Houston Rockets @ Los Angeles Lakers
WESTERN CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS - GAME 7 • LAL win series 4-3
53-29, 20-21 Away
70
53-29, 20-21 Away
65-17, 36-5 Home
89
65-17, 36-5 Home
Shot Chart
- Kobe Bryant misses 19-foot jumper
- Kobe Bryant makes driving layup
- Chuck Hayes blocks Pau Gasol's layup
- Trevor Ariza makes tip shot
- Trevor Ariza makes 25-foot three point jumper (Derek Fisher assists)
- Pau Gasol misses 9-foot two point shot
- Derek Fisher misses layup
- Derek Fisher misses 19-foot jumper
- Andrew Bynum misses jumper
- Kobe Bryant misses 13-foot jumper
- Andrew Bynum makes layup
- Trevor Ariza misses driving layup
- Trevor Ariza makes three point jumper (Kobe Bryant assists)
- Derek Fisher makes 20-foot jumper (Kobe Bryant assists)
- Derek Fisher makes 23-foot jumper (Kobe Bryant assists)
- Jordan Farmar misses 20-foot jumper
- Trevor Ariza misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Pau Gasol makes dunk (Jordan Farmar assists)
- Jordan Farmar misses 10-foot jumper
- Trevor Ariza misses 6-foot jumper
- Pau Gasol makes layup
- Shane Battier blocks Lamar Odom's dunk
- Jordan Farmar misses 57-foot three point jumper
- Pau Gasol misses 6-foot two point shot
- Jordan Farmar makes two point shot
- Pau Gasol misses 16-foot jumper
- Andrew Bynum makes 8-foot hook shot
- Lamar Odom makes 27-foot three point jumper (Sasha Vujacic assists)
- Kobe Bryant misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Lamar Odom makes driving layup
- Kobe Bryant makes 18-foot jumper
- Andrew Bynum makes layup (Lamar Odom assists)
- Kobe Bryant misses layup
- Sasha Vujacic misses three point jumper
- Pau Gasol makes layup
- Kobe Bryant misses layup
- Pau Gasol misses layup
- Pau Gasol makes slam dunk
- Trevor Ariza makes driving dunk (Kobe Bryant assists)
- Pau Gasol makes 4-foot hook shot (Lamar Odom assists)
- Kobe Bryant misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Trevor Ariza misses driving layup
- Kobe Bryant makes 27-foot three point jumper (Pau Gasol assists)
- Trevor Ariza makes 4-foot two point shot
- Pau Gasol misses jumper
- Derek Fisher misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Kobe Bryant makes 23-foot jumper
- Pau Gasol misses layup
- Andrew Bynum makes two point shot (Trevor Ariza assists)
- Kobe Bryant misses 28-foot three pointer
- Andrew Bynum makes 6-foot jumper
- Pau Gasol misses layup
- Andrew Bynum makes two point shot
- Kobe Bryant misses 3-foot two point shot
- Pau Gasol makes 6-foot jumper (Jordan Farmar assists)
- Shannon Brown makes 12-foot jumper (Lamar Odom assists)
- Shannon Brown misses 14-foot jumper
- Pau Gasol misses tip shot
- Pau Gasol makes tip shot
- Lamar Odom misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Jordan Farmar misses 19-foot jumper
- Sasha Vujacic misses 28-foot three point jumper
- Shannon Brown misses 19-foot jumper
- Sasha Vujacic makes driving dunk
- Sasha Vujacic makes three point jumper (Jordan Farmar assists)
- Pau Gasol makes 17-foot jumper
- Pau Gasol makes layup (Sasha Vujacic assists)
- Lamar Odom misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Sasha Vujacic misses 12-foot jumper
- Pau Gasol makes 7-foot jumper
- Sasha Vujacic makes 15-foot jumper (Kobe Bryant assists)
- Sasha Vujacic makes 13-foot jumper
- Carl Landry blocks Josh Powell's 11-foot jumper
- Luke Walton misses 12-foot jumper
- D.J. Mbenga misses 21-foot jumper
- Ron Artest misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Pau Gasol blocks Luis Scola's 12-foot jumper
- Ron Artest misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Chuck Hayes misses 9-foot jumper
- Shane Battier misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Aaron Brooks misses layup
- Luis Scola misses 16-foot jumper
- Andrew Bynum blocks Chuck Hayes's layup
- Trevor Ariza blocks Ron Artest's 19-foot jumper
- Aaron Brooks misses three point jumper
- Aaron Brooks misses 15-foot jumper
- Andrew Bynum blocks Aaron Brooks's 5-foot jumper
- Chuck Hayes makes layup (Ron Artest assists)
- Chuck Hayes misses layup
- Shane Battier makes 20-foot jumper (Ron Artest assists)
- Carl Landry makes layup
- Luis Scola makes layup
- Luis Scola misses 5-foot jumper
- Luis Scola makes driving layup (Chuck Hayes assists)
- Luis Scola misses layup
- Von Wafer misses two point shot
- Chuck Hayes makes 4-foot jumper
- Carl Landry misses 15-foot jumper
- Ron Artest misses 23-foot jumper
- Carl Landry misses 4-foot jumper
- Aaron Brooks makes 21-foot jumper
- Luis Scola misses jumper
- Ron Artest makes 15-foot two point shot
- Shane Battier misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Von Wafer makes 16-foot jumper
- Von Wafer makes layup (Ron Artest assists)
- Brent Barry misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Luis Scola misses tip shot
- Von Wafer makes driving dunk (Luis Scola assists)
- Ron Artest misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Aaron Brooks misses 19-foot jumper
- Kobe Bryant blocks Von Wafer's 15-foot jumper
- Ron Artest makes 27-foot three point jumper
- Von Wafer makes 19-foot jumper (Aaron Brooks assists)
- Pau Gasol blocks Carl Landry's 71-foot three point jumper
- Aaron Brooks makes 16-foot jumper
- Chuck Hayes misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Ron Artest misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Luis Scola makes 17-foot jumper (Aaron Brooks assists)
- Chuck Hayes makes layup (Ron Artest assists)
- Aaron Brooks misses layup
- Luis Scola misses 19-foot jumper
- Kobe Bryant blocks Luis Scola's layup
- Aaron Brooks makes 28-foot three point jumper
- Aaron Brooks misses 12-foot jumper
- Chuck Hayes makes 9-foot jumper
- Shane Battier misses 13-foot running jumper
- Aaron Brooks makes 26-foot three point jumper (Shane Battier assists)
- Trevor Ariza blocks Aaron Brooks's layup
- Ron Artest makes driving layup
- Ron Artest misses 30-foot three point jumper
- Aaron Brooks misses 21-foot jumper
- Carl Landry misses layup
- Carl Landry misses 4-foot jumper
- Lamar Odom blocks Von Wafer's two point shot
- Von Wafer makes slam dunk (Kyle Lowry assists)
- Von Wafer misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Pau Gasol blocks Carl Landry's layup
- Luis Scola makes driving layup (Aaron Brooks assists)
- Von Wafer misses 19-foot jumper
- Carl Landry makes layup (Ron Artest assists)
- Carl Landry misses 21-foot jumper
- Von Wafer misses 7-foot jumper
- Shane Battier misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Shane Battier misses 29-foot three point jumper
- Carl Landry misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Brian Cook makes layup (Kyle Lowry assists)
- James White makes jumper (Kyle Lowry assists)
- James White makes 16-foot jumper (Brian Cook assists)
- Kyle Lowry makes three point jumper (Brent Barry assists)
- Kyle Lowry makes 28-foot three point jumper (Carl Landry assists)
ROCKETS
LAKERS
| TIME | PLAY | HOU | LAL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12:00 | Start of the 1st Quarter | 0 | 0 | |
| 12:00 | | Jumpball: Luis Scola vs. Andrew Bynum (Pau Gasol gains possession) | 0 | 0 |
| 11:41 | | Luis Scola shooting foul (Trevor Ariza draws the foul) | 0 | 0 |
| 11:41 | | Trevor Ariza makes free throw 1 of 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 11:41 | | Trevor Ariza misses free throw 2 of 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 11:41 | | Ron Artest defensive rebound | 0 | 1 |
| 11:18 | | Ron Artest misses 25-foot three point jumper | 0 | 1 |
| 11:18 | | Kobe Bryant defensive rebound | 0 | 1 |
| 11:11 | | Kobe Bryant misses 19-foot jumper | 0 | 1 |
| 11:10 | | Ron Artest defensive rebound | 0 | 1 |
| 10:51 | | Pau Gasol blocks Luis Scola's 12-foot jumper | 0 | 1 |
| 10:49 | | Pau Gasol defensive rebound | 0 | 1 |
| 10:45 | | Kobe Bryant makes driving layup | 0 | 3 |
| 10:26 | | Luis Scola bad pass (Derek Fisher steals) | 0 | 3 |
| 10:15 | | Chuck Hayes blocks Pau Gasol's layup | 0 | 3 |
| 10:12 | | Trevor Ariza offensive rebound | 0 | 5 |
| 10:12 | | Trevor Ariza makes tip shot | 0 | 5 |
| 9:47 | | Aaron Brooks lost ball (Kobe Bryant steals) | 0 | 5 |
| 9:38 | | Trevor Ariza makes 25-foot three point jumper (Derek Fisher assists) | 0 | 8 |
| 9:32 | | Houston full timeout | 0 | 8 |
| 9:22 | | Ron Artest misses 24-foot three point jumper | 0 | 8 |
| 9:22 | | Shane Battier offensive rebound | 0 | 8 |
| 9:11 | | Pau Gasol personal foul (Aaron Brooks draws the foul) | 0 | 8 |
| 9:00 | | Chuck Hayes misses 9-foot jumper | 0 | 8 |
| 9:00 | | Andrew Bynum defensive rebound | 0 | 8 |
| 8:45 | | Pau Gasol misses 9-foot two point shot | 0 | 8 |
| 8:41 | | Luis Scola defensive rebound | 0 | 8 |
| 8:30 | | Shane Battier misses 26-foot three point jumper | 0 | 8 |
| 8:30 | | Trevor Ariza defensive rebound | 0 | 8 |
| 8:25 | | Derek Fisher misses layup | 0 | 8 |
| 8:25 | | Kobe Bryant offensive rebound | 0 | 8 |
| 8:25 | | Aaron Brooks loose ball foul (Kobe Bryant draws the foul) | 0 | 8 |
| 8:11 | | Trevor Ariza lost ball (Ron Artest steals) | 0 | 8 |
| 8:03 | | Aaron Brooks misses layup | 0 | 8 |
| 8:02 | | Pau Gasol defensive rebound | 0 | 8 |
| 7:56 | | Derek Fisher misses 19-foot jumper | 0 | 8 |
| 7:54 | | Ron Artest defensive rebound | 0 | 8 |
| 7:43 | | Luis Scola misses 16-foot jumper | 0 | 8 |
| 7:41 | | Chuck Hayes offensive rebound | 0 | 8 |
| 7:41 | | Andrew Bynum blocks Chuck Hayes's layup | 0 | 8 |
| 7:39 | | Kobe Bryant defensive rebound | 0 | 8 |
| 7:26 | | Andrew Bynum misses jumper | 0 | 8 |
| 7:26 | | Luis Scola defensive rebound | 0 | 8 |
| 7:07 | | Trevor Ariza blocks Ron Artest's 19-foot jumper | 0 | 8 |
| 7:05 | | Pau Gasol defensive rebound | 0 | 8 |
| 6:54 | | Pau Gasol bad pass (Aaron Brooks steals) | 0 | 8 |
| 6:52 | | Trevor Ariza shooting foul (Aaron Brooks draws the foul) | 0 | 8 |
| 6:52 | | Aaron Brooks makes free throw 1 of 2 | 1 | 8 |
| 6:52 | | Aaron Brooks makes free throw 2 of 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 6:39 | | Kobe Bryant misses 13-foot jumper | 2 | 8 |
| 6:39 | | Andrew Bynum offensive rebound | 2 | 8 |
| 6:37 | | Andrew Bynum makes layup | 2 | 10 |
| 6:11 | | Aaron Brooks misses three point jumper | 2 | 10 |
| 6:11 | | Andrew Bynum defensive rebound | 2 | 10 |
| 5:52 | | Trevor Ariza misses driving layup | 2 | 10 |
| 5:50 | | Chuck Hayes defensive rebound | 2 | 10 |
| 5:43 | | Aaron Brooks misses 15-foot jumper | 2 | 10 |
| 5:41 | | Shane Battier offensive rebound | 2 | 10 |
| 5:18 | | Andrew Bynum blocks Aaron Brooks's 5-foot jumper | 2 | 10 |
| 5:16 | | Andrew Bynum defensive rebound | 2 | 10 |
| 5:07 | | Trevor Ariza makes three point jumper (Kobe Bryant assists) | 2 | 13 |
| 4:43 | | Chuck Hayes makes layup (Ron Artest assists) | 4 | 13 |
| 4:22 | | Derek Fisher makes 20-foot jumper (Kobe Bryant assists) | 4 | 15 |
| 4:05 | | Andrew Bynum personal foul (Shane Battier draws the foul) | 4 | 15 |
| 3:59 | | Chuck Hayes misses layup | 4 | 15 |
| 3:57 | | Andrew Bynum defensive rebound | 4 | 15 |
| 3:50 | | Derek Fisher makes 23-foot jumper (Kobe Bryant assists) | 4 | 17 |
| 3:27 | | Shane Battier makes 20-foot jumper (Ron Artest assists) | 6 | 17 |
| 3:18 | | Los Angeles full timeout | 6 | 17 |
| 3:18 | | Carl Landry enters the game for Chuck Hayes | 6 | 17 |
| 3:18 | | Lamar Odom enters the game for Andrew Bynum | 6 | 17 |
| 3:18 | | Jordan Farmar enters the game for Derek Fisher | 6 | 17 |
| 3:11 | | Carl Landry personal foul (Pau Gasol draws the foul) | 6 | 17 |
| 2:58 | | Jordan Farmar misses 20-foot jumper | 6 | 17 |
| 2:57 | | Lamar Odom offensive rebound | 6 | 17 |
| 2:51 | | Trevor Ariza misses 26-foot three point jumper | 6 | 17 |
| 2:49 | | Ron Artest defensive rebound | 6 | 17 |
| 2:34 | | Carl Landry makes layup | 8 | 17 |
| 2:13 | | Pau Gasol makes dunk (Jordan Farmar assists) | 8 | 19 |
| 1:50 | | Luis Scola makes layup | 10 | 19 |
| 1:23 | | Jordan Farmar misses 10-foot jumper | 10 | 19 |
| 1:22 | | Luis Scola defensive rebound | 10 | 19 |
| 1:01 | | Luis Scola misses 5-foot jumper | 10 | 19 |
| 1:00 | | Kobe Bryant defensive rebound | 10 | 19 |
| 57.4 | | Shane Battier personal foul (Kobe Bryant draws the foul) | 10 | 19 |
| 57.4 | | Von Wafer enters the game for Ron Artest | 10 | 19 |
| 57.4 | | Kyle Lowry enters the game for Aaron Brooks | 10 | 19 |
| 47.9 | | Trevor Ariza misses 6-foot jumper | 10 | 19 |
| 46.0 | | Pau Gasol offensive rebound | 10 | 19 |
| 46.0 | | Pau Gasol makes layup | 10 | 21 |
| 46.0 | | Carl Landry shooting foul (Pau Gasol draws the foul) | 10 | 21 |
| 46.0 | | Sasha Vujacic enters the game for Trevor Ariza | 10 | 21 |
| 46.0 | | Chuck Hayes enters the game for Carl Landry | 10 | 21 |
| 46.0 | | Pau Gasol makes free throw 1 of 1 | 10 | 22 |
| 34.1 | | Luis Scola makes driving layup (Chuck Hayes assists) | 12 | 22 |
| 21.9 | | Shane Battier blocks Lamar Odom's dunk | 12 | 22 |
| 19.5 | | Shane Battier defensive rebound | 12 | 22 |
| 2.9 | | Luis Scola misses layup | 12 | 22 |
| 1.7 | | Pau Gasol defensive rebound | 12 | 22 |
| 0.9 | | Jordan Farmar misses 57-foot three point jumper | 12 | 22 |
| 0.0 | | Los Angeles offensive rebound | 12 | 22 |
| 0.0 | End of the 1st Quarter | 12 | 22 | |
LAL win 4-3
Game Information
crypto.com Arena
8:30 PM, 17 May 2009
Los Angeles, CA
2025-26 Southwest Standings
| Team | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Antonio | 22 | 7 | .759 | - | W7 |
| Houston | 17 | 10 | .630 | 4 | L2 |
| Memphis | 14 | 16 | .467 | 8.5 | W1 |
| Dallas | 12 | 19 | .387 | 11 | W1 |
| New Orleans | 8 | 23 | .258 | 15 | L1 |
2025-26 Pacific Standings
| Team | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LA Lakers | 19 | 9 | .679 | - | L2 |
| Phoenix | 16 | 13 | .552 | 3.5 | W1 |
| Golden State | 15 | 15 | .500 | 5 | W2 |
| LA Clippers | 8 | 21 | .276 | 11.5 | W2 |
| Sacramento | 7 | 23 | .233 | 13 | L1 |
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