Houston Rockets 85, Los Angeles Lakers 95 — Recap

October 31, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Houston Rockets 85, Los Angeles Lakers 95. Scoring by quarter: Q1 HOU 15-27 LAL; Q2 HOU 20-27 LAL; Q3 HOU 19-21 LAL; Q4 HOU 31-20 LAL.

Top performers (box score): Carmelo Anthony (LAL) 23 points, 3 rebounds, 0 assists, 5 threes on 8-of-14 shooting; Russell Westbrook (LAL) 20 points, 8 rebounds, 9 assists, 2 threes on 9-of-22 shooting; Eric Gordon (HOU) 17 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists, 4 threes on 4-of-10 shooting; Anthony Davis (LAL) 16 points, 13 rebounds, 2 assists on 7-of-17 shooting; Christian Wood (HOU) 16 points, 13 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 threes on 7-of-15 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · LAL

Carmelo Anthony

23 PTS, 3 REB, 0 AST, 5 3PM · 8-14 FG

Scoring · LAL

Russell Westbrook

20 PTS, 8 REB, 9 AST, 2 3PM · 9-22 FG

Scoring · HOU

Eric Gordon

17 PTS, 2 REB, 2 AST, 4 3PM · 4-10 FG

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	15	20	19	31		85
LAL	27	27	21	20		95

🧮 How They Scored

HOULAL

48Points in the paint44

14Fast-break points20

19Second-chance points10

14Points off turnovers32

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

46.1%Effective FG%45.3%

22.0%Turnover %10.6%

23.3%Offensive rebound %18.2%

0.382Free-throw rate0.135

Box Score

Houston Rockets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Kevin Porter Jr. G	36	13	9	4	2	0	6	6-13	1-5	0-1	-5
Christian Wood F	35	16	13	2	0	0	3	7-15	1-6	1-7	-15
Jalen Green G	32	7	5	5	1	0	4	2-8	0-4	3-6	-7
Eric Gordon G	30	17	2	2	1	1	3	4-10	4-6	5-7	+1
Daniel Theis F	21	3	4	0	0	0	0	1-5	0-2	1-2	-12
Alperen Sengun F-C	20	11	7	2	3	0	4	3-7	0-1	5-6	-3
Jae'Sean Tate F	18	6	6	1	0	2	3	3-7	0-2	0-0	-11
Kenyon Martin Jr. F	16	12	4	1	1	0	1	6-8	0-1	0-0	+8
David Nwaba G	16	0	4	0	0	0	1	0-2	0-0	0-0	-9
D.J. Augustin G	11	0	0	1	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	-9
Armoni Brooks G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+4
Josh Christopher G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+4
Usman Garuba F	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+4

Los Angeles Lakers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Russell Westbrook G	35	20	8	9	1	0	2	9-22	2-4	0-1	+25
LeBron James F	35	15	7	8	4	1	2	6-19	0-6	3-4	+7
Anthony Davis F-C	33	16	13	2	1	1	3	7-17	0-1	2-2	+6
Avery Bradley G	30	2	3	0	3	1	1	1-5	0-4	0-0	-5
Kent Bazemore G	27	9	2	1	3	0	1	3-7	2-3	1-2	+4
Carmelo Anthony F	25	23	3	0	2	4	0	8-14	5-8	2-4	+7
Austin Reaves G	20	2	2	0	0	0	3	1-2	0-1	0-0	+5
Malik Monk G	19	0	2	0	0	0	0	0-6	0-4	0-0	-2
DeAndre Jordan C	17	8	3	2	1	2	0	4-4	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
Eric Gordon	Bench	30	17	65.0	21.6	+4.4	10.2
Christian Wood	Bench	35	16	44.2	24.7	-17.8	12.7
Kevin Porter Jr.	Bench	36	13	48.4	21.3	-5.4	9.9
Kenyon Martin Jr.	Bench	16	12	75.0	24.3	+27.1	21.3
Alperen Sengun	Bench	20	11	57.1	26.9	-2.3	13.0
Jalen Green	Bench	32	7	32.9	19.7	-11.7	3.2
Jae'Sean Tate	Bench	18	6	42.9	22.7	-28.9	13.0
Daniel Theis	Bench	21	3	25.5	11.3	-26.1	-1.3
D.J. Augustin	Bench	11	0	0.0	3.8	-37.5	0.0
David Nwaba	Bench	16	0	0.0	7.3	-22.8	0.0
Armoni Brooks	Bench	1	0	0.0	0.0	+133.3	0.0
Josh Christopher	Bench	1	0	0.0	0.0	+133.3	0.0
Usman Garuba	Bench	1	0	0.0	0.0	+133.3	20.0

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Carmelo Anthony	Bench	25	23	73.0	25.0	+7.2	21.2
Russell Westbrook	Bench	35	20	44.6	27.3	+28.7	18.0
Anthony Davis	Bench	33	16	44.7	25.9	+7.5	17.5
LeBron James	Bench	35	15	36.1	25.3	+8.2	18.9
Kent Bazemore	Bench	27	9	57.1	12.9	+5.5	10.1
DeAndre Jordan	Bench	17	8	100.0	9.8	+9.9	17.8
Austin Reaves	Bench	20	2	50.0	10.0	+8.9	-2.9
Avery Bradley	Bench	30	2	20.0	7.8	-11.3	2.1
Malik Monk	Bench	19	0	0.0	13.0	-15.2	-6.7