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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Rockets | 32 | 26 | 32 | 16 | 106 |
 Lakers | 22 | 30 | 31 | 28 | 111 |
HOUTeam statsLAL| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOU | 40-8845.5% | 12-4129.3% | 14-1593.3% | 39 | 18 | 14 |
| LAL | 38-8644.2% | 8-3026.7% | 27-3381.8% | 49 | 22 | 17 |
Point at or clickTap a player to see his shots, then his whole game from there. ClickTap a number under REB, AST, STL, BLK, TO or PF to see those plays.
Los Angeles Lakers111| 41 | 27 | 8-17 | 0-3 | 11-14 | 0 | 0 | +8 | −0.3 | ||||||
| 40 | 29 | 11-23 | 0-4 | 7-10 | +6 | +4.4 | ||||||||
| 38 | 18 | 6-13 | 2-5 | 4-4 | +10 | +0.7 | ||||||||
| 30 | 14 | 4-8 | 4-8 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | +8 | +2.6 | ||||||
| 20 | 11 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 0 | 3-3 | 0 | −5 | +2.9 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 21 | 6 | 2-8 | 2-7 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | −5.7 | |||||
| 19 | 2 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −9 | −5.2 | |||||
| 19 | 4 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +22 | −1.9 | |||||
| 6 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −6 | −3.4 | ||
| 6 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −11 | −2.2 | |||
| Team | 111 | 38-8644.2% | 8-3026.7% | 49 | 22 | 17 | 17 | 27-3381.8% | 12 | 4 | 4 | |||
Bench 12 points on 5 for 17 shooting
Did not play: Johnathan Williams, Alex Caruso and Moritz Wagner (coach’s decision).
Houston Rockets106| 39 | 14 | 4-12 | 4-10 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | −6 | −4.2 | ||||||
| 37 | 30 | 11-24 | 2-10 | 6-7 | 0 | −8 | −3.5 | |||||||
| 35 | 23 | 9-15 | 3-5 | 2-2 | +6 | +10.3 | ||||||||
| 34 | 3 | 1-4 | 1-4 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −9 | −7.3 | |||||
| 33 | 12 | 6-9 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −7 | −2.1 | |||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 22 | 5 | 2-7 | 1-3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | −5.5 | |||||
| 19 | 4 | 2-11 | 0-8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −6 | −7.9 | ||||
| 18 | 13 | 5-6 | 1-1 | 0 | 2-2 | −2 | +7.6 | |||||||
| 5 | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +9 | +0.2 | |
| Team | 106 | 40-8845.5% | 12-4129.3% | 39 | 18 | 14 | 28 | 14-1593.3% | 4 | 8 | 5 | |||
Bench 24 points on 9 for 24 shooting
Did not play: Gary Clark and Vincent Edwards (coach’s decision).
Lakers111Rockets106ClickTap 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.
LeBron James had 29 points (18 in the paint) and 12 rebounds, and the Los Angeles Lakers rallied from 19 points down in the third quarter to beat the Houston Rockets 111-106.
The Lakers trailed 79-60 with 6:57 left in the third quarter. They outscored the Rockets 51-27 the rest of the way.
During clutch time, the Lakers outscored the Rockets 14-2. Reggie Bullock Jr. scored 5 of the Lakers’ 14 on 1 for 1 shooting and 2 for 2 at the line.
Brandon Ingram had 27 points and a season-high 13 rebounds.
For the Rockets, James Harden had 30 points (18 in the paint) and 6 assists, and Gerald Green went 0 for 8 from 3. Chris Paul had 23 points, 10 rebounds and 9 assists.
The Rockets got 4 offensive rebounds, about 6 fewer than usual for the shots they missed. The Rockets were outscored 17-4 in 4 minutes with Green, Tucker, Gordon, Harden and Capela on the floor together. Harden and Paul fouled out.
Los Angeles LakersHouston RocketsPS, 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 Lakers’ chance bottomed out at 5.5% (3rd quarter, 4:27 left). Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
84 points from the field on 86 shots: 9.9 fewer than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 23-36 | 63.9% | 63% |
| In the paint | 3-9 | 33.3% | 40% |
| Mid-range | 4-11 | 36.4% | 40% |
| Corner 3 | 3-11 | 27.3% | 38% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 5-19 | 26.3% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P.J. Tucker | 30 | 10 | 4-7 | −1 |
| Eric Gordon | 23 | 4 | 1-1 | −5 |
| Clint Capela | 11 | 8 | 4-9 | +4 |
| James Harden | 9 | 0 | 0-4 | −4 |
| Everyone else | 11 | 10 | 4-6 | +6 |
The tracking credits him with 32 points on 84 possessions. He usually scores about 32 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Harden | 20 | 2 | 1-3 | −3 |
| Kenneth Faried | 15 | 5 | 1-3 | +1 |
| Chris Paul | 12 | 5 | 1-4 | +2 |
| Clint Capela | 11 | 6 | 3-4 | +3 |
| Everyone else | 28 | 8 | 3-4 | +1 |
The tracking credits him with 26 points on 85 possessions. He usually scores about 21 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P.J. Tucker | 20 | 2 | 1-1 | −4 |
| Eric Gordon | 19 | 3 | 1-2 | −3 |
| James Harden | 10 | 2 | 1-1 | −1 |
| Clint Capela | 8 | 0 | 0-2 | −2 |
| Everyone else | 24 | 11 | 4-8 | +4 |
The tracking credits him with 18 points on 81 possessions. He usually scores about 24 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.
LAL win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
HOU
50/50
LAL
Highest Leverage Moments
James 2' Driving Floating Bank Jump Shot (29 PTS)
Q4 2:22
16.5%
68→85
Ingram 2' Driving Layup (23 PTS)
Q4 4:36
13.2%
34→47
Gordon 27' 3PT Jump Shot (14 PTS) (Paul 9 AST)
Q4 7:49
13.2%
34→21
Bullock 24' 3PT Jump Shot (12 PTS) (James 6 AST)
Q4 1:31
12.9%
82→95
Harden 2' Running Layup (28 PTS)
Q4 5:37
10.9%
37→26
