Houston Rockets @ Los Angeles Lakers

1-6, 0-4 Away

117

1-6, 0-4 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Rockets HOU	35	35	19	28	117
Lakers LAL	32	32	23	32	119

Los Angeles LakersLakersLAL

5-3, 4-2 Home

119

5-3, 4-2 Home

Anthony Davis makes jump bank shot (LeBron James assists)
Anthony Davis misses 20-foot pullup jump shot
Russell Westbrook makes driving layup
Anthony Davis makes 11-foot hook shot
Anthony Davis makes 18-foot jumper (Russell Westbrook assists)
LeBron James makes dunk (Avery Bradley assists)
Anthony Davis makes 2-foot layup (Avery Bradley assists)
LeBron James misses two point shot
Russell Westbrook makes driving layup
Anthony Davis misses layup
Kent Bazemore makes 26-foot three pointer (Anthony Davis assists)
Russell Westbrook misses 5-foot two point shot
Anthony Davis makes dunk (Kent Bazemore assists)
Kent Bazemore makes dunk (Malik Monk assists)
LeBron James makes layup
DeAndre Jordan makes 4-foot alley oop dunk shot (Malik Monk assists)
Avery Bradley misses 26-foot step back jumpshot
Russell Westbrook makes driving layup
DeAndre Jordan makes dunk (Russell Westbrook assists)
Malik Monk misses two point shot
DeAndre Jordan misses tip shot
Carmelo Anthony misses 26-foot three point jumper
Malik Monk misses 24-foot three point jumper
Russell Westbrook misses 26-foot three point jumper
LeBron James makes three point jumper (Russell Westbrook assists)
LeBron James misses driving layup
DeAndre Jordan makes dunk
LeBron James makes 28-foot three pointer
Carmelo Anthony makes two point shot (LeBron James assists)
Carmelo Anthony makes 25-foot three point shot (LeBron James assists)
Anthony Davis makes alley oop dunk shot (LeBron James assists)
LeBron James makes dunk (Anthony Davis assists)
Kent Bazemore misses two point shot
Kent Bazemore misses three point jumper
Russell Westbrook makes 12-foot running pullup jump shot
Anthony Davis misses 26-foot three point jumper
Carmelo Anthony makes 11-foot step back jumpshot
Russell Westbrook makes 9-foot two point shot
Anthony Davis misses layup
Anthony Davis misses 18-foot jumper
Kevin Porter Jr. blocks Russell Westbrook 's 3-foot driving layup
Russell Westbrook misses driving layup
LeBron James makes 4-foot dunk
Russell Westbrook misses 26-foot three point jumper
Carmelo Anthony makes 27-foot three point shot (LeBron James assists)
Carmelo Anthony misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
LeBron James misses 20-foot jumper
Russell Westbrook makes layup
Kent Bazemore misses two point shot
Avery Bradley makes tip shot
Avery Bradley misses 18-foot pullup jump shot
Anthony Davis misses 27-foot three point jumper
Avery Bradley misses 26-foot three point jumper
Russell Westbrook makes 20-foot pullup jump shot
Russell Westbrook misses 25-foot three point jumper
Russell Westbrook makes driving layup (LeBron James assists)
Austin Reaves misses 27-foot three point jumper
Anthony Davis makes layup (Russell Westbrook assists)
Anthony Davis makes layup (LeBron James assists)
Anthony Davis misses 25-foot three point jumper
Austin Reaves misses 25-foot three point jumper
Anthony Davis makes hook shot (LeBron James assists)
David Nwaba blocks Malik Monk 's 3-foot driving layup
Anthony Davis makes 3-foot alley oop dunk shot (Russell Westbrook assists)
Carmelo Anthony misses 18-foot two point shot
Russell Westbrook makes driving layup (Carmelo Anthony assists)
Russell Westbrook misses 25-foot three point jumper
Russell Westbrook makes two point shot
Austin Reaves makes 1-foot layup (LeBron James assists)
Carmelo Anthony makes 25-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
Jae'Sean Tate blocks Russell Westbrook 's 6-foot driving layup
Russell Westbrook misses layup
LeBron James makes 3-foot dunk (Russell Westbrook assists)
LeBron James makes driving layup
LeBron James makes driving layup
LeBron James makes 14-foot two point shot
LeBron James makes driving layup
Avery Bradley misses 23-foot three point jumper
DeAndre Jordan makes dunk
LeBron James misses 27-foot step back jumpshot
Carmelo Anthony makes 8-foot two point shot
Jae'Sean Tate blocks Russell Westbrook's driving layup
Avery Bradley misses driving layup
Anthony Davis makes dunk
LeBron James makes driving layup
LeBron James misses 16-foot two point shot
Kent Bazemore misses 23-foot three point jumper
Kent Bazemore makes driving layup (Russell Westbrook assists)
LeBron James misses 26-foot three point jumper
LeBron James makes 19-foot pullup jump shot (Anthony Davis assists)
LeBron James misses 17-foot two point shot
LeBron James misses 13-foot two point shot
Russell Westbrook misses dunk
Jae'Sean Tate makes 4-foot dunk (Kevin Porter Jr. assists)
Jae'Sean Tate misses 28-foot three point jumper
Anthony Davis blocks Jalen Green's two point shot
Jalen Green makes 29-foot three point jumper (Alperen Sengun assists)
Jae'Sean Tate makes 25-foot three point jumper (Christian Wood assists)
Christian Wood makes layup (Jalen Green assists)
Jae'Sean Tate misses driving layup
Kevin Porter Jr. makes two point shot
Christian Wood makes 26-foot three pointer
Jalen Green makes 27-foot three pointer
Jalen Green makes driving dunk (Kevin Porter Jr. assists)
Alperen Sengun misses driving layup
Kevin Porter Jr. makes 3-foot driving dunk
Jalen Green makes 15-foot two point shot (Kenyon Martin Jr. assists)
Kenyon Martin Jr. makes 26-foot three point jumper (Kevin Porter Jr. assists)
Christian Wood misses 16-foot jumper
Christian Wood makes 4-foot hook shot
Jalen Green makes 2-foot dunk (Christian Wood assists)
Armoni Brooks misses two point shot
Christian Wood misses 27-foot three point jumper
Christian Wood misses 26-foot three point jumper
Armoni Brooks misses 26-foot three point jumper
Christian Wood makes driving layup (Armoni Brooks assists)
David Nwaba misses 34-foot three point jumper
Kenyon Martin Jr. makes layup (Alperen Sengun assists)
David Nwaba makes driving layup
Armoni Brooks misses 26-foot three point jumper
Kenyon Martin Jr. makes 25-foot three point jumper (D.J. Augustin assists)
Austin Reaves blocks David Nwaba 's 3-foot layup
Kevin Porter Jr. misses 17-foot two point shot
Jae'Sean Tate makes two point shot
Jae'Sean Tate misses 19-foot two point shot
Kenyon Martin Jr. makes 2-foot two point shot
Jalen Green makes driving layup
Kevin Porter Jr. misses 27-foot step back jumpshot
Kevin Porter Jr. misses driving layup
Kevin Porter Jr. misses 27-foot step back jumpshot
Jalen Green makes 24-foot three point jumper (Kevin Porter Jr. assists)
Kevin Porter Jr. makes layup (Alperen Sengun assists)
Jae'Sean Tate misses two point shot
Kevin Porter Jr. makes driving floating jump shot
Kevin Porter Jr. misses 22-foot step back jumpshot
Jae'Sean Tate makes two point shot (Kenyon Martin Jr. assists)
Jalen Green misses 25-foot three point jumper
Jae'Sean Tate makes tip shot
Kenyon Martin Jr. makes driving layup (Jae'Sean Tate assists)
Christian Wood makes driving layup
Jae'Sean Tate makes 2-foot two point shot
Christian Wood misses 27-foot three point jumper
Christian Wood makes 23-foot three point jumper (Kenyon Martin Jr. assists)
Jae'Sean Tate makes driving layup
Jae'Sean Tate makes 27-foot three point jumper (Kevin Porter Jr. assists)
Alperen Sengun makes dunk (Jalen Green assists)
Jae'Sean Tate makes 3-foot dunk (Kevin Porter Jr. assists)
Alperen Sengun misses layup
Alperen Sengun misses tip shot
Jae'Sean Tate misses 23-foot three point jumper
Jalen Green misses 26-foot step back jumpshot
Alperen Sengun makes driving layup (Jalen Green assists)
Christian Wood misses 3-foot two point shot
Kevin Porter Jr. misses layup
Jalen Green misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
Christian Wood misses 26-foot three point jumper
David Nwaba makes 3-foot dunk (Christian Wood assists)
David Nwaba misses 27-foot three point jumper
Anthony Davis blocks Kenyon Martin Jr.'s layup
Christian Wood makes 3-foot dunk
Kevin Porter Jr. misses 27-foot step back jumpshot
D.J. Augustin makes 27-foot three pointer
Kevin Porter Jr. misses 24-foot three point jumper
Alperen Sengun makes driving dunk
Armoni Brooks makes 23-foot three point jumper (Kevin Porter Jr. assists)
D.J. Augustin makes 25-foot three point jumper (Alperen Sengun assists)
D.J. Augustin misses step back jumpshot
Jae'Sean Tate misses two point shot
Alperen Sengun misses three point jumper
Kevin Porter Jr. makes 28-foot step back jumpshot
David Nwaba misses 26-foot three point jumper
Kenyon Martin Jr. makes 2-foot two point shot (Jalen Green assists)
Christian Wood misses 26-foot three point jumper
Christian Wood makes 15-foot jumper
Jalen Green misses 28-foot three point jumper
Kenyon Martin Jr. misses 26-foot three point jumper
Christian Wood makes driving layup
Christian Wood misses 26-foot three point jumper
Anthony Davis blocks Jalen Green 's 28-foot three point jumper
Christian Wood makes dunk (Jalen Green assists)
Christian Wood makes 27-foot three point jumper (Kevin Porter Jr. assists)
Jalen Green makes 27-foot three point jumper (Jae'Sean Tate assists)
Jalen Green makes 28-foot step back jumpshot
Kevin Porter Jr. misses 26-foot step back jumpshot

ROCKETS

LAKERS

TIME		HOU	LAL
12:00	Christian Wood vs. Anthony Davis (Alperen Sengun gains possession)	0	0
11:46	Jae'Sean Tate makes 4-foot dunk (Kevin Porter Jr. assists)	2	0
11:29	Anthony Davis makes jump bank shot (LeBron James assists)	2	2
11:29	Jae'Sean Tate shooting foul	2	2
11:29	Anthony Davis misses free throw 1 of 1	2	2
11:24	Christian Wood defensive rebound	2	2
11:15	Jae'Sean Tate misses 28-foot three point jumper	2	2
11:10	Anthony Davis defensive rebound	2	2
11:05	Kevin Porter Jr. shooting foul	2	2
11:05	LeBron James makes free throw 1 of 2	2	3
11:05	LeBron James makes free throw 2 of 2	2	4
10:47	Anthony Davis blocks Jalen Green's two point shot	2	4
10:45	Jalen Green offensive rebound	2	4
10:45	Alperen Sengun offensive foul	2	4
10:45	Alperen Sengun turnover	2	4
10:32	Anthony Davis misses 20-foot pullup jump shot	2	4
10:31	Jae'Sean Tate defensive rebound	2	4
10:31	Kent Bazemore personal foul	2	4
10:08	Jalen Green makes 29-foot three point jumper (Alperen Sengun assists)	5	4
9:56	Russell Westbrook makes driving layup	5	6
9:41	Alperen Sengun out of bounds lost ball turnover	5	6
9:24	Anthony Davis makes 11-foot hook shot	5	8
9:12	Jae'Sean Tate makes 25-foot three point jumper (Christian Wood assists)	8	8
8:54	Anthony Davis makes 18-foot jumper (Russell Westbrook assists)	8	10
8:40	Christian Wood makes layup (Jalen Green assists)	10	10
8:40	Anthony Davis shooting foul	10	10
8:40	Christian Wood misses free throw 1 of 1	10	10
8:37	Anthony Davis defensive rebound	10	10
8:34	LeBron James makes dunk (Avery Bradley assists)	10	12
8:23	Jae'Sean Tate misses driving layup	10	12
8:21	Anthony Davis defensive rebound	10	12
8:16	Anthony Davis makes 2-foot layup (Avery Bradley assists)	10	14
8:04	Kevin Porter Jr. makes two point shot	12	14
8:04	LeBron James shooting foul	12	14
8:04	Kevin Porter Jr. misses free throw 1 of 1	12	14
8:01	Russell Westbrook defensive rebound	12	14
7:57	LeBron James misses two point shot	12	14
7:55	Christian Wood defensive rebound	12	14
7:51	Jalen Green out of bounds bad pass turnover	12	14
7:33	Russell Westbrook makes driving layup	12	16
7:21	Christian Wood makes 26-foot three pointer	15	16
7:17	Lakers Full timeout	15	16
6:58	Anthony Davis misses layup	15	16
6:56	Christian Wood defensive rebound	15	16
6:45	Jalen Green makes 27-foot three pointer	18	16
6:32	Kent Bazemore makes 26-foot three pointer (Anthony Davis assists)	18	19
6:16	Jalen Green makes driving dunk (Kevin Porter Jr. assists)	20	19
6:02	Russell Westbrook misses 5-foot two point shot	20	19
6:02	Kent Bazemore offensive rebound	20	19
5:54	Anthony Davis makes dunk (Kent Bazemore assists)	20	21
5:38	Alperen Sengun misses driving layup	20	21
5:38	Kevin Porter Jr. offensive rebound	20	21
5:38	Anthony Davis personal foul	20	21
5:38	Malik Monk enters the game for Russell Westbrook	20	21
5:38	Kenyon Martin Jr. enters the game for Christian Wood	20	21
5:28	Jae'Sean Tate lost ball turnover (LeBron James steals)	20	21
5:24	Kent Bazemore makes dunk (Malik Monk assists)	20	23
5:15	Kevin Porter Jr. makes 3-foot driving dunk	22	23
5:04	LeBron James makes layup	22	25
4:47	Jalen Green makes 15-foot two point shot (Kenyon Martin Jr. assists)	24	25
4:34	Alperen Sengun defensive 3-seconds (technical foul)	24	25
4:34	Anthony Davis makes technical free throw	24	26
4:34	DeAndre Jordan enters the game for Anthony Davis	24	26
4:34	Christian Wood enters the game for Alperen Sengun	24	26
4:26	DeAndre Jordan makes 4-foot alley oop dunk shot (Malik Monk assists)	24	28
4:14	Kenyon Martin Jr. makes 26-foot three point jumper (Kevin Porter Jr. assists)	27	28
4:01	Avery Bradley misses 26-foot step back jumpshot	27	28
3:58	Kevin Porter Jr. defensive rebound	27	28
3:55	Kent Bazemore personal foul	27	28
3:55	Christian Wood misses free throw 1 of 2	27	28
3:55	Rockets offensive team rebound	27	28
3:55	Austin Reaves enters the game for LeBron James	27	28
3:55	Carmelo Anthony enters the game for Kent Bazemore	27	28
3:55	Armoni Brooks enters the game for Jae'Sean Tate	27	28
3:55	Christian Wood misses free throw 2 of 2	27	28
3:50	Austin Reaves defensive rebound	27	28
3:50	Kent Bazemore technical foul (1st technical foul)	27	28
3:50	Jalen Green misses technical free throw	27	28
3:50	Lakers defensive team rebound	27	28
3:50	Russell Westbrook enters the game for Avery Bradley	27	28
3:40	Russell Westbrook makes driving layup	27	30
3:31	Malik Monk defensive 3-seconds (technical foul)	27	30
3:31	Armoni Brooks makes technical free throw	28	30
3:21	Christian Wood misses 16-foot jumper	28	30
3:18	Russell Westbrook defensive rebound	28	30
3:12	DeAndre Jordan makes dunk (Russell Westbrook assists)	28	32
2:49	Christian Wood makes 4-foot hook shot	30	32
2:35	DeAndre Jordan lost ball turnover (Kevin Porter Jr. steals)	30	32
2:32	Jalen Green makes 2-foot dunk (Christian Wood assists)	32	32
2:19	Austin Reaves offensive foul	32	32
2:19	Austin Reaves turnover	32	32
2:19	Rockets Full timeout	32	32
2:19	David Nwaba enters the game for Jalen Green	32	32
2:19	D.J. Augustin enters the game for Kevin Porter Jr.	32	32
2:10	DeAndre Jordan shooting foul	32	32
2:10	Christian Wood makes free throw 1 of 2	33	32
2:10	Christian Wood misses free throw 2 of 2	33	32
2:07	DeAndre Jordan defensive rebound	33	32
1:48	Russell Westbrook bad pass (Christian Wood steals)	33	32
1:43	Armoni Brooks misses two point shot	33	32
1:41	Malik Monk defensive rebound	33	32
1:38	Malik Monk misses two point shot	33	32
1:31	DeAndre Jordan offensive rebound	33	32
1:31	DeAndre Jordan misses tip shot	33	32
1:30	Christian Wood defensive rebound	33	32
1:18	Christian Wood misses 27-foot three point jumper	33	32
1:16	DeAndre Jordan defensive rebound	33	32
1:16	DeAndre Jordan lost ball turnover (David Nwaba steals)	33	32
1:11	Christian Wood misses 26-foot three point jumper	33	32
1:09	Carmelo Anthony defensive rebound	33	32
1:02	Carmelo Anthony misses 26-foot three point jumper	33	32
1:00	Christian Wood defensive rebound	33	32
46.4	Armoni Brooks misses 26-foot three point jumper	33	32
43.2	DeAndre Jordan defensive rebound	33	32
36.6	Malik Monk misses 24-foot three point jumper	33	32
34.5	Rockets defensive team rebound	33	32
23.1	Christian Wood makes driving layup (Armoni Brooks assists)	35	32
3.5	Russell Westbrook misses 26-foot three point jumper	35	32
1.3	David Nwaba defensive rebound	35	32
0.6	David Nwaba misses 34-foot three point jumper	35	32
0.1	Rockets offensive team rebound	35	32
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	35	32

Regular Season Series

LAL lead 2-0

Rockets
85
Lakers
95

Game 1

10/31

Rockets
117
Lakers
119

Game 2

11/2

Lakers
132
Rockets
123

Game 3

12/28

Lakers
130
Rockets
139

Game 4

3/9

crypto.com Arena

10:30 PM, November 2, 2021

Los Angeles, CA

Attendance: 18,997

Referees:
James Williams
J.B. DeRosa
Jonathan Sterling

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
San Antonio	8	2	.800	-	W3
Houston	6	3	.667	1.5	W1
Memphis	4	7	.364	4.5	L1
Dallas	3	8	.273	5.5	L1
New Orleans	2	8	.200	6	L2

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
LA Lakers	8	3	.727	-	W1
Golden State	6	5	.545	2	W1
Phoenix	6	5	.545	2	W3
Sacramento	3	7	.300	4.5	L2
LA Clippers	3	7	.300	4.5	L5

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