Houston Rockets @ Los Angeles Lakers
WEST SEMIFINALS - Game 2 • Series tied 1-1
44-28, 20-16 Away
109
44-28, 20-16 Away
52-19, 25-10 Home
117
52-19, 25-10 Home
- JaVale McGee misses 8-foot two point shot
- Anthony Davis misses 20-foot jumper
- LeBron James misses 23-foot step back jumpshot
- Anthony Davis makes 1-foot two point shot (LeBron James assists)
- Anthony Davis makes two point shot
- LeBron James makes 21-foot jumper
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Anthony Davis makes finger roll layup
- Anthony Davis makes 8-foot two point shot (LeBron James assists)
- Danny Green misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Anthony Davis misses two point shot
- Anthony Davis makes 8-foot two point shot
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes two point shot (Anthony Davis assists)
- Kyle Kuzma makes hook shot (Rajon Rondo assists)
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses 18-foot pullup jump shot
- Markieff Morris makes 27-foot three point jumper (Rajon Rondo assists)
- Alex Caruso misses 14-foot jumper
- Kyle Kuzma misses tip shot
- Kyle Kuzma makes two point shot
- LeBron James makes two point shot (Rajon Rondo assists)
- Markieff Morris makes three point jumper (Rajon Rondo assists)
- Markieff Morris makes 27-foot three point jumper (Rajon Rondo assists)
- Markieff Morris makes 24-foot three point jumper (Rajon Rondo assists)
- Rajon Rondo makes 24-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
- LeBron James makes two point shot
- LeBron James makes 1-foot dunk (Alex Caruso assists)
- LeBron James misses three point jumper
- Markieff Morris makes dunk (LeBron James assists)
- Dion Waiters misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Alex Caruso misses 22-foot three point jumper
- Rajon Rondo misses 27-foot step back jumpshot
- Danny Green makes 23-foot three point jumper (Anthony Davis assists)
- Anthony Davis makes 12-foot pullup jump shot
- Anthony Davis makes 18-foot two point shot
- Anthony Davis misses 17-foot pullup jump shot
- Anthony Davis misses 14-foot pullup jump shot
- Danny Green makes three point jumper (Rajon Rondo assists)
- LeBron James misses two point shot
- LeBron James makes driving layup
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes three point jumper (Anthony Davis assists)
- Rajon Rondo misses 23-foot three point jumper
- LeBron James makes 28-foot three point jumper (Kentavious Caldwell-Pope assists)
- LeBron James misses running pullup jump shot
- Anthony Davis makes driving layup
- LeBron James misses 21-foot step back jumpshot
- Anthony Davis misses 6-foot two point shot
- Anthony Davis makes driving dunk
- Anthony Davis makes 23-foot three point jumper (Danny Green assists)
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses 12-foot two point shot
- Kyle Kuzma makes dunk
- Kyle Kuzma makes 24-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
- LeBron James misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Danny Green misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Kyle Kuzma makes driving dunk (Danny Green assists)
- Rajon Rondo misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Robert Covington blocks Alex Caruso 's 2-foot driving layup
- Anthony Davis misses 15-foot two point shot
- Rajon Rondo misses driving layup
- Anthony Davis makes 13-foot two point shot (LeBron James assists)
- Rajon Rondo makes driving layup
- Anthony Davis makes dunk (LeBron James assists)
- Rajon Rondo misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Markieff Morris misses 10-foot pullup jump shot
- LeBron James makes layup
- LeBron James makes 1-foot driving dunk
- Markieff Morris makes 1-foot layup (Rajon Rondo assists)
- Rajon Rondo makes 18-foot pullup jump shot
- LeBron James makes dunk (Alex Caruso assists)
- Alex Caruso makes 1-foot layup (LeBron James assists)
- Kyle Kuzma makes 1-foot dunk (Alex Caruso assists)
- Anthony Davis makes two point shot (Alex Caruso assists)
- Anthony Davis misses 16-foot pullup jump shot
- Danny Green makes 23-foot three point jumper (Rajon Rondo assists)
- Danny Green misses two point shot
- Anthony Davis makes tip shot
- Anthony Davis misses 12-foot two point shot
- Markieff Morris misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Anthony Davis makes 5-foot two point shot (Danny Green assists)
- LeBron James misses 27-foot three point jumper
- P.J. Tucker blocks Anthony Davis 's 13-foot two point shot
- Alex Caruso misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Rajon Rondo makes 22-foot pullup jump shot (LeBron James assists)
- LeBron James makes 10-foot two point shot (Anthony Davis assists)
- P.J. Tucker misses three point jumper
- Robert Covington misses driving floating jump shot
- P.J. Tucker makes tip shot
- Russell Westbrook makes two point shot
- James Harden misses 28-foot three point jumper
- Russell Westbrook misses 27-foot three point jumper
- JaVale McGee blocks Russell Westbrook's layup
- Russell Westbrook misses layup
- Eric Gordon misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Russell Westbrook misses pullup jump shot
- James Harden makes 29-foot three point jumper (P.J. Tucker assists)
- Eric Gordon misses driving layup
- James Harden misses driving floating jump shot
- Robert Covington misses 27-foot three point shot
- Austin Rivers misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Danuel House Jr. makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jeff Green assists)
- Danuel House Jr. makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jeff Green assists)
- Russell Westbrook misses two point shot
- Danuel House Jr. makes 23-foot three point jumper (Russell Westbrook assists)
- Austin Rivers misses 26-foot three point jumper
- P.J. Tucker makes 23-foot three point jumper (Eric Gordon assists)
- Eric Gordon misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
- P.J. Tucker makes three point jumper (Eric Gordon assists)
- Robert Covington misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Eric Gordon makes two point shot
- Robert Covington makes 25-foot three point jumper (James Harden assists)
- James Harden makes 6-foot driving floating jump shot
- Eric Gordon makes 25-foot three point jumper (James Harden assists)
- James Harden misses 27-foot step back jumpshot
- Danuel House Jr. makes driving layup
- Anthony Davis blocks Jeff Green 's 3-foot layup
- Robert Covington misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Russell Westbrook misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Russell Westbrook misses 23-foot three point jumper
- James Harden misses 27-foot step back jumpshot
- Eric Gordon misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Eric Gordon makes 27-foot three point jumper (Russell Westbrook assists)
- Eric Gordon makes 24-foot three point jumper (James Harden assists)
- Jeff Green misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Robert Covington misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Eric Gordon makes 27-foot three point jumper (James Harden assists)
- Eric Gordon makes 29-foot three point jumper (Russell Westbrook assists)
- Eric Gordon makes 27-foot three point jumper (James Harden assists)
- P.J. Tucker makes three point jumper (Russell Westbrook assists)
- Kyle Kuzma blocks James Harden 's 4-foot driving layup
- Eric Gordon makes driving layup (James Harden assists)
- James Harden makes 26-foot step back jumpshot
- Eric Gordon misses pullup jump shot
- P.J. Tucker makes two point shot
- James Harden makes 26-foot step back jumpshot
- Robert Covington makes 26-foot three point jumper (P.J. Tucker assists)
- P.J. Tucker misses three point jumper
- Robert Covington makes three point jumper (Danuel House Jr. assists)
- Robert Covington makes 26-foot three point jumper (Ben McLemore assists)
- Danuel House Jr. makes driving layup (Ben McLemore assists)
- Danuel House Jr. misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Russell Westbrook makes driving layup (Jeff Green assists)
- Ben McLemore misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Russell Westbrook makes 26-foot three point jumper
- Eric Gordon misses 36-foot three point jumper
- Eric Gordon misses 30-foot three point jumper
- Russell Westbrook makes driving layup
- Russell Westbrook misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
- LeBron James blocks Russell Westbrook 's 3-foot driving layup
- Danuel House Jr. misses two point shot
- Robert Covington makes layup (James Harden assists)
- Danuel House Jr. misses three point jumper
- Russell Westbrook misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Danuel House Jr. misses 27-foot three point jumper
- P.J. Tucker makes two point shot
- P.J. Tucker makes 23-foot three point jumper (Eric Gordon assists)
- LeBron James blocks Danuel House Jr. 's 23-foot three point jumper
- Eric Gordon misses 25-foot three point jumper
- P.J. Tucker misses 23-foot three point jumper
- James Harden misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
- James Harden makes 25-foot step back jumpshot
- Russell Westbrook misses 25-foot three point jumper
- James Harden makes two point shot
ROCKETS
LAKERS
| TIME | PLAY | HOU | LAL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12:00 | | Robert Covington vs. JaVale McGee (LeBron James gains possession) | 0 | 0 |
| 11:47 | | P.J. Tucker personal foul | 0 | 0 |
| 11:38 | | JaVale McGee misses 8-foot two point shot | 0 | 0 |
| 11:35 | | P.J. Tucker defensive rebound | 0 | 0 |
| 11:18 | | Russell Westbrook traveling | 0 | 0 |
| 11:05 | | Anthony Davis misses 20-foot jumper | 0 | 0 |
| 11:01 | | Russell Westbrook defensive rebound | 0 | 0 |
| 10:57 | | P.J. Tucker misses three point jumper | 0 | 0 |
| 10:54 | | Russell Westbrook offensive rebound | 0 | 0 |
| 10:53 | | Robert Covington misses driving floating jump shot | 0 | 0 |
| 10:51 | | P.J. Tucker offensive rebound | 0 | 0 |
| 10:50 | | P.J. Tucker makes tip shot | 2 | 0 |
| 10:41 | | Robert Covington personal foul | 2 | 0 |
| 10:33 | | LeBron James bad pass (James Harden steals) | 2 | 0 |
| 10:30 | | Russell Westbrook makes two point shot | 4 | 0 |
| 10:30 | | Danny Green shooting foul | 4 | 0 |
| 10:30 | | Russell Westbrook misses free throw 1 of 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 10:28 | | JaVale McGee defensive rebound | 4 | 0 |
| 10:11 | | LeBron James misses 23-foot step back jumpshot | 4 | 0 |
| 10:08 | | Russell Westbrook defensive rebound | 4 | 0 |
| 9:57 | | James Harden misses 28-foot three point jumper | 4 | 0 |
| 9:53 | | Anthony Davis defensive rebound | 4 | 0 |
| 9:46 | | Anthony Davis makes 1-foot two point shot (LeBron James assists) | 4 | 2 |
| 9:23 | | Russell Westbrook misses 27-foot three point jumper | 4 | 2 |
| 9:20 | | P.J. Tucker offensive rebound | 4 | 2 |
| 9:18 | | JaVale McGee blocks Russell Westbrook's layup | 4 | 2 |
| 9:15 | | Danny Green defensive rebound | 4 | 2 |
| 9:13 | | LeBron James traveling | 4 | 2 |
| 8:58 | | Russell Westbrook misses layup | 4 | 2 |
| 8:56 | | Anthony Davis defensive rebound | 4 | 2 |
| 8:54 | | Anthony Davis offensive charge | 4 | 2 |
| 8:54 | | Anthony Davis turnover | 4 | 2 |
| 8:33 | | Eric Gordon misses 27-foot three point jumper | 4 | 2 |
| 8:30 | | Lakers defensive team rebound | 4 | 2 |
| 8:13 | | Anthony Davis makes two point shot | 4 | 4 |
| 7:51 | | Russell Westbrook misses pullup jump shot | 4 | 4 |
| 7:47 | | JaVale McGee defensive rebound | 4 | 4 |
| 7:31 | | LeBron James makes 21-foot jumper | 4 | 6 |
| 7:24 | | JaVale McGee shooting foul | 4 | 6 |
| 7:24 | | James Harden makes free throw 1 of 2 | 5 | 6 |
| 7:24 | | James Harden makes free throw 2 of 2 | 6 | 6 |
| 7:01 | | Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses 24-foot three point jumper | 6 | 6 |
| 6:57 | | Anthony Davis offensive rebound | 6 | 6 |
| 6:57 | | Anthony Davis makes finger roll layup | 6 | 8 |
| 6:34 | | Lakers Full timeout | 6 | 8 |
| 6:34 | | Jeff Green enters the game for Robert Covington | 6 | 8 |
| 6:34 | | Danuel House Jr. enters the game for Russell Westbrook | 6 | 8 |
| 6:30 | | James Harden makes 29-foot three point jumper (P.J. Tucker assists) | 9 | 8 |
| 6:12 | | Anthony Davis makes 8-foot two point shot (LeBron James assists) | 9 | 10 |
| 5:49 | | Eric Gordon misses driving layup | 9 | 10 |
| 5:47 | | LeBron James defensive rebound | 9 | 10 |
| 5:44 | | Danny Green misses 26-foot three point jumper | 9 | 10 |
| 5:39 | | Anthony Davis offensive rebound | 9 | 10 |
| 5:38 | | Anthony Davis misses two point shot | 9 | 10 |
| 5:38 | | P.J. Tucker defensive rebound | 9 | 10 |
| 5:32 | | James Harden offensive charge | 9 | 10 |
| 5:32 | | James Harden turnover | 9 | 10 |
| 5:32 | | Rockets Full timeout | 9 | 10 |
| 5:32 | | (05:32) [Rockets] COACH'S CHALLENGE (REPLAY SUPPORTS CALL) [Rockets] charged with a timeout | 9 | 10 |
| 5:32 | | Kyle Kuzma enters the game for JaVale McGee | 9 | 10 |
| 5:32 | | Rajon Rondo enters the game for LeBron James | 9 | 10 |
| 5:32 | | Austin Rivers enters the game for Eric Gordon | 9 | 10 |
| 5:14 | | Anthony Davis makes 8-foot two point shot | 9 | 12 |
| 5:14 | | P.J. Tucker shooting foul | 9 | 12 |
| 5:14 | | Robert Covington enters the game for P.J. Tucker | 9 | 12 |
| 5:14 | | Anthony Davis makes free throw 1 of 1 | 9 | 13 |
| 4:52 | | James Harden misses driving floating jump shot | 9 | 13 |
| 4:51 | | Anthony Davis defensive rebound | 9 | 13 |
| 4:48 | | Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes two point shot (Anthony Davis assists) | 9 | 15 |
| 4:35 | | Rajon Rondo shooting foul | 9 | 15 |
| 4:35 | | James Harden makes free throw 1 of 2 | 10 | 15 |
| 4:35 | | Alex Caruso enters the game for Danny Green | 10 | 15 |
| 4:35 | | James Harden makes free throw 2 of 2 | 11 | 15 |
| 4:25 | | Kyle Kuzma makes hook shot (Rajon Rondo assists) | 11 | 17 |
| 3:58 | | Robert Covington misses 27-foot three point shot | 11 | 17 |
| 3:55 | | Kentavious Caldwell-Pope defensive rebound | 11 | 17 |
| 3:51 | | Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses 18-foot pullup jump shot | 11 | 17 |
| 3:48 | | Robert Covington defensive rebound | 11 | 17 |
| 3:41 | | Austin Rivers misses 25-foot three point jumper | 11 | 17 |
| 3:37 | | Rajon Rondo defensive rebound | 11 | 17 |
| 3:35 | | Lakers Full timeout | 11 | 17 |
| 3:35 | | LeBron James enters the game for Kentavious Caldwell-Pope | 11 | 17 |
| 3:35 | | Markieff Morris enters the game for Anthony Davis | 11 | 17 |
| 3:17 | | Markieff Morris makes 27-foot three point jumper (Rajon Rondo assists) | 11 | 20 |
| 2:49 | | Danuel House Jr. makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jeff Green assists) | 14 | 20 |
| 2:33 | | Alex Caruso misses 14-foot jumper | 14 | 20 |
| 2:32 | | Kyle Kuzma offensive rebound | 14 | 20 |
| 2:31 | | Kyle Kuzma misses tip shot | 14 | 20 |
| 2:30 | | Kyle Kuzma offensive rebound | 14 | 20 |
| 2:28 | | Kyle Kuzma makes two point shot | 14 | 22 |
| 2:03 | | Robert Covington bad pass (Rajon Rondo steals) | 14 | 22 |
| 1:59 | | LeBron James makes two point shot (Rajon Rondo assists) | 14 | 24 |
| 1:41 | | Danuel House Jr. makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jeff Green assists) | 17 | 24 |
| 1:32 | | Alex Caruso offensive foul | 17 | 24 |
| 1:32 | | Alex Caruso turnover | 17 | 24 |
| 1:32 | | Russell Westbrook enters the game for James Harden | 17 | 24 |
| 1:32 | | Eric Gordon enters the game for Robert Covington | 17 | 24 |
| 1:16 | | Russell Westbrook misses two point shot | 17 | 24 |
| 1:14 | | Markieff Morris defensive rebound | 17 | 24 |
| 1:11 | | Markieff Morris makes three point jumper (Rajon Rondo assists) | 17 | 27 |
| 58.8 | | Russell Westbrook bad pass (Rajon Rondo steals) | 17 | 27 |
| 52.8 | | Markieff Morris makes 27-foot three point jumper (Rajon Rondo assists) | 17 | 30 |
| 41.1 | | Austin Rivers bad pass (Rajon Rondo steals) | 17 | 30 |
| 40.3 | | Russell Westbrook personal take foul | 17 | 30 |
| 31.3 | | Markieff Morris makes 24-foot three point jumper (Rajon Rondo assists) | 17 | 33 |
| 13.3 | | Danuel House Jr. makes 23-foot three point jumper (Russell Westbrook assists) | 20 | 33 |
| 0.9 | | Rajon Rondo makes 24-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists) | 20 | 36 |
| 0.0 | End of the 1st Quarter | 20 | 36 | |
HOU @ LAL Videos
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Series tied 1-1
Game Information
ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex
1:30 AM, 7 September 2020
Lake Buena Vista, FL
- Referees:
- Josh Tiven
- Curtis Blair
- Scott Foster
2025-26 Southwest Standings
| Team | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston | 15 | 6 | .714 | - | L1 |
| San Antonio | 16 | 7 | .696 | - | W1 |
| Memphis | 11 | 13 | .458 | 5.5 | W2 |
| Dallas | 9 | 16 | .360 | 8 | W1 |
| New Orleans | 3 | 22 | .120 | 14 | L7 |
2025-26 Pacific Standings
| Team | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LA Lakers | 17 | 6 | .739 | - | W1 |
| Phoenix | 14 | 10 | .583 | 3.5 | W1 |
| Golden State | 13 | 12 | .520 | 5 | W2 |
| Sacramento | 6 | 18 | .250 | 11.5 | L1 |
| LA Clippers | 6 | 18 | .250 | 11.5 | L2 |
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