Los Angeles Lakers @ Houston Rockets
4-1, 2-0 Away
103
4-1, 2-0 Away
3-2, 1-1 Home
102
3-2, 1-1 Home
Game Leaders
Team Stats
42% (39-93)
Field Goal %
45% (39-86)
33% (5-15)
Three Point %
29% (7-24)
71% (20-28)
Free Throw %
71% (17-24)
18
Turnovers
40
55
Rebounds
61
6
Largest Lead
8
Game Information
Houston, TX
Referee:Mark Wunderlich
Referee:Pat Fraher
Referee:Eric Dalen
Game Flow
--LAL
--HOU
Shot Chart
- Kobe Bryant makes 13-foot two point shot
- Trevor Ariza makes 19-foot two point shot
- Kobe Bryant misses 20-foot jumper
- Luis Scola makes 13-foot jumper (Chuck Hayes assists)
- Derek Fisher misses jumper
- Andrew Bynum makes dunk
- Shane Battier makes 23-foot three point jumper (Aaron Brooks assists)
- Kobe Bryant makes 12-foot two point shot (Ron Artest assists)
- Luis Scola misses 10-foot hook shot
- Ron Artest misses 7-foot running jumper
- Andrew Bynum misses 8-foot jumper
- Luis Scola makes layup
- Luis Scola misses free throw 1 of 1
- Derek Fisher misses 17-foot two point shot
- Aaron Brooks misses 13-foot two point shot
- Kobe Bryant makes 7-foot running jumper
- Derek Fisher misses 20-foot jumper
- Trevor Ariza misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Lamar Odom misses layup
- Shane Battier misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Andrew Bynum misses 7-foot hook shot
- Luis Scola makes 10-foot two point shot
- Chuck Hayes makes layup (Trevor Ariza assists)
- Kobe Bryant makes 19-foot jumper (Lamar Odom assists)
- Kobe Bryant misses 13-foot jumper
- Aaron Brooks misses driving layup
- Andrew Bynum misses layup
- Shane Battier makes 25-foot three point jumper (Aaron Brooks assists)
- Lamar Odom misses tip shot
- Kobe Bryant misses 12-foot two point shot
- Chuck Hayes makes two point shot (Luis Scola assists)
- Ron Artest makes 26-foot three point jumper
- Aaron Brooks makes layup (Chuck Hayes assists)
- Andrew Bynum makes layup (Kobe Bryant assists)
- Trevor Ariza misses 22-foot three point jumper
- Kobe Bryant misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Carl Landry misses 7-foot two point shot
- Andrew Bynum makes layup (Jordan Farmar assists)
- Carl Landry misses 17-foot jumper
- Ron Artest makes layup (Josh Powell assists)
- Luis Scola makes driving layup
- Josh Powell makes 24-foot three point jumper (Andrew Bynum assists)
- Luis Scola misses 20-foot jumper
- Ron Artest misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Ron Artest misses 19-foot two point shot
- Andrew Bynum misses tip shot
- Kyle Lowry misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Josh Powell makes 17-foot jumper (Andrew Bynum assists)
- Trevor Ariza makes 15-foot two point shot
- Kobe Bryant makes technical free throw
- Kobe Bryant misses 20-foot jumper
- Kyle Lowry makes free throw 1 of 2
- Kyle Lowry misses free throw 2 of 2
- Kobe Bryant makes 11-foot two point shot
- Josh Powell misses layup
- Andrew Bynum makes free throw 1 of 2
- Andrew Bynum makes free throw 2 of 2
- Shannon Brown misses 19-foot jumper
- David Andersen misses 21-foot jumper
- Shannon Brown makes two point shot (Andrew Bynum assists)
- Carl Landry makes layup
- Carl Landry makes free throw 1 of 1
- Kyle Lowry misses free throw 1 of 2
- Kyle Lowry makes free throw 2 of 2
- Kobe Bryant misses 21-foot two point shot
- Carl Landry makes layup
- Lamar Odom misses 20-foot two point shot
- Kyle Lowry makes free throw 1 of 2
- Kyle Lowry makes free throw 2 of 2
- Kobe Bryant makes free throw 1 of 2
- Kobe Bryant misses free throw 2 of 2
- Shane Battier misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Luke Walton misses 17-foot jumper
- Carl Landry makes driving layup
- Lamar Odom misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Kobe Bryant misses 12-foot two point shot
- Trevor Ariza misses 11-foot two point shot
- Kobe Bryant makes layup
- Kobe Bryant misses free throw 1 of 1
- Chuck Hayes makes layup (Trevor Ariza assists)
- Lamar Odom misses 14-foot two point shot
- Shane Battier makes 9-foot two point shot
- Josh Powell misses 22-foot jumper
- Kobe Bryant makes layup
- Trevor Ariza misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Chuck Hayes misses tip shot
- Kyle Lowry misses 9-foot running jumper
- Kyle Lowry misses two point shot
- Carl Landry makes layup
- Lamar Odom makes layup
- Lamar Odom makes free throw 1 of 1
- Lamar Odom misses 6-foot jumper
- Andrew Bynum makes 6-foot hook shot
- Luis Scola misses 20-foot jumper
- Aaron Brooks misses technical free throw
- Trevor Ariza misses 11-foot jumper
- Carl Landry makes layup
- Carl Landry makes free throw 1 of 1
- Josh Powell misses layup
- Josh Powell makes two point shot
- Trevor Ariza makes free throw 1 of 2
- Trevor Ariza makes free throw 2 of 2
- Kobe Bryant misses free throw 1 of 2
- Kobe Bryant makes free throw 2 of 2
- Trevor Ariza misses 13-foot two point shot
- Carl Landry makes layup
- Aaron Brooks makes 25-foot three pointer
- Kobe Bryant makes free throw 1 of 2
- Kobe Bryant makes free throw 2 of 2
- Trevor Ariza misses 6-foot running jumper
- Ron Artest makes 27-foot three point jumper (Kobe Bryant assists)
- Shane Battier makes free throw 1 of 2
- Shane Battier makes free throw 2 of 2
- Kobe Bryant misses 11-foot two point shot
- Lamar Odom misses 7-foot hook shot
- Luis Scola makes layup (Aaron Brooks assists)
- Lamar Odom makes free throw 1 of 2
- Lamar Odom makes free throw 2 of 2
- Lamar Odom makes 19-foot jumper
- Trevor Ariza misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Aaron Brooks misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Aaron Brooks makes technical free throw
- Shane Battier misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Luis Scola makes free throw 1 of 2
- Luis Scola makes free throw 2 of 2
- Ron Artest makes layup (Andrew Bynum assists)
- Lamar Odom makes layup
- Lamar Odom makes free throw 1 of 1
- Trevor Ariza makes layup
- Lamar Odom misses layup
- Trevor Ariza misses 21-foot jumper
- Lamar Odom misses 9-foot hook shot
- Andrew Bynum misses tip shot
- Aaron Brooks makes 27-foot three pointer (Trevor Ariza assists)
- Kobe Bryant makes 13-foot two point shot
- Aaron Brooks makes technical free throw
- Aaron Brooks misses free throw 1 of 2
- Aaron Brooks misses free throw 2 of 2
- Trevor Ariza misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Derek Fisher misses layup
- Andrew Bynum makes two point shot
- Kobe Bryant makes 12-foot jumper
- Luis Scola makes two point shot
- Ron Artest misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Shane Battier misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Jordan Farmar makes 25-foot three point jumper (Andrew Bynum assists)
- Trevor Ariza makes free throw 1 of 2
- Trevor Ariza misses free throw 2 of 2
- Luke Walton makes 22-foot jumper (Lamar Odom assists)
- Trevor Ariza makes 26-foot three point jumper (Kyle Lowry assists)
- Chuck Hayes makes layup (Trevor Ariza assists)
- Kobe Bryant misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Lamar Odom makes 21-foot jumper
- Kobe Bryant makes driving layup
- Kyle Lowry makes 12-foot running jumper
- Luke Walton misses 14-foot jumper
- Luis Scola makes layup (Kyle Lowry assists)
- Jordan Farmar misses 19-foot two point shot
- Aaron Brooks misses 27-foot three point jumper
- D.J. Mbenga misses free throw 1 of 2
- D.J. Mbenga misses free throw 2 of 2
- Kyle Lowry makes driving layup (Aaron Brooks assists)
- Ron Artest misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Carl Landry makes layup (Kyle Lowry assists)
- Andrew Bynum makes 7-foot jumper (Jordan Farmar assists)
- Andrew Bynum misses free throw 1 of 1
- Jordan Farmar makes 21-foot jumper
- Aaron Brooks misses 29-foot three point jumper
- Andrew Bynum misses 8-foot two point shot
- Carl Landry makes 12-foot two point shot
- Ron Artest makes 6-foot two point shot (Kobe Bryant assists)
- Kyle Lowry misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Shane Battier makes tip shot
- Shannon Brown misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Kobe Bryant makes 19-foot two point shot (Jordan Farmar assists)
- Chuck Hayes misses hook shot
- Kobe Bryant misses 11-foot two point shot
- Trevor Ariza misses layup
- Kobe Bryant misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Luis Scola misses 6-foot hook shot
- Kobe Bryant makes layup
- Chuck Hayes makes layup (Luis Scola assists)
- Derek Fisher misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Shane Battier misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Kobe Bryant makes 11-foot two point shot
- Luis Scola misses driving layup
- Ron Artest misses 15-foot two point shot
- Aaron Brooks makes 26-foot three pointer
- Kobe Bryant makes free throw 1 of 2
- Kobe Bryant makes free throw 2 of 2
- Kobe Bryant makes free throw 1 of 2
- Kobe Bryant makes free throw 2 of 2
- Luis Scola misses 21-foot jumper
- Ron Artest makes 25-foot three point jumper (Kobe Bryant assists)
- Trevor Ariza makes 27-foot three point jumper (Carl Landry assists)
- Ron Artest misses layup
- Aaron Brooks misses two point shot
- Shane Battier makes free throw 1 of 2
- Shane Battier makes free throw 2 of 2
- Kobe Bryant misses 18-foot jumper
- Trevor Ariza misses 19-foot jumper
- Aaron Brooks misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Kobe Bryant misses layup
- Lamar Odom makes tip shot
- Luis Scola misses 8-foot two point shot
- Kobe Bryant misses free throw 1 of 2
- Kobe Bryant makes free throw 2 of 2
- Luis Scola misses 17-foot jumper
- Shane Battier misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Chuck Hayes makes layup (Trevor Ariza assists)
- Kobe Bryant makes 16-foot two point shot
- Chuck Hayes makes two point shot (Aaron Brooks assists)
- Ron Artest misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Kobe Bryant makes two point shot
- Kobe Bryant makes free throw 1 of 1
- Trevor Ariza misses 17-foot jumper
- Aaron Brooks makes driving layup
- Kobe Bryant misses 13-foot two point shot
- Andrew Bynum misses layup
- Andrew Bynum makes free throw 1 of 2
- Andrew Bynum makes free throw 2 of 2
- Carl Landry makes 9-foot hook shot (Aaron Brooks assists)
- Andrew Bynum misses free throw 1 of 2
- Andrew Bynum makes free throw 2 of 2
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Matchups
2025-26 Standings
Western Conference
| Pacific | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LA Lakers | 53 | 29 | .646 | - | W3 |
| Phoenix | 45 | 37 | .549 | 8 | W1 |
| LA Clippers | 42 | 40 | .512 | 11 | W1 |
| Golden State | 37 | 45 | .451 | 16 | L3 |
| Sacramento | 22 | 60 | .268 | 31 | L1 |
| Southwest | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Antonio | 62 | 20 | .756 | - | L1 |
| Houston | 52 | 30 | .634 | 10 | W1 |
| New Orleans | 26 | 56 | .317 | 36 | L2 |
| Dallas | 26 | 56 | .317 | 36 | W1 |
| Memphis | 25 | 57 | .305 | 37 | L8 |
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