Game completed

Los Angeles Lakers43-25100 winneratHouston Rockets41-2692

Mon, Mar 16, 9:30 PM EDTToyota Center, Houston, TXPeacock · NBC Sports Network · Space City Home Network · Spectrum SportsNet

The box score

Final numbers

Line score	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	T
LAL	29	22	32	17	100
HOU	28	29	23	12	92

Los Angeles Lakers

100

Player	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
LeBron JamesSF	33	18	5	5	2	0	1	7-13	1-3	3-4	+13
Marcus SmartPF	36	11	0	1	0	0	0	4-9	3-7	0-0	+6
Deandre AytonC	27	7	11	0	1	1	1	3-6	0-0	1-2	+11
Austin ReavesSG	40	15	3	5	4	1	1	5-18	0-8	5-5	+11
Luka DončićPG	40	36	6	4	2	0	4	14-27	4-12	4-5	+6
Rui Hachimura	23	6	3	0	1	0	1	3-6	0-2	0-0	-3
Luke Kennard	17	0	0	2	0	0	0	0-2	0-2	0-0	+3
Jaxson Hayes	12	0	0	0	1	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	-6
Jake LaRavia	12	7	4	0	3	0	3	1-2	0-0	5-6	-1
Team		100	41	17	14	2	11	37-84	8-34	18-22

DNP: Kobe Bufkin, Bronny James, Dalton Knecht, Adou Thiero, Jarred Vanderbilt, Maxi Kleber (injury), Chris Mañon, Nick Smith Jr., Drew Timme

Houston Rockets

Player	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jabari Smith Jr.SF	40	22	8	0	0	1	1	9-17	2-8	2-2	-6
Kevin DurantPF	37	18	5	2	0	0	7	8-16	0-3	2-2	-7
Clint CapelaC	26	9	8	2	1	0	3	3-4	0-0	3-5	-2
Tari EasonSG	33	5	9	3	2	0	2	2-11	0-3	1-2	-6
Amen ThompsonPG	41	19	12	5	0	1	4	8-13	0-1	3-4	-6
Reed Sheppard	31	11	0	3	3	0	2	5-11	1-6	0-0	-13
Josh Okogie	8	0	0	2	2	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-11
Dorian Finney-Smith	24	8	2	4	1	1	3	3-7	2-5	0-0	+11
Team		92	55	21	9	3	22	38-79	5-26	11-15

DNP: Isaiah Crawford, Jeff Green, Aaron Holiday, Jae'Sean Tate (injury), Steven Adams (injury), JD Davison (gleague twoway), Tristen Newton, Alperen Sengun (injury), Fred VanVleet (injury)

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Lead tracker

Biggest lead · HOU: 10
Biggest lead · LAL: 10
Times tied: 10
Lead changes: 13
Longest run · LAL: 9

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How they entered this matchup

Rest edge: HOUTravel tax: LALBody clock: LALNational TV

HOU has the rest edge with 73.5h between tipoffs, 24.5h more than LAL.
LAL is carrying the heavier travel load at 1,373 mi from its previous stop.
LAL is dealing with east-to-west pressure: 2h on the body clock and +2h of zone shift.
LAL is in game 1 of 6 on the road with 0 mi already logged before tip.
National TV puts extra weight on a matchup that already has real schedule context.

Reading the setup…

Rest, travel, and body clock

Schedule spot	LAL	HOU
Record	43-25	41-26
Days rest	1 day	2 days edge
Hours rest	49h	73.5h
Rest swing	-24.5h	+24.5h
Travel in	1,373 mi	0 mi edge
Zone change	+2h	0h
Body clock	2h	0h
Local tip	evening	evening
Segment	Road trip · 1 of 6	Homestand · 2 of 5
Miles before tip	0 mi	0 mi
Schedule alerts	—	—
Fatigue Index	5	0 edge

marks the side with the edge in that row.

LAL carries the heavier fatigue load tonight — 5 vs. HOU's 0.

How each side got here1,373 mi vs 0 mi

How each side got here

LAL

1,373 mi

Los Angeles, CAHouston, TX

LAL came from Los Angeles, CA with 1,373 mi of travel and +2h of time-zone change.

Los Angeles, CA to Houston, TX

HOU

0 mi

Houston, TXNo travel

HOU stayed in Houston, TX between games, so travel is not a real factor in this setup.

Stayed in Houston, TX

Where this game sitsroad 1 of 6 vs homestand 2 of 5

Where this game sits in the run

LAL

Road trip

LAL is on game 1 of 6 on the road, with 0 mi already behind it.

Game in segment1 of 6

Miles before tip0 mi

Segment miles3,742 mi

HOU

Homestand

HOU is in game 2 of 5 on this homestand.

Game in segment2 of 5

Miles before tip0 mi

Segment miles0 mi

Where it aired

National: streamingPeacockNBC Sports Network
Local TV: HOUSpace City Home NetworkLALSpectrum SportsNetin-market
League Pass: Full replay + condensed game
Radio: HOU790 AM / S: KLTN TUDNLALESPN LA 710/980 KFWBSiriusXM

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