Lakers 134-109 Rockets (Apr 2, 2023) Box Score

Los Angeles Lakers

40-38, 19-20 away

134

	1	2	3	4	T
LAL	35	35	31	33	134
HOU	21	39	23	26	109

Houston Rockets

19-60, 13-27 home

109

Los Angeles Lakers

starters
Anthony DavisA. Davis#3
Jarred VanderbiltJ. Vanderbilt#2
LeBron JamesL. James#6
Austin ReavesA. Reaves#15
D'Angelo RussellD. Russell#1
bench
Rui HachimuraR. Hachimura#28
Wenyen GabrielW. Gabriel#35
Troy Brown Jr.T. Brown Jr.#7
Dennis SchroderD. Schroder#17
Davon ReedD. Reed#11
Malik BeasleyM. Beasley#5
Lonnie Walker IVL. Walker IV#4
Max ChristieM. Christie#10
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
30	15-20	0-0	10-12	4	5	9	1	0	2	0	0	+2	40
15	1-2	0-0	0-0	0	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	+4	2
29	8-18	1-7	1-1	2	8	10	11	0	1	1	1	+23	18
33	4-7	1-2	9-10	0	1	1	8	0	0	2	2	+15	18
15	2-4	2-4	0-1	0	3	3	4	0	0	0	0	+2	6
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
25	10-14	0-1	0-2	2	10	12	1	0	3	1	2	+22	20
14	1-3	0-1	0-0	2	1	3	0	0	1	1	1	+14	2
26	3-3	1-1	0-0	1	1	2	2	2	1	0	0	+8	7
18	0-3	0-2	1-2	0	3	3	3	0	0	0	1	+13	1
4	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	+2	2
23	5-14	3-11	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	+16	13
4	2-3	1-1	0-0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	+2	5
4	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	+2	0
	52-93	9-30	21-28	11	40	51	36	4	8	5	9		134
	55.9%	30.0%	75.0%

Houston Rockets

starters
Jabari Smith Jr.J. Smith Jr.#1
KJ MartinMartin Jr.#6
Alperen SengunA. Sengun#28
Jalen GreenJ. Green#4
Kevin Porter Jr.K. Porter Jr.#3
bench
Frank KaminskyF. Kaminsky#33
Usman GarubaU. Garuba#16
Tari EasonT. Eason#17
Boban MarjanovicB. Marjanovic#51
Josh ChristopherJ. Christopher#9
Daishen NixD. Nix#15
D.J. AugustinD.J. Augustin
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
33	6-12	2-4	0-0	1	5	6	1	0	1	0	4	-12	14
28	5-8	1-2	0-0	3	2	5	1	0	0	1	1	-16	11
38	9-17	0-1	0-2	5	10	15	5	2	3	2	3	-5	18
40	7-21	2-7	8-8	1	2	3	7	0	0	2	3	-17	24
37	7-16	6-10	0-0	0	3	3	2	1	0	2	2	-17	20
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
4	1-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	-2	2
3	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-6	0
25	4-14	1-5	0-0	5	3	8	2	1	0	0	2	-23	9
4	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	-2	2
17	4-8	1-2	0-0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	2	-17	9
11	0-4	0-3	0-0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	-8	0
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	44-102	13-34	8-10	16	28	44	23	4	4	8	18		109
	43.1%	38.2%	80.0%

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

Regular Season Series

LAL win 2-1

Rockets
132
Lakers
140

Game 1

1/16

Lakers
110
Rockets
114

Game 2

3/15

Lakers
134
Rockets
109

Game 3

4/2

Toyota Center (Houston)

7:00 PM, April 2, 2023

Houston, TX

Line: LAL -12.5

Over/Under: 235.5

Attendance: 18,204

Referees:
Bill Kennedy
Aaron Smith
Brandon Adair

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
LA Lakers	50	32	.610	-	L1
LA Clippers	50	32	.610	-	W8
Golden State	48	34	.585	2	L1
Sacramento	40	42	.488	10	W1
Phoenix	36	46	.439	14	L1

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Houston	52	30	.634	-	L3
Memphis	48	34	.585	4	W1
Dallas	39	43	.476	13	L1
San Antonio	34	48	.415	18	W1
New Orleans	21	61	.256	31	L7

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Regular Season Series

LAL win 2-1

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