Los Angeles Lakers @ Houston Rockets
WESTERN CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS - GAME 3 • LAL lead series 2-1
65-17, 29-12 Away
108
65-17, 29-12 Away
53-29, 33-8 Home
94
53-29, 33-8 Home
Game Leaders
Team Stats
44% (36-82)
Field Goal %
42% (35-84)
55% (11-20)
Three Point %
32% (6-19)
76% (25-33)
Free Throw %
72% (18-25)
12
Turnovers
34
50
Rebounds
60
14
Largest Lead
3
Game Information
Houston, TX
Game Flow
--LAL
--HOU
Shot Chart
- Lamar Odom makes two point shot (Trevor Ariza assists)
- Pau Gasol makes 10-foot jumper
- Aaron Brooks misses 6-foot running jumper
- Kobe Bryant makes 19-foot two point shot
- Luis Scola makes layup
- Pau Gasol misses 12-foot jumper
- Aaron Brooks makes driving layup
- Kobe Bryant makes 25-foot three point jumper
- Luis Scola misses layup
- Kobe Bryant makes 23-foot jumper
- Ron Artest makes free throw 1 of 2
- Ron Artest misses free throw 2 of 2
- Jordan Farmar misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Ron Artest misses two point shot
- Lamar Odom makes layup (Jordan Farmar assists)
- Shane Battier makes 25-foot three point jumper (Aaron Brooks assists)
- Jordan Farmar misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Ron Artest makes 22-foot three point jumper (Shane Battier assists)
- Trevor Ariza misses 18-foot jumper
- Yao Ming makes free throw 1 of 2
- Yao Ming makes free throw 2 of 2
- Trevor Ariza makes 25-foot three point jumper (Pau Gasol assists)
- Luis Scola makes layup
- Kobe Bryant makes 17-foot jumper
- Aaron Brooks makes 28-foot three point jumper (Yao Ming assists)
- Lamar Odom makes layup (Trevor Ariza assists)
- Trevor Ariza makes dunk (Jordan Farmar assists)
- Ron Artest misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Kobe Bryant makes 12-foot jumper
- Yao Ming makes 8-foot two point shot (Shane Battier assists)
- Luis Scola misses two point shot
- Lamar Odom makes dunk (Jordan Farmar assists)
- Luis Scola makes dunk (Shane Battier assists)
- Yao Ming makes 6-foot two point shot (Shane Battier assists)
- Lamar Odom misses 22-foot jumper
- Yao Ming makes 7-foot two point shot (Shane Battier assists)
- Pau Gasol misses 17-foot jumper
- Lamar Odom misses tip shot
- Jordan Farmar makes dunk (Luke Walton assists)
- Luis Scola makes 17-foot jumper (Ron Artest assists)
- Pau Gasol makes 10-foot jumper (Jordan Farmar assists)
- Shane Battier misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Andrew Bynum makes layup (Luke Walton assists)
- Kyle Lowry makes free throw 1 of 2
- Kyle Lowry makes free throw 2 of 2
- Luke Walton misses free throw 1 of 2
- Luke Walton makes free throw 2 of 2
- Ron Artest makes driving layup
- Shannon Brown makes 12-foot two point shot
- Von Wafer misses 23-foot jumper
- Sasha Vujacic misses 20-foot jumper
- Von Wafer misses free throw 1 of 2
- Von Wafer makes free throw 2 of 2
- Sasha Vujacic misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Luke Walton misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Kyle Lowry misses driving layup
- Kobe Bryant misses 8-foot jumper
- Andrew Bynum makes jumper
- Shane Battier makes 25-foot three point jumper (Chuck Hayes assists)
- Sasha Vujacic misses three point jumper
- Von Wafer misses 8-foot running jumper
- Carl Landry makes slam dunk (Kyle Lowry assists)
- Kobe Bryant makes 26-foot three point jumper
- Carl Landry misses dunk
- Luke Walton misses 22-foot jumper
- Shannon Brown makes 22-foot jumper
- Yao Ming makes technical free throw
- Yao Ming makes free throw 1 of 2
- Yao Ming makes free throw 2 of 2
- Kobe Bryant misses 20-foot two point shot
- Carl Landry makes free throw 1 of 2
- Carl Landry makes free throw 2 of 2
- Kobe Bryant misses 11-foot jumper
- Josh Powell misses 9-foot two point shot
- Kobe Bryant misses jumper
- Josh Powell misses 19-foot jumper
- Trevor Ariza makes free throw 1 of 2
- Trevor Ariza misses free throw 2 of 2
- Ron Artest misses layup
- Ron Artest makes tip shot
- Kobe Bryant misses two point shot
- Pau Gasol misses 17-foot jumper
- Yao Ming makes free throw 1 of 2
- Yao Ming misses free throw 2 of 2
- Kobe Bryant misses 28-foot three point jumper
- Jordan Farmar makes free throw 1 of 2
- Jordan Farmar makes free throw 2 of 2
- Yao Ming misses 7-foot jumper
- Luke Walton makes 16-foot jumper
- Luke Walton makes 23-foot three point jumper (Kobe Bryant assists)
- Aaron Brooks misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Yao Ming makes tip shot
- Jordan Farmar misses 18-foot two point shot
- Yao Ming misses 21-foot jumper
- Kobe Bryant makes free throw 1 of 2
- Kobe Bryant makes free throw 2 of 2
- Shane Battier misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Luis Scola makes layup
- Pau Gasol makes 6-foot two point shot
- Yao Ming misses 4-foot two point shot
- Lamar Odom makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jordan Farmar assists)
- Ron Artest makes driving layup
- Trevor Ariza makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jordan Farmar assists)
- Luis Scola misses 19-foot jumper
- Trevor Ariza misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Ron Artest misses two point shot
- Kobe Bryant misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Ron Artest misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Aaron Brooks makes 10-foot running jumper
- Jordan Farmar makes 12-foot two point shot
- Ron Artest misses 16-foot jumper
- Kobe Bryant misses 8-foot running jumper
- Aaron Brooks misses driving layup
- Luis Scola misses tip shot
- Pau Gasol makes free throw 1 of 2
- Pau Gasol makes free throw 2 of 2
- Ron Artest misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Lamar Odom misses 20-foot jumper
- Luis Scola misses 5-foot two point shot
- Yao Ming makes dunk
- Pau Gasol makes 7-foot jumper
- Pau Gasol misses free throw 1 of 1
- Kobe Bryant misses 17-foot jumper
- Trevor Ariza misses 21-foot jumper
- Luis Scola misses free throw 1 of 2
- Luis Scola misses free throw 2 of 2
- Pau Gasol misses 15-foot two point shot
- Von Wafer misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Yao Ming misses layup
- Kyle Lowry makes driving layup
- Kobe Bryant misses 11-foot jumper
- Kobe Bryant makes layup
- Ron Artest misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Lamar Odom makes three point jumper (Kobe Bryant assists)
- Ron Artest misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Ron Artest makes layup
- Luke Walton misses 9-foot jumper
- Carl Landry misses layup
- Kyle Lowry misses layup
- Lamar Odom misses layup
- Ron Artest makes free throw 1 of 2
- Ron Artest makes free throw 2 of 2
- Kobe Bryant makes three pointer
- Luke Walton misses 23-foot jumper
- Carl Landry makes 6-foot jumper (Kyle Lowry assists)
- Shannon Brown makes free throw 1 of 2
- Shannon Brown makes free throw 2 of 2
- Von Wafer misses 23-foot jumper
- Kobe Bryant misses driving layup
- Von Wafer makes 20-foot jumper
- Sasha Vujacic makes 25-foot three point jumper (Kobe Bryant assists)
- Carl Landry makes layup
- Shannon Brown makes free throw 1 of 2
- Shannon Brown makes free throw 2 of 2
- Von Wafer makes free throw 1 of 3
- Von Wafer makes free throw 2 of 3
- Von Wafer makes free throw 3 of 3
- Sasha Vujacic misses 22-foot jumper
- Von Wafer misses 10-foot jumper
- Sasha Vujacic misses 21-foot jumper
- Von Wafer misses 9-foot jumper
- Kobe Bryant misses 5-foot jumper
- Kobe Bryant makes layup
- Von Wafer makes 26-foot three point jumper (Kyle Lowry assists)
- Kobe Bryant makes driving layup
- Kyle Lowry makes driving layup
- Kyle Lowry misses free throw 1 of 1
- Kobe Bryant misses 6-foot jumper
- Trevor Ariza makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jordan Farmar assists)
- Ron Artest misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Shane Battier misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Carl Landry makes slam dunk (Shane Battier assists)
- Pau Gasol misses 13-foot jumper
- Kyle Lowry makes layup (Yao Ming assists)
- Kobe Bryant makes free throw 1 of 2
- Kobe Bryant makes free throw 2 of 2
- Ron Artest makes layup (Shane Battier assists)
- Kobe Bryant misses 20-foot two point shot
- Yao Ming makes slam dunk (Kyle Lowry assists)
- Jordan Farmar makes 18-foot jumper (Pau Gasol assists)
- Ron Artest misses 6-foot jumper
- Ron Artest misses 20-foot jumper
- Jordan Farmar misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Yao Ming misses 11-foot two point shot
- Kobe Bryant makes 26-foot three point jumper (Pau Gasol assists)
- Ron Artest makes layup
- Kobe Bryant misses 23-foot jumper
- Kobe Bryant misses layup
- Lamar Odom makes two point shot
- Yao Ming makes free throw 1 of 2
- Yao Ming misses free throw 2 of 2
- Trevor Ariza misses free throw 1 of 2
- Trevor Ariza makes free throw 2 of 2
- Ron Artest makes two point shot
- Jordan Farmar misses free throw 1 of 2
- Jordan Farmar makes free throw 2 of 2
- Ron Artest makes 24-foot jumper
- Pau Gasol makes free throw 1 of 2
- Pau Gasol misses free throw 2 of 2
- Jordan Farmar makes free throw 1 of 2
- Jordan Farmar makes free throw 2 of 2
- Ron Artest makes 31-foot three point jumper
- Pau Gasol makes flagrant free throw 2 of 2
- Pau Gasol makes free throw
- Kobe Bryant misses free throw 1 of 2
- Kobe Bryant makes free throw 2 of 2
- Kobe Bryant makes free throw 1 of 2
- Kobe Bryant makes free throw 2 of 2
- Von Wafer misses 28-foot three point jumper
- Jordan Farmar misses free throw 1 of 2
- Jordan Farmar makes free throw 2 of 2
- Von Wafer misses 26-foot three point jumper
Shot Made
Shot Missed
Shot Made
Shot Missed
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Matchups
2025-26 Standings
Western Conference
| Pacific | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LA Lakers | 34 | 23 | .596 | - | L2 |
| Phoenix | 33 | 26 | .559 | 2 | L2 |
| Golden State | 31 | 28 | .525 | 4 | W1 |
| LA Clippers | 27 | 30 | .474 | 7 | L2 |
| Sacramento | 13 | 47 | .217 | 22.5 | L1 |
| Southwest | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Antonio | 42 | 16 | .724 | - | W10 |
| Houston | 36 | 21 | .632 | 5.5 | W2 |
| Memphis | 21 | 36 | .368 | 20.5 | L3 |
| Dallas | 21 | 36 | .368 | 20.5 | W2 |
| New Orleans | 17 | 42 | .288 | 25.5 | W2 |
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