Rockets 104-92 Lakers (16 Mar, 2008) Play-by-Play

Los Angeles Lakers

45-21, 22-13 away

	1	2	3	4	T
LAL	23	21	22	26	92
HOU	24	35	12	33	104

Houston Rockets

46-20, 26-9 home

104

Tracy McGrady misses 21-foot jumper
Shane Battier misses three point jumper
Luis Scola makes layup (Rafer Alston assists)
Rafer Alston makes 23-foot three point jumper (Shane Battier assists)
Rafer Alston misses 9-foot running jumper
Shane Battier makes 24-foot three point jumper (Rafer Alston assists)
Tracy McGrady misses 17-foot jumper
Rafer Alston makes 25-foot three point jumper
Rafer Alston makes 24-foot three point jumper (Tracy McGrady assists)
Rafer Alston makes running jumper
Tracy McGrady misses 10-foot jumper
Shane Battier misses 25-foot three point jumper
Ronny Turiaf blocks Dikembe Mutombo's layup
Tracy McGrady misses jumper
Chuck Hayes makes layup (Shane Battier assists)
Rafer Alston misses 22-foot jumper
Rafer Alston makes 25-foot three point jumper (Tracy McGrady assists)
Tracy McGrady misses 19-foot jumper
Rafer Alston misses 26-foot three point jumper
Chuck Hayes misses layup
Ronny Turiaf blocks Mike Harris's layup
Bobby Jackson makes 17-foot jumper
Bobby Jackson makes two point shot (Chuck Hayes assists)
Lamar Odom blocks Luther Head's layup
Mike Harris makes dunk
Bobby Jackson misses 25-foot three point jumper
Luther Head makes dunk (Bobby Jackson assists)
Bobby Jackson makes driving layup
Ronny Turiaf blocks Mike Harris's dunk
Bobby Jackson misses three point jumper
Chuck Hayes misses layup
Mike Harris makes layup
Shane Battier makes driving layup
Mike Harris makes 16-foot jumper (Luther Head assists)
Luther Head makes 11-foot two point shot (Rafer Alston assists)
Tracy McGrady misses 17-foot jumper
Luis Scola makes layup
Luis Scola makes layup (Tracy McGrady assists)
Lamar Odom blocks Luther Head's layup
Luis Scola misses 16-foot jumper
Rafer Alston misses 24-foot three point jumper
Luis Scola misses layup
Shane Battier misses tip shot
Tracy McGrady misses 24-foot three point jumper
Shane Battier misses three point jumper
Rafer Alston misses layup
Rafer Alston misses 25-foot three point jumper
Tracy McGrady misses 26-foot three point jumper
Rafer Alston misses layup
Chuck Hayes misses jumper
Luis Scola misses 5-foot jumper
Rafer Alston makes 25-foot three point jumper (Tracy McGrady assists)
Luis Scola misses 4-foot jumper
Luis Scola misses 18-foot jumper
Rafer Alston misses 17-foot jumper
Tracy McGrady misses 21-foot jumper
DJ Mbenga blocks Luis Scola's layup
Tracy McGrady makes 6-foot jumper
Rafer Alston makes 24-foot three point jumper
Rafer Alston misses layup
Mike Harris misses 12-foot jumper
Rafer Alston makes 27-foot three point jumper
Rafer Alston makes 24-foot three point jumper
Shane Battier makes driving layup
Bobby Jackson makes 7-foot running jumper
Shane Battier misses layup
Tracy McGrady makes 19-foot jumper
Shane Battier misses 25-foot three point jumper
Bobby Jackson makes 24-foot three point jumper (Tracy McGrady assists)
Rafer Alston misses layup
Tracy McGrady makes 18-foot jumper (Rafer Alston assists)
Tracy McGrady misses 24-foot three point jumper
Shane Battier makes driving layup
Shane Battier makes 23-foot three point jumper (Rafer Alston assists)
Tracy McGrady makes 19-foot two point shot
Shane Battier misses three point jumper
Tracy McGrady misses layup
Bobby Jackson makes 23-foot three point jumper (Tracy McGrady assists)
Rafer Alston makes driving layup
Bobby Jackson makes 21-foot two point shot
Rafer Alston misses layup
Rafer Alston misses layup
Tracy McGrady misses 25-foot three point jumper
Derek Fisher misses 19-foot jumper
Kobe Bryant misses jumper
Dikembe Mutombo blocks Lamar Odom's layup
Kobe Bryant misses two point shot
Kobe Bryant misses 12-foot jumper
Ronny Turiaf misses jumper
Lamar Odom makes dunk (Ronny Turiaf assists)
Kobe Bryant makes 21-foot jumper
Ronny Turiaf makes layup (Vladimir Radmanovic assists)
Vladimir Radmanovic misses layup
Kobe Bryant makes driving layup
Kobe Bryant makes layup (Derek Fisher assists)
Kobe Bryant misses 24-foot three point jumper
Kobe Bryant misses 15-foot jumper
Kobe Bryant makes dunk (Derek Fisher assists)
Vladimir Radmanovic makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jordan Farmar assists)
Jordan Farmar misses 24-foot three point jumper
Jordan Farmar makes 23-foot three point jumper (Vladimir Radmanovic assists)
DJ Mbenga misses 10-foot jumper
Kobe Bryant misses 13-foot jumper
Lamar Odom makes layup
Ronny Turiaf makes slam dunk (Jordan Farmar assists)
Kobe Bryant misses layup
Kobe Bryant makes 6-foot running jumper
Jordan Farmar misses 25-foot three point jumper
Sasha Vujacic misses 17-foot jumper
Kobe Bryant misses 6-foot jumper
Kobe Bryant misses 18-foot jumper
Luke Walton misses layup
Sasha Vujacic makes 25-foot three point jumper (Ronny Turiaf assists)
Luke Walton makes driving layup
Jordan Farmar misses 24-foot three point jumper
Luke Walton makes layup (Kobe Bryant assists)
Lamar Odom makes 6-foot jumper
Lamar Odom makes 4-foot jumper
Kobe Bryant makes 18-foot jumper
Kobe Bryant misses 16-foot jumper
Luke Walton misses 10-foot jumper
Luke Walton misses 7-foot jumper
Kobe Bryant misses 17-foot jumper
Kobe Bryant makes 13-foot jumper
DJ Mbenga misses 8-foot jumper
Derek Fisher misses 15-foot jumper
Kobe Bryant misses layup
Derek Fisher makes 18-foot jumper (Lamar Odom assists)
Derek Fisher misses 23-foot three point jumper
Derek Fisher makes 25-foot three point jumper (Lamar Odom assists)
Lamar Odom misses jumper
Derek Fisher misses 25-foot three point jumper
DJ Mbenga makes two point shot (Kobe Bryant assists)
Lamar Odom makes two point shot (Derek Fisher assists)
DJ Mbenga misses layup
Vladimir Radmanovic misses layup
Lamar Odom makes tip shot
Kobe Bryant makes 18-foot jumper
Kobe Bryant misses 17-foot jumper
Kobe Bryant misses 24-foot three point jumper
Kobe Bryant makes driving layup
Luke Walton misses 38-foot three point jumper
Jordan Farmar makes two point shot (Luke Walton assists)
Luke Walton makes layup
Rafer Alston blocks Sasha Vujacic's layup
Kobe Bryant misses layup
Jordan Farmar misses layup
Kobe Bryant misses layup
Ronny Turiaf makes layup (Jordan Farmar assists)
Kobe Bryant makes 12-foot two point shot
Kobe Bryant misses 24-foot three point jumper
Jordan Farmar makes 25-foot three point jumper
Jordan Farmar misses 25-foot three point jumper
Kobe Bryant makes 9-foot jumper
Kobe Bryant misses 14-foot jumper
Kobe Bryant misses layup
Sasha Vujacic misses 18-foot jumper
Lamar Odom makes driving dunk
Kobe Bryant misses 24-foot three point jumper
Shane Battier blocks Kobe Bryant's 17-foot jumper
Kobe Bryant misses layup
Lamar Odom misses layup
Sasha Vujacic makes driving layup

LAKERS

ROCKETS

TIME		LAL	HOU
12:00	Start of the 1st Quarter	0	0
12:00	Jumpball: Ronny Turiaf vs. Dikembe Mutombo (Kobe Bryant gains possession)	0	0
11:42	Derek Fisher misses 19-foot jumper	0	0
11:41	Dikembe Mutombo defensive rebound	0	0
11:22	Tracy McGrady misses 21-foot jumper	0	0
11:22	Ronny Turiaf defensive rebound	0	0
11:11	Kobe Bryant misses jumper	0	0
11:07	Lamar Odom offensive rebound	0	0
11:07	Dikembe Mutombo blocks Lamar Odom's layup	0	0
11:06	Tracy McGrady defensive rebound	0	0
10:56	Shane Battier misses three point jumper	0	0
10:56	Lamar Odom defensive rebound	0	0
10:45	Kobe Bryant misses two point shot	0	0
10:45	Dikembe Mutombo defensive rebound	0	0
10:26	Luis Scola makes layup (Rafer Alston assists)	0	2
10:26	Ronny Turiaf illegal defense	0	2
10:12	Kobe Bryant misses 12-foot jumper	0	2
10:11	Dikembe Mutombo defensive rebound	0	2
9:56	Rafer Alston bad pass	0	2
9:42	Ronny Turiaf misses jumper	0	2
9:41	Dikembe Mutombo defensive rebound	0	2
9:23	Rafer Alston makes 23-foot three point jumper (Shane Battier assists)	0	5
9:07	Lamar Odom makes dunk (Ronny Turiaf assists)	2	5
8:51	Rafer Alston misses 9-foot running jumper	2	5
8:49	Luis Scola offensive rebound	2	5
8:29	Shane Battier makes 24-foot three point jumper (Rafer Alston assists)	2	8
8:11	Kobe Bryant makes 21-foot jumper	4	8
7:58	Tracy McGrady misses 17-foot jumper	4	8
7:58	Lamar Odom defensive rebound	4	8
7:54	Luis Scola personal foul (Lamar Odom draws the foul)	4	8
7:43	Ronny Turiaf makes layup (Vladimir Radmanovic assists)	6	8
7:28	Rafer Alston makes 25-foot three point jumper	6	11
7:13	Lamar Odom bad pass (Rafer Alston steals)	6	11
7:09	Jumpball: Kobe Bryant vs. Tracy McGrady (Dikembe Mutombo gains possession)	6	11
6:50	Tracy McGrady bad pass (Vladimir Radmanovic steals)	6	11
6:46	Vladimir Radmanovic misses layup	6	11
6:45	Dikembe Mutombo defensive rebound	6	11
6:26	Rafer Alston bad pass (Derek Fisher steals)	6	11
6:26	Rafer Alston personal foul (Derek Fisher draws the foul)	6	11
6:18	Dikembe Mutombo illegal defense foul (1st personal foul)	6	11
6:18	Derek Fisher makes technical free throw	7	11
6:07	Luis Scola shooting foul (Ronny Turiaf draws the foul)	7	11
6:07	Chuck Hayes enters the game for Luis Scola	7	11
6:07	Ronny Turiaf misses free throw 1 of 2	7	11
6:07	Los Angeles offensive rebound	7	11
6:07	Ronny Turiaf makes free throw 2 of 2	8	11
5:56	Rafer Alston makes 24-foot three point jumper (Tracy McGrady assists)	8	14
5:43	Kobe Bryant makes driving layup	10	14
5:26	Rafer Alston makes running jumper	10	16
5:15	Shane Battier shooting foul (Kobe Bryant draws the foul)	10	16
5:15	Houston full timeout	10	16
5:15	Kobe Bryant misses free throw 1 of 2	10	16
5:15	Los Angeles offensive rebound	10	16
5:15	Kobe Bryant makes free throw 2 of 2	11	16
4:50	Tracy McGrady misses 10-foot jumper	11	16
4:48	Lamar Odom defensive rebound	11	16
4:45	Kobe Bryant makes layup (Derek Fisher assists)	13	16
4:18	Shane Battier misses 25-foot three point jumper	13	16
4:16	Dikembe Mutombo offensive rebound	13	16
4:15	Ronny Turiaf blocks Dikembe Mutombo's layup	13	16
4:13	Vladimir Radmanovic defensive rebound	13	16
4:07	Kobe Bryant misses 24-foot three point jumper	13	16
4:05	Los Angeles defensive rebound	13	16
3:55	Chuck Hayes bad pass	13	16
3:38	Kobe Bryant misses 15-foot jumper	13	16
3:36	Ronny Turiaf offensive rebound	13	16
3:34	Kobe Bryant offensive foul (Shane Battier draws the foul)	13	16
3:34	Kobe Bryant turnover	13	16
3:17	Tracy McGrady bad pass (Derek Fisher steals)	13	16
3:13	Kobe Bryant makes dunk (Derek Fisher assists)	15	16
2:59	Vladimir Radmanovic shooting foul (Rafer Alston draws the foul)	15	16
2:59	Los Angeles full timeout	15	16
2:59	Jordan Farmar enters the game for Derek Fisher	15	16
2:59	Rafer Alston makes free throw 1 of 2	15	17
2:59	Rafer Alston makes free throw 2 of 2	15	18
2:45	Vladimir Radmanovic makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jordan Farmar assists)	18	18
2:31	Tracy McGrady misses jumper	18	18
2:30	Kobe Bryant defensive rebound	18	18
2:19	Chuck Hayes shooting foul (Ronny Turiaf draws the foul)	18	18
2:19	Ronny Turiaf makes free throw 1 of 2	19	18
2:19	Ronny Turiaf makes free throw 2 of 2	20	18
2:12	Chuck Hayes makes layup (Shane Battier assists)	20	20
2:12	Ronny Turiaf shooting foul (Chuck Hayes draws the foul)	20	20
2:12	DJ Mbenga enters the game for Ronny Turiaf	20	20
2:12	Chuck Hayes makes free throw 1 of 1	20	21
1:58	Jordan Farmar misses 24-foot three point jumper	20	21
1:57	Shane Battier defensive rebound	20	21
1:49	Rafer Alston misses 22-foot jumper	20	21
1:47	Jordan Farmar defensive rebound	20	21
1:30	Kobe Bryant bad pass (Chuck Hayes steals)	20	21
1:09	Rafer Alston makes 25-foot three point jumper (Tracy McGrady assists)	20	24
55.1	Jordan Farmar makes 23-foot three point jumper (Vladimir Radmanovic assists)	23	24
47.7	Jordan Farmar personal foul (Rafer Alston draws the foul)	23	24
31.9	Tracy McGrady misses 19-foot jumper	23	24
30.9	Kobe Bryant defensive rebound	23	24
21.9	DJ Mbenga misses 10-foot jumper	23	24
20.6	Dikembe Mutombo defensive rebound	23	24
0.0	Rafer Alston misses 26-foot three point jumper	23	24
0.0	Houston offensive rebound	23	24
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	23	24

Regular Season Series

HOU wins 2-1

Rockets
95
Lakers
93

Game 1

30/10

Lakers
93
Rockets
90

Game 2

15/11

Lakers
92
Rockets
104

Game 3

16/3

Toyota Center (Houston)

6:30 PM, 16 March 2008

Houston, TX

Attendance: 18,409

Referees:
Monty McCutchen
Derrick Stafford
Sean Wright

Team	PCT	GB	STRK
Golden State	.000	-	-
LA Clippers	.000	-	-
LA Lakers	.000	-	-
Phoenix	.000	-	-
Sacramento	.000	-	-

Team	PCT	GB	STRK
New Orleans	.000	-	-
Dallas	.000	-	-
Houston	.000	-	-
San Antonio	.000	-	-
Memphis	.000	-	-

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