Rockets 107-104 Lakers (21 Mar, 2012) Box Score

Los Angeles Lakers

28-18, 9-15 away

104

	1	2	3	4	T
LAL	40	16	23	25	104
HOU	25	26	22	34	107

Houston Rockets

25-22, 17-6 home

107

Los Angeles Lakers

starters
Pau GasolP. Gasol
Metta World PeaceM. World Peace
Kobe BryantK. Bryant
Andrew BynumA. Bynum
Steve BlakeS. Blake
bench
Troy MurphyT. Murphy
Josh McRobertsJ. McRoberts
Matt BarnesM. Barnes
Christian EyengaC. Eyenga
Devin EbanksD. Ebanks
Jordan HillJ. Hill
Andrew GoudelockA. Goudelock
Ramon SessionsR. Sessions
Darius MorrisD. Morris
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
36	10-14	0-0	1-2	0	4	4	2	1	0	0	5	-2	21
35	3-7	1-2	0-0	0	1	1	4	2	0	1	2	-14	7
35	10-27	2-7	7-7	1	2	3	4	1	0	1	2	-3	29
23	7-11	0-0	2-2	4	3	7	0	0	2	4	2	-8	16
19	1-3	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	3	2	0	3	2	-6	2
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
15	2-4	1-2	0-0	2	2	4	0	0	1	0	2	-3	5
21	0-0	0-0	2-2	1	1	2	0	0	2	1	0	+6	2
26	3-7	2-4	0-1	0	5	5	1	0	0	3	2	+10	8
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
1	0-1	0-0	0-0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	+2	0
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	6-9	0-1	2-2	0	2	2	4	1	0	1	0	+3	14
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	42-83	6-16	14-16	9	22	31	18	7	5	15	17		104
	50.6%	37.5%	87.5%

Houston Rockets

starters
Luis ScolaL. Scola
Chandler ParsonsC. Parsons
Samuel DalembertS. Dalembert
Goran DragicG. Dragic
Courtney LeeC. Lee
bench
Patrick PattersonP. Patterson
Greg SmithG. Smith
Marcus Morris Sr.M. Morris Sr.
Chase BudingerC. Budinger
Marcus CambyM. Camby
Kyle LowryK. Lowry
Courtney FortsonC. Fortson
Kevin MartinK. Martin
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
34	9-13	0-0	5-6	1	2	3	1	1	0	2	4	+13	23
35	4-12	3-6	2-2	2	5	7	1	2	1	3	4	+3	13
21	4-5	0-0	0-0	2	2	4	0	0	3	1	3	+5	8
41	7-13	2-4	0-0	3	4	7	13	2	0	5	2	-1	16
36	7-17	3-6	6-8	2	3	5	4	2	0	4	2	+14	23
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
25	4-10	0-0	2-4	3	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	+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
25	2-7	1-4	3-3	0	4	4	2	1	0	2	1	-11	8
16	1-2	0-0	2-4	2	2	4	1	0	1	0	2	-15	4
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	1-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	+4	2
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	39-80	9-20	20-27	16	24	40	24	9	5	18	18		107
	48.8%	45.0%	74.1%

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

Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

Rockets
99
Lakers
108

Game 1

4/1

Lakers
104
Rockets
107

Game 2

21/3

Rockets
112
Lakers
107

Game 3

7/4

Toyota Center (Houston)

12:00 AM, 21 March 2012

Houston, TX

Attendance: 18,391

Referees:
Monty McCutchen
Mark Ayotte
Marat Kogut

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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