Lakers 108-94 Rockets (9 May, 2009) Play-by-Play

Los Angeles Lakers

65-17, 29-12 away

108

	1	2	3	4	T
LAL	30	20	24	34	108
HOU	28	20	14	32	94

Houston Rockets

53-29, 33-8 home

Aaron Brooks misses 6-foot running jumper
Luis Scola makes layup
Aaron Brooks makes driving layup
Luis Scola misses layup
Ron Artest misses two point shot
Shane Battier makes 25-foot three point jumper (Aaron Brooks assists)
Pau Gasol blocks Aaron Brooks's layup
Ron Artest makes 22-foot three point jumper (Shane Battier assists)
Lamar Odom blocks Yao Ming's layup
Luis Scola makes layup
Aaron Brooks makes 28-foot three point jumper (Yao Ming assists)
Ron Artest misses 24-foot three point jumper
Yao Ming makes 8-foot two point shot (Shane Battier assists)
Luis Scola misses two point shot
Luis Scola makes dunk (Shane Battier assists)
Yao Ming makes 6-foot two point shot (Shane Battier assists)
Yao Ming makes 7-foot two point shot (Shane Battier assists)
Luis Scola makes 17-foot jumper (Ron Artest assists)
Shane Battier misses 23-foot three point jumper
Lamar Odom blocks Luis Scola's layup
Ron Artest makes driving layup
Von Wafer misses 23-foot jumper
Kyle Lowry misses driving layup
Shane Battier makes 25-foot three point jumper (Chuck Hayes assists)
Von Wafer misses 8-foot running jumper
Carl Landry makes slam dunk (Kyle Lowry assists)
Carl Landry misses dunk
Andrew Bynum blocks Kyle Lowry's driving layup
Ron Artest misses layup
Ron Artest makes tip shot
Yao Ming misses 7-foot jumper
Aaron Brooks misses 27-foot three point jumper
Yao Ming makes tip shot
Yao Ming misses 21-foot jumper
Shane Battier misses 25-foot three point jumper
Luis Scola makes layup
Kobe Bryant blocks Yao Ming's layup
Yao Ming misses 4-foot two point shot
Ron Artest makes driving layup
Luis Scola misses 19-foot jumper
Kobe Bryant blocks Yao Ming's layup
Ron Artest misses two point shot
Ron Artest misses 25-foot three point jumper
Aaron Brooks makes 10-foot running jumper
Ron Artest misses 16-foot jumper
Aaron Brooks misses driving layup
Luis Scola misses tip shot
Ron Artest misses 25-foot three point jumper
Luis Scola misses 5-foot two point shot
Yao Ming makes dunk
Von Wafer misses 25-foot three point jumper
Yao Ming misses layup
Kyle Lowry makes driving layup
Ron Artest misses 25-foot three point jumper
Ron Artest misses 25-foot three point jumper
Ron Artest makes layup
Carl Landry misses layup
Kyle Lowry misses layup
Carl Landry makes 6-foot jumper (Kyle Lowry assists)
Von Wafer misses 23-foot jumper
Von Wafer makes 20-foot jumper
Andrew Bynum blocks Carl Landry's driving layup
Carl Landry makes layup
Von Wafer misses 10-foot jumper
Von Wafer misses 9-foot jumper
Von Wafer makes 26-foot three point jumper (Kyle Lowry assists)
Kyle Lowry makes driving layup
Ron Artest misses 26-foot three point jumper
Shane Battier misses 26-foot three point jumper
Carl Landry makes slam dunk (Shane Battier assists)
Kyle Lowry makes layup (Yao Ming assists)
Ron Artest makes layup (Shane Battier assists)
Yao Ming makes slam dunk (Kyle Lowry assists)
Ron Artest misses 6-foot jumper
Ron Artest misses 20-foot jumper
Yao Ming misses 11-foot two point shot
Kobe Bryant blocks Ron Artest's layup
Ron Artest makes layup
Ron Artest makes two point shot
Ron Artest makes 24-foot jumper
Ron Artest makes 31-foot three point jumper
Jordan Farmar blocks Aaron Brooks's driving layup
Von Wafer misses 28-foot three point jumper
Von Wafer misses 26-foot three point jumper
Lamar Odom makes two point shot (Trevor Ariza assists)
Pau Gasol makes 10-foot jumper
Kobe Bryant makes 19-foot two point shot
Pau Gasol misses 12-foot jumper
Kobe Bryant makes 25-foot three point jumper
Kobe Bryant makes 23-foot jumper
Jordan Farmar misses 25-foot three point jumper
Lamar Odom makes layup (Jordan Farmar assists)
Ron Artest blocks Kobe Bryant's driving layup
Jordan Farmar misses 25-foot three point jumper
Trevor Ariza misses 18-foot jumper
Trevor Ariza makes 25-foot three point jumper (Pau Gasol assists)
Kobe Bryant makes 17-foot jumper
Lamar Odom makes layup (Trevor Ariza assists)
Trevor Ariza makes dunk (Jordan Farmar assists)
Kobe Bryant makes 12-foot jumper
Yao Ming blocks Pau Gasol's 6-foot two point shot
Lamar Odom makes dunk (Jordan Farmar assists)
Lamar Odom misses 22-foot jumper
Pau Gasol misses 17-foot jumper
Lamar Odom misses tip shot
Jordan Farmar makes dunk (Luke Walton assists)
Pau Gasol makes 10-foot jumper (Jordan Farmar assists)
Andrew Bynum makes layup (Luke Walton assists)
Shannon Brown makes 12-foot two point shot
Sasha Vujacic misses 20-foot jumper
Sasha Vujacic misses 24-foot three point jumper
Luke Walton misses 25-foot three point jumper
Kobe Bryant misses 8-foot jumper
Andrew Bynum makes jumper
Sasha Vujacic misses three point jumper
Kobe Bryant makes 26-foot three point jumper
Luke Walton misses 22-foot jumper
Shannon Brown makes 22-foot jumper
Kobe Bryant misses 20-foot two point shot
Yao Ming blocks Pau Gasol's two point shot
Kobe Bryant misses 11-foot jumper
Josh Powell misses 9-foot two point shot
Kobe Bryant misses jumper
Josh Powell misses 19-foot jumper
Kobe Bryant misses two point shot
Pau Gasol misses 17-foot jumper
Kobe Bryant misses 28-foot three point jumper
Luke Walton makes 16-foot jumper
Luke Walton makes 23-foot three point jumper (Kobe Bryant assists)
Jordan Farmar misses 18-foot two point shot
Pau Gasol makes 6-foot two point shot
Lamar Odom makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jordan Farmar assists)
Trevor Ariza makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jordan Farmar assists)
Trevor Ariza misses 25-foot three point jumper
Kobe Bryant misses 26-foot three point jumper
Jordan Farmar makes 12-foot two point shot
Kobe Bryant misses 8-foot running jumper
Lamar Odom misses 20-foot jumper
Pau Gasol makes 7-foot jumper
Kobe Bryant misses 17-foot jumper
Trevor Ariza misses 21-foot jumper
Pau Gasol misses 15-foot two point shot
Kobe Bryant misses 11-foot jumper
Kobe Bryant makes layup
Lamar Odom makes three point jumper (Kobe Bryant assists)
Luke Walton misses 9-foot jumper
Lamar Odom misses layup
Kobe Bryant makes three pointer
Luke Walton misses 23-foot jumper
Kobe Bryant misses driving layup
Sasha Vujacic makes 25-foot three point jumper (Kobe Bryant assists)
Sasha Vujacic misses 22-foot jumper
Sasha Vujacic misses 21-foot jumper
Kobe Bryant misses 5-foot jumper
Kobe Bryant makes layup
Kobe Bryant makes driving layup
Kobe Bryant misses 6-foot jumper
Trevor Ariza makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jordan Farmar assists)
Pau Gasol misses 13-foot jumper
Kobe Bryant misses 20-foot two point shot
Jordan Farmar makes 18-foot jumper (Pau Gasol assists)
Jordan Farmar misses 26-foot three point jumper
Kobe Bryant makes 26-foot three point jumper (Pau Gasol assists)
Kobe Bryant misses 23-foot jumper
Kobe Bryant misses layup
Lamar Odom makes two point shot

LAKERS

ROCKETS

TIME		LAL	HOU
12:00	Start of the 1st Quarter	0	0
11:55	Jumpball: Pau Gasol vs. Yao Ming (Jordan Farmar gains possession)	0	0
11:48	Lamar Odom makes two point shot (Trevor Ariza assists)	2	0
11:32	Yao Ming lost ball (Trevor Ariza steals)	2	0
11:19	Pau Gasol makes 10-foot jumper	4	0
11:04	Aaron Brooks misses 6-foot running jumper	4	0
11:03	Lamar Odom defensive rebound	4	0
10:45	Kobe Bryant makes 19-foot two point shot	6	0
10:25	Luis Scola makes layup	6	2
10:03	Pau Gasol misses 12-foot jumper	6	2
10:02	Aaron Brooks defensive rebound	6	2
9:53	Aaron Brooks makes driving layup	6	4
9:36	Kobe Bryant makes 25-foot three point jumper	9	4
9:18	Luis Scola misses layup	9	4
9:15	Yao Ming offensive rebound	9	4
9:15	Luis Scola lost ball (Lamar Odom steals)	9	4
9:12	Kobe Bryant makes 23-foot jumper	11	4
8:56	Trevor Ariza personal foul (Luis Scola draws the foul)	11	4
8:56	Ron Artest makes free throw 1 of 2	11	5
8:56	Ron Artest misses free throw 2 of 2	11	5
8:56	Jordan Farmar defensive rebound	11	5
8:41	Jordan Farmar misses 25-foot three point jumper	11	5
8:40	Luis Scola defensive rebound	11	5
8:30	Ron Artest misses two point shot	11	5
8:30	Lamar Odom defensive rebound	11	5
8:26	Lamar Odom makes layup (Jordan Farmar assists)	13	5
8:07	Shane Battier makes 25-foot three point jumper (Aaron Brooks assists)	13	8
7:52	Ron Artest blocks Kobe Bryant's driving layup	13	8
7:50	Luis Scola defensive rebound	13	8
7:43	Lamar Odom personal foul (Luis Scola draws the foul)	13	8
7:30	Pau Gasol blocks Aaron Brooks's layup	13	8
7:28	Trevor Ariza defensive rebound	13	8
7:18	Jordan Farmar misses 25-foot three point jumper	13	8
7:16	Shane Battier defensive rebound	13	8
7:09	Ron Artest makes 22-foot three point jumper (Shane Battier assists)	13	11
7:01	Trevor Ariza misses 18-foot jumper	13	11
7:01	Shane Battier defensive rebound	13	11
6:46	Pau Gasol shooting foul (Yao Ming draws the foul)	13	11
6:46	Yao Ming makes free throw 1 of 2	13	12
6:46	Yao Ming makes free throw 2 of 2	13	13
6:22	Trevor Ariza makes 25-foot three point jumper (Pau Gasol assists)	16	13
6:07	Lamar Odom blocks Yao Ming's layup	16	13
6:05	Luis Scola offensive rebound	16	15
6:05	Luis Scola makes layup	16	15
5:50	Kobe Bryant makes 17-foot jumper	18	15
5:31	Aaron Brooks makes 28-foot three point jumper (Yao Ming assists)	18	18
5:05	Lamar Odom makes layup (Trevor Ariza assists)	20	18
4:46	Ron Artest lost ball (Trevor Ariza steals)	20	18
4:43	Trevor Ariza makes dunk (Jordan Farmar assists)	22	18
4:22	Ron Artest misses 24-foot three point jumper	22	18
4:20	Pau Gasol defensive rebound	22	18
4:13	Kobe Bryant makes 12-foot jumper	24	18
3:53	Yao Ming makes 8-foot two point shot (Shane Battier assists)	24	20
3:32	Yao Ming blocks Pau Gasol's 6-foot two point shot	24	20
3:31	Luis Scola defensive rebound	24	20
3:18	Luis Scola misses two point shot	24	20
3:16	Lamar Odom defensive rebound	24	20
2:56	Lamar Odom makes dunk (Jordan Farmar assists)	26	20
2:47	Houston full timeout	26	20
2:32	Luis Scola makes dunk (Shane Battier assists)	26	22
2:17	Trevor Ariza offensive foul (Shane Battier draws the foul)	26	22
2:17	Trevor Ariza turnover	26	22
2:17	Luke Walton enters the game for Trevor Ariza	26	22
1:57	Yao Ming makes 6-foot two point shot (Shane Battier assists)	26	24
1:46	Lamar Odom misses 22-foot jumper	26	24
1:45	Yao Ming defensive rebound	26	24
1:23	Yao Ming makes 7-foot two point shot (Shane Battier assists)	26	26
1:06	Pau Gasol misses 17-foot jumper	26	26
1:04	Lamar Odom offensive rebound	26	26
1:04	Lamar Odom misses tip shot	26	26
1:02	Luis Scola defensive rebound	26	26
53.9	Aaron Brooks bad pass (Luke Walton steals)	26	26
50.8	Jordan Farmar makes dunk (Luke Walton assists)	28	26
34.5	Luis Scola makes 17-foot jumper (Ron Artest assists)	28	28
22.0	Pau Gasol makes 10-foot jumper (Jordan Farmar assists)	30	28
0.9	Shane Battier misses 23-foot three point jumper	30	28
0.0	Pau Gasol defensive rebound	30	28
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	30	28

Rockets
100
Lakers
92

Game 1

5/5

Rockets
98
Lakers
111

Game 2

7/5

Lakers
108
Rockets
94

Game 3

9/5

Lakers
87
Rockets
99

Game 4

10/5

Rockets
78
Lakers
118

Game 5

13/5

Lakers
80
Rockets
95

Game 6

15/5

Rockets
70
Lakers
89

Game 7

17/5

Toyota Center (Houston)

2:30 AM, 9 May 2009

Houston, TX

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Golden State	6	1	.857	-	W4
Phoenix	5	1	.833	0.5	W4
LA Lakers	4	3	.571	2	L1
Sacramento	4	3	.571	2	W1
LA Clippers	2	4	.333	3.5	L3

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Dallas	4	2	.667	-	W1
Houston	4	3	.571	0.5	W1
Memphis	4	4	.500	1	L1
San Antonio	3	3	.500	1	W2
New Orleans	3	5	.375	2	L2

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