Los Angeles Lakers @ Houston Rockets
11-18, 5-10 Away
122
11-18, 5-10 Away
25-5, 13-4 Home
116
25-5, 13-4 Home
Shot Chart
Shot Made
Shot Missed
- Brandon Ingram makes 26-foot three point jumper (Josh Hart assists)
- Nene misses driving layup
- Josh Hart makes 25-foot three point jumper (Brandon Ingram assists)
- Trevor Ariza misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Lonzo Ball makes 25-foot three point jumper (Josh Hart assists)
- James Harden makes 15-foot two point shot
- Brandon Ingram misses driving layup
- James Harden misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Brandon Ingram makes driving layup
- Nene makes layup (Chris Paul assists)
- Kyle Kuzma makes 26-foot three point jumper (Josh Hart assists)
- Trevor Ariza makes driving layup (Chris Paul assists)
- Kyle Kuzma makes 9-foot two point shot
- Trevor Ariza makes 23-foot three point jumper (James Harden assists)
- Brandon Ingram misses jumper
- Brandon Ingram misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Josh Hart misses 25-foot three point jumper
- James Harden misses driving floating jump shot
- Trevor Ariza makes 1-foot dunk
- Lonzo Ball misses 28-foot three point jumper
- Eric Gordon misses driving layup
- Tarik Black misses layup
- James Harden makes driving layup
- James Harden makes free throw 1 of 1
- Kyle Kuzma makes driving layup (Lonzo Ball assists)
- Josh Hart makes free throw 1 of 2
- Josh Hart misses free throw 2 of 2
- Jordan Clarkson misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Kyle Kuzma makes 26-foot three point jumper (Larry Nance Jr. assists)
- James Harden misses free throw 1 of 2
- James Harden makes free throw 2 of 2
- Lonzo Ball misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Tarik Black makes driving dunk (James Harden assists)
- Larry Nance Jr. misses free throw 1 of 2
- Larry Nance Jr. makes free throw 2 of 2
- Trevor Ariza makes 26-foot three point jumper (James Harden assists)
- Kyle Kuzma makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jordan Clarkson assists)
- Trevor Ariza misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Kyle Kuzma makes three pointer
- James Harden misses two point shot
- Larry Nance Jr. misses alley oop layup
- Larry Nance Jr. misses free throw 1 of 2
- Larry Nance Jr. makes free throw 2 of 2
- Corey Brewer makes dunk
- James Harden misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Corey Brewer makes 21-foot step back jumpshot (Kyle Kuzma assists)
- Chris Paul misses 17-foot pullup jump shot
- Larry Nance Jr. makes layup (Jordan Clarkson assists)
- Eric Gordon makes driving layup
- Corey Brewer misses driving layup
- Eric Gordon misses 23-foot jumper
- Larry Nance Jr. misses free throw 1 of 2
- Larry Nance Jr. makes free throw 2 of 2
- Chris Paul misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Corey Brewer makes 26-foot three point jumper (Larry Nance Jr. assists)
- PJ Tucker makes 25-foot three point jumper (Chris Paul assists)
- Brandon Ingram misses driving layup
- Jordan Clarkson misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Jordan Clarkson makes 9-foot two point shot (Larry Nance Jr. assists)
- Ryan Anderson misses 31-foot three point jumper
- Corey Brewer misses 27-foot three point jumper
- PJ Tucker makes free throw 1 of 2
- PJ Tucker misses free throw 2 of 2
- Larry Nance Jr. makes 19-foot jumper (Jordan Clarkson assists)
- Corey Brewer makes driving dunk (Larry Nance Jr. assists)
- Eric Gordon misses driving layup
- Corey Brewer makes free throw 1 of 2
- Corey Brewer makes free throw 2 of 2
- PJ Tucker misses layup
- James Harden makes 23-foot three point jumper (Chris Paul assists)
- James Harden makes free throw 1 of 1
- Jordan Clarkson misses two point shot
- Chris Paul makes two point shot
- Josh Hart makes 26-foot three point jumper (Kyle Kuzma assists)
- James Harden makes 3-foot two point shot
- Josh Hart misses 25-foot three point jumper
- James Harden makes free throw 1 of 2
- James Harden makes free throw 2 of 2
- Lonzo Ball misses driving floating jump shot
- James Harden makes 5-foot driving floating jump shot
- Julius Randle misses 18-foot two point shot
- Julius Randle makes 1-foot dunk (Brandon Ingram assists)
- James Harden makes driving layup
- James Harden makes free throw 1 of 1
- Kyle Kuzma makes 25-foot step back jumpshot (Julius Randle assists)
- James Harden makes driving layup
- PJ Tucker makes 23-foot three point jumper (James Harden assists)
- Lonzo Ball misses 25-foot three point jumper
- James Harden makes 3-foot two point shot
- Lonzo Ball misses 21-foot pullup jump shot
- James Harden makes 26-foot three point shot
- Kyle Kuzma makes 30-foot three point jumper (Brandon Ingram assists)
- Trevor Ariza misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Josh Hart misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Nene misses free throw 1 of 2
- Nene makes free throw 2 of 2
- PJ Tucker misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Julius Randle makes driving layup
- James Harden makes driving layup
- Eric Gordon misses 27-foot three point jumper
- James Harden makes free throw 1 of 2
- James Harden makes free throw 2 of 2
- Kyle Kuzma makes alley oop layup (Lonzo Ball assists)
- Eric Gordon makes 25-foot three point jumper (Nene assists)
- Kyle Kuzma misses free throw 1 of 3
- Kyle Kuzma misses free throw 2 of 3
- Kyle Kuzma makes free throw 3 of 3
- Chris Paul misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Brandon Ingram misses 16-foot step back jumpshot
- Lonzo Ball misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Trevor Ariza makes 26-foot three point jumper (Chris Paul assists)
- Brandon Ingram misses driving floating jump shot
- Brandon Ingram misses layup
- James Harden misses free throw 1 of 2
- James Harden misses free throw 2 of 2
- Ryan Anderson misses 28-foot three point jumper
- Chris Paul makes technical free throw
- Ryan Anderson makes 2-foot two point shot (James Harden assists)
- Lonzo Ball misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Lonzo Ball makes driving layup
- Lonzo Ball misses free throw 1 of 1
- PJ Tucker makes 22-foot three point jumper (Trevor Ariza assists)
- Kyle Kuzma misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Larry Nance Jr. makes dunk
- James Harden misses jumper
- Lonzo Ball makes 2-foot two point shot (Josh Hart assists)
- Trevor Ariza misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Josh Hart misses driving layup
- Trevor Ariza misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Kyle Kuzma makes driving layup (Lonzo Ball assists)
- Kyle Kuzma makes free throw 1 of 1
- James Harden makes 26-foot step back jumpshot
- Brandon Ingram makes 16-foot jumper (Lonzo Ball assists)
- Eric Gordon makes 26-foot three point jumper (PJ Tucker assists)
- Kyle Kuzma misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Eric Gordon misses 28-foot three point jumper
- Eric Gordon makes two point shot (Trevor Ariza assists)
- James Harden makes driving layup
- Lonzo Ball makes 24-foot three point jumper (Kyle Kuzma assists)
- Brandon Ingram makes free throw 1 of 2
- Brandon Ingram makes free throw 2 of 2
- Trevor Ariza misses driving layup
- Nene makes free throw 1 of 2
- Nene misses free throw 2 of 2
- Kyle Kuzma misses 14-foot two point shot
- Kyle Kuzma makes free throw 1 of 2
- Kyle Kuzma makes free throw 2 of 2
- James Harden makes free throw 1 of 2
- James Harden makes free throw 2 of 2
- Brandon Ingram misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Kyle Kuzma misses layup
- Kyle Kuzma makes 25-foot three point jumper (Corey Brewer assists)
- Chris Paul makes free throw 1 of 2
- Chris Paul makes free throw 2 of 2
- Larry Nance Jr. makes dunk (Kyle Kuzma assists)
- Eric Gordon makes 26-foot three point jumper (James Harden assists)
- Lonzo Ball misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Eric Gordon misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Lonzo Ball makes 21-foot jumper
- Chris Paul makes 26-foot three pointer
- Jordan Clarkson misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Jordan Clarkson misses driving floating jump shot
- Corey Brewer makes free throw 1 of 2
- Corey Brewer misses free throw 2 of 2
- Chris Paul misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Corey Brewer makes two point shot
- Corey Brewer misses free throw 1 of 1
- James Harden misses two point shot
- Jordan Clarkson misses technical free throw
- Corey Brewer makes free throw 1 of 2
- Corey Brewer makes free throw 2 of 2
- Ryan Anderson misses 30-foot three point jumper
- Jordan Clarkson misses 20-foot jumper
- Larry Nance Jr. makes dunk
- Chris Paul misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Jordan Clarkson misses 14-foot two point shot
- Brandon Ingram misses 19-foot pullup jump shot
- James Harden misses two point shot
- PJ Tucker misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Brandon Ingram makes free throw 1 of 2
- Brandon Ingram misses free throw 2 of 2
- Eric Gordon makes 25-foot three point jumper (James Harden assists)
- Josh Hart misses 10-foot two point shot
- James Harden misses 15-foot step back jumpshot
- Josh Hart makes 26-foot three point jumper (Brandon Ingram assists)
- Eric Gordon makes 27-foot three point jumper (James Harden assists)
- Trevor Ariza makes 24-foot three point jumper (James Harden assists)
- Trevor Ariza makes free throw 1 of 2
- Trevor Ariza makes free throw 2 of 2
- Josh Hart misses 26-foot three point jumper
- James Harden misses two point shot
- Corey Brewer makes driving layup
- Eric Gordon misses layup
- Eric Gordon misses two point shot
- Jordan Clarkson makes driving layup
- Eric Gordon misses three point jumper
- Trevor Ariza misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Andrew Bogut makes free throw 1 of 2
- Andrew Bogut makes free throw 2 of 2
- James Harden misses 14-foot step back jumpshot
- Kyle Kuzma makes layup (Brandon Ingram assists)
- PJ Tucker misses 20-foot jumper
- Lonzo Ball makes free throw 1 of 2
- Lonzo Ball makes free throw 2 of 2
- James Harden makes free throw 1 of 2
- James Harden misses free throw 2 of 2
- Eric Gordon misses 26-foot three point jumper
- James Harden makes free throw 1 of 3
- James Harden makes free throw 2 of 3
- James Harden makes free throw 3 of 3
- Corey Brewer makes 23-foot three point jumper (Brandon Ingram assists)
- Eric Gordon misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Kyle Kuzma misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Lonzo Ball makes free throw 1 of 2
- Lonzo Ball makes free throw 2 of 2
- James Harden makes free throw 1 of 2
- James Harden makes free throw 2 of 2
- Brandon Ingram makes 21-foot step back jumpshot
- Nene misses jumper
- Brandon Ingram misses free throw 1 of 2
- Brandon Ingram makes free throw 2 of 2
- Trevor Ariza misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Ryan Anderson misses two point shot
- James Harden makes 26-foot three point jumper
- James Harden makes free throw 1 of 1
- James Harden makes driving layup (Trevor Ariza assists)
- Josh Hart misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Kyle Kuzma makes free throw 1 of 2
- Kyle Kuzma makes free throw 2 of 2
- Lonzo Ball misses free throw 1 of 2
- Lonzo Ball misses free throw 2 of 2
- James Harden makes driving layup
- Josh Hart misses free throw 1 of 2
- Josh Hart makes free throw 2 of 2
- Eric Gordon misses three point jumper
- Ryan Anderson misses 1-foot tip shot
- Ryan Anderson misses layup
- Eric Gordon makes layup
- Kyle Kuzma misses free throw 1 of 2
- Kyle Kuzma makes free throw 2 of 2
Shot Made
Shot Missed
PLAYS
Win %: HOU, 90.6
Win %: HOU, 89.8
Win %: HOU, 87.7
Win %: HOU, 86.6
Win %: HOU, 86.3
Win %: HOU, 83.4
Win %: HOU, 82.1
Win %: HOU, 81.7
Win %: HOU, 78.5
Win %: HOU, 79.9
Win %: HOU, 80.9
Win %: HOU, 81.2
Win %: HOU, 79.8
Win %: HOU, 79.4
Win %: HOU, 77.4
Win %: HOU, 79.0
Win %: HOU, 74.9
Win %: HOU, 76.4
Win %: HOU, 74.2
Win %: HOU, 78.0
Win %: HOU, 78.9
Win %: HOU, 79.2
Win %: HOU, 77.3
Win %: HOU, 78.4
Win %: HOU, 77.1
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Matchups
Game Information
Houston, TX
Referee:Zach Zarba
Referee:Leroy Richardson
Referee:Michael Smith
2025-26 Standings
Western Conference
| Pacific | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LA Lakers | 45 | 25 | .643 | - | W8 |
| Phoenix | 39 | 31 | .557 | 6 | L4 |
| LA Clippers | 34 | 36 | .486 | 11 | L4 |
| Golden State | 33 | 37 | .471 | 12 | L2 |
| Sacramento | 18 | 53 | .254 | 27.5 | L2 |
| Southwest | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Antonio | 52 | 18 | .743 | - | W4 |
| Houston | 42 | 27 | .609 | 9.5 | W1 |
| New Orleans | 25 | 46 | .352 | 27.5 | W3 |
| Memphis | 24 | 45 | .348 | 27.5 | L1 |
| Dallas | 23 | 47 | .329 | 29 | L2 |
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