WESTERN CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS - GAME 3
LAL lead series 2-1
65-17, 29-12 away
108
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAL | 30 | 20 | 24 | 34 | 108 |
| HOU | 28 | 20 | 14 | 32 | 94 |
53-29, 33-8 home
94
- 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 | PLAY | 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 | |
LAL lead 2-1
Game Information
Toyota Center (Houston)
2:30 AM, 9 May 2009
Houston, TX
2024-25 Pacific Standings
| Team | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Golden State | 12 | 3 | .800 | - | W2 |
| LA Lakers | 10 | 5 | .667 | 2 | L1 |
| Phoenix | 9 | 7 | .563 | 3.5 | L5 |
| LA Clippers | 9 | 7 | .563 | 3.5 | W3 |
| Sacramento | 8 | 7 | .533 | 4 | L1 |
2024-25 Southwest Standings
| Team | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston | 12 | 5 | .706 | - | W2 |
| Memphis | 9 | 7 | .563 | 2.5 | W1 |
| Dallas | 8 | 7 | .533 | 3 | W3 |
| San Antonio | 8 | 8 | .500 | 3.5 | W2 |
| New Orleans | 4 | 13 | .235 | 8 | L4 |
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