Houston Rockets 122, Los Angeles Lakers 124 — Recap

May 12, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Houston Rockets 122, Los Angeles Lakers 124. Scoring by quarter: Q1 HOU 26-34 LAL; Q2 HOU 27-25 LAL; Q3 HOU 43-41 LAL; Q4 HOU 26-24 LAL.

Top performers (box score): Kelly Olynyk (HOU) 24 points, 6 rebounds, 8 assists, 4 threes on 6-of-11 shooting; Armoni Brooks (HOU) 24 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assists, 4 threes on 9-of-18 shooting; Talen Horton-Tucker (LAL) 23 points, 2 rebounds, 10 assists on 9-of-16 shooting; Andre Drummond (LAL) 20 points, 10 rebounds, 2 assists on 9-of-13 shooting; Kenyon Martin Jr. (HOU) 20 points, 10 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 threes on 7-of-10 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · HOU

Kelly Olynyk

24 PTS, 6 REB, 8 AST, 4 3PM · 6-11 FG

Scoring · HOU

Armoni Brooks

24 PTS, 6 REB, 1 AST, 4 3PM · 9-18 FG

Scoring · LAL

Talen Horton-Tucker

23 PTS, 2 REB, 10 AST · 9-16 FG

Season highs

Armoni Brooks · Season-high 24 pointsKhyri Thomas · Season-high 11 assists

Every player's line is in the box score below; the play-by-play is available in the BlowOutAlert workspace.

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
HOU	26	27	43	26		122
LAL	34	25	41	24		124

🧮 How They Scored

HOULAL

50Points in the paint86

13Fast-break points15

9Second-chance points5

12Points off turnovers19

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

61.2%Effective FG%61.0%

13.4%Turnover %9.8%

19.5%Offensive rebound %19.5%

0.318Free-throw rate0.242

Box Score

Houston Rockets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Armoni Brooks G	37	24	6	1	1	0	1	9-18	4-11	2-3	-1
Kenyon Martin Jr. F	37	20	10	2	0	3	2	7-10	3-5	3-6	-2
Khyri Thomas G	37	4	3	11	1	0	1	2-12	0-4	0-0	-1
Anthony Lamb F	34	9	9	4	1	0	2	4-7	1-3	0-0	-18
Kelly Olynyk F	25	24	6	8	2	0	5	6-11	4-6	8-10	-5
D.J. Augustin G	24	8	0	4	1	0	1	2-7	1-5	3-3	-3
Cameron Oliver F	23	17	2	1	1	1	1	7-10	2-5	1-3	+3
Jae'Sean Tate F	23	16	5	2	0	0	2	6-10	3-3	1-2	+17

Los Angeles Lakers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Talen Horton-Tucker G	37	23	2	10	2	0	3	9-16	0-3	5-8	+2
Kyle Kuzma F	32	19	10	7	1	1	3	8-12	1-3	2-5	+3
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope G	31	10	4	1	1	1	1	4-5	1-1	1-1	+7
Montrezl Harrell F-C	26	16	2	1	1	0	1	8-14	0-0	0-0	-8
Ben McLemore G	26	7	1	2	0	0	0	3-6	1-4	0-0	-1
Wesley Matthews G-F	24	5	3	1	1	0	1	2-4	1-2	0-0	-7
Markieff Morris F	23	14	4	4	0	0	0	5-12	2-4	2-2	+9
Andre Drummond C	22	20	10	2	0	1	2	9-13	0-0	2-5	+9
Alfonzo McKinnie F	17	10	5	0	2	0	0	4-8	1-3	1-1	-1
Devontae Cacok F-C	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	-3

🔬 Advanced Stats

Houston RocketsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Kelly Olynyk	Bench	25	24	77.9	32.3	-13.1	18.8
Armoni Brooks	Bench	37	24	62.1	22.5	-4.3	10.4
Kenyon Martin Jr.	Bench	37	20	79.1	17.0	-1.0	12.8
Cameron Oliver	Bench	23	17	75.1	22.2	+3.8	12.1
Jae'Sean Tate	Bench	23	16	73.5	24.1	+35.4	10.8
Anthony Lamb	Bench	34	9	64.3	11.0	-26.4	7.4
D.J. Augustin	Bench	24	8	48.1	16.1	-5.8	5.6
Khyri Thomas	Bench	37	4	16.7	14.4	+0.4	2.8

Los Angeles LakersTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Talen Horton-Tucker	Bench	37	23	58.9	26.1	+4.1	12.6
Andre Drummond	Bench	22	20	65.8	30.2	+21.5	17.0
Kyle Kuzma	Bench	32	19	66.9	22.7	+5.9	16.2
Montrezl Harrell	Bench	26	16	57.1	26.3	-15.1	9.2
Markieff Morris	Bench	23	14	54.3	22.8	+17.6	8.8
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	Bench	31	10	91.9	8.2	+10.4	8.4
Alfonzo McKinnie	Bench	17	10	59.2	21.6	+0.8	11.3
Ben McLemore	Bench	26	7	58.3	10.2	-1.9	4.1
Wesley Matthews	Bench	24	5	62.5	9.3	-11.8	6.9
Devontae Cacok	Bench	4	0	0.0	12.5	-37.5	-4.0