Houston Rockets @ Los Angeles Lakers
1-0, 1-0 Away
108
1-0, 1-0 Away
0-1, 0-1 Home
90
0-1, 0-1 Home
Game Leaders
Team Stats
42% (31-73)
Field Goal %
35% (28-79)
41% (12-29)
Three Point %
30% (3-10)
68% (34-50)
Free Throw %
79% (31-39)
14
Turnovers
13
64
Rebounds
53
Game Information
Los Angeles, CA
Referee:Derek Richardson
Referee:Courtney Kirkland
Referee:Zach Zarba
Game Flow
--HOU
--LAL
Shot Chart
- Carlos Boozer misses jumper
- Dwight Howard makes 5-foot two point shot (James Harden assists)
- Jordan Hill misses layup
- Dwight Howard misses free throw 2 of 2
- Dwight Howard misses free throw 1 of 2
- Carlos Boozer misses 16-foot jumper
- James Harden misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Terrence Jones misses three point jumper
- Wesley Johnson makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jeremy Lin assists)
- Terrence Jones makes 20-foot jumper (Patrick Beverley assists)
- Kobe Bryant misses layup
- Jordan Hill misses tip shot
- Carlos Boozer misses tip shot
- Trevor Ariza makes 25-foot three point jumper (Patrick Beverley assists)
- Trevor Ariza makes free throw 1 of 1
- Kobe Bryant makes 21-foot jumper (Carlos Boozer assists)
- James Harden misses layup
- James Harden makes 26-foot three point jumper (Patrick Beverley assists)
- Kobe Bryant misses 12-foot jumper
- Jordan Hill makes two point shot
- James Harden makes free throw 1 of 2
- James Harden makes free throw 2 of 2
- Patrick Beverley misses free throw 1 of 2
- Patrick Beverley makes free throw 2 of 2
- Kobe Bryant makes 20-foot two point shot (Jordan Hill assists)
- Tarik Black misses layup
- Terrence Jones misses tip shot
- Jeremy Lin misses layup
- James Harden makes free throw 1 of 2
- James Harden makes free throw 2 of 2
- Kobe Bryant misses 21-foot jumper
- Jordan Hill misses 16-foot jumper
- Trevor Ariza misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Terrence Jones makes layup
- Kobe Bryant misses 17-foot
- Jordan Clarkson misses 9-foot two point shot
- Terrence Jones misses 19-foot jumper
- Kobe Bryant makes 7-foot jumper
- James Harden misses 20-foot jumper
- Ronnie Price misses 17-foot jump bank shot
- Terrence Jones makes dunk (James Harden assists)
- Jordan Clarkson makes 23-foot three point jumper (Ronnie Price assists)
- Jason Terry misses layup
- Jordan Clarkson misses 25-foot three point jumper
- James Harden makes free throw 1 of 2
- James Harden makes free throw 2 of 2
- Ronnie Price misses 22-foot jumper
- James Harden makes driving layup
- Ronnie Price makes free throw 1 of 2
- Ronnie Price makes free throw 2 of 2
- Patrick Beverley misses three point jumper
- Ronnie Price makes free throw 1 of 2
- Ronnie Price makes free throw 2 of 2
- Kostas Papanikolaou misses three point jumper
- Jordan Clarkson makes free throw 1 of 2
- Jordan Clarkson misses free throw 2 of 2
- Patrick Beverley misses free throw 1 of 2
- Patrick Beverley makes free throw 2 of 2
- Julius Randle misses layup
- Jason Terry makes 23-foot three point jumper (Kostas Papanikolaou assists)
- Jordan Clarkson misses 18-foot jumper
- Jason Terry makes 26-foot three point jumper (Kostas Papanikolaou assists)
- Dwight Howard makes free throw 1 of 2
- Dwight Howard misses free throw 2 of 2
- Ronnie Price misses 29-foot three point jumper
- Xavier Henry misses layup
- Dwight Howard makes free throw 1 of 2
- Dwight Howard makes free throw 2 of 2
- Julius Randle makes 10-foot two point shot
- Kostas Papanikolaou misses three point jumper
- Dwight Howard makes layup
- Ed Davis makes driving layup
- Ed Davis makes driving layup (Ronnie Price assists)
- Dwight Howard misses free throw 1 of 2
- Dwight Howard makes free throw 2 of 2
- Ronnie Price misses 5-foot two point shot
- Kobe Bryant misses 7-foot jumper
- James Harden misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Dwight Howard misses 7-foot hook shot
- Kobe Bryant makes 11-foot two point shot
- Trevor Ariza misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Kobe Bryant misses 20-foot jumper
- Trevor Ariza misses 8-foot two point shot
- Dwight Howard makes driving dunk (Patrick Beverley assists)
- Carlos Boozer makes layup
- Terrence Jones misses 20-foot jumper
- Jordan Hill makes two point shot (Carlos Boozer assists)
- James Harden makes technical free throw
- James Harden makes 25-foot
- Wesley Johnson misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Trevor Ariza makes 25-foot three point jumper (James Harden assists)
- James Harden makes 24-foot three point jumper
- James Harden misses 20-foot jumper
- Carlos Boozer makes layup (Jeremy Lin assists)
- Carlos Boozer makes free throw 1 of 1
- Patrick Beverley misses 12-foot jumper
- Kobe Bryant makes driving layup
- Dwight Howard misses 8-foot hook shot
- Wesley Johnson makes layup (Kobe Bryant assists)
- James Harden makes driving layup (Jason Terry assists)
- Kobe Bryant makes free throw 1 of 2
- Kobe Bryant makes free throw 2 of 2
- James Harden misses 18-foot two point shot
- Terrence Jones misses layup
- Terrence Jones makes 2-foot two point shot
- Wesley Johnson misses jumper
- Jordan Hill misses 5-foot hook shot
- James Harden makes free throw 1 of 2
- James Harden makes free throw 2 of 2
- Jordan Hill misses free throw 1 of 2
- Jordan Hill makes free throw 2 of 2
- James Harden misses 16-foot two point shot
- Kobe Bryant makes free throw 1 of 2
- Kobe Bryant makes free throw 2 of 2
- Terrence Jones makes layup (James Harden assists)
- Kobe Bryant makes 8-foot two point shot
- Trevor Ariza makes 23-foot three point jumper (James Harden assists)
- Terrence Jones makes layup
- Dwight Howard misses free throw 1 of 2
- Dwight Howard misses free throw 2 of 2
- Kobe Bryant misses layup
- Jordan Hill misses layup
- Carlos Boozer makes layup
- Trevor Ariza makes 25-foot three point jumper (Terrence Jones assists)
- Jeremy Lin makes free throw 1 of 2
- Jeremy Lin misses free throw 2 of 2
- Carlos Boozer makes driving layup
- Carlos Boozer makes free throw 1 of 2
- Carlos Boozer makes free throw 2 of 2
- Carlos Boozer misses 17-foot jumper
- Carlos Boozer misses 18-foot jumper
- Donatas Motiejunas misses free throw 1 of 2
- Donatas Motiejunas makes free throw 2 of 2
- Jeremy Lin makes driving layup
- Jeremy Lin makes free throw 1 of 1
- Carlos Boozer makes layup (Jeremy Lin assists)
- James Harden misses 18-foot jumper
- Terrence Jones misses 11-foot jumper
- Jordan Hill makes free throw 1 of 2
- Jordan Hill makes free throw 2 of 2
- Terrence Jones misses 18-foot jumper
- Jeremy Lin misses 25-foot three point jumper
- James Harden makes driving layup (Terrence Jones assists)
- James Harden makes free throw 1 of 1
- Kobe Bryant misses 18-foot two point shot
- James Harden makes free throw 1 of 2
- James Harden makes free throw 2 of 2
- Ronnie Price makes 25-foot three point jumper (Kobe Bryant assists)
- Jason Terry makes 20-foot two point shot (Terrence Jones assists)
- Ed Davis makes layup (Jeremy Lin assists)
- Trevor Ariza makes 24-foot three point jumper
- Kobe Bryant makes free throw 1 of 2
- Kobe Bryant makes free throw 2 of 2
- Tarik Black makes layup (Kostas Papanikolaou assists)
- Ronnie Price misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Julius Randle misses free throw 1 of 2
- Julius Randle misses free throw 2 of 2
- Trevor Ariza misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Jeremy Lin makes technical free throw
- Ed Davis misses 6-foot hook shot
- James Harden makes driving layup
- James Harden misses free throw 1 of 2
- James Harden makes free throw 2 of 2
- Jeremy Lin makes free throw 1 of 2
- Jeremy Lin makes free throw 2 of 2
- Kostas Papanikolaou makes 7-foot two point shot (James Harden assists)
- Jeremy Lin misses layup
- James Harden makes free throw 1 of 2
- James Harden makes free throw 2 of 2
- Xavier Henry misses 19-foot jumper
- James Harden misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Jason Terry misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Xavier Henry misses layup
- Kostas Papanikolaou makes layup (Patrick Beverley assists)
- Ed Davis misses free throw 1 of 2
- Ed Davis makes free throw 2 of 2
- Xavier Henry misses 18-foot jumper
- Patrick Beverley makes three point jumper (Kostas Papanikolaou assists)
- Julius Randle misses 17-foot jumper
- Patrick Beverley misses free throw 1 of 2
- Patrick Beverley makes free throw 2 of 2
- Kobe Bryant misses 28-foot three point jumper
- Patrick Beverley misses 6-foot hook shot
- Dwight Howard misses free throw 1 of 2
- Dwight Howard misses free throw 2 of 2
- Terrence Jones makes dunk (Dwight Howard assists)
- Terrence Jones makes driving layup (Trevor Ariza assists)
- Terrence Jones misses free throw 1 of 1
- Carlos Boozer makes 11-foot two point shot (Jeremy Lin assists)
- Trevor Ariza misses layup
- Patrick Beverley makes 24-foot three point jumper (Trevor Ariza assists)
- Carlos Boozer makes layup (Jeremy Lin assists)
- Dwight Howard misses free throw 1 of 2
- Dwight Howard makes free throw 2 of 2
- Kobe Bryant misses 20-foot jumper
- Carlos Boozer misses finger roll layup
- Dwight Howard makes free throw 1 of 2
- Dwight Howard makes free throw 2 of 2
- Kobe Bryant makes free throw 2 of 2
- Kobe Bryant misses free throw 2 of 2
- Kostas Papanikolaou misses 18-foot jumper
- Donatas Motiejunas makes free throw 1 of 2
- Donatas Motiejunas misses free throw 2 of 2
- Ed Davis makes 6-foot two point shot (Jordan Clarkson assists)
- Troy Daniels misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Robert Sacre misses 15-foot jumper
- Troy Daniels misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Ed Davis misses 8-foot two point shot
- Troy Daniels makes free throw 1 of 2
- Troy Daniels makes free throw 2 of 2
- Robert Sacre makes 19-foot jumper (Ronnie Price assists)
- Kostas Papanikolaou misses 19-foot jumper
- Jordan Clarkson makes free throw 1 of 2
- Jordan Clarkson makes free throw 2 of 2
- Robert Sacre misses 10-foot jumper
- Robert Sacre misses 18-foot jumper
- Isaiah Canaan misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Ed Davis makes dunk (Jordan Clarkson assists)
- Troy Daniels misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Isaiah Canaan makes free throw 1 of 2
- Isaiah Canaan makes free throw 2 of 2
- Wesley Johnson misses 18-foot jumper
- Donatas Motiejunas makes free throw 1 of 2
- Donatas Motiejunas makes free throw 2 of 2
- Robert Sacre misses 19-foot jumper
- Xavier Henry misses free throw 1 of 2
- Xavier Henry makes free throw 2 of 2
- Jordan Clarkson makes free throw 1 of 2
- Jordan Clarkson makes free throw 2 of 2
- Xavier Henry makes free throw 1 of 2
- Xavier Henry makes free throw 2 of 2
- Troy Daniels misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Wesley Johnson makes 22-foot jumper
- Troy Daniels misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Wesley Johnson misses 26-foot three point jumper
Shot Made
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Matchups
2025-26 Standings
Western Conference
| Southwest | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Antonio | 61 | 19 | .763 | - | W2 |
| Houston | 51 | 29 | .638 | 10 | W8 |
| New Orleans | 26 | 54 | .325 | 35 | W1 |
| Memphis | 25 | 55 | .313 | 36 | L6 |
| Dallas | 25 | 55 | .313 | 36 | L2 |
| Pacific | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LA Lakers | 51 | 29 | .638 | - | W1 |
| Phoenix | 44 | 36 | .550 | 7 | W1 |
| LA Clippers | 41 | 39 | .513 | 10 | L1 |
| Golden State | 37 | 43 | .463 | 14 | L1 |
| Sacramento | 21 | 59 | .263 | 30 | L2 |
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