Game completed

Los Angeles Lakers44-25124atHouston Rockets41-27116

Wed, Mar 18, 9:30 PM EDTToyota Center, Houston, TXESPN · Spectrum SportsNet · Spectrum SportsNet+

The box score

Final numbers

Line score	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	T
LAL	35	32	22	35	124
HOU	26	29	37	24	116

Los Angeles Lakers

124

Player	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
LeBron JamesSF	34	30	5	2	1	1	2	13-14	2-2	2-3	0
Marcus SmartPF	34	5	3	4	2	0	1	2-7	1-5	0-0	+7
Deandre AytonC	34	16	4	2	0	3	1	8-10	0-0	0-0	+1
Austin ReavesSG	39	14	3	8	0	1	1	4-9	1-3	5-6	+6
Luka DončićPG	38	40	9	10	1	0	5	12-25	7-17	9-14	+2
Rui Hachimura	21	8	3	0	0	1	0	3-4	2-2	0-0	+8
Luke Kennard	18	5	1	1	1	0	3	2-3	1-2	0-0	+7
Jaxson Hayes	14	1	3	1	0	1	0	0-0	0-0	1-4	+6
Jake LaRavia	10	5	3	2	1	1	0	2-4	1-1	0-0	+3
Team		124	44	30	6	8	13	46-76	15-32	17-27

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

Houston Rockets

116

Player	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jabari Smith Jr.SF	38	18	5	4	0	0	0	7-15	3-8	1-2	-2
Kevin DurantPF	38	18	6	4	2	0	4	7-11	2-5	2-3	-2
Alperen SengunC	37	27	4	10	1	0	2	10-15	1-2	6-6	+7
Tari EasonSG	32	10	6	1	1	1	2	4-13	0-3	2-2	0
Amen ThompsonPG	42	26	11	4	2	0	0	11-19	0-1	4-4	-8
Josh Okogie	14	3	2	0	2	0	0	1-3	1-2	0-0	-8
Reed Sheppard	27	11	2	3	2	0	3	4-12	3-8	0-0	-8
Dorian Finney-Smith	10	3	2	0	0	0	0	1-3	1-3	0-0	-13
Clint Capela	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-6
Team		116	44	26	10	1	11	45-91	11-32	15-17

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

Lead tracker

How the game flowed

Biggest lead · HOU: 6
Biggest lead · LAL: 13
Times tied: 9
Lead changes: 8
Longest run · LAL: 9

How they entered this matchup

Pregame context

Body clock: LALNational TV

LAL is dealing with minimal pressure: 2h on the body clock and 0h of zone shift.
LAL is in game 2 of 6 on the road with 1,373 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	LAL	HOU
Record	44-25	41-27
Days rest	1 day	1 day
Hours rest	48h	48h
Rest swing	0h	0h
Travel in	0 mi	0 mi
Zone change	0h	0h
Body clock	2h	0h
Local tip	evening	evening
Segment	Road trip · 2 of 6	Homestand · 3 of 5
Miles before tip	1,373 mi	0 mi
Schedule alerts	—	—

How each side got here

Travel and map

LAL

0 mi

Houston, TXNo travel

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

Stayed in 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 sits in the run

Trip context

LAL

Road trip

LAL is on game 2 of 6 on the road, with 1,373 mi already behind it.

Game in segment2 of 6

Miles before tip1,373 mi

Segment miles3,742 mi

HOU

Homestand

HOU is in game 3 of 5 on this homestand.

Game in segment3 of 5

Miles before tip0 mi

Segment miles0 mi

Where it aired

TV · streaming · radio

National: ESPN
Local TV: LALSpectrum SportsNetin-market
Team streams: LALSpectrum SportsNet+in-market
League Pass: Full replay + condensed game
Radio: HOU790 AM / S: KLTN TUDNLALESPN LA 710/980 KFWBESPN RadioSiriusXM

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