Houston Rockets @ Los Angeles Lakers
Game Leaders
Team Stats
44% (31-71)
Field Goal %
45% (34-75)
30% (3-10)
Three Point %
47% (7-15)
63% (19-30)
Free Throw %
85% (23-27)
24
Turnovers
18
50
Rebounds
46
Game Information
Los Angeles, CA

Referee:Bernie Fryer
Referee:Joe DeRosa
Referee:Bennie Adams

Shot Chart
- Karl Malone made 16 ft Jumper. Assisted by Gary Payton.
- Kelvin Cato missed Layup.
- Kobe Bryant missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Yao Ming made 4 ft Hook Shot. Assisted by Jim Jackson.
- Kobe Bryant made Free Throw 1 of 2.
- Kobe Bryant made Free Throw 2 of 2.
- Cuttino Mobley made 5 ft Hook Shot. Assisted by Steve Francis.
- Kobe Bryant made Layup.
- Kobe Bryant made Free Throw 1 of 1.
- Yao Ming missed 5 ft Hook Shot.
- Kelvin Cato missed Tip Shot.
- Gary Payton missed 27 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Shaquille O'Neal missed 9 ft Jumper.
- Yao Ming missed 14 ft Jumper.
- Kobe Bryant made Free Throw 1 of 2.
- Kobe Bryant made Free Throw 2 of 2.
- Jim Jackson made 21 ft Jumper. Assisted by Steve Francis.
- Kobe Bryant made Two Point Shot.
- Yao Ming made Free Throw 1 of 2.
- Yao Ming missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
- Karl Malone made 18 ft Jumper. Assisted by Gary Payton.
- Jim Jackson made Jumper.
- Gary Payton made 12 ft Jumper. Assisted by Kobe Bryant.
- Jim Jackson missed 22 ft Jumper.
- Shaquille O'Neal missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
- Shaquille O'Neal missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
- Yao Ming made Two Point Shot. Assisted by Steve Francis.
- Yao Ming made Free Throw 1 of 1.
- Stanislav Medvedenko missed 19 ft Jumper.
- Maurice Taylor missed 18 ft Jumper.
- Yao Ming made Layup. Assisted by Steve Francis.
- Gary Payton made Two Point Shot. Assisted by Karl Malone.
- Maurice Taylor missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
- Maurice Taylor made Free Throw 2 of 2.
- Karl Malone made Free Throw 1 of 2.
- Karl Malone made Free Throw 2 of 2.
- Maurice Taylor made Layup. Assisted by Steve Francis.
- Stanislav Medvedenko missed 4 ft Hook Shot.
- Rick Fox missed Tip Shot.
- Stanislav Medvedenko missed Jumper.
- Yao Ming made Free Throw 1 of 2.
- Yao Ming made Free Throw 2 of 2.
- Gary Payton missed 14 ft Jumper.
- Karl Malone missed 16 ft Jumper.
- Karl Malone made 8 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Stanislav Medvedenko.
- Cuttino Mobley made 16 ft Jumper.
- Steve Francis missed Layup.
- Gary Payton made Two Point Shot. Assisted by Karl Malone.
- Maurice Taylor missed 14 ft Jumper.
- Rick Fox missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Steve Francis missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
- Steve Francis made Free Throw 2 of 2.
- Gary Payton missed 16 ft Two Point Shot.
- Shaquille O'Neal missed 6 ft Jumper.
- Cuttino Mobley made Layup.
- Stanislav Medvedenko made 12 ft Jumper. Assisted by Kobe Bryant.
- Cuttino Mobley missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
- Cuttino Mobley made Free Throw 2 of 2.
- Derek Fisher missed 17 ft Jumper.
- Kobe Bryant made Free Throw 1 of 2.
- Kobe Bryant made Free Throw 2 of 2.
- Kobe Bryant made 11 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Stanislav Medvedenko.
- Clarence Weatherspoon missed 16 ft Jumper.
- Shaquille O'Neal made 10 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Devean George.
- Jim Jackson missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Stanislav Medvedenko made 17 ft Jumper. Assisted by Devean George.
- Cuttino Mobley missed 17 ft Jumper.
- Devean George missed 17 ft Jumper.
- Stanislav Medvedenko missed 20 ft Jumper.
- Jim Jackson made Free Throw 1 of 2.
- Jim Jackson made Free Throw 2 of 2.
- Stanislav Medvedenko made Free Throw 1 of 2.
- Stanislav Medvedenko made Free Throw 2 of 2.
- Jim Jackson made Jumper. Assisted by Yao Ming.
- Shaquille O'Neal missed 11 ft Two Point Shot.
- Yao Ming missed 13 ft Jumper.
- Clarence Weatherspoon missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
- Clarence Weatherspoon made Free Throw 2 of 2.
- Karl Malone made 14 ft Jumper. Assisted by Kobe Bryant.
- Cuttino Mobley missed 26 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Kobe Bryant missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
- Kobe Bryant made Free Throw 2 of 2.
- Steve Francis made 6 ft Two Point Shot.
- Kobe Bryant missed 12 ft Jumper.
- Steve Francis made Free Throw 1 of 2.
- Steve Francis made Free Throw 2 of 2.
- Kobe Bryant missed 18 ft Jumper.
- Yao Ming made Slam Dunk. Assisted by Steve Francis.
- Derek Fisher made 26 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Stanislav Medvedenko.
- Clarence Weatherspoon made Slam Dunk. Assisted by Yao Ming.
- Stanislav Medvedenko missed 17 ft Jumper.
- Mark Jackson missed 14 ft Jumper.
- Derek Fisher made 24 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Gary Payton.
- Yao Ming missed Layup.
- Clarence Weatherspoon missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
- Clarence Weatherspoon made Free Throw 2 of 2.
- Gary Payton missed Two Point Shot.
- Jim Jackson made 24 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Steve Francis.
- Yao Ming missed 9 ft Hook Shot.
- Derek Fisher missed 13 ft Jumper.
- Yao Ming made Two Point Shot.
- Karl Malone missed 17 ft Jumper.
- Jim Jackson made 13 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Steve Francis.
- Gary Payton missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Kobe Bryant made 8 ft Jumper. Assisted by Gary Payton.
- Yao Ming missed Jumper.
- Kobe Bryant missed 17 ft Jumper.
- Steve Francis made Two Point Shot. Assisted by Kelvin Cato.
- Kobe Bryant made 15 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Rick Fox.
- Jim Jackson made 11 ft Jumper.
- Jim Jackson made Free Throw 1 of 1.
- Karl Malone made 17 ft Jumper. Assisted by Gary Payton.
- Karl Malone missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
- Karl Malone made Free Throw 2 of 2.
- Yao Ming made Free Throw 1 of 2.
- Yao Ming missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
- Karl Malone made 19 ft Jumper. Assisted by Kobe Bryant.
- Kelvin Cato made Dunk. Assisted by Cuttino Mobley.
- Kobe Bryant missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Yao Ming missed 17 ft Jumper.
- Kobe Bryant missed Three Point Jumper.
- Jim Jackson missed 7 ft Jumper.
- Kobe Bryant missed Two Point Shot.
- Kelvin Cato missed 18 ft Jumper.
- Kobe Bryant made 7 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Shaquille O'Neal.
- Kobe Bryant made Free Throw 1 of 1.
- Cuttino Mobley made Slam Dunk. Assisted by Steve Francis.
- Shaquille O'Neal missed 9 ft Jumper.
- Yao Ming missed 7 ft Jumper.
- Kobe Bryant made Free Throw 1 of 2.
- Kobe Bryant made Free Throw 2 of 2.
- Jim Jackson missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Karl Malone missed 18 ft Jumper.
- Shaquille O'Neal made Layup. Assisted by Gary Payton.
- Shaquille O'Neal made Free Throw 1 of 1.
- Cuttino Mobley missed 8 ft Jumper.
- Kelvin Cato missed 7 ft Jumper.
- Cuttino Mobley missed 26 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Karl Malone missed 20 ft Jumper.
- Steve Francis missed 19 ft Jumper.
- Luke Walton made 25 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Karl Malone.
- Steve Francis made 25 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Yao Ming.
- Kobe Bryant missed 16 ft Jumper.
- Maurice Taylor missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
- Maurice Taylor made Free Throw 2 of 2.
- Luke Walton missed 20 ft Jumper.
- Kobe Bryant missed 19 ft Jumper.
- Kobe Bryant made Free Throw 1 of 2.
- Kobe Bryant made Free Throw 2 of 2.
- Maurice Taylor made 21 ft Jumper. Assisted by Steve Francis.
- Karl Malone made 16 ft Jumper.
- Steve Francis missed Layup.
- Kobe Bryant made 24 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Gary Payton.
- Steve Francis made Two Point Shot.
- Kobe Bryant made Free Throw 1 of 3.
- Kobe Bryant made Free Throw 2 of 3.
- Kobe Bryant made Free Throw 3 of 3.
- Steve Francis missed 62 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Steve Francis missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Yao Ming missed 7 ft Hook Shot.
- Kobe Bryant made Two Point Shot. Assisted by Shaquille O'Neal.
- Jim Jackson made 18 ft Jumper.
- Kareem Rush made 26 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Luke Walton.
- Steve Francis missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
- Steve Francis made Free Throw 2 of 2.
- Maurice Taylor made Slam Dunk. Assisted by Steve Francis.
- Derek Fisher made Layup. Assisted by Karl Malone.
- Derek Fisher made Free Throw 1 of 1.
- Kareem Rush made 25 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Shaquille O'Neal.
- Kobe Bryant missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Steve Francis made Two Point Shot.
- Derek Fisher missed 15 ft Jumper.
- Derek Fisher made Tip Shot.
- Cuttino Mobley missed 11 ft Jumper.
- Steve Francis made Free Throw 1 of 2.
- Steve Francis missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
- Karl Malone missed 21 ft Jumper.
- Cuttino Mobley missed Layup.
- Shaquille O'Neal made Two Point Shot.
- Yao Ming made 13 ft Jumper. Assisted by Cuttino Mobley.
- Kareem Rush made 11 ft Jumper. Assisted by Shaquille O'Neal.
- Steve Francis made 17 ft Two Point Shot.
- Kareem Rush made 11 ft Two Point Shot.
- Yao Ming made 15 ft Two Point Shot.
- Shaquille O'Neal missed 8 ft Two Point Shot.
- Yao Ming made Two Point Shot. Assisted by Steve Francis.
- Kobe Bryant made 26 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kareem Rush.
- Jim Jackson missed 26 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Kareem Rush missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Jim Jackson made Free Throw 1 of 2.
- Jim Jackson missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
- Brian Cook made 9 ft Two Point Shot.
- Scott Padgett missed Layup.
- Scott Padgett made 25 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Mike Wilks.
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Matchups
2025-26 Standings
Western Conference
| Southwest | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Antonio | 43 | 16 | .729 | - | W11 |
| Houston | 37 | 21 | .638 | 5.5 | W3 |
| Memphis | 21 | 36 | .368 | 21 | L3 |
| Dallas | 21 | 37 | .362 | 21.5 | L1 |
| New Orleans | 18 | 42 | .300 | 25.5 | W3 |
| Pacific | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LA Lakers | 34 | 24 | .586 | - | L3 |
| Phoenix | 34 | 26 | .567 | 1 | W1 |
| Golden State | 31 | 28 | .525 | 3.5 | W1 |
| LA Clippers | 27 | 31 | .466 | 7 | L3 |
| Sacramento | 14 | 47 | .230 | 21.5 | W1 |
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