Houston Rockets @ Los Angeles Lakers

22-28, 9-18 Away

106

22-28, 9-18 Away

Final/OT

	1	2	3	4	OT	T
Rockets HOU	23	25	26	24	8	106
Lakers LAL	31	23	20	24	16	114

Los Angeles LakersLakersLAL

34-15, 19-7 Home

114

34-15, 19-7 Home

Houston Rockets

starters
Chuck HayesC. Hayes
Luis ScolaL. Scola
Shane BattierS. Battier
Kevin MartinK. Martin
Kyle LowryK. Lowry
bench
Jared JeffriesJ. Jeffries
Patrick PattersonP. Patterson
Chase BudingerC. Budinger
Brad MillerB. Miller
Yao MingY. Ming
Jordan HillJ. Hill
Terrence WilliamsT. Williams
Aaron BrooksA. Brooks
Courtney LeeC. Lee
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
44	8	4-7	0-0	0-0	8	4	0	3	1	4	4	4	-18
41	24	12-20	0-0	0-0	15	3	3	0	0	5	10	4	-5
26	5	2-8	1-5	0-0	1	1	1	1	2	1	0	1	-4
36	30	8-15	4-8	10-11	4	4	3	1	1	0	4	4	-5
34	6	3-11	0-6	0-0	4	5	1	1	0	2	2	3	-3
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
18	4	2-6	0-1	0-0	3	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	+4
15	5	2-6	1-4	0-0	2	2	2	0	0	0	2	1	-3
--	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
3	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	+3
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	16	7-19	2-10	0-0	1	8	1	0	0	0	1	1	-6
17	8	3-7	2-4	0-0	6	0	1	0	1	2	4	1	-3
	106	43-100	10-38	10-11	44	28	14	7	5	16	28	19
		43%	26%	91%

Los Angeles Lakers

starters
Lamar OdomL. Odom
Pau GasolP. Gasol
Metta World PeaceM. World Peace
Kobe BryantK. Bryant
Derek FisherD. Fisher
bench
Joe SmithJ. Smith
Derrick CaracterD. Caracter
Matt BarnesM. Barnes
Luke WaltonL. Walton
Devin EbanksD. Ebanks
Theo RatliffT. Ratliff
Andrew BynumA. Bynum
Steve BlakeS. Blake
Shannon BrownS. Brown
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
49	20	8-18	2-6	2-2	20	4	4	0	0	8	12	1	+9
47	26	10-20	0-0	6-6	16	0	2	0	4	6	10	2	+14
28	9	4-8	1-5	0-0	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	2	-1
45	32	13-25	0-3	6-7	6	11	4	1	0	1	5	2	+2
34	11	3-4	2-2	3-5	1	2	3	3	1	0	1	2	+7
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
2	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	-6
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	0	0-3	0-0	0-0	1	1	0	2	0	0	1	1	+6
4	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	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	0	0	0	0	0
29	9	3-6	1-3	2-2	6	3	1	0	0	0	6	3	+9
19	7	3-6	0-1	1-2	2	0	1	1	0	1	1	2	+1
	114	44-91	6-20	20-24	54	22	16	9	5	16	38	16
		48%	30%	83%

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

Matchups

HOU

LAL win season

2-1

LAL

110

Game 1•@ LAL

Final

112

109

Game 2•@ HOU

Final

106

Game 3•@ LAL

Final/OT

114

Game Information

Los Angeles, CA

Referee:Ed Malloy

Referee:Matt Boland

Referee:Haywoode Workman

Western Conference

Southwest	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
San Antonio	45	17	.726	-	W2
Houston	38	23	.623	6.5	L1
Memphis	23	38	.377	21.5	L2
Dallas	21	41	.339	24	L5
New Orleans	20	44	.313	26	W1

Pacific	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
LA Lakers	37	25	.597	-	L1
Phoenix	35	27	.565	2	L1
Golden State	32	30	.516	5	W1
LA Clippers	30	31	.492	6.5	W3
Sacramento	14	50	.219	24	L3

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