Lakers 132-123 Rockets (29 Dec, 2021) Play-by-Play

Los Angeles Lakers

17-18, 7-8 away

132

	1	2	3	4	T
LAL	34	33	30	35	132
HOU	35	24	33	31	123

TIME	LAL	HOU
12:00	LeBron James vs. Christian Wood (Russell Westbrook gains possession)	0	0
11:40	Malik Monk misses two point shot	0	0
11:38	Christian Wood defensive rebound	0	0
11:28	Christian Wood makes 24-foot three point jumper (Kevin Porter Jr. assists)	0	3
11:19	Russell Westbrook makes driving layup	2	3
10:53	Christian Wood misses 27-foot three point jumper	2	3
10:50	Russell Westbrook defensive rebound	2	3
10:40	LeBron James makes 26-foot three point jumper (Russell Westbrook assists)	5	3
10:22	Jalen Green misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot	5	3
10:20	LeBron James defensive rebound	5	3
10:15	Russell Westbrook misses two point shot	5	3
10:14	Christian Wood defensive rebound	5	3
10:08	Christian Wood bad pass (Avery Bradley steals)	5	3
10:02	LeBron James misses 30-foot three point jumper	5	3
10:01	Rockets defensive team rebound	5	3
9:43	Kevin Porter Jr. misses two point shot	5	3
9:42	Russell Westbrook defensive rebound	5	3
9:34	Avery Bradley misses two point shot	5	3
9:32	Eric Gordon defensive rebound	5	3
9:28	Kevin Porter Jr. out of bounds bad pass turnover	5	3
9:13	Christian Wood shooting foul	5	3
9:13	Malik Monk makes free throw 1 of 2	6	3
9:13	Malik Monk makes free throw 2 of 2	7	3
8:49	Christian Wood makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jalen Green assists)	7	6
8:38	Stanley Johnson misses 24-foot three point jumper	7	6
8:37	Lakers offensive team rebound	7	6
8:32	LeBron James makes 16-foot jumper	9	6
8:22	Kevin Porter Jr. makes 28-foot three pointer	9	9
8:14	Kevin Porter Jr. personal foul	9	9
8:12	Malik Monk makes 26-foot three point jumper (Russell Westbrook assists)	12	9
7:45	Kevin Porter Jr. makes 27-foot three pointer (Christian Wood assists)	12	12
7:33	Malik Monk misses 24-foot three point jumper	12	12
7:31	Christian Wood defensive rebound	12	12
7:23	Christian Wood makes two point shot (Kevin Porter Jr. assists)	12	14
7:17	Lakers Full timeout	12	14
6:58	LeBron James misses 20-foot two point shot	12	14
6:56	Russell Westbrook offensive rebound	12	14
6:55	Russell Westbrook bad pass (Christian Wood steals)	12	14
6:50	Jalen Green makes 3-foot dunk (Kevin Porter Jr. assists)	12	16
6:36	Talen Horton-Tucker enters the game for Russell Westbrook	12	16
6:26	Malik Monk makes 5-foot two point shot	14	16
6:01	Christian Wood bad pass (Malik Monk steals)	14	16
5:55	Avery Bradley misses 23-foot three point jumper	14	16
5:53	LeBron James offensive rebound	14	16
5:50	David Nwaba blocks Malik Monk 's 4-foot layup	14	16
5:47	Avery Bradley offensive rebound	14	16
5:45	Stanley Johnson misses 24-foot three point jumper	14	16
5:43	David Nwaba defensive rebound	14	16
5:36	Eric Gordon makes two point shot	14	18
5:24	LeBron James makes 25-foot three pointer	17	18
5:06	Avery Bradley shooting foul	17	18
5:06	Christian Wood misses free throw 1 of 2	17	18
5:06	Rockets offensive team rebound	17	18
5:06	Armoni Brooks enters the game for Jalen Green	17	18
5:06	Josh Christopher enters the game for Eric Gordon	17	18
5:06	Darren Collison enters the game for Stanley Johnson	17	18
5:06	Carmelo Anthony enters the game for Avery Bradley	17	18
5:06	Christian Wood misses free throw 2 of 2	17	18
5:06	Talen Horton-Tucker defensive rebound	17	18
4:52	Talen Horton-Tucker lost ball turnover (Josh Christopher steals)	17	18
4:46	Armoni Brooks misses 26-foot three point jumper	17	18
4:42	Carmelo Anthony defensive rebound	17	18
4:39	LeBron James makes driving layup	19	18
4:39	David Nwaba shooting foul	19	18
4:39	LeBron James makes free throw 1 of 1	20	18
4:26	Kevin Porter Jr. bad pass (LeBron James steals)	20	18
4:20	Carmelo Anthony makes 26-foot three point shot (Malik Monk assists)	23	18
4:19	Rockets Full timeout	23	18
4:07	Talen Horton-Tucker shooting foul	23	18
4:07	David Nwaba makes free throw 1 of 2	23	19
4:07	David Nwaba makes free throw 2 of 2	23	20
3:51	Carmelo Anthony makes 26-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)	26	20
3:37	Kevin Porter Jr. misses 26-foot three point jumper	26	20
3:36	Carmelo Anthony defensive rebound	26	20
3:23	LeBron James makes two point shot	28	20
3:10	Kevin Porter Jr. makes 8-foot two point shot	28	22
3:00	LeBron James lost ball turnover (Josh Christopher steals)	28	22
2:48	Armoni Brooks makes 25-foot three point jumper (Christian Wood assists)	28	25
2:21	Malik Monk misses 26-foot step back jumpshot	28	25
2:18	Kevin Porter Jr. defensive rebound	28	25
2:13	Josh Christopher makes 5-foot driving floating jump shot (Kevin Porter Jr. assists)	28	27
2:06	Lakers Full timeout	28	27
2:06	Jalen Green enters the game for David Nwaba	28	27
2:06	Eric Gordon enters the game for Kevin Porter Jr.	28	27
2:06	Russell Westbrook enters the game for LeBron James	28	27
2:06	Stanley Johnson enters the game for Malik Monk	28	27
1:51	Carmelo Anthony makes 20-foot pullup jump shot (Russell Westbrook assists)	30	27
1:33	Carmelo Anthony personal foul	30	27
1:33	Alperen Sengun enters the game for Christian Wood	30	27
1:21	Armoni Brooks misses 26-foot three point jumper	30	27
1:19	Stanley Johnson defensive rebound	30	27
1:16	Russell Westbrook makes two point shot	32	27
1:16	Josh Christopher defensive goaltending violation	32	27
1:05	Armoni Brooks makes layup (Eric Gordon assists)	32	29
1:05	Darren Collison shooting foul	32	29
1:05	Armoni Brooks makes free throw 1 of 1	32	30
56.9	Russell Westbrook lost ball turnover (Josh Christopher steals)	32	30
53.9	Josh Christopher makes dunk	32	32
41.4	Russell Westbrook makes 16-foot two point shot	34	32
33.0	Armoni Brooks makes 27-foot three pointer	34	35
23.8	Talen Horton-Tucker misses 24-foot three point jumper	34	35
22.2	Armoni Brooks defensive rebound	34	35
3.4	Josh Christopher misses 26-foot three point jumper	34	35
2.4	Darren Collison defensive rebound	34	35
1.9	Josh Christopher personal foul	34	35
0.0	Talen Horton-Tucker misses 31-foot three point jumper	34	35
0.0	Lakers offensive team rebound	34	35
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	34	35

LeBron jokingly recruits Metta Sandiford-Artest to the Lakers

0:55

Regular Season Series

LAL lead 3-0

Rockets
85
Lakers
95

Game 1

1/11

Rockets
117
Lakers
119

Game 2

3/11

Lakers
132
Rockets
123

Game 3

29/12

Lakers
130
Rockets
139

Game 4

10/3

Toyota Center (Houston)

1:00 AM, 29 December 2021

Houston, TX

Attendance: 18,104

Referees:
Eric Lewis
Brandon Adair
Brent Haskill

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Golden State	11	3	.786	-	W1
LA Lakers	10	5	.667	1.5	L1
Phoenix	9	7	.563	3	L5
LA Clippers	9	7	.563	3	W3
Sacramento	8	7	.533	3.5	L1

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Houston	11	5	.688	-	W1
Memphis	9	7	.563	2	W1
Dallas	8	7	.533	2.5	W3
San Antonio	8	8	.500	3	W2
New Orleans	4	12	.250	7	L3

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