Los Angeles Lakers @ Houston Rockets
Shot Chart
- Von Wafer makes driving layup
- Yao Ming makes layup
- Rafer Alston makes 24-foot three point jumper (Luis Scola assists)
- Yao Ming makes 9-foot two point shot (Rafer Alston assists)
- Luis Scola makes dunk (Shane Battier assists)
- Rafer Alston makes 12-foot running jumper
- Yao Ming misses 14-foot two point shot
- Von Wafer misses layup
- Rafer Alston misses 13-foot running jumper
- Luis Scola makes driving layup
- Rafer Alston misses driving layup
- Luis Scola makes driving layup (Rafer Alston assists)
- Von Wafer makes 25-foot three point jumper (Yao Ming assists)
- Yao Ming misses 7-foot hook shot
- Pau Gasol blocks Luis Scola's 7-foot jumper
- Von Wafer makes driving dunk (Rafer Alston assists)
- Von Wafer makes 21-foot jumper
- Yao Ming misses 10-foot two point shot
- Rafer Alston misses 18-foot jumper
- Aaron Brooks misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Rafer Alston makes driving layup
- Carl Landry makes 16-foot jumper (Aaron Brooks assists)
- Aaron Brooks misses running jumper
- Von Wafer makes dunk
- Carl Landry makes 20-foot jumper
- Carl Landry makes 8-foot hook shot (Aaron Brooks assists)
- Brent Barry makes layup (Von Wafer assists)
- Aaron Brooks makes two point shot (Brent Barry assists)
- Aaron Brooks misses 18-foot jumper
- Dikembe Mutombo makes layup (Brent Barry assists)
- Aaron Brooks misses 18-foot jumper
- Brent Barry makes 26-foot three pointer (Luis Scola assists)
- Aaron Brooks misses layup
- Dikembe Mutombo makes tip shot
- Brent Barry makes 22-foot two point shot
- Yao Ming misses 11-foot two point shot
- Von Wafer makes 26-foot three point jumper (Yao Ming assists)
- Yao Ming makes 9-foot two point shot
- Rafer Alston misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Yao Ming makes two point shot (Shane Battier assists)
- Shane Battier misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Yao Ming makes 10-foot two point shot
- Rafer Alston makes 21-foot jumper
- Von Wafer misses driving layup
- Yao Ming makes dunk
- Rafer Alston misses 19-foot jumper
- Yao Ming misses 9-foot hook shot
- Carl Landry makes layup
- Shane Battier misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Yao Ming makes slam dunk (Rafer Alston assists)
- Von Wafer misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Carl Landry misses 21-foot jumper
- Von Wafer makes 26-foot three point jumper (Yao Ming assists)
- Yao Ming makes 9-foot hook shot (Brent Barry assists)
- Yao Ming makes 14-foot jumper (Rafer Alston assists)
- Von Wafer makes 20-foot jumper (Brent Barry assists)
- Rafer Alston misses 9-foot running jumper
- Von Wafer makes running jumper
- Von Wafer makes 19-foot jumper
- Lamar Odom blocks Rafer Alston's 13-foot jumper
- Brent Barry misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Trevor Ariza blocks Aaron Brooks's layup
- Aaron Brooks misses layup
- Brent Barry makes 22-foot jumper (Carl Landry assists)
- Carl Landry makes layup (Brent Barry assists)
- Aaron Brooks makes driving layup
- Carl Landry misses layup
- Yao Ming misses 13-foot jumper
- Yao Ming misses 17-foot jumper
- Carl Landry makes 7-foot jumper (Luis Scola assists)
- Carl Landry makes 20-foot jumper (Yao Ming assists)
- Rafer Alston misses layup
- Von Wafer misses driving layup
- Carl Landry makes dunk (Yao Ming assists)
- Yao Ming misses 11-foot two point shot
- Carl Landry misses layup
- Pau Gasol blocks Carl Landry's layup
- Shane Battier misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Rafer Alston makes 10-foot running jumper
- Shane Battier makes 23-foot three point jumper (Rafer Alston assists)
- Rafer Alston misses 9-foot jumper
- Yao Ming misses 16-foot jumper
- Aaron Brooks misses 51-foot three point jumper
- Vladimir Radmanovic misses layup
- Kobe Bryant makes 8-foot two point shot (Vladimir Radmanovic assists)
- Derek Fisher makes driving layup
- Vladimir Radmanovic makes 25-foot three point jumper (Kobe Bryant assists)
- Andrew Bynum misses 21-foot jumper
- Derek Fisher misses 8-foot jumper
- Andrew Bynum misses two point shot
- Vladimir Radmanovic makes 9-foot running jumper (Derek Fisher assists)
- Yao Ming blocks Kobe Bryant's 5-foot jumper
- Kobe Bryant misses 6-foot two point shot
- Pau Gasol misses hook shot
- Vladimir Radmanovic makes tip shot
- Andrew Bynum misses jumper
- Andrew Bynum makes two point shot (Kobe Bryant assists)
- Andrew Bynum misses 11-foot hook shot
- Pau Gasol makes 6-foot hook shot
- Kobe Bryant makes 22-foot jumper
- Pau Gasol makes 8-foot hook shot
- Derek Fisher makes layup
- Yao Ming blocks Lamar Odom's layup
- Trevor Ariza makes layup
- Kobe Bryant makes 13-foot jumper (Lamar Odom assists)
- Kobe Bryant misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Kobe Bryant misses 21-foot jumper
- Kobe Bryant misses 18-foot two point shot
- Andrew Bynum misses 10-foot hook shot
- Josh Powell makes layup (Trevor Ariza assists)
- Kobe Bryant makes 7-foot jumper
- Andrew Bynum makes 10-foot two point shot (Trevor Ariza assists)
- Kobe Bryant misses layup
- Andrew Bynum makes 9-foot two point shot (Lamar Odom assists)
- Josh Powell makes 22-foot jumper (Andrew Bynum assists)
- Trevor Ariza makes layup
- Andrew Bynum misses 11-foot jumper
- Derek Fisher makes 21-foot jumper (Trevor Ariza assists)
- Trevor Ariza makes 21-foot jumper (Andrew Bynum assists)
- Kobe Bryant misses 23-foot jumper
- Andrew Bynum makes dunk (Pau Gasol assists)
- Kobe Bryant makes 10-foot two point shot
- Kobe Bryant misses 11-foot two point shot
- Trevor Ariza makes dunk (Pau Gasol assists)
- Kobe Bryant makes driving layup
- Kobe Bryant misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Kobe Bryant misses 11-foot jumper
- Derek Fisher misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Yao Ming blocks Kobe Bryant's layup
- Andrew Bynum misses 16-foot jumper
- Vladimir Radmanovic makes layup (Andrew Bynum assists)
- Kobe Bryant misses layup
- Pau Gasol misses 14-foot jumper
- Derek Fisher misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Andrew Bynum makes dunk (Derek Fisher assists)
- Pau Gasol makes 10-foot hook shot
- Vladimir Radmanovic makes 25-foot three point jumper (Kobe Bryant assists)
- Kobe Bryant misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Kobe Bryant makes 9-foot two point shot (Lamar Odom assists)
- Kobe Bryant makes 12-foot jumper
- Kobe Bryant misses 5-foot jumper
- Kobe Bryant misses layup
- Pau Gasol misses 7-foot hook shot
- Trevor Ariza makes three point jumper (Pau Gasol assists)
- Lamar Odom makes layup
- Chuck Hayes blocks Pau Gasol's jumper
- Kobe Bryant makes 17-foot two point shot
- Kobe Bryant misses 11-foot two point shot
- Josh Powell misses 21-foot jumper
- Josh Powell makes 18-foot jumper (Lamar Odom assists)
- Trevor Ariza makes 25-foot three point jumper (Pau Gasol assists)
- Pau Gasol misses 13-foot jumper
- Lamar Odom makes 12-foot two point shot (Kobe Bryant assists)
- Kobe Bryant misses 9-foot two point shot
- Trevor Ariza misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Kobe Bryant makes 17-foot jumper
- Kobe Bryant misses 9-foot two point shot
- Kobe Bryant makes 17-foot jumper
- Kobe Bryant makes 18-foot jumper
- Lamar Odom makes 9-foot hook shot
- Pau Gasol misses 17-foot jumper
- Kobe Bryant misses 18-foot jumper
- Lamar Odom misses 18-foot jumper
- Kobe Bryant makes 27-foot three point jumper (Derek Fisher assists)
LAKERS
ROCKETS
| TIME | PLAY | LAL | HOU | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12:00 | Start of the 1st Quarter | 0 | 0 | |
| 12:00 | Jumpball: Andrew Bynum vs. Yao Ming (Shane Battier gains possession) | 0 | 0 | |
| 11:36 | Von Wafer makes driving layup | 0 | 2 | |
| 11:29 | Vladimir Radmanovic misses layup | 0 | 2 | |
| 11:27 | Yao Ming defensive rebound | 0 | 2 | |
| 11:10 | Yao Ming makes layup | 0 | 4 | |
| 10:49 | Kobe Bryant makes 8-foot two point shot (Vladimir Radmanovic assists) | 2 | 4 | |
| 10:34 | Rafer Alston makes 24-foot three point jumper (Luis Scola assists) | 2 | 7 | |
| 10:26 | Derek Fisher makes driving layup | 4 | 7 | |
| 10:06 | Yao Ming makes 9-foot two point shot (Rafer Alston assists) | 4 | 9 | |
| 9:48 | Vladimir Radmanovic makes 25-foot three point jumper (Kobe Bryant assists) | 7 | 9 | |
| 9:32 | Luis Scola makes dunk (Shane Battier assists) | 7 | 11 | |
| 9:07 | Andrew Bynum misses 21-foot jumper | 7 | 11 | |
| 9:07 | Yao Ming defensive rebound | 7 | 11 | |
| 8:55 | Rafer Alston makes 12-foot running jumper | 7 | 13 | |
| 8:45 | Derek Fisher misses 8-foot jumper | 7 | 13 | |
| 8:45 | Yao Ming defensive rebound | 7 | 13 | |
| 8:30 | Yao Ming misses 14-foot two point shot | 7 | 13 | |
| 8:27 | Vladimir Radmanovic defensive rebound | 7 | 13 | |
| 8:19 | Andrew Bynum misses two point shot | 7 | 13 | |
| 8:18 | Yao Ming defensive rebound | 7 | 13 | |
| 8:08 | Von Wafer misses layup | 7 | 13 | |
| 8:07 | Vladimir Radmanovic defensive rebound | 7 | 13 | |
| 7:58 | Vladimir Radmanovic makes 9-foot running jumper (Derek Fisher assists) | 9 | 13 | |
| 7:41 | Rafer Alston misses 13-foot running jumper | 9 | 13 | |
| 7:39 | Pau Gasol defensive rebound | 9 | 13 | |
| 7:28 | Yao Ming blocks Kobe Bryant's 5-foot jumper | 9 | 13 | |
| 7:26 | Kobe Bryant offensive rebound | 9 | 13 | |
| 7:26 | Kobe Bryant misses 6-foot two point shot | 9 | 13 | |
| 7:26 | Shane Battier defensive rebound | 9 | 13 | |
| 7:09 | Andrew Bynum personal foul (Yao Ming draws the foul) | 9 | 13 | |
| 7:05 | Luis Scola makes driving layup | 9 | 15 | |
| 6:52 | Vladimir Radmanovic offensive foul (Yao Ming draws the foul) | 9 | 15 | |
| 6:52 | Vladimir Radmanovic turnover | 9 | 15 | |
| 6:30 | Rafer Alston misses driving layup | 9 | 15 | |
| 6:28 | Vladimir Radmanovic defensive rebound | 9 | 15 | |
| 6:24 | Luis Scola personal foul (Pau Gasol draws the foul) | 9 | 15 | |
| 6:11 | Pau Gasol misses hook shot | 9 | 15 | |
| 6:11 | Vladimir Radmanovic offensive rebound | 11 | 15 | |
| 6:11 | Vladimir Radmanovic makes tip shot | 11 | 15 | |
| 5:48 | Luis Scola makes driving layup (Rafer Alston assists) | 11 | 17 | |
| 5:33 | Andrew Bynum misses jumper | 11 | 17 | |
| 5:33 | Yao Ming defensive rebound | 11 | 17 | |
| 5:22 | Von Wafer makes 25-foot three point jumper (Yao Ming assists) | 11 | 20 | |
| 5:07 | Andrew Bynum makes two point shot (Kobe Bryant assists) | 13 | 20 | |
| 4:43 | Yao Ming misses 7-foot hook shot | 13 | 20 | |
| 4:41 | Kobe Bryant defensive rebound | 13 | 20 | |
| 4:26 | Andrew Bynum misses 11-foot hook shot | 13 | 20 | |
| 4:24 | Pau Gasol offensive rebound | 13 | 20 | |
| 4:22 | Pau Gasol makes 6-foot hook shot | 15 | 20 | |
| 3:58 | Pau Gasol blocks Luis Scola's 7-foot jumper | 15 | 20 | |
| 3:56 | Pau Gasol defensive rebound | 15 | 20 | |
| 3:49 | Kobe Bryant makes 22-foot jumper | 17 | 20 | |
| 3:24 | Von Wafer makes driving dunk (Rafer Alston assists) | 17 | 22 | |
| 3:06 | Pau Gasol makes 8-foot hook shot | 19 | 22 | |
| 2:47 | Rafer Alston bad pass (Derek Fisher steals) | 19 | 22 | |
| 2:42 | Derek Fisher makes layup | 21 | 22 | |
| 2:28 | Von Wafer makes 21-foot jumper | 21 | 24 | |
| 2:15 | Kobe Bryant bad pass (Shane Battier steals) | 21 | 24 | |
| 1:54 | Yao Ming misses 10-foot two point shot | 21 | 24 | |
| 1:53 | Luis Scola offensive rebound | 21 | 24 | |
| 1:52 | Kobe Bryant personal foul (Luis Scola draws the foul) | 21 | 24 | |
| 1:52 | Houston full timeout | 21 | 24 | |
| 1:52 | Aaron Brooks enters the game for Shane Battier | 21 | 24 | |
| 1:52 | Lamar Odom enters the game for Vladimir Radmanovic | 21 | 24 | |
| 1:52 | Trevor Ariza enters the game for Andrew Bynum | 21 | 24 | |
| 1:42 | Rafer Alston misses 18-foot jumper | 21 | 24 | |
| 1:39 | Kobe Bryant defensive rebound | 21 | 24 | |
| 1:28 | Yao Ming blocks Lamar Odom's layup | 21 | 24 | |
| 1:25 | Trevor Ariza offensive rebound | 21 | 24 | |
| 1:24 | Trevor Ariza makes layup | 23 | 24 | |
| 1:01 | Los Angeles full timeout | 23 | 24 | |
| 1:00 | shot clock violation | 23 | 24 | |
| 50.5 | Kobe Bryant makes 13-foot jumper (Lamar Odom assists) | 25 | 24 | |
| 37.9 | Aaron Brooks misses 24-foot three point jumper | 25 | 24 | |
| 36.9 | Kobe Bryant defensive rebound | 25 | 24 | |
| 30.9 | Kobe Bryant misses 25-foot three point jumper | 25 | 24 | |
| 28.9 | Pau Gasol offensive rebound | 25 | 24 | |
| 20.9 | Pau Gasol lost ball (Rafer Alston steals) | 25 | 24 | |
| 14.7 | Rafer Alston makes driving layup | 25 | 26 | |
| 2.4 | Von Wafer personal foul (Kobe Bryant draws the foul) | 25 | 26 | |
| 0.0 | Kobe Bryant misses 21-foot jumper | 25 | 26 | |
| 0.0 | Los Angeles offensive rebound | 25 | 26 | |
| 0.0 | End of the 1st Quarter | 25 | 26 | |
Regular Season Series
LAL lead 2-0
Game Information
Toyota Center (Houston)
1:30 AM, 14 January 2009
Houston, TX
Attendance: 18,557
- Referees:
- Mike Callahan
- Scott Wall
- Zach Zarba
2025-26 Pacific Standings
| Team | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LA Lakers | 19 | 10 | .655 | - | L3 |
| Phoenix | 17 | 13 | .567 | 2.5 | W2 |
| Golden State | 16 | 15 | .516 | 4 | W3 |
| LA Clippers | 9 | 21 | .300 | 10.5 | W3 |
| Sacramento | 7 | 23 | .233 | 12.5 | L1 |
2025-26 Southwest Standings
| Team | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Antonio | 23 | 7 | .767 | - | W8 |
| Houston | 18 | 10 | .643 | 4 | W1 |
| Memphis | 15 | 16 | .484 | 8.5 | W2 |
| Dallas | 12 | 20 | .375 | 12 | L1 |
| New Orleans | 8 | 24 | .250 | 16 | L2 |

