Los Angeles Lakers vs Houston Rockets 124-116 — Mar 18, 2026 Box Score & Stats | stat.space

Los Angeles

Lakers

124

–

116

FINAL

Houston

Rockets

Date

Wednesday, March 18, 2026

Arena

Attendance

N/A

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
LAL	35	27	22	35	124
HOU	26	26	37	24	116

Game MVPs

Box score star vs. the player whose impact transcended the stat sheet

Key Contributor

Marcus Smart

LAL

PTS

REB

AST

+/−

Key Contributions

Deflections2

Contested Shots2

Loose Balls2

Opp FG% When Defending16.7%

Pts Allowed / Poss0.04

Impact Composite87.2

Hustle: 10.0Defense: 75.8Impact: 1.4

held opponents to 16.7% FGonly 2 pts allowed on 52.3 possessions

Box Score MVP

Luka Dončić

LAL

PTS

REB

AST

+/−

Game Performance

FG12-25 (48.0%)

3PT7-17

FT9-14

TS%64.2%

eFG%62.0%

STL1

TOV5

ORTG128

DRTG123

NET+4

40 pointsDouble-Double7-17 from 36 contested shotsheld opponents to 40.0% FGonly 25 pts allowed on 65.0 possessions

Box Score

LAL	MIN	PTS	REB	OREB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FG%	3PT	3P%	FT	FT%	+/-
Austin Reaves	38:32	14	3	0	8	0	1	1	3	4-9	44%	1-3	33%	5-6	83%	+6
Luka Dončić	37:41	40	9	0	10	1	0	5	3	12-25	48%	7-17	41%	9-14	64%	+2
LeBron James	34:06	30	5	1	2	1	1	2	3	13-14	93%	2-2	100%	2-3	67%	0
Marcus Smart	33:48	5	3	0	4	2	0	1	2	2-7	29%	1-5	20%	0-0	0%	+7
Deandre Ayton	33:43	16	4	1	2	0	3	1	3	8-10	80%	0-0	0%	0-0	0%	+1
BENCH
Rui Hachimura	20:35	8	3	1	0	0	1	0	1	3-4	75%	2-2	100%	0-0	0%	+8
Luke Kennard	17:43	5	1	1	1	1	0	3	2	2-3	67%	1-2	50%	0-0	0%	+7
Jaxson Hayes	13:38	1	3	0	1	0	1	0	1	0-0	0%	0-0	0%	1-4	25%	+6
Jake LaRavia	10:16	5	3	1	2	1	1	0	2	2-4	50%	1-1	100%	0-0	0%	+3
TOTAL	—	124	34	5	30	6	8	13	20	46-76	61%	15-32	47%	17-27	63%	—

Jarred Vanderbilt —

Kobe Bufkin —

Dalton Knecht —

Adou Thiero —

Bronny James —

HOU	MIN	PTS	REB	OREB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FG%	3PT	3P%	FT	FT%	+/-
Amen Thompson	42:03	26	11	4	4	2	0	0	4	11-19	58%	0-1	0%	4-4	100%	-8
Jabari Smith Jr.	38:24	18	5	2	4	0	0	0	4	7-15	47%	3-8	38%	1-2	50%	-2
Kevin Durant	37:41	18	6	0	4	2	0	4	3	7-11	64%	2-5	40%	2-3	67%	-2
Alperen Sengun	37:08	27	4	2	10	1	0	2	2	10-15	67%	1-2	50%	6-6	100%	+7
Tari Eason	31:35	10	6	2	1	1	1	2	2	4-13	31%	0-3	0%	2-2	100%	0
BENCH
Reed Sheppard	27:23	11	2	0	3	2	0	3	3	4-12	33%	3-8	38%	0-0	0%	-8
Josh Okogie	13:33	3	2	1	0	2	0	0	3	1-3	33%	1-2	50%	0-0	0%	-8
Dorian Finney-Smith	9:30	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1-3	33%	1-3	33%	0-0	0%	-13
Clint Capela	2:44	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0%	0-0	0%	0-0	0%	-6
TOTAL	—	116	38	12	26	10	1	11	21	45-91	49%	11-32	34%	15-17	88%	—

Isaiah Crawford —

Jeff Green —

Aaron Holiday —

Shot Chart & Zone Quality

Every shot plotted with zone efficiency vs league average

Team

View

Player

LAL46/76 (61%)

Paint

31/39 (79%)

Mid

7/16 (44%)

3PT

15/32 (47%)

RA 88%ATB3 46%Paint 56%Corner 3 50%Mid 0%

HOU45/91 (49%)

Paint

28/47 (60%)

Mid

12/23 (52%)

3PT

12/33 (36%)

RA 61%ATB3 33%Paint 56%Mid 44%Corner 3 44%

Made

Missed

Hot (+5% vs avg)

Cold (-5% vs avg)

Matchup Breakdown

Matchup Matrix

Defense:

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Primary Matchup

Alperen Sengun

defended Deandre Ayton

7.0 min • 10 pts • 100%

Best Defender

Tari Eason

held LeBron James

2.5 min • 0 pts • 0%

Got Cooked

Amen Thompson

vs Austin Reaves

2.2 min • 10 pts • 80%

HOU Defense	Austin Reaves	Deandre Ayton	Jake LaRavia	Jaxson Hayes	LeBron James	Luka Dončić	Luke Kennard	Marcus Smart	Rui Hachimura
Amen Thompson	2.2m 10pts 80%	1.7m 0pts 0%	—	—	5.3m 8pts 100%	2.9m 6pts 43%	—	2.0m 2pts 0%	1.2m 0pts 0%
Kevin Durant	1.8m 0pts 0%	2.1m 7pts 75%	—	—	1.4m 0pts 0%	1.4m 7pts 100%	—	5.8m 3pts 100%	2.3m 2pts 50%
Alperen Sengun	1.3m 2pts 0%	7.0m 10pts 100%	—	2.3m 0pts 0%	1.1m 5pts 100%	1.2m 0pts 0%	—	1.3m 8pts 60%	—
Jabari Smith Jr.	1.9m 4pts 40%	1.0m 2pts 33%	1.9m 3pts 100%	—	1.6m 1pts 0%	3.8m 6pts 50%	—	2.1m 4pts 100%	1.6m 2pts 100%
Tari Eason	3.5m 2pts 20%	—	—	—	2.5m 0pts 0%	2.1m 2pts 50%	1.8m 2pts 33%	—	—
Reed Sheppard	3.3m 3pts 50%	—	—	—	1.0m 0pts 0%	—	1.9m 3pts 50%	1.2m 0pts 0%	—
Josh Okogie	—	—	—	—	—	2.1m 0pts 0%	—	—	—
Dorian Finney-Smith	—	—	—	—	—	1.1m 0pts 0%	—	—	—
Other	—	1.5m 4pts 67%	—	3.2m 7pts 50%	0.9m 3pts 100%	—	3.4m 2pts 50%	1.3m 2pts 50%	2.7m 4pts 40%

Game Flow

Win Probability

HOU win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data

LAL

50/50

HOU

Highest Leverage Moments

L. Dončić 26' 3PT step back (35 PTS)

Q4 3:14

25.4%

46→21

K. Durant 25' 3PT pullup (18 PTS) (J. Smith Jr. 4 AST)

Q4 7:14

18.4%

40→58

R. Hachimura 3PT (6 PTS) (L. Dončić 8 AST)

Q4 3:53

16.2%

63→47

A. Thompson alley-oop Layup (26 PTS) (A. Sengun 10 AST)

Q4 2:53

13.2%

21→34

R. Hachimura alley-oop DUNK (8 PTS) (L. Dončić 9 AST)

Q4 2:36