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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Lakers | 27 | 32 | 32 | 33 | 124 |
 Rockets | 34 | 31 | 17 | 33 | 115 |
LALTeam statsHOU| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAL | 45-9348.4% | 11-3333.3% | 23-3271.9% | 49 | 25 | 17 |
| HOU | 40-9044.4% | 12-3732.4% | 23-2979.3% | 46 | 20 | 20 |
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 Lakers124| 37 | 23 | 8-16 | 3-8 | 4-6 | 0 | 0 | +4 | +0.5 | ||||||
| 35 | 31 | 13-25 | 2-7 | 3-5 | 0 | 0 | +2 | +5.0 | ||||||
| 33 | 20 | 7-15 | 4-9 | 2-4 | +6 | +4.6 | ||||||||
| 18 | 9 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 0 | +11 | +6.9 | |||||||
| 18 | 4 | 2-6 | 0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −5 | −6.2 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 34 | 20, Season high (his best before, 19) | 7-14 | 1-4 | 5-5 | +18 | +4.4 | ||||||||
| 25 | 6 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 2-4 | +1 | +4.3 | ||||||||
| 18 | 4 | 0-5 | 0-1 | 4-4 | 0 | +15 | −3.8 | |||||||
| 13 | 3 | 1-3 | 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | −2.7 | ||
| 5 | 4 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | +1.9 | |||
| 4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | −1.0 | |||
| Team | 124 | 45-9348.4% | 11-3333.3% | 49 | 25 | 17 | 27 | 23-3271.9% | 15 | 13 | 9 | |||
Bench 37 points on 12 for 27 shooting
Did not play: Anthony Davis.
Houston Rockets115| 40 | 35 | 15-23 | 0-0 | 5-9 | 0 | −5 | +8.9 | |||||||
| 39 | 34 | 8-20 | 2-9 | 16-18 | 0 | 0 | −12 | +2.3 | ||||||
| 35 | 6 | 2-8 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −7 | −6.9 | ||||||
| 33 | 8 | 4-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | −9 | +1.3 | ||||||||
| 24 | 9 | 3-7 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0 | +1 | −4.6 | |||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 30 | 13 | 5-14 | 3-9 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −11 | −5.2 | |||||
| 23 | 10 | 3-9 | 2-8 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | +2 | −1.0 | ||||
| 10 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −7 | −3.1 | |||||
| 7 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | −0.1 | |||
| 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −0.1 | |
| Team | 115 | 40-9044.4% | 12-3732.4% | 46 | 20 | 20 | 26 | 23-2979.3% | 11 | 8 | 4 | |||
Bench 23 points on 8 for 23 shooting
Did not play: Chris Clemons and Isaiah Hartenstein (coach’s decision).
Lakers124Rockets115ClickTap 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 31 points (20 in the paint) and 12 assists, and the Los Angeles Lakers went on a 16-6 run in the third quarter to beat the Houston Rockets 124-115.
It was tied at 69 when JaVale McGee’s dunk put the Lakers ahead for good with 7:12 left in the third quarter. Kyle Kuzma scored 7 points as they pulled away to an 85-75 lead with 3:50 left in the quarter, and they led by as many as 16 in the fourth quarter.
Kuzma had 23 points and 8 rebounds. Danny Green added 20 points (12 on 4 3-pointers) and 4 steals, and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope scored a season-high 20 points off the bench. The Lakers had 4 20-point scorers.
For the Rockets, Russell Westbrook had 35 points, 9 rebounds, 7 assists and 3 steals on 15 for 23 shooting, and James Harden added 34 points and 7 assists. The Rockets had 2 30-point scorers.
The Lakers shot 48.4% from the field and 33.3% from 3 to the Rockets’ 44.4% and 32.4%. The Rockets turned it over 20 times, about 4 more than usual for this many possessions. The Lakers outscored the Rockets 25-14 in 7 minutes with James, McGee, Green, Caldwell-Pope and Kuzma on the floor together. Ben McLemore 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 18% (2nd quarter, 1:42 left). Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
101 points from the field on 93 shots: about what the league scores from the same zones.
Point at a shooter to see his shots light up; click for his shots alone.
| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 26-35 | 74.3% | 64% |
| In the paint | 1-7 | 14.3% | 40% |
| Mid-range | 7-18 | 38.9% | 40% |
| Corner 3 | 6-10 | 60.0% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 5-23 | 21.7% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P.J. Tucker | 40 | 14 | 5-9 | −1 |
| James Harden | 16 | 6 | 3-8 | 0 |
| Clint Capela | 7 | 4 | 2-3 | +2 |
| Eric Gordon | 6 | 0 | 0-2 | −2 |
| Everyone else | 13 | 7 | 3-4 | +2 |
The tracking credits him with 31 points on 81 possessions. He usually scores about 30 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Harden | 26 | 12 | 5-6 | +5 |
| P.J. Tucker | 14 | 2 | 0-1 | −2 |
| Russell Westbrook | 12 | 2 | 1-1 | −1 |
| Danuel House Jr. | 9 | 3 | 1-2 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 25 | 4 | 2-7 | −3 |
The tracking credits him with 23 points on 85 possessions. He usually scores about 23 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russell Westbrook | 20 | 4 | 2-3 | +1 |
| Ben McLemore | 15 | 5 | 1-2 | +3 |
| James Harden | 12 | 6 | 2-8 | +4 |
| P.J. Tucker | 9 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 19 | 7 | 3-4 | +4 |
The tracking credits him with 22 points on 75 possessions. He usually scores about 12 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
50/50
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Highest Leverage Moments
Green 27' 3PT Jump Shot (10 PTS) (McGee 1 AST)
Q2 0:19
10.9%
77→66
James 28' 3PT Jump Shot (14 PTS)
Q2 2:40
9.5%
77→68
James 1' Running Layup (18 PTS)
Q3 8:08
9.4%
62→53
Tucker 24' 3PT Jump Shot (6 PTS) (Westbrook 3 AST)
Q2 1:42
9.1%
73→82
Kuzma 24' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (James 4 AST)
Q1 3:21
9.0%
73→64
