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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | 2OT | Final/2OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Lakers | 37 | 35 | 29 | 21 | 11 | 9 | 142 |
 Rockets | 44 | 21 | 25 | 32 | 11 | 15 | 148 |
LALTeam statsHOU| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAL | 53-10550.5% | 10-2540.0% | 26-3770.3% | 54 | 31 | 14 |
| HOU | 49-10646.2% | 18-5234.6% | 32-3982.1% | 43 | 29 | 11 |
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Houston Rockets148| 45 | 26, Season high (his best before, 25) | 9-15 | 6-10 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | +3 | +9.1 | ||||||
| 42 | 28 | 8-20 | 3-10 | 9-9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | +4.1 | |||||
| 41 | 40 | 10-20 | 3-8 | 17-21 | 0 | +4 | +18.1 | |||||||
| 32 | 7 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0 | −9 | −3.2 | |||||||
| 21 | 7 | 2-6 | 2-6 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | −18 | −1.8 | ||||||
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| 43 | 14 | 5-15 | 2-11 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | +14 | −11.2 | ||||||
| 22 | 2 | 1-4 | 0-3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | +6 | −2.8 | ||||||
| 22 | 10 | 4-7 | 2-4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +6 | −0.3 | |||||
| 16 | 8 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | +13 | +3.1 | |||||
| 6 | 6 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +7 | +2.8 | ||||
| Team | 148 | 49-10646.2% | 18-5234.6% | 43 | 29 | 11 | 33 | 32-3982.1% | 15 | 7 | 9 | |||
Bench 40 points on 17 for 37 shooting
Did not play: Bobby Brown, Briante Weber and Zhou Qi (coach’s decision).
Los Angeles Lakers142| 45 | 20 | 8-18 | 0-3 | 4-5 | 0 | −3 | 0.0 | |||||||
| 44 | 12 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 6-6 | 0 | −6 | −3.2 | |||||||
| 43 | 23 | 7-20 | 5-10 | 4-4 | 0 | −7 | −0.7 | |||||||
| 37 | 26, Career high (his best before, 12) | 9-13 | 4-7, Career high (his best before, 3) | 0 | 4-8 | 0 | +6 | +6.7 | ||||||
| 33 | 29, Season high (his best before, 24) | 13-19 | 0-0 | 3-6 | 0 | +8 | +9.1 | |||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 31 | 9 | 4-8 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | −10 | −1.2 | |||||||
| 21 | 6 | 2-7 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | −11 | −2.9 | ||||
| 18 | 7 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 0 | 3-5 | 0 | 0 | −10 | −0.5 | |||||
| 9 | 4 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | +2 | −2.2 | ||||
| 8 | 6 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | +4.6 | ||||
| Team | 142 | 53-10550.5% | 10-2540.0% | 54 | 31 | 14 | 32 | 26-3770.3% | 15 | 6 | 4 | |||
Bench 32 points on 13 for 29 shooting
Did not play: Vander Blue and Ivica Zubac (coach’s decision); Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (personal).
Rockets148Lakers142ClickTap a team’s number to see the plays behind it.
PS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes. The game’s highs are in blue, hot shooting in gold, cold in gray. ClickTap a column’s heading to sort by it.
James Harden had 40 points and 11 assists, and the Houston Rockets rallied from 17 points down in the third quarter to beat the Los Angeles Lakers 148-142 in double overtime to end a 5-game losing streak.
The Rockets trailed 88-71 with 6:34 left in the third quarter. They outscored the Lakers 77-54 the rest of the way.
The Lakers had the ball down 2 with 5.4 seconds left, but P.J. Tucker blocked Kyle Kuzma’s 3-pointer. It would have put the Lakers ahead.
During clutch time, the Rockets outscored the Lakers 34-33. Chris Paul scored 15 of the Rockets’ 34 on 4 for 9 shooting and 6 for 6 at the line. In the fourth quarter and overtime, Paul had 4 of his 10 assists, 2 of them on baskets by Gerald Green and Tarik Black that tied the game and 1 on a basket by Trevor Ariza that put the Rockets ahead.
Paul had 28 points and 10 assists, and Ariza added a season-high 26 points on 9 for 15 shooting. The Rockets had 3 20-point scorers.
For the Lakers, Julius Randle had a season-high 29 points (26 in the paint), 15 rebounds and 6 assists on 13 for 19 shooting, and Josh Hart added a career-high 26 points (12 in the third quarter) on 9 for 13 shooting. Kuzma scored 23 points with 5 3-pointers. Tyler Ennis had 20 points and 11 assists. The Lakers had 4 20-point scorers.
The Rockets went 32 for 39 at the line to the Lakers’ 26 for 37. The Lakers forced 12 turnovers, about 6 fewer than usual for this many possessions. They outscored the Rockets 82-58 in the paint. The Rockets scored the last 8 points of the game. Clint Capela fouled out for the Rockets, and Randle, Hart and Ennis for the Lakers.
Houston RocketsLos Angeles LakersPS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes.
The five plays that moved the chance to win most, in order.
Each play from the side of the team that made it: its chance to win before and after, and the change in percentage points. On the court, each shot is the shooter’s face (gray when he missed), bigger the more it moved the chance. The Rockets’ chance bottomed out at 7.3% (3rd quarter, 6:34 left). Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
116 points from the field on 106 shots: 2.0 fewer than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 22-38 | 57.9% | 63% |
| In the paint | 7-10 | 70.0% | 40% |
| Mid-range | 2-6 | 33.3% | 40% |
| Corner 3 | 6-15 | 40.0% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 12-37 | 32.4% | 36% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josh Hart | 32 | 5 | 2-5 | −6 |
| Corey Brewer | 16 | 5 | 2-4 | 0 |
| Julius Randle | 12 | 11 | 5-9 | +7 |
| Kyle Kuzma | 5 | 0 | 0-0 | −2 |
| Everyone else | 16 | 6 | 3-4 | +1 |
The tracking credits him with 27 points on 81 possessions. He usually scores about 27 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyler Ennis | 35 | 5 | 2-4 | −3 |
| Alex Caruso | 11 | 2 | 1-1 | 0 |
| Julius Randle | 7 | 3 | 1-3 | +1 |
| Kyle Kuzma | 7 | 2 | 1-4 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 24 | 7 | 3-8 | +2 |
The tracking credits him with 19 points on 83 possessions. He usually scores about 19 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brandon Ingram | 57 | 10 | 4-8 | +1 |
| Corey Brewer | 7 | 3 | 1-3 | +2 |
| Tyler Ennis | 7 | 3 | 1-2 | +2 |
| Kyle Kuzma | 6 | 3 | 1-1 | +2 |
| Everyone else | 13 | 2 | 1-1 | 0 |
The tracking credits him with 21 points on 90 possessions. He usually scores about 14 on that many.
What the players each one guarded scored, against what they usually score on as many possessions.
Possessions, and parts of possessions when defenders switched, from the NBA’s matchup tracking. The line under a defender’s name: his share of the scorer’s possessions. Usual: what the scorer averaged a possession against every defender in the regular season, eased toward the league’s rate when he has few possessions.
HOU win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
LAL
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Highest Leverage Moments
Tucker 2' Putback Layup (2 PTS)
2OT 0:06
50.1%
47→97
Paul 5' Pullup Jump Shot (20 PTS)
OT 0:04
48.0%
49→97
Green 24' 3PT Jump Shot (8 PTS) (Paul 7 AST)
Q4 0:18
38.3%
14→53
Ingram Free Throw 2 of 2 (12 PTS)
OT 0:01
37.8%
85→47
Kuzma 3PT Jump Shot (23 PTS) (Randle 6 AST)
Q4 1:05
35.9%
56→21
