Los Angeles Lakers @ Houston Rockets
34-8, 18-3 Away
124
34-8, 18-3 Away
26-15, 14-6 Home
115
26-15, 14-6 Home
Game Leaders
Team Stats
48% (45-93)
Field Goal %
44% (40-90)
33% (11-33)
Three Point %
32% (12-37)
72% (23-32)
Free Throw %
79% (23-29)
17
Turnovers
20
58
Rebounds
55
16
Largest Lead
11
Game Information
Houston, TX
Referee:Matt Boland
Referee:Tony Brown
Referee:Zach Zarba
Probabilities & Game Flow
100%
--LAL
0%
--HOU
According to ESPN Analytics
Shot Chart
- James Harden makes free throw 1 of 2
- James Harden makes free throw 2 of 2
- Kyle Kuzma misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Russell Westbrook makes driving layup
- Danny Green misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Avery Bradley misses 20-foot pullup jump shot
- James Harden misses free throw 1 of 3
- James Harden makes free throw 2 of 3
- James Harden makes free throw 3 of 3
- JaVale McGee misses layup
- James Harden misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Clint Capela misses tip shot
- Clint Capela misses tip shot
- Ben McLemore misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Danny Green makes 26-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
- LeBron James makes driving layup
- Clint Capela makes 2-foot two point shot (James Harden assists)
- Danny Green misses 22-foot three point jumper
- Russell Westbrook makes two point shot
- Avery Bradley makes 23-foot pullup jump shot
- LeBron James misses two point shot
- Russell Westbrook makes driving layup (James Harden assists)
- Danny Green makes 3-foot two point shot (LeBron James assists)
- Ben McLemore makes 26-foot three point jumper (Russell Westbrook assists)
- LeBron James makes free throw 1 of 2
- LeBron James makes free throw 2 of 2
- Danny Green misses free throw 1 of 2
- Danny Green misses free throw 2 of 2
- James Harden misses driving floating jump shot
- Avery Bradley misses 20-foot pullup jump shot
- Danny Green makes two point shot
- Clint Capela makes alley oop layup (James Harden assists)
- PJ Tucker makes three point jumper (Clint Capela assists)
- James Harden makes 26-foot step back jumpshot
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 20-foot pullup jump shot
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses two point shot
- James Harden makes free throw 1 of 2
- James Harden makes free throw 2 of 2
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes layup (LeBron James assists)
- Eric Gordon makes driving layup (James Harden assists)
- LeBron James misses 27-foot three point jumper
- James Harden misses 23-foot step back jumpshot
- Kyle Kuzma makes 24-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
- Eric Gordon misses 29-foot three point jumper
- Kyle Kuzma misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Alex Caruso misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Alex Caruso makes free throw 1 of 2
- Alex Caruso makes free throw 2 of 2
- Danuel House Jr. misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Alex Caruso misses 13-foot pullup jump shot
- Quinn Cook makes jumper
- Russell Westbrook misses 10-foot two point shot
- Russell Westbrook makes 7-foot two point shot
- Quinn Cook makes 22-foot pullup jump shot
- Russell Westbrook makes hook shot
- Quinn Cook misses 21-foot pullup jump shot
- Eric Gordon makes 28-foot three point jumper
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses 16-foot pullup jump shot
- Dwight Howard makes free throw 1 of 2
- Dwight Howard misses free throw 2 of 2
- Danuel House Jr. misses three point jumper
- Russell Westbrook makes driving layup
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 20-foot pullup jump shot (Jared Dudley assists)
- Ben McLemore misses 26-foot three point jumper
- LeBron James misses 13-foot two point shot
- Russell Westbrook misses free throw 1 of 2
- Russell Westbrook misses free throw 2 of 2
- Russell Westbrook makes two point shot
- LeBron James misses driving layup
- LeBron James makes dunk (Alex Caruso assists)
- Russell Westbrook makes free throw 1 of 2
- Russell Westbrook makes free throw 2 of 2
- Dwight Howard makes 1-foot dunk (LeBron James assists)
- Clint Capela makes dunk (Russell Westbrook assists)
- LeBron James makes layup
- LeBron James makes free throw 1 of 1
- Russell Westbrook makes 15-foot two point shot
- LeBron James makes two point shot
- LeBron James misses free throw 1 of 1
- James Harden makes 13-foot jumper (Ben McLemore assists)
- LeBron James misses driving layup
- Dwight Howard makes dunk
- P.J. Tucker misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses 20-foot jumper
- James Harden makes two point shot
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 2-foot layup (Dwight Howard assists)
- Eric Gordon misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Alex Caruso makes free throw 1 of 2
- Alex Caruso makes free throw 2 of 2
- Danuel House Jr. makes 24-foot three point jumper (Eric Gordon assists)
- Danny Green misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Kyle Kuzma makes free throw 1 of 2
- Kyle Kuzma misses free throw 2 of 2
- Kyle Kuzma misses 18-foot jumper
- Kyle Kuzma makes 3-foot dunk (Danny Green assists)
- Eric Gordon makes 26-foot three point jumper (James Harden assists)
- Danny Green misses 27-foot three point jumper
- James Harden makes two point shot
- Danny Green misses two point shot
- James Harden misses 28-foot step back jumpshot
- LeBron James makes 28-foot three point jumper
- James Harden makes free throw 1 of 2
- James Harden makes free throw 2 of 2
- JaVale McGee makes free throw 1 of 2
- JaVale McGee makes free throw 2 of 2
- Russell Westbrook makes free throw 1 of 2
- Russell Westbrook makes free throw 2 of 2
- P.J. Tucker makes three point jumper (Russell Westbrook assists)
- Danny Green misses two point shot
- JaVale McGee makes dunk
- Russell Westbrook misses 18-foot pullup jump shot
- LeBron James misses 27-foot three point jumper
- LeBron James makes alley oop dunk shot (Kentavious Caldwell-Pope assists)
- P.J. Tucker misses two point shot
- Russell Westbrook makes dunk (James Harden assists)
- Danny Green misses three point jumper
- Danny Green makes 27-foot three point jumper (JaVale McGee assists)
- James Harden misses two point shot
- P.J. Tucker misses layup
- Avery Bradley misses 23-foot three point jumper
- JaVale McGee makes free throw 1 of 2
- JaVale McGee misses free throw 2 of 2
- Ben McLemore misses 25-foot three point jumper
- LeBron James misses driving layup
- JaVale McGee makes dunk
- James Harden makes technical free throw
- Clint Capela misses alley oop layup
- Russell Westbrook misses tip shot
- Danny Green makes three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
- Russell Westbrook misses driving layup
- Russell Westbrook makes two point shot
- Danuel House Jr. misses 27-foot three point jumper
- James Harden misses driving layup
- P.J. Tucker misses driving floating jump shot
- Danuel House Jr. misses 27-foot three point jumper
- LeBron James makes two point shot
- LeBron James makes layup
- James Harden makes technical free throw
- James Harden misses 30-foot step back jumpshot
- JaVale McGee makes dunk (LeBron James assists)
- Clint Capela misses layup
- Kyle Kuzma makes free throw 1 of 2
- Kyle Kuzma misses free throw 2 of 2
- Kyle Kuzma makes 4-foot hook shot (JaVale McGee assists)
- LeBron James misses 26-foot three point jumper
- James Harden makes layup
- LeBron James makes two point shot (Kentavious Caldwell-Pope assists)
- Russell Westbrook makes driving layup
- Kyle Kuzma makes driving dunk (LeBron James assists)
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Eric Gordon misses driving layup
- Kyle Kuzma makes free throw 1 of 2
- Kyle Kuzma makes free throw 2 of 2
- Eric Gordon makes two point shot
- Kyle Kuzma misses 30-foot three point jumper
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes free throw 1 of 2
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes free throw 2 of 2
- Eric Gordon misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Troy Daniels makes 24-foot three point jumper (Alex Caruso assists)
- James Harden makes driving layup
- Alex Caruso misses 19-foot pullup jump shot
- James Harden misses 27-foot step back jumpshot
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes free throw 1 of 2
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes free throw 2 of 2
- Eric Gordon makes 27-foot three point jumper (Russell Westbrook assists)
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 29-foot three point jumper
- Eric Gordon misses 30-foot three point jumper
- Dwight Howard misses free throw 1 of 2
- Dwight Howard makes free throw 2 of 2
- Alex Caruso misses driving layup
- Eric Gordon misses 28-foot three point jumper
- Danuel House Jr. makes free throw 1 of 2
- Danuel House Jr. makes free throw 2 of 2
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Russell Westbrook misses 14-foot two point shot
- Russell Westbrook misses free throw 1 of 2
- Russell Westbrook misses free throw 2 of 2
- Danuel House Jr. misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses 18-foot jumper
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Kyle Kuzma makes 24-foot three point jumper (Kentavious Caldwell-Pope assists)
- Russell Westbrook makes 3-foot layup (Clint Capela assists)
- Russell Westbrook makes free throw 1 of 1
- Kyle Kuzma makes 22-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
- Danuel House Jr. misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Kyle Kuzma misses three point jumper
- Eric Gordon misses 30-foot three point jumper
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 1-foot dunk (LeBron James assists)
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes free throw 1 of 1
- James Harden makes 27-foot three point jumper (Russell Westbrook assists)
- Avery Bradley misses 11-foot two point shot
- LeBron James makes 22-foot jumper (Kentavious Caldwell-Pope assists)
- Kyle Kuzma makes 1-foot layup (LeBron James assists)
- Russell Westbrook makes 2-foot layup (Clint Capela assists)
- LeBron James misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Clint Capela makes alley oop dunk shot (James Harden assists)
- LeBron James misses 27-foot three point jumper
- P.J. Tucker misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Kyle Kuzma misses driving layup
- Russell Westbrook makes two point shot
- Avery Bradley makes 20-foot pullup jump shot
- Danny Green makes layup (Dwight Howard assists)
- James Harden misses 28-foot three point jumper
- Troy Daniels misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Kyle Kuzma makes two point shot
- Ben McLemore makes 25-foot three point jumper (Russell Westbrook assists)
- LeBron James makes layup (Kyle Kuzma assists)
- James Harden makes driving layup
- James Harden makes free throw 1 of 1
- LeBron James makes two point shot
- LeBron James misses free throw 1 of 1
- Russell Westbrook makes two point shot
- Troy Daniels misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes two point shot
- Danuel House Jr. makes 24-foot three point jumper (Russell Westbrook assists)
- James Harden makes free throw 1 of 2
- James Harden makes free throw 2 of 2
- Danny Green makes 23-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
- James Harden makes free throw 1 of 2
- James Harden misses free throw 2 of 2
- LeBron James makes 27-foot three point jumper
- Russell Westbrook misses two point shot
- Danuel House Jr. makes driving layup
- Kyle Kuzma misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
- James Harden makes free throw 1 of 2
- James Harden makes free throw 2 of 2
- Danny Green misses 21-foot step back jumpshot
- Ben McLemore makes 27-foot three point jumper (P.J. Tucker assists)
- Danny Green makes free throw 1 of 2
- Danny Green makes free throw 2 of 2
- James Harden misses 28-foot three point jumper
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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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