Houston Rockets 109, Los Angeles Lakers 140 — Recap

April 11, 2025 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Houston Rockets 109, Los Angeles Lakers 140. Scoring by quarter: Q1 HOU 32-38 LAL; Q2 HOU 24-40 LAL; Q3 HOU 31-29 LAL; Q4 HOU 22-33 LAL.

Top performers (box score): Luka Doncic (LAL) 39 points, 8 rebounds, 7 assists, 5 threes on 13-of-19 shooting; Cam Whitmore (HOU) 34 points, 8 rebounds, 1 assists, 7 threes on 13-of-19 shooting; Austin Reaves (LAL) 23 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 threes on 9-of-15 shooting; Dorian Finney-Smith (LAL) 18 points, null rebounds, null assists, 6 threes on 6-of-9 shooting; Rui Hachimura (LAL) 16 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assists, 1 threes on 6-of-8 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · LAL

Luka Doncic

39 PTS, 8 REB, 7 AST, 5 3PM · 13-19 FG

Scoring · HOU

Cam Whitmore

34 PTS, 8 REB, 1 AST, 7 3PM · 13-19 FG

Scoring · LAL

Austin Reaves

23 PTS, 7 REB, 6 AST, 3 3PM · 9-15 FG

Season highs

Cam Whitmore · Season-high 34 pointsCam Whitmore · Season-high 7 threes

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	32	24	31	22		109
LAL	38	40	29	33		140

🧮 How They Scored

HOULAL

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

62.1%Effective FG%72.4%

14.7%Turnover %11.1%

11.9%Offensive rebound %13.3%

0.121Free-throw rate0.294

Box Score

Houston Rockets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Reed Sheppard G	41	14	3	5	2	1	3	5-14	4-8	—	-27
Cam Whitmore F	37	34	8	1	1	1	4	13-19	7-12	1-1	-23
Jock Landale C	25	8	5	—	2	—	2	3-5	1-1	1-2	—
Aaron Holiday G	24	11	2	4	—	1	2	4-7	2-5	1-1	-16
Jeff Green F	22	6	3	5	—	—	—	1-6	1-6	3-4	-11
Jalen Green G	15	7	4	3	1	—	1	3-10	1-4	—	-9
N'Faly Dante C	14	8	6	1	1	1	—	4-5	—	—	-11

Los Angeles Lakers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Austin Reaves G	33	23	7	6	2	—	5	9-15	3-6	2-2	+17
Rui Hachimura F	32	16	5	1	—	—	—	6-8	1-2	3-4	+15
Luka Doncic F-G	31	39	8	7	1	—	4	13-19	5-9	8-14	+15
Dorian Finney-Smith F	30	18	—	—	3	—	—	6-9	6-8	—	+16
Jordan Goodwin G	23	3	6	3	—	—	1	1-4	1-3	—	+21
LeBron James F	22	14	4	8	1	—	1	6-11	1-4	1-1	+5
Gabe Vincent G	21	—	1	1	1	—	—	0-3	0-3	—	+25
Jarred Vanderbilt F	19	8	4	—	2	1	1	4-5	—	—	+12
Jaxson Hayes C	12	7	1	—	—	—	—	3-3	—	1-4	+1
Dalton Knecht F	4	5	1	—	—	—	—	2-3	1-1	—	+6
Bronny James G	4	3	1	1	—	—	—	1-4	1-1	—	+6
Trey Jemison C	4	2	3	1	—	—	—	1-1	—	—	+8

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Cam Whitmore	Bench	37	34	87.4	26.1	-28.8	18.0
Reed Sheppard	Bench	41	14	50.0	17.7	-28.6	4.9
Aaron Holiday	Bench	24	11	73.9	15.5	-34.1	9.3
Jock Landale	Bench	25	8	68.0	12.9	0.0	4.8
N'Faly Dante	Bench	14	8	80.0	13.5	-38.6	16.8
Jalen Green	Bench	15	7	35.0	28.2	-26.5	8.3
Jeff Green	Bench	22	6	38.7	15.4	-25.3	5.3
Steven Adams	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jae'Sean Tate	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jabari Smith Jr.	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Tari Eason	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Luka Doncic	Bench	31	39	77.5	39.7	+21.1	24.7
Austin Reaves	Bench	33	23	72.4	26.7	+26.5	15.8
Dorian Finney-Smith	Bench	30	18	100.0	12.5	+24.7	10.9
Rui Hachimura	Bench	32	16	82.0	13.2	+19.1	10.8
LeBron James	Bench	22	14	61.2	24.0	+14.9	18.5
Jarred Vanderbilt	Bench	19	8	80.0	14.3	+30.0	9.0
Jaxson Hayes	Bench	12	7	73.5	19.2	+4.0	4.3
Dalton Knecht	Bench	4	5	83.3	23.1	+66.7	19.4
Jordan Goodwin	Bench	23	3	37.5	9.4	+43.7	6.3
Bronny James	Bench	4	3	37.5	30.8	+66.7	11.1
Trey Jemison	Bench	4	2	100.0	8.3	+83.3	35.5
Gabe Vincent	Bench	21	—	0.0	6.0	+48.2	-1.0