Los Angeles Lakers @ Houston Rockets
Game Leaders
Team Stats
49% (37-76)
Field Goal %
47% (35-75)
39% (7-18)
Three Point %
32% (7-22)
54% (15-28)
Free Throw %
84% (16-19)
26
Turnovers
26
52
Rebounds
43
Game Information
Houston, TX

Referee:Dick Bavetta
Referee:Mark Wunderlich
Referee:Phil Robinson

Shot Chart
- Shaquille O'Neal made Slam Dunk. Assisted by Kobe Bryant.
- Shaquille O'Neal missed Free Throw 1 of 1.
- Jim Jackson missed 22 ft Jumper.
- Shaquille O'Neal made Two Point Shot.
- Jim Jackson made 26 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Yao Ming.
- Gary Payton made 22 ft Jumper. Assisted by Kobe Bryant.
- Yao Ming missed 5 ft Hook Shot.
- Gary Payton made Free Throw 1 of 2.
- Gary Payton made Free Throw 2 of 2.
- Steve Francis made Free Throw 1 of 2.
- Steve Francis made Free Throw 2 of 2.
- Shaquille O'Neal missed Two Point Shot.
- Cuttino Mobley made Layup.
- Gary Payton made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kobe Bryant.
- Yao Ming made 4 ft Hook Shot. Assisted by Steve Francis.
- Kobe Bryant missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Cuttino Mobley missed 26 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Stanislav Medvedenko made Jumper. Assisted by Kobe Bryant.
- Jim Jackson missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Rick Fox missed 22 ft Jumper.
- Kobe Bryant made Two Point Shot.
- Kelvin Cato made Layup. Assisted by Steve Francis.
- Rick Fox missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Steve Francis missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Shaquille O'Neal made 7 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Kobe Bryant.
- Stanislav Medvedenko missed 22 ft Jumper.
- Yao Ming made Layup.
- Kelvin Cato made Two Point Shot. Assisted by Steve Francis.
- Shaquille O'Neal missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
- Shaquille O'Neal missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
- Steve Francis made 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Shaquille O'Neal made Slam Dunk.
- Maurice Taylor made Free Throw 1 of 2.
- Maurice Taylor made Free Throw 2 of 2.
- Kobe Bryant made Two Point Shot.
- Maurice Taylor made 19 ft Jumper. Assisted by Steve Francis.
- Kobe Bryant made 7 ft Hook Shot.
- Maurice Taylor missed 10 ft Hook Shot.
- Gary Payton made 16 ft Jumper. Assisted by Kobe Bryant.
- Cuttino Mobley missed 19 ft Jumper.
- Stanislav Medvedenko made 10 ft Jumper. Assisted by Kobe Bryant.
- Steve Francis missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
- Steve Francis missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
- Gary Payton made Two Point Shot. Assisted by Rick Fox.
- Cuttino Mobley made 26 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Steve Francis.
- Kobe Bryant missed 12 ft Two Point Shot.
- Cuttino Mobley missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Gary Payton missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Cuttino Mobley missed Three Pointer.
- Jim Jackson made 23 ft Jumper.
- Shaquille O'Neal missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
- Shaquille O'Neal made Free Throw 2 of 2.
- Jim Jackson missed 20 ft Jumper.
- Bryon Russell missed 26 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Maurice Taylor made Dunk. Assisted by Jim Jackson.
- Bryon Russell made 20 ft Jumper. Assisted by Kobe Bryant.
- Jim Jackson made 24 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Steve Francis.
- Luke Walton made 17 ft Jumper.
- Eric Piatkowski made Layup. Assisted by Maurice Taylor.
- Kobe Bryant missed 6 ft Two Point Shot.
- Yao Ming made 8 ft Hook Shot. Assisted by Steve Francis.
- Shaquille O'Neal missed Two Point Shot.
- Eric Piatkowski made 26 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Mark Jackson.
- Mark Jackson missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Derek Fisher missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Yao Ming made 19 ft Jumper. Assisted by Mark Jackson.
- Luke Walton missed 20 ft Jumper.
- Yao Ming missed 8 ft Hook Shot.
- Maurice Taylor missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
- Maurice Taylor made Free Throw 2 of 2.
- Gary Payton missed 19 ft Jumper.
- Shaquille O'Neal missed Jumper.
- Yao Ming made 16 ft Jumper. Assisted by Mark Jackson.
- Stanislav Medvedenko missed 21 ft Jumper.
- Yao Ming made Layup. Assisted by Mark Jackson.
- Brian Cook missed 20 ft Jumper.
- Jim Jackson missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Gary Payton missed Jumper.
- Kobe Bryant missed 18 ft Jumper.
- Gary Payton missed Layup.
- Kobe Bryant missed 14 ft Two Point Shot.
- Kobe Bryant made 10 ft Two Point Shot.
- Maurice Taylor missed 15 ft Jumper.
- Kareem Rush made 23 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Brian Cook.
- Yao Ming made Layup. Assisted by Jim Jackson.
- Steve Francis made 25 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kelvin Cato.
- Kareem Rush missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Steve Francis made 16 ft Jumper.
- Brian Cook made 17 ft Jumper. Assisted by Gary Payton.
- Stanislav Medvedenko made Free Throw 1 of 2.
- Stanislav Medvedenko made Free Throw 2 of 2.
- Kobe Bryant missed 38 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Cuttino Mobley missed 19 ft Jumper.
- Stanislav Medvedenko made Free Throw 1 of 2.
- Stanislav Medvedenko made Free Throw 2 of 2.
- Yao Ming made 7 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Steve Francis.
- Shaquille O'Neal made Dunk. Assisted by Kobe Bryant.
- Kelvin Cato made Two Point Shot. Assisted by Steve Francis.
- Kobe Bryant missed 26 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Yao Ming made Dunk. Assisted by Cuttino Mobley.
- Kobe Bryant made 9 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Rick Fox.
- Cuttino Mobley missed 22 ft Jumper.
- Rick Fox missed 20 ft Jumper.
- Stanislav Medvedenko missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
- Stanislav Medvedenko made Free Throw 2 of 2.
- Steve Francis missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Yao Ming made Dunk.
- Yao Ming made Free Throw 1 of 1.
- Kobe Bryant missed 6 ft Two Point Shot.
- Shaquille O'Neal made Dunk.
- Jim Jackson made 26 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Cuttino Mobley.
- Yao Ming made 15 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Jim Jackson.
- Shaquille O'Neal missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
- Shaquille O'Neal missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
- Cuttino Mobley missed 12 ft Jumper.
- Stanislav Medvedenko made 18 ft Jumper. Assisted by Gary Payton.
- Stanislav Medvedenko made 19 ft Jumper. Assisted by Shaquille O'Neal.
- Kelvin Cato made Two Point Shot. Assisted by Steve Francis.
- Rick Fox missed 14 ft Two Point Shot.
- Shaquille O'Neal missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
- Shaquille O'Neal missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
- Cuttino Mobley missed Two Point Shot.
- Gary Payton missed Free Throw.
- Shaquille O'Neal made 9 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Kobe Bryant.
- Maurice Taylor missed 18 ft Jumper.
- Shaquille O'Neal missed 12 ft Two Point Shot.
- Steve Francis missed 26 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Kobe Bryant made Free Throw 1 of 2.
- Kobe Bryant made Free Throw 2 of 2.
- Kobe Bryant missed 26 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Gary Payton missed 6 ft Jumper.
- Steve Francis missed Three Point Jumper.
- Stanislav Medvedenko missed Jumper.
- Steve Francis missed Two Point Shot.
- Yao Ming made Free Throw 1 of 2.
- Yao Ming made Free Throw 2 of 2.
- Jim Jackson missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Shaquille O'Neal made Layup. Assisted by Rick Fox.
- Shaquille O'Neal missed Free Throw 1 of 1.
- Yao Ming missed 21 ft Jumper.
- Stanislav Medvedenko missed 49 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Kobe Bryant made Two Point Shot.
- Yao Ming made Free Throw 1 of 2.
- Yao Ming made Free Throw 2 of 2.
- Kobe Bryant missed 9 ft Jumper.
- Yao Ming made 9 ft Two Point Shot.
- Shaquille O'Neal made 5 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Kobe Bryant.
- Steve Francis missed 26 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Kareem Rush made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Luke Walton.
- Maurice Taylor made 6 ft Two Point Shot.
- Yao Ming made 11 ft Hook Shot. Assisted by Maurice Taylor.
- Shaquille O'Neal made Layup.
- Steve Francis made Two Point Shot. Assisted by Cuttino Mobley.
- Shaquille O'Neal made 10 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Luke Walton.
- Shaquille O'Neal made Free Throw 1 of 1.
- Steve Francis missed 18 ft Jumper.
- Shaquille O'Neal made 6 ft Two Point Shot.
- Maurice Taylor missed 19 ft Jumper.
- Eric Piatkowski missed 22 ft Jumper.
- Derek Fisher made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kobe Bryant.
- Jim Jackson missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Kobe Bryant missed 6 ft Two Point Shot.
- Luke Walton made 26 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Derek Fisher.
- Cuttino Mobley missed 26 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Derek Fisher missed 22 ft Jumper.
- Kobe Bryant made Free Throw 1 of 2.
- Kobe Bryant made Free Throw 2 of 2.
- Jim Jackson made 12 ft Two Point Shot.
- Shaquille O'Neal missed 9 ft Two Point Shot.
- Jim Jackson made Free Throw 1 of 2.
- Jim Jackson made Free Throw 2 of 2.
- Luke Walton made 23 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kobe Bryant.
- Yao Ming made Free Throw 1 of 2.
- Yao Ming made Free Throw 2 of 2.
- Shaquille O'Neal missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
- Shaquille O'Neal missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
- Stanislav Medvedenko missed 5 ft Jumper.
- Kobe Bryant missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Shaquille O'Neal made Dunk.
- Cuttino Mobley missed 14 ft Two Point Shot.
- Steve Francis made Two Point Shot.
- Gary Payton made 25 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Stanislav Medvedenko.
- Yao Ming missed 6 ft Hook Shot.
- Steve Francis made Free Throw 1 of 2.
- Steve Francis made Free Throw 2 of 2.
- Jim Jackson made 21 ft Jumper. Assisted by Cuttino Mobley.
- Kobe Bryant made 21 ft Jumper.
- Yao Ming missed 23 ft Jumper.
- Derek Fisher made Free Throw 1 of 2.
- Derek Fisher made Free Throw 2 of 2.
- Cuttino Mobley missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
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Matchups
2025-26 Standings
Western Conference
| Pacific | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LA Lakers | 31 | 19 | .620 | - | W2 |
| Phoenix | 31 | 21 | .596 | 1 | L1 |
| Golden State | 28 | 24 | .538 | 4 | W1 |
| LA Clippers | 24 | 27 | .471 | 7.5 | W1 |
| Sacramento | 12 | 41 | .226 | 20.5 | L11 |
| Southwest | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Antonio | 35 | 16 | .686 | - | W3 |
| Houston | 31 | 19 | .620 | 3.5 | L2 |
| Memphis | 20 | 30 | .400 | 14.5 | L1 |
| Dallas | 19 | 32 | .373 | 16 | L6 |
| New Orleans | 14 | 40 | .259 | 22.5 | W1 |
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