Game completed

Houston Rockets18-10119atLos Angeles Lakers19-1096

Thu, Dec 25, 8:00 PM ESTCrypto.com Arena, Los Angeles, CAABC · ESPN

The box score

Final numbers

Line score	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	T
HOU	37	26	29	27	119
LAL	25	28	21	22	96

Houston Rockets

119

Player	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Kevin DurantSF	33	25	4	8	1	2	3	8-14	4-6	5-5	+26
Jabari Smith Jr.PF	36	16	7	0	2	1	0	6-9	2-3	2-2	+25
Alperen SengunC	31	14	12	4	1	0	6	5-7	0-0	4-4	+24
Tari EasonSG	26	13	3	2	4	2	1	6-14	1-5	0-2	+23
Amen ThompsonPG	32	26	7	5	1	0	2	12-19	0-2	2-3	+26
Dorian Finney-Smith	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	+2
Reed Sheppard	19	13	2	1	1	0	0	5-10	1-4	2-3	-8
Steven Adams	26	4	9	2	0	0	1	2-3	0-0	0-0	-4
Josh Okogie	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	0-4	0-1	0-0	-4
Aaron Holiday	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	+1
JD Davison	3	0	0	1	0	1	1	0-1	0-1	0-0	+1
Jae'Sean Tate	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1-2	0-0	0-0	+1
Clint Capela	3	6	3	0	0	0	0	3-4	0-0	0-0	+1
Jeff Green	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+1
Team		119	58	24	10	6	15	48-90	8-24	15-19

DNP: Isaiah Crawford (gleague twoway), Tyler Smith (gleague twoway), Fred VanVleet (injury)

Los Angeles Lakers

Player	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
LeBron JamesSF	32	18	2	5	2	1	3	7-13	1-3	3-4	-33
Rui HachimuraPF	28	0	2	1	1	0	1	0-6	0-3	0-0	-29
Deandre AytonC	36	10	2	0	0	0	1	5-6	0-0	0-0	-14
Austin ReavesSG	15	12	1	1	0	1	2	5-8	2-5	0-0	-7
Luka DončićPG	34	25	5	7	1	2	6	9-17	3-8	4-7	-25
Marcus Smart	29	6	2	1	1	0	1	3-8	0-3	0-0	-2
Jake LaRavia	23	5	4	1	0	1	1	2-5	1-1	0-0	+1
Maxi Kleber	6	2	0	1	1	0	1	1-4	0-2	0-0	-8
Jarred Vanderbilt	26	11	5	2	1	0	0	4-6	3-4	0-0	+5
Adou Thiero	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	1-2	0-0	0-0	-1
Dalton Knecht	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	-1
Bronny James	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	1-1	1-1	0-0	-1
Team		96	31	19	7	5	16	39-77	11-30	7-11

DNP: Jaxson Hayes (injury), Chris Mañon (gleague twoway), Nick Smith Jr. (gleague twoway), Drew Timme (gleague twoway), Gabe Vincent (injury)

Lead tracker

How the game flowed

Biggest lead · LAL: 0
Biggest lead · HOU: 24
Times tied: 0
Lead changes: 0
Longest run · HOU: 9

How they entered this matchup

Pregame context

Travel tax: LALBody clock: HOU4 in 6: HOUNational TV

LAL is carrying the heavier travel load at 358 mi from its previous stop.
HOU is dealing with minimal pressure: -2h on the body clock and 0h of zone shift.
HOU is playing into a 4 in 6 schedule window, which matters even before the ball goes up.
HOU is in game 6 of 6 on the road with 4,294 mi already logged before tip.
National TV puts extra weight on a matchup that already has real schedule context.

The numbers

Rest · travel · body clock

Schedule spot	HOU	LAL
Record	18-10	19-10
Days rest	1 day	1 day
Hours rest	45.5h	47h
Rest swing	-1.5h	+1.5h
Travel in	7 mi	358 mi
Zone change	0h	-1h
Body clock	-2h	0h
Local tip	evening	evening
Segment	Road trip · 6 of 6	Homestand · 1 of 5
Miles before tip	4,294 mi	0 mi
Schedule alerts	4 in 6	—

How each side got here

Travel and map

HOU

7 mi

Inglewood, CALos Angeles, CA

HOU came from Inglewood, CA with 7 mi of travel and 0h of time-zone change.

Inglewood, CA to Los Angeles, CA

LAL

358 mi

Phoenix, AZLos Angeles, CA

LAL came from Phoenix, AZ with 358 mi of travel and -1h of time-zone change.

Phoenix, AZ to Los Angeles, CA

Where this game sits in the run

Trip context

HOU

Road trip

HOU is on game 6 of 6 on the road, with 4,294 mi already behind it.

Game in segment6 of 6

Miles before tip4,294 mi

Segment miles4,301 mi

LAL

Homestand

LAL is in game 1 of 5 on this homestand.

Game in segment1 of 5

Miles before tip0 mi

Segment miles0 mi

Where it aired

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Radio: HOU790 AM / S: KLTN TUDNLALESPN LA 710/980 KFWBSiriusXM

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