	2	+3	10
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	0
26	2-5	0-2	2-4	2	0	2	5	0	1	3	3	+6	6
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	0
28	9-16	2-6	0-0	2	1	3	1	3	1	4	1	+4	20
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	39-76	5-28	13-15	9	24	33	17	10	5	23	22		96
	51.3%	17.9%	86.7%

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

Regular Season Series

LAL lead 3-0

Rockets
82
Lakers
111

Game 1

10/11

Lakers
105
Rockets
100

Game 2

14/1

Lakers
102
Rockets
96

Game 3

12/3

Rockets
81
Lakers
93

Game 4

4/4

Toyota Center (Houston)

12:30 AM, 12 March 2009

Houston, TX

Attendance: 18,449

Referees:
Greg Willard
Courtney Kirkland
Gary Zielinski

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

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

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