Los Angeles Lakers @ Houston Rockets
Game Leaders
Team Stats
42% (34-81)
Field Goal %
42% (32-77)
35% (9-26)
Three Point %
45% (9-20)
67% (12-18)
Free Throw %
50% (5-10)
22
Turnovers
30
55
Rebounds
48
18
Largest Lead
3
Game Information
Houston, TX

Referee:Mike Callahan
Referee:Jess Kersey
Referee:Tony Brown

Shot Chart
- Brian Cook makes 21-foot jumper (Kwame Brown assists)
- Juwan Howard misses 18-foot jumper
- Yao Ming misses 7-foot two point shot
- Smush Parker misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Tracy McGrady misses layup
- Lamar Odom misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Tracy McGrady misses 17-foot jumper
- Brian Cook misses 21-foot jumper
- Yao Ming misses 9-foot jumper
- David Wesley misses 25-foot three point jumper
- David Wesley makes 16-foot jumper (Rafer Alston assists)
- Lamar Odom makes hook shot (Smush Parker assists)
- Tracy McGrady misses 19-foot jumper
- Brian Cook makes 18-foot jumper (Smush Parker assists)
- Kobe Bryant makes free throw 1 of 2
- Kobe Bryant makes free throw 2 of 2
- David Wesley misses 21-foot jumper
- Kwame Brown misses 14-foot jumper
- David Wesley makes 27-foot three point jumper (Rafer Alston assists)
- Brian Cook makes 26-foot three point jumper (Kobe Bryant assists)
- Rafer Alston misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Brian Cook misses 18-foot jumper
- Rafer Alston makes 27-foot three point jumper (Tracy McGrady assists)
- David Wesley makes 26-foot three point jumper (Rafer Alston assists)
- Smush Parker misses 18-foot jumper
- Tracy McGrady misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Kobe Bryant misses layup
- Rafer Alston misses 6-foot jumper
- Juwan Howard misses tip shot
- Juwan Howard misses tip shot
- Yao Ming makes layup
- Kwame Brown makes dunk (Smush Parker assists)
- Yao Ming misses 10-foot jumper
- Kwame Brown misses 18-foot jumper
- Tracy McGrady misses 19-foot jumper
- Brian Cook makes 20-foot jumper (Kobe Bryant assists)
- Tracy McGrady misses 19-foot jumper
- Devean George misses 18-foot jumper
- Stromile Swift makes layup (Juwan Howard assists)
- Lamar Odom misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Kobe Bryant misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Tracy McGrady makes slam dunk (Rafer Alston assists)
- Brian Cook makes driving dunk (Devean George assists)
- Rafer Alston misses 17-foot jumper
- Yao Ming misses 12-foot two point shot
- Smush Parker misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Devean George makes free throw 1 of 2
- Devean George misses free throw 2 of 2
- Yao Ming misses layup
- Rafer Alston misses 13-foot jumper
- Yao Ming makes dunk
- Smush Parker makes free throw 1 of 2
- Smush Parker makes free throw 2 of 2
- Ryan Bowen misses 17-foot jumper
- Kobe Bryant makes 22-foot jumper
- Stromile Swift makes layup
- Lamar Odom misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Kwame Brown makes dunk (Kobe Bryant assists)
- Kwame Brown misses free throw 1 of 1
- Kwame Brown makes free throw 1 of 1
- Yao Ming misses jumper
- Lamar Odom misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Smush Parker misses 6-foot running jumper
- Tracy McGrady makes 21-foot jumper
- Brian Cook makes 21-foot jumper (Sasha Vujacic assists)
- Stromile Swift makes dunk (Tracy McGrady assists)
- Brian Cook makes 17-foot jumper (Kobe Bryant assists)
- Tracy McGrady makes 30-foot three point jumper
- Kobe Bryant misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Brian Cook makes layup
- Tracy McGrady misses free throw 1 of 2
- Tracy McGrady misses free throw 2 of 2
- Tracy McGrady misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Brian Cook misses 15-foot two point shot
- Tracy McGrady misses jumper
- Sasha Vujacic misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Kobe Bryant makes 15-foot jumper (Sasha Vujacic assists)
- David Wesley misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Kobe Bryant misses two point shot
- Kwame Brown makes two point shot
- Yao Ming makes 10-foot hook shot
- Kwame Brown misses 6-foot jumper
- Lamar Odom makes dunk (Kobe Bryant assists)
- Juwan Howard makes 15-foot jumper (Rafer Alston assists)
- Kobe Bryant makes 15-foot jumper
- Yao Ming misses 9-foot hook shot
- Smush Parker misses 19-foot jumper
- Brian Cook makes 21-foot jumper (Kobe Bryant assists)
- Rafer Alston makes free throw 1 of 2
- Rafer Alston misses free throw 2 of 2
- Smush Parker makes 26-foot three point jumper (Kobe Bryant assists)
- David Wesley misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Brian Cook misses 22-foot jumper
- Yao Ming makes 5-foot hook shot (Tracy McGrady assists)
- Kobe Bryant misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Rafer Alston makes layup
- Smush Parker misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Juwan Howard makes layup (Rafer Alston assists)
- Smush Parker makes 22-foot three point jumper (Kobe Bryant assists)
- David Wesley misses 17-foot jumper
- Rafer Alston makes 25-foot three point jumper (Juwan Howard assists)
- Kwame Brown misses 6-foot jumper
- Juwan Howard makes 22-foot jumper (Tracy McGrady assists)
- David Wesley makes free throw 1 of 2
- David Wesley makes free throw 2 of 2
- Kobe Bryant misses two point shot
- Yao Ming makes 7-foot hook shot (David Wesley assists)
- Kobe Bryant misses 19-foot jumper
- Smush Parker makes layup
- Rafer Alston makes layup (Tracy McGrady assists)
- Brian Cook makes 26-foot three point jumper (Smush Parker assists)
- Tracy McGrady makes 14-foot two point shot
- Yao Ming makes 10-foot two point shot
- Kobe Bryant makes 16-foot jumper
- David Wesley makes 24-foot three point jumper (Tracy McGrady assists)
- Kobe Bryant makes 14-foot two point shot (Lamar Odom assists)
- Tracy McGrady misses 21-foot jumper
- Kobe Bryant makes 10-foot two point shot (Lamar Odom assists)
- Kobe Bryant makes 19-foot two point shot
- Yao Ming misses free throw 1 of 2
- Yao Ming misses free throw 2 of 2
- Kobe Bryant makes 19-foot jumper
- Juwan Howard misses 19-foot jumper
- Lamar Odom makes 25-foot three point jumper (Brian Cook assists)
- Rafer Alston makes 24-foot three point jumper (Tracy McGrady assists)
- Brian Cook makes free throw 1 of 2
- Brian Cook makes free throw 2 of 2
- Devean George makes free throw 1 of 2
- Devean George misses free throw 2 of 2
- Tracy McGrady misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Kobe Bryant makes driving layup
- David Wesley makes free throw 1 of 2
- David Wesley makes free throw 2 of 2
- Kobe Bryant misses 18-foot two point shot
- Kobe Bryant misses 19-foot jumper
- Kobe Bryant misses 21-foot running jumper
- Devean George misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Brian Cook misses layup
- Rafer Alston misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Kobe Bryant makes 29-foot three point jumper (Sasha Vujacic assists)
- Tracy McGrady misses 8-foot jumper
- Kobe Bryant misses 23-foot jumper
- Brian Cook misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Kobe Bryant misses layup
- Luther Head misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Sasha Vujacic misses 17-foot jumper
- Luther Head makes 23-foot three point jumper (Rafer Alston assists)
- Kobe Bryant makes 16-foot two point shot
- Yao Ming misses 8-foot hook shot
- Kobe Bryant misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Brian Cook makes 26-foot three point jumper (Kobe Bryant assists)
- Yao Ming misses 13-foot jumper
- Smush Parker makes 24-foot three point jumper (Brian Cook assists)
- Yao Ming makes 9-foot two point shot (David Wesley assists)
- Kobe Bryant misses 16-foot jumper
- Juwan Howard misses jumper
- Kobe Bryant makes layup
- Kobe Bryant makes free throw 1 of 1
- Tracy McGrady misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Smush Parker misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Tracy McGrady makes dunk (Rafer Alston assists)
- Kobe Bryant misses free throw 1 of 2
- Kobe Bryant makes free throw 2 of 2
- Rafer Alston makes 7-foot running jumper
- Kobe Bryant misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Devean George misses layup
- Devean George misses free throw 1 of 2
- Devean George misses free throw 2 of 2
- Rafer Alston misses 19-foot jumper
- Tracy McGrady misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Lamar Odom misses free throw 1 of 2
- Lamar Odom makes free throw 2 of 2
- Kobe Bryant makes 28-foot three point jumper (Smush Parker assists)
- Ryan Bowen misses layup
- Chuck Hayes misses tip shot
- Kobe Bryant misses 32-foot three point jumper
- Moochie Norris misses layup
- Moochie Norris makes 6-foot two point shot
- Moochie Norris misses 21-foot jumper
- Lonny Baxter makes layup (Ryan Bowen assists)
- Ronny Turiaf misses 9-foot jumper
- Luther Head makes 23-foot three point jumper (Moochie Norris assists)
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Matchups
2025-26 Standings
Western Conference
| Pacific | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LA Lakers | 32 | 21 | .604 | - | L2 |
| Phoenix | 32 | 22 | .593 | 0.5 | W1 |
| Golden State | 29 | 25 | .537 | 3.5 | W1 |
| LA Clippers | 25 | 28 | .472 | 7 | L1 |
| Sacramento | 12 | 43 | .218 | 21 | L13 |
| Southwest | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Antonio | 37 | 16 | .698 | - | W5 |
| Houston | 33 | 19 | .635 | 3.5 | W2 |
| Memphis | 20 | 32 | .385 | 16.5 | L3 |
| Dallas | 19 | 34 | .358 | 18 | L8 |
| New Orleans | 15 | 40 | .273 | 23 | W2 |
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