Los Angeles Lakers @ Houston Rockets

28-18, 9-15 Away

104

28-18, 9-15 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Lakers LAL	40	16	23	25	104
Rockets HOU	25	26	22	34	107

Houston RocketsRocketsHOU

25-22, 17-6 Home

107

25-22, 17-6 Home

Chandler Parsons misses layup
Courtney Lee misses 21-foot jumper
Samuel Dalembert misses 4-foot running jumper
Andrew Bynum blocks Courtney Lee's 3-foot two point shot
Goran Dragic misses 25-foot three point jumper
Luis Scola makes 16-foot jumper (Courtney Lee assists)
Chandler Parsons makes 24-foot three point jumper (Goran Dragic assists)
Courtney Lee misses 26-foot three point jumper
Courtney Lee makes 23-foot three point jumper (Goran Dragic assists)
Chandler Parsons makes 25-foot three point jumper (Goran Dragic assists)
Samuel Dalembert makes slam dunk (Goran Dragic assists)
Courtney Lee makes two point shot (Goran Dragic assists)
Goran Dragic makes two point shot
Chandler Parsons misses 23-foot three point jumper
Luis Scola makes 20-foot jumper (Goran Dragic assists)
Samuel Dalembert makes 5-foot jumper (Goran Dragic assists)
Goran Dragic misses 25-foot three point jumper
Patrick Patterson misses jumper
Marcus Camby makes 19-foot jumper (Chase Budinger assists)
Chase Budinger makes three point jumper (Courtney Fortson assists)
Patrick Patterson makes 15-foot jumper (Marcus Camby assists)
Chase Budinger makes 18-foot jumper (Courtney Fortson assists)
Courtney Lee misses 22-foot jumper
Patrick Patterson misses 7-foot two point shot
Courtney Fortson makes layup
Chase Budinger misses 26-foot three point jumper
Patrick Patterson makes 13-foot jumper (Chase Budinger assists)
Patrick Patterson misses 13-foot jumper
Courtney Lee makes 12-foot two point shot
Courtney Lee misses 22-foot two point shot
Luis Scola makes 17-foot jumper (Goran Dragic assists)
Samuel Dalembert makes slam dunk (Goran Dragic assists)
Luis Scola makes 18-foot jumper
Luis Scola makes 18-foot jumper (Goran Dragic assists)
Goran Dragic makes layup
Chase Budinger misses 26-foot three point jumper
Chandler Parsons misses 14-foot running jumper
Andrew Bynum blocks Chandler Parsons's 3-foot jumper
Luis Scola misses 8-foot two point shot
Courtney Lee makes dunk
Goran Dragic misses jumper
Goran Dragic makes layup
Luis Scola makes 15-foot jumper (Goran Dragic assists)
Chandler Parsons misses driving layup
Samuel Dalembert makes two point shot
Luis Scola misses 18-foot jumper
Goran Dragic misses 15-foot jumper
Courtney Lee misses 25-foot three point jumper
Courtney Lee makes slam dunk
Courtney Lee makes 26-foot three point jumper (Chandler Parsons assists)
Luis Scola makes hook shot
Luis Scola misses 20-foot jumper
Courtney Lee misses 25-foot three point jumper
Chase Budinger misses 25-foot three point jumper
Chandler Parsons misses 15-foot two point shot
Chase Budinger misses 19-foot jumper
Patrick Patterson misses 13-foot two point shot
Chandler Parsons misses 26-foot three point jumper
Josh McRoberts blocks Marcus Camby's dunk
Patrick Patterson misses 5-foot hook shot
Luis Scola makes tip shot
Goran Dragic misses 9-foot jumper
Courtney Lee misses 18-foot jumper
Patrick Patterson makes 19-foot jumper (Goran Dragic assists)
Goran Dragic makes 17-foot jumper
Troy Murphy blocks Chase Budinger's 3-foot two point shot
Goran Dragic makes 14-foot two point shot
Luis Scola misses 8-foot two point shot
Courtney Lee misses jumper
Patrick Patterson misses 4-foot jumper
Patrick Patterson makes 4-foot jumper
Chandler Parsons makes 25-foot three point jumper (Luis Scola assists)
Goran Dragic makes 24-foot three point jumper (Courtney Lee assists)
Josh McRoberts blocks Goran Dragic's layup
Courtney Lee makes 25-foot three point jumper (Goran Dragic assists)
Chandler Parsons makes layup (Courtney Lee assists)
Chandler Parsons misses 25-foot three point jumper
Luis Scola makes driving layup
Courtney Lee misses 7-foot two point shot
Goran Dragic makes 24-foot three point jumper (Courtney Lee assists)
Pau Gasol makes 10-foot jumper
Samuel Dalembert blocks Andrew Bynum's 4-foot jumper
Kobe Bryant misses 7-foot jumper
Andrew Bynum makes tip shot
Pau Gasol misses two point shot
Andrew Bynum makes dunk
Steve Blake misses 10-foot two point shot
Andrew Bynum makes 2-foot two point shot
Andrew Bynum makes two point shot (Kobe Bryant assists)
Samuel Dalembert blocks Andrew Bynum's layup
Metta World Peace makes 24-foot three point jumper (Pau Gasol assists)
Kobe Bryant makes 25-foot three point jumper (Steve Blake assists)
Pau Gasol makes 2-foot two point shot (Steve Blake assists)
Kobe Bryant makes 14-foot two point shot (Steve Blake assists)
Kobe Bryant misses 25-foot three point jumper
Matt Barnes makes 23-foot three point jumper (Ramon Sessions assists)
Pau Gasol makes 6-foot two point shot
Pau Gasol makes dunk (Kobe Bryant assists)
Kobe Bryant makes 7-foot running jumper
Ramon Sessions misses three point jumper
Pau Gasol misses 22-foot jumper
Ramon Sessions makes driving layup
Pau Gasol makes 19-foot jumper (Metta World Peace assists)
Pau Gasol makes 16-foot jumper (Ramon Sessions assists)
Matt Barnes makes 23-foot three point jumper (Metta World Peace assists)
Andrew Bynum makes two point shot (Matt Barnes assists)
Ramon Sessions misses 23-foot jumper
Ramon Sessions makes layup (Metta World Peace assists)
Metta World Peace misses 5-foot two point shot
Matt Barnes misses layup
Andrew Bynum misses 4-foot two point shot
Kobe Bryant makes 22-foot jumper
Kobe Bryant misses 16-foot jumper
Steve Blake makes 22-foot jumper (Kobe Bryant assists)
Troy Murphy misses 25-foot three point jumper
Kobe Bryant misses 25-foot three point jumper
Chandler Parsons blocks Kobe Bryant's 16-foot jumper
Kobe Bryant makes 17-foot jumper
Kobe Bryant misses 8-foot two point shot
Kobe Bryant misses 11-foot two point shot
Metta World Peace makes slam dunk (Kobe Bryant assists)
Samuel Dalembert blocks Andrew Bynum's layup
Kobe Bryant misses layup
Pau Gasol makes 15-foot two point shot (Metta World Peace assists)
Metta World Peace misses layup
Andrew Bynum makes dunk
Metta World Peace misses 25-foot three point jumper
Kobe Bryant misses 11-foot two point shot
Kobe Bryant misses three point jumper
Andrew Bynum makes 3-foot two point shot
Steve Blake misses 21-foot jumper
Pau Gasol makes jumper
Kobe Bryant misses 8-foot two point shot
Kobe Bryant misses 22-foot jumper
Kobe Bryant makes dunk
Matt Barnes makes driving layup
Matt Barnes misses 25-foot three point jumper
Kobe Bryant makes 8-foot two point shot
Kobe Bryant misses 18-foot two point shot
Marcus Camby blocks Jordan Hill's layup
Ramon Sessions makes 3-foot two point shot
Ramon Sessions makes driving layup
Metta World Peace makes 22-foot jumper
Matt Barnes misses jumper
Troy Murphy misses tip shot
Troy Murphy makes tip shot
Ramon Sessions misses 9-foot jumper
Troy Murphy makes 26-foot three point jumper (Ramon Sessions assists)
Ramon Sessions makes driving layup
Ramon Sessions makes 19-foot two point shot
Pau Gasol makes layup (Ramon Sessions assists)
Metta World Peace misses 23-foot two point shot
Pau Gasol makes 15-foot jumper
Pau Gasol misses 2-foot two point shot
Kobe Bryant misses 26-foot three point jumper
Kobe Bryant misses 9-foot two point shot
Kobe Bryant misses two point shot
Pau Gasol misses 15-foot two point shot
Kobe Bryant makes 12-foot two point shot
Kobe Bryant makes 22-foot two point shot
Kobe Bryant misses 25-foot three point jumper
Kobe Bryant makes 24-foot three point jumper (Pau Gasol assists)
Matt Barnes misses 78-foot three point jumper

LAKERS

ROCKETS

TIME		LAL	HOU
12:00	Start of the 1st Quarter	0	0
12:00	Jumpball: Andrew Bynum vs. Samuel Dalembert (Luis Scola gains possession)	0	0
11:40	Chandler Parsons misses layup	0	0
11:40	Houston offensive team rebound	0	0
11:37	Courtney Lee misses 21-foot jumper	0	0
11:36	Houston offensive team rebound	0	0
11:26	Samuel Dalembert misses 4-foot running jumper	0	0
11:25	Pau Gasol defensive rebound	0	0
11:03	Pau Gasol makes 10-foot jumper	2	0
11:00	Goran Dragic traveling	2	0
10:55	Samuel Dalembert blocks Andrew Bynum's 4-foot jumper	2	0
10:55	Los Angeles offensive team rebound	2	0
10:55	Jumpball: Andrew Bynum vs. Samuel Dalembert (Metta World Peace gains possession)	2	0
10:45	Kobe Bryant misses 7-foot jumper	2	0
10:42	Andrew Bynum offensive rebound	4	0
10:42	Andrew Bynum makes tip shot	4	0
10:26	Andrew Bynum blocks Courtney Lee's 3-foot two point shot	4	0
10:25	Samuel Dalembert offensive rebound	4	0
10:15	Goran Dragic misses 25-foot three point jumper	4	0
10:15	Houston defensive team rebound	4	0
9:56	Pau Gasol misses two point shot	4	0
9:52	Andrew Bynum offensive rebound	6	0
9:52	Andrew Bynum makes dunk	6	0
9:42	Houston full timeout	6	0
9:29	Luis Scola traveling	6	0
9:11	Steve Blake misses 10-foot two point shot	6	0
9:08	Samuel Dalembert defensive rebound	6	0
8:56	Luis Scola makes 16-foot jumper (Courtney Lee assists)	6	2
8:36	Andrew Bynum makes 2-foot two point shot	8	2
8:25	Chandler Parsons makes 24-foot three point jumper (Goran Dragic assists)	8	5
8:11	Andrew Bynum makes two point shot (Kobe Bryant assists)	10	5
7:52	Courtney Lee misses 26-foot three point jumper	10	5
7:50	Kobe Bryant defensive rebound	10	5
7:35	Samuel Dalembert blocks Andrew Bynum's layup	10	5
7:35	Goran Dragic defensive rebound	10	5
7:33	Andrew Bynum technical foul (1st technical foul)	10	5
7:33	Courtney Lee makes technical free throw	10	6
7:18	Courtney Lee offensive charge (Steve Blake draws the foul)	10	6
7:18	Courtney Lee turnover	10	6
7:03	Metta World Peace makes 24-foot three point jumper (Pau Gasol assists)	13	6
6:37	Luis Scola bad pass (Steve Blake steals)	13	6
6:31	Kobe Bryant makes 25-foot three point jumper (Steve Blake assists)	16	6
6:11	Courtney Lee makes 23-foot three point jumper (Goran Dragic assists)	16	9
6:03	Pau Gasol makes 2-foot two point shot (Steve Blake assists)	18	9
5:50	Chandler Parsons makes 25-foot three point jumper (Goran Dragic assists)	18	12
5:39	Kobe Bryant makes 14-foot two point shot (Steve Blake assists)	20	12
5:26	Samuel Dalembert makes slam dunk (Goran Dragic assists)	20	14
5:09	Steve Blake bad pass (Chandler Parsons steals)	20	14
5:01	Courtney Lee makes two point shot (Goran Dragic assists)	20	16
5:01	Los Angeles full timeout	20	16
5:01	Ramon Sessions enters the game for Metta World Peace	20	16
5:01	Josh McRoberts enters the game for Andrew Bynum	20	16
5:01	Matt Barnes enters the game for Steve Blake	20	16
4:45	Kobe Bryant misses 25-foot three point jumper	20	16
4:43	Goran Dragic defensive rebound	20	16
4:33	Goran Dragic makes two point shot	20	18
4:18	Courtney Lee shooting foul (Kobe Bryant draws the foul)	20	18
4:18	Kobe Bryant makes free throw 1 of 2	21	18
4:18	Chase Budinger enters the game for Courtney Lee	21	18
4:18	Kobe Bryant makes free throw 2 of 2	22	18
4:05	Chandler Parsons misses 23-foot three point jumper	22	18
4:03	Ramon Sessions defensive rebound	22	18
3:57	Matt Barnes makes 23-foot three point jumper (Ramon Sessions assists)	25	18
3:43	Luis Scola makes 20-foot jumper (Goran Dragic assists)	25	20
3:23	Pau Gasol makes 6-foot two point shot	27	20
3:12	Samuel Dalembert makes 5-foot jumper (Goran Dragic assists)	27	22
2:59	Marcus Camby enters the game for Samuel Dalembert	27	22
2:59	Patrick Patterson enters the game for Luis Scola	27	22
2:53	Pau Gasol makes dunk (Kobe Bryant assists)	29	22
2:31	Goran Dragic misses 25-foot three point jumper	29	22
2:31	Kobe Bryant defensive rebound	29	22
2:23	Kobe Bryant makes 7-foot running jumper	31	22
2:08	Chandler Parsons lost ball (Kobe Bryant steals)	31	22
2:00	Ramon Sessions misses three point jumper	31	22
1:59	Los Angeles offensive team rebound	31	22
1:55	Pau Gasol misses 22-foot jumper	31	22
1:54	Los Angeles offensive team rebound	31	22
1:46	Ramon Sessions makes driving layup	33	22
1:29	Patrick Patterson misses jumper	33	22
1:28	Marcus Camby offensive rebound	33	22
1:15	Pau Gasol foul (Marcus Camby draws the foul)	33	22
1:15	Houston offensive team rebound	33	22
1:15	Marcus Camby misses free throw 1 of 2	33	22
1:15	Metta World Peace enters the game for Kobe Bryant	33	22
1:15	Marcus Camby makes free throw 2 of 2	33	23
55.0	Pau Gasol makes 19-foot jumper (Metta World Peace assists)	35	23
44.5	Marcus Camby makes 19-foot jumper (Chase Budinger assists)	35	25
33.4	Pau Gasol makes 16-foot jumper (Ramon Sessions assists)	37	25
21.9	Goran Dragic bad pass (Metta World Peace steals)	37	25
4.2	Matt Barnes makes 23-foot three point jumper (Metta World Peace assists)	40	25
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	40	25

Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

Rockets
99
Lakers
108

Game 1

4/1

Lakers
104
Rockets
107

Game 2

21/3

Rockets
112
Lakers
107

Game 3

7/4

Toyota Center (Houston)

12:00 AM, 21 March 2012

Houston, TX

Attendance: 18,391

Referees:
Monty McCutchen
Mark Ayotte
Marat Kogut

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
LA Lakers	19	10	.655	-	L3
Phoenix	16	13	.552	3	W1
Golden State	16	15	.516	4	W3
LA Clippers	8	21	.276	11	W2
Sacramento	7	23	.233	12.5	L1

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
San Antonio	23	7	.767	-	W8
Houston	18	10	.643	4	W1
Memphis	14	16	.467	9	W1
Dallas	12	20	.375	12	L1
New Orleans	8	23	.258	15.5	L1

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