Houston Rockets @ Los Angeles Lakers

20-15, 10-11 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Rockets HOU	15	18	22	24	79
Lakers LAL	22	19	18	29	88

Los Angeles LakersLakersLAL

28-6, 20-3 Home

Houston Rockets

starters
Chuck HayesC. Hayes
Luis ScolaL. Scola
Shane BattierS. Battier
Trevor ArizaT. Ariza
Aaron BrooksA. Brooks
bench
Brian CookB. Cook
Carl LandryC. Landry
Joey DorseyJ. Dorsey
Mike HarrisM. Harris
Chase BudingerC. Budinger
Yao MingY. Ming
David AndersenD. Andersen
Tracy McGradyT. McGrady
Jermaine TaylorJ. Taylor
Kyle LowryK. Lowry
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
17	2	1-2	0-0	0-0	4	1	0	2	0	2	2	1	-12
34	15	7-14	0-0	1-3	4	2	3	0	1	1	3	3	-7
39	7	2-8	2-7	1-2	4	2	2	2	0	1	3	5	-17
38	12	5-14	1-5	1-1	3	8	2	1	0	1	2	1	-2
38	18	7-16	1-6	3-4	3	3	5	3	0	0	3	5	-13
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	19	7-11	0-0	5-6	6	1	1	1	1	1	5	3	+5
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	2	0-3	0-1	2-2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	+8
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	2	1-6	0-3	0-0	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	-4
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	2	1-3	0-1	0-2	9	5	2	0	0	2	7	2	-3
	79	31-77	4-23	13-20	36	22	17	9	3	8	28	21
		40%	17%	65%

Los Angeles Lakers

starters
Lamar OdomL. Odom
Metta World PeaceM. World Peace
Kobe BryantK. Bryant
Andrew BynumA. Bynum
Derek FisherD. Fisher
bench
Pau GasolP. Gasol
Josh PowellJ. Powell
Luke WaltonL. Walton
Adam MorrisonA. Morrison
Didier Ilunga-MbengaD. Ilunga-Mbenga
Shannon BrownS. Brown
Jordan FarmarJ. Farmar
Sasha VujacicS. Vujacic
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
39	17	7-10	0-1	3-3	19	9	1	0	1	5	14	3	+5
33	7	3-11	1-3	0-0	7	0	4	1	1	3	4	3	+5
43	22	9-23	1-1	3-4	3	3	4	1	1	0	3	4	+14
38	24	10-16	0-0	4-7	8	1	3	2	1	3	5	4	+16
26	4	1-4	0-2	2-2	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	+19
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	4	1-4	0-0	2-2	3	2	3	0	0	0	3	2	-3
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0
16	2	1-2	0-0	0-0	2	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	+4
20	8	4-8	0-2	0-0	1	3	2	0	1	0	1	4	-12
7	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	5	0	0	1	0	2	3	2	-3
	88	36-79	2-10	14-18	50	20	20	6	5	13	37	25
		46%	20%	78%

+/- denotes team's net points while the player is on the court

Matchups

HOU

LAL lead season

2-1

LAL

102

Game 1@ HOU

Final/OT

103

101

Game 2@ LAL

Final

Game 3@ LAL

Final

101

Game 4@ HOU

Final

109

Game Information

Los Angeles, CA

Referee:Dick Bavetta

Referee:Bennie Adams

Referee:Derek Richardson

Western Conference

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

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

NBA News

Hawks' Nickeil Alexander-Walker named Most Improved Player

Nickeil Alexander-Walker was named this season's Most Improved Player on Friday, marking the second straight Atlanta Hawks player to win the award.

Rockets' Kevin Durant, Lakers' Austin Reaves out for Game 3

Rockets forward Kevin Durant and Lakers guard Austin Reaves were downgraded from questionable to out before Friday's Game 3 of their teams' first-round playoff series.

Former employee's discrimination lawsuit against Suns dismissed

A former Suns security employee's lawsuit, which cited allegations of discrimination, harassment and retaliation, was voluntarily dismissed on Thursday with prejudice, and the team said there was no settlement.

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