Lakers 103-98 Kings (31 Mar, 2013) Play-by-Play

Los Angeles Lakers

38-36, 15-24 away

103

	1	2	3	4	T
LAL	25	28	29	21	103
SAC	37	20	18	23	98

Sacramento Kings

27-47, 19-17 home

Jason Thompson makes 18-foot jumper (Isaiah Thomas assists)
Jason Thompson misses 18-foot jumper
John Salmons makes three point jumper (Tyreke Evans assists)
Isaiah Thomas makes 25-foot three point jumper (Tyreke Evans assists)
DeMarcus Cousins misses 20-foot jumper
DeMarcus Cousins misses 21-foot jumper
DeMarcus Cousins makes jumper
Jason Thompson makes 14-foot jumper (Isaiah Thomas assists)
DeMarcus Cousins makes two point shot
John Salmons makes 24-foot three point jumper (Isaiah Thomas assists)
Jason Thompson makes 11-foot two point shot (Tyreke Evans assists)
DeMarcus Cousins makes 2-foot two point shot (Tyreke Evans assists)
DeMarcus Cousins makes 7-foot two point shot
Tyreke Evans makes driving layup
John Salmons makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jason Thompson assists)
Jason Thompson makes layup (DeMarcus Cousins assists)
DeMarcus Cousins misses two point shot
DeMarcus Cousins misses two point shot
Tyreke Evans makes driving layup
Tyreke Evans misses 64-foot three point jumper
Earl Clark blocks Tyreke Evans 's 4-foot layup
Marcus Thornton misses 24-foot three point jumper
John Salmons makes 14-foot two point shot
John Salmons makes 18-foot two point shot
John Salmons misses 5-foot jumper
Marcus Thornton misses 19-foot jumper
John Salmons misses 24-foot three point jumper
Marcus Thornton misses 18-foot jumper
Marcus Thornton makes 23-foot three point jumper
DeMarcus Cousins misses 18-foot jumper
Tyreke Evans makes layup
Patrick Patterson misses 19-foot jumper
Marcus Thornton makes jumper
DeMarcus Cousins misses layup
Marcus Thornton misses 23-foot three point jumper
Dwight Howard blocks Tyreke Evans 's 3-foot layup
Dwight Howard blocks Chuck Hayes 's 13-foot jumper
Chuck Hayes misses two point shot
Chuck Hayes makes 8-foot two point shot (Tyreke Evans assists)
Dwight Howard blocks Chuck Hayes 's 8-foot shot
Isaiah Thomas misses 25-foot three point jumper
Tyreke Evans makes driving layup (Isaiah Thomas assists)
John Salmons misses
Isaiah Thomas makes 23-foot three point jumper (John Salmons assists)
Jason Thompson makes 18-foot jumper (Tyreke Evans assists)
Jason Thompson misses jumper
John Salmons misses 15-foot jumper
Tyreke Evans makes driving layup
Tyreke Evans makes layup (DeMarcus Cousins assists)
John Salmons misses 16-foot jumper
DeMarcus Cousins misses 4-foot jumper
DeMarcus Cousins makes layup
DeMarcus Cousins makes 19-foot jumper (Isaiah Thomas assists)
Isaiah Thomas misses 28-foot three point jumper
Earl Clark blocks Jason Thompson 's 3-foot jumper
Jason Thompson makes 6-foot two point shot
Isaiah Thomas makes 4-foot two point shot
Dwight Howard blocks DeMarcus Cousins's jumper
Marcus Thornton misses 13-foot jumper
Marcus Thornton misses 25-foot three point jumper
John Salmons misses 23-foot three point jumper
Marcus Thornton makes 5-foot jumper
Tyreke Evans misses 16-foot jumper
Marcus Thornton makes 24-foot three point jumper (Chuck Hayes assists)
Tyreke Evans misses layup
Chuck Hayes misses tip shot
Marcus Thornton makes driving layup
Marcus Thornton misses 25-foot three point jumper
John Salmons misses 23-foot three point jumper
Marcus Thornton makes layup (Patrick Patterson assists)
Tyreke Evans makes 20-foot two point shot
DeMarcus Cousins misses layup
Marcus Thornton misses 7-foot jumper
DeMarcus Cousins makes layup
Tyreke Evans makes driving layup
Tyreke Evans misses layup
Patrick Patterson misses 23-foot three point jumper
Marcus Thornton misses 23-foot three point jumper
Patrick Patterson misses 25-foot three point jumper
DeMarcus Cousins makes 20-foot jumper (John Salmons assists)
Patrick Patterson misses 23-foot three point jumper
Tyreke Evans makes driving layup
Dwight Howard blocks DeMarcus Cousins 's 22-foot jumper
DeMarcus Cousins misses 26-foot three point jumper
DeMarcus Cousins misses 25-foot three point jumper
Dwight Howard misses two point shot
Steve Nash makes driving layup
Kobe Bryant misses 16-foot jumper
Pau Gasol makes jumper (Steve Nash assists)
Dwight Howard makes dunk (Pau Gasol assists)
Jodie Meeks misses 24-foot three point jumper
Jodie Meeks makes 23-foot three point jumper (Kobe Bryant assists)
Pau Gasol makes 20-foot jumper (Kobe Bryant assists)
Dwight Howard makes two point shot (Pau Gasol assists)
Dwight Howard makes layup (Kobe Bryant assists)
Steve Blake makes 23-foot three point jumper (Pau Gasol assists)
Antawn Jamison misses 12-foot jumper
Antawn Jamison misses layup
Jodie Meeks makes 23-foot three point jumper (Steve Blake assists)
Dwight Howard makes layup
Kobe Bryant misses 16-foot two point jumper
Earl Clark makes 23-foot jumper (Kobe Bryant assists)
Antawn Jamison misses 26-foot Regular Jump Shot
Antawn Jamison misses 3-foot jumper
Kobe Bryant misses 25-foot three point jumper
Kobe Bryant misses 12-foot jumper
Pau Gasol makes 2-foot two point shot (Kobe Bryant assists)
Pau Gasol makes 13-foot two point shot
Earl Clark makes 24-foot three point jumper (Kobe Bryant assists)
Chris Duhon misses 23-foot three point jumper
Patrick Patterson blocks Kobe Bryant 's 5-foot jumper
Kobe Bryant makes driving layup
Kobe Bryant makes 19-foot jumper
Pau Gasol misses 12-foot jumper
Kobe Bryant makes driving layup
Kobe Bryant misses 25-foot three point jumper
Jodie Meeks makes dunk (Pau Gasol assists)
Kobe Bryant misses 25-foot three point jumper
Dwight Howard makes layup
Pau Gasol misses jumper
Steve Blake makes 25-foot three point jumper (Kobe Bryant assists)
Pau Gasol misses jumper
Pau Gasol misses layup
Dwight Howard misses 12-foot jumper
Jodie Meeks makes layup (Kobe Bryant assists)
Steve Blake makes three point jumper (Pau Gasol assists)
Dwight Howard makes dunk (Pau Gasol assists)
Steve Blake misses 25-foot three point jumper
Kobe Bryant makes 1-foot two point shot (Pau Gasol assists)
Steve Blake misses 23-foot three point jumper
Kobe Bryant makes 22-foot jumper (Pau Gasol assists)
Jodie Meeks misses 24-foot three point jumper
Antawn Jamison makes 24-foot three point jumper (Kobe Bryant assists)
Steve Blake misses 22-foot jumper
Steve Blake makes 23-foot three point jumper (Antawn Jamison assists)
Antawn Jamison makes 20-foot jumper (Kobe Bryant assists)
Kobe Bryant misses 10-foot two point shot
Dwight Howard makes 3-foot two point shot (Kobe Bryant assists)
Kobe Bryant misses 11-foot jumper
Dwight Howard misses tip shot
Dwight Howard makes two point shot
Earl Clark misses 23-foot three point jumper
Antawn Jamison misses 23-foot three point jumper
Earl Clark misses 17-foot jumper
Antawn Jamison misses layup
Antawn Jamison makes two point shot
Darius Morris misses 67-foot three point jumper
Antawn Jamison misses three point jumper
Earl Clark misses 24-foot three point jumper
Dwight Howard misses layup
Dwight Howard makes layup
Earl Clark misses 25-foot three point jumper
Earl Clark makes dunk (Dwight Howard assists)
John Salmons blocks Kobe Bryant 's 3-foot layup
Kobe Bryant misses 17-foot jumper
Jodie Meeks makes 25-foot three point jumper (Kobe Bryant assists)
Jodie Meeks misses 25-foot three point jumper
Steve Blake makes 23-foot three point jumper (Pau Gasol assists)
Dwight Howard makes two point shot (Pau Gasol assists)
Jodie Meeks misses 23-foot three point jumper
Pau Gasol makes 1-foot dunk (Kobe Bryant assists)
Kobe Bryant misses 27-foot three point jumper
Steve Blake misses 24-foot three point jumper
Pau Gasol makes 15-foot jumper (Kobe Bryant assists)
Jodie Meeks misses 24-foot three point jumper
Pau Gasol misses 4-foot jumper
Kobe Bryant misses 20-foot jumper

LAKERS

KINGS

TIME		LAL	SAC
12:00	Dwight Howard vs. Jason Thompson (Steve Nash gains possession)	0	0
11:48	DeMarcus Cousins personal foul (Dwight Howard draws the foul)	0	0
11:37	Dwight Howard misses two point shot	0	0
11:36	DeMarcus Cousins defensive rebound	0	0
11:26	Jason Thompson makes 18-foot jumper (Isaiah Thomas assists)	0	2
11:15	Steve Nash makes driving layup	2	2
11:02	Jason Thompson misses 18-foot jumper	2	2
11:02	Jodie Meeks defensive rebound	2	2
10:52	Kobe Bryant misses 16-foot jumper	2	2
10:51	Jason Thompson defensive rebound	2	2
10:40	John Salmons makes three point jumper (Tyreke Evans assists)	2	5
10:26	Pau Gasol makes jumper (Steve Nash assists)	4	5
10:11	Dwight Howard defensive 3-seconds (Technical Foul)	4	5
10:11	Steve Blake enters the game for Steve Nash	4	5
10:11	Isaiah Thomas makes technical free throw	4	6
10:02	Isaiah Thomas makes 25-foot three point jumper (Tyreke Evans assists)	4	9
9:51	Dwight Howard makes dunk (Pau Gasol assists)	6	9
9:30	DeMarcus Cousins misses 20-foot jumper	6	9
9:30	Dwight Howard defensive rebound	6	9
9:18	John Salmons defensive 3-seconds (Technical Foul)	6	9
9:18	Kobe Bryant misses technical free throw	6	9
9:18	Lakers offensive team rebound	6	9
9:03	Jodie Meeks misses 24-foot three point jumper	6	9
9:03	John Salmons defensive rebound	6	9
8:41	DeMarcus Cousins misses 21-foot jumper	6	9
8:41	Dwight Howard defensive rebound	6	9
8:27	Jodie Meeks makes 23-foot three point jumper (Kobe Bryant assists)	9	9
8:18	Kings Full timeout	9	9
8:07	DeMarcus Cousins makes jumper	9	11
7:52	Pau Gasol makes 20-foot jumper (Kobe Bryant assists)	11	11
7:37	Jason Thompson makes 14-foot jumper (Isaiah Thomas assists)	11	13
7:37	Dwight Howard shooting foul (Jason Thompson draws the foul)	11	14
7:37	Jason Thompson makes free throw 1 of 1	11	14
7:22	Dwight Howard makes two point shot (Pau Gasol assists)	13	14
7:05	DeMarcus Cousins makes two point shot	13	16
6:48	Dwight Howard makes layup (Kobe Bryant assists)	15	16
6:28	John Salmons makes 24-foot three point jumper (Isaiah Thomas assists)	15	19
6:11	Steve Blake makes 23-foot three point jumper (Pau Gasol assists)	18	19
5:58	Jason Thompson makes 11-foot two point shot (Tyreke Evans assists)	18	21
5:45	Kobe Bryant lost ball turnover (John Salmons steals)	18	21
5:39	DeMarcus Cousins makes 2-foot two point shot (Tyreke Evans assists)	18	23
5:37	Lakers Full timeout	18	23
5:37	Antawn Jamison enters the game for Pau Gasol	18	23
5:26	Antawn Jamison misses 12-foot jumper	18	23
5:24	Tyreke Evans defensive rebound	18	23
5:20	Tyreke Evans bad pass (Jodie Meeks steals)	18	23
5:13	Antawn Jamison misses layup	18	23
5:11	DeMarcus Cousins defensive rebound	18	23
4:54	DeMarcus Cousins makes 7-foot two point shot	18	25
4:37	Jodie Meeks makes 23-foot three point jumper (Steve Blake assists)	21	25
4:24	Tyreke Evans makes driving layup	21	27
4:01	Dwight Howard makes layup	23	27
3:49	John Salmons makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jason Thompson assists)	23	30
3:31	Kobe Bryant misses 16-foot two point jumper	23	30
3:31	Tyreke Evans defensive rebound	23	30
3:27	Tyreke Evans traveling	23	30
3:27	Earl Clark enters the game for Jodie Meeks	23	30
3:11	Jason Thompson personal foul (Dwight Howard draws the foul)	23	30
3:00	Earl Clark makes 23-foot jumper (Kobe Bryant assists)	25	30
2:45	Jason Thompson makes layup (DeMarcus Cousins assists)	25	32
2:27	Dwight Howard steps out of bounds turnover	25	32
2:27	Marcus Thornton enters the game for Isaiah Thomas	25	32
2:10	DeMarcus Cousins misses two point shot	25	32
2:09	Tyreke Evans offensive rebound	25	32
1:52	DeMarcus Cousins misses two point shot	25	32
1:51	Dwight Howard defensive rebound	25	32
1:39	Antawn Jamison misses 26-foot Regular Jump Shot	25	32
1:36	DeMarcus Cousins defensive rebound	25	32
1:15	Jason Thompson shooting foul (Dwight Howard draws the foul)	25	34
1:15	Dwight Howard misses free throw 1 of 2	25	34
1:15	Lakers offensive team rebound	25	34
1:15	Chuck Hayes enters the game for Jason Thompson	25	34
1:15	Dwight Howard misses free throw 2 of 2	25	34
1:15	Chris Duhon enters the game for Steve Blake	25	34
1:15	Patrick Patterson enters the game for DeMarcus Cousins	25	34
1:09	Chuck Hayes defensive rebound	25	34
53.0	Chris Duhon shooting foul (Marcus Thornton draws the foul)	25	34
53.0	Marcus Thornton misses free throw 1 of 2	25	34
53.0	Kings offensive team rebound	25	34
53.0	Pau Gasol enters the game for Dwight Howard	25	34
53.0	Marcus Thornton makes free throw 2 of 2	25	35
38.0	Antawn Jamison misses 3-foot jumper	25	35
37.0	Antawn Jamison offensive rebound	25	35
31.0	Kobe Bryant misses 25-foot three point jumper	25	35
31.0	Marcus Thornton defensive rebound	25	35
10.0	Tyreke Evans makes driving layup	25	37
10.0	Earl Clark defensive goaltending violation	25	37
1.0	Chris Duhon possession lost ball turnover	25	37
0.0	Tyreke Evans misses 64-foot three point jumper	25	37
0.0	Kings offensive team rebound	25	37
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	25	37

Regular Season Series

LAL win 3-1

Kings
90
Lakers
103

Game 1

12/11

Lakers
97
Kings
113

Game 2

22/11

Kings
102
Lakers
113

Game 3

18/3

Lakers
103
Kings
98

Game 4

31/3

Sleep Train Arena

3:00 AM, 31 March 2013

Sacramento, CA

Attendance: 17,317

Referees:
Derrick Stafford
Zach Zarba
Nick Buchert

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Golden State	12	5	.706	-	L2
LA Lakers	10	6	.625	1.5	L2
LA Clippers	11	8	.579	2	L1
Phoenix	9	7	.563	2.5	L5
Sacramento	8	10	.444	4.5	L4

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