Houston Rockets @ Los Angeles Lakers
4-3, 2-2 Away
82
4-3, 2-2 Away
5-0, 3-0 Home
111
5-0, 3-0 Home
Game Leaders
Team Stats
38% (31-82)
Field Goal %
53% (42-79)
35% (7-20)
Three Point %
53% (9-17)
68% (13-19)
Free Throw %
78% (18-23)
40
Turnovers
36
44
Rebounds
55
16
Largest Lead
29
Game Information
Los Angeles, CA
Referee:Mike Callahan
Referee:Bill Spooner
Referee:Phil Robinson
Game Flow
--HOU
--LAL
Shot Chart
- Vladimir Radmanovic misses three point jumper
- Ron Artest misses jumper
- Derek Fisher misses layup
- Yao Ming misses 12-foot jumper
- Kobe Bryant makes 8-foot two point shot
- Luis Scola makes 19-foot jumper (Ron Artest assists)
- Kobe Bryant makes 18-foot two point shot (Vladimir Radmanovic assists)
- Pau Gasol makes two point shot (Vladimir Radmanovic assists)
- Pau Gasol misses 13-foot jumper
- Andrew Bynum misses tip shot
- Derek Fisher misses layup
- Rafer Alston makes 16-foot two point shot
- Pau Gasol misses 9-foot jumper
- Andrew Bynum misses free throw 1 of 2
- Andrew Bynum makes free throw 2 of 2
- Rafer Alston makes layup (Ron Artest assists)
- Derek Fisher misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Yao Ming makes slam dunk (Tracy McGrady assists)
- Rafer Alston makes 25-foot three point jumper
- Tracy McGrady misses driving layup
- Luis Scola makes two point shot
- Tracy McGrady makes 28-foot three point jumper (Rafer Alston assists)
- Kobe Bryant misses 10-foot jumper
- Andrew Bynum misses tip shot
- Tracy McGrady misses 16-foot jumper
- Tracy McGrady misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Andrew Bynum misses 7-foot jumper
- Yao Ming misses 12-foot jumper
- Derek Fisher makes 17-foot jumper
- Yao Ming makes 15-foot hook shot (Tracy McGrady assists)
- Luis Scola makes free throw 1 of 2
- Luis Scola makes free throw 2 of 2
- Rafer Alston misses 7-foot jumper
- Yao Ming makes tip shot
- Yao Ming misses tip shot
- Pau Gasol makes free throw 1 of 2
- Pau Gasol makes free throw 2 of 2
- Rafer Alston misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Kobe Bryant misses free throw 1 of 2
- Kobe Bryant makes free throw 2 of 2
- Luis Scola misses jumper
- Trevor Ariza makes free throw 2 of 2
- Trevor Ariza makes free throw 1 of 2
- Tracy McGrady misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Aaron Brooks makes 28-foot three point jumper (Chuck Hayes assists)
- Aaron Brooks misses layup
- Aaron Brooks makes two point shot
- Aaron Brooks makes free throw 1 of 1
- Kobe Bryant makes 22-foot jumper
- Carl Landry makes 6-foot jumper (Aaron Brooks assists)
- Trevor Ariza misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Lamar Odom misses 20-foot jumper
- Aaron Brooks makes layup (Chuck Hayes assists)
- Trevor Ariza makes two point shot (Andrew Bynum assists)
- Andrew Bynum makes 9-foot jumper
- Jordan Farmar makes two point shot (Trevor Ariza assists)
- Aaron Brooks makes 23-foot three point jumper (Luther Head assists)
- Jordan Farmar makes 28-foot three point jumper (Andrew Bynum assists)
- Aaron Brooks makes 23-foot jumper (Carl Landry assists)
- Andrew Bynum makes layup
- Carl Landry makes 15-foot jumper (Brent Barry assists)
- Jordan Farmar makes free throw 1 of 2
- Jordan Farmar misses free throw 2 of 2
- Carl Landry makes 18-foot jumper (Aaron Brooks assists)
- Sasha Vujacic makes three point jumper (Jordan Farmar assists)
- Jordan Farmar misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Luis Scola makes free throw 1 of 2
- Luis Scola makes free throw 2 of 2
- Lamar Odom misses layup
- Trevor Ariza misses tip shot
- Lamar Odom makes layup
- Aaron Brooks misses 11-foot two point shot
- Andrew Bynum misses 7-foot jumper
- Trevor Ariza misses free throw 1 of 2
- Trevor Ariza makes free throw 2 of 2
- Jordan Farmar makes driving dunk
- Luther Head makes driving layup
- Andrew Bynum makes layup (Lamar Odom assists)
- Yao Ming misses 21-foot jumper
- Jordan Farmar misses 15-foot jumper
- Kobe Bryant makes 16-foot jumper
- Tracy McGrady misses 20-foot jumper
- Trevor Ariza misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Pau Gasol makes free throw 1 of 2
- Pau Gasol makes free throw 2 of 2
- Derek Fisher misses 13-foot jumper
- Andrew Bynum misses layup
- Trevor Ariza misses two point shot
- Pau Gasol makes tip shot
- Ron Artest misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Kobe Bryant misses layup
- Tracy McGrady misses 7-foot jumper
- Yao Ming makes tip shot
- Rafer Alston misses layup
- Ron Artest misses tip shot
- Andrew Bynum makes free throw 1 of 2
- Andrew Bynum makes free throw 2 of 2
- Luis Scola misses 10-foot jumper
- Pau Gasol makes jumper
- Rafer Alston misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Pau Gasol makes free throw 1 of 2
- Pau Gasol makes free throw 2 of 2
- Ron Artest misses free throw 1 of 2
- Ron Artest makes free throw 2 of 2
- Ron Artest misses layup
- Kobe Bryant misses 11-foot two point shot
- Ron Artest misses free throw 1 of 2
- Ron Artest makes free throw 2 of 2
- Derek Fisher misses 20-foot jumper
- Kobe Bryant makes 7-foot running jumper (Derek Fisher assists)
- Rafer Alston misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Tracy McGrady misses jumper
- Derek Fisher misses 17-foot jumper
- Luis Scola misses 11-foot two point shot
- Yao Ming makes slam dunk (Tracy McGrady assists)
- Kobe Bryant misses 13-foot jumper
- Rafer Alston misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Vladimir Radmanovic makes 22-foot three point jumper (Kobe Bryant assists)
- Ron Artest makes 24-foot three point jumper
- Kobe Bryant makes 18-foot jumper (Derek Fisher assists)
- Kobe Bryant makes 15-foot two point shot
- Ron Artest makes 28-foot three point jumper
- Vladimir Radmanovic misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Derek Fisher makes 18-foot jumper (Kobe Bryant assists)
- Yao Ming misses free throw 1 of 2
- Yao Ming misses free throw 2 of 2
- Pau Gasol makes 6-foot two point shot
- Kobe Bryant makes 16-foot jumper (Pau Gasol assists)
- Derek Fisher makes 4-foot two point shot
- Ron Artest misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Luis Scola misses jumper
- Pau Gasol misses 6-foot jumper
- Luis Scola makes free throw 1 of 2
- Luis Scola makes free throw 2 of 2
- Carl Landry makes layup (Tracy McGrady assists)
- Pau Gasol makes dunk (Kobe Bryant assists)
- Luis Scola makes 15-foot jumper (Aaron Brooks assists)
- Kobe Bryant misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Kobe Bryant misses 20-foot jumper
- Carl Landry misses layup
- Lamar Odom makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jordan Farmar assists)
- Aaron Brooks misses 4-foot jumper
- Carl Landry makes layup
- Lamar Odom makes slam dunk (Jordan Farmar assists)
- Brent Barry makes technical free throw
- Sasha Vujacic makes 27-foot three point jumper (Trevor Ariza assists)
- Pau Gasol makes 21-foot jumper (Sasha Vujacic assists)
- Carl Landry misses 13-foot jumper
- Lamar Odom makes two point shot (Pau Gasol assists)
- Aaron Brooks makes 28-foot three point jumper (Carl Landry assists)
- Lamar Odom misses 22-foot jumper
- Jordan Farmar makes 25-foot three point jumper (Pau Gasol assists)
- Luther Head misses 28-foot three point jumper
- Pau Gasol makes 14-foot jumper (Jordan Farmar assists)
- Aaron Brooks misses layup
- Carl Landry makes layup
- Aaron Brooks makes driving layup
- Jordan Farmar makes driving layup
- Carl Landry misses 20-foot jumper
- Aaron Brooks misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Jordan Farmar makes 27-foot three point jumper (Sasha Vujacic assists)
- Sasha Vujacic makes technical free throw
- Yao Ming makes 5-foot hook shot
- Sasha Vujacic makes 10-foot two point shot
- Lamar Odom misses 20-foot jumper
- Kobe Bryant makes 25-foot three point jumper (Lamar Odom assists)
- Aaron Brooks makes two point shot
- Andrew Bynum makes two point shot (Jordan Farmar assists)
- Yao Ming misses free throw 1 of 2
- Yao Ming misses free throw 2 of 2
- Kobe Bryant misses layup
- Kobe Bryant misses free throw 1 of 2
- Kobe Bryant makes free throw 2 of 2
- Luther Head misses 18-foot jumper
- Luther Head makes layup (Aaron Brooks assists)
- Luther Head makes free throw 1 of 1
- Andrew Bynum makes free throw 1 of 2
- Andrew Bynum makes free throw 2 of 2
- Kobe Bryant makes two point shot (Trevor Ariza assists)
- Ron Artest misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Trevor Ariza makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jordan Farmar assists)
- Luther Head misses 12-foot jumper
- Luther Head misses 19-foot jumper
- Jordan Farmar misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Aaron Brooks misses 22-foot three point jumper
- Josh Powell makes 16-foot jumper
- Luther Head makes free throw 1 of 2
- Luther Head makes free throw 2 of 2
- Chris Mihm makes layup (Sasha Vujacic assists)
- Aaron Brooks misses 28-foot three point jumper
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Matchups
2025-26 Standings
Western Conference
| Southwest | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Antonio | 35 | 16 | .686 | - | W3 |
| Houston | 31 | 19 | .620 | 3.5 | L2 |
| Memphis | 20 | 29 | .408 | 14 | W2 |
| Dallas | 19 | 32 | .373 | 16 | L6 |
| New Orleans | 13 | 40 | .245 | 23 | L3 |
| 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 | 23 | 27 | .460 | 8 | L2 |
| Sacramento | 12 | 40 | .231 | 20 | L10 |
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