Los Angeles Lakers 132, Houston Rockets 123 — Recap

December 28, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Los Angeles Lakers 132, Houston Rockets 123. Scoring by quarter: Q1 LAL 34-35 HOU; Q2 LAL 33-24 HOU; Q3 LAL 30-33 HOU; Q4 LAL 35-31 HOU.

Top performers (box score): LeBron James (LAL) 32 points, 10 rebounds, 11 assists, 3 threes on 11-of-19 shooting; Malik Monk (LAL) 25 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 threes on 7-of-14 shooting; Russell Westbrook (LAL) 24 points, 13 rebounds, 10 assists, 2 threes on 10-of-17 shooting; Carmelo Anthony (LAL) 24 points, 9 rebounds, 0 assists, 4 threes on 9-of-15 shooting; Jalen Green (HOU) 24 points, 2 rebounds, 4 assists, 4 threes on 8-of-16 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · LAL

LeBron James

32 PTS, 10 REB, 11 AST, 3 3PM · 11-19 FG

Scoring · LAL

Malik Monk

25 PTS, 2 REB, 2 AST, 3 3PM · 7-14 FG

Scoring · LAL

Russell Westbrook

24 PTS, 13 REB, 10 AST, 2 3PM · 10-17 FG

Season highs

Kevin Porter Jr. · Season-high 5 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
LAL	34	33	30	35		132
HOU	35	24	33	31		123

🧮 How They Scored

LALHOU

56Points in the paint56

16Fast-break points16

10Second-chance points8

13Points off turnovers18

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

59.8%Effective FG%62.7%

10.3%Turnover %13.0%

35.0%Offensive rebound %10.5%

0.315Free-throw rate0.301

Box Score

Los Angeles Lakers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Malik Monk G	40	25	2	2	1	2	0	7-14	3-7	8-8	+11
LeBron James F	39	32	10	11	1	2	3	11-19	3-5	7-9	+6
Russell Westbrook G	35	24	13	10	2	0	7	10-17	2-2	2-6	+9
Stanley Johnson F	32	9	5	2	1	0	0	3-8	0-4	3-3	-7
Avery Bradley G	31	14	4	0	2	0	0	6-13	2-5	0-0	+8
Carmelo Anthony F	28	24	9	0	1	2	0	9-15	4-8	2-2	+17
Talen Horton-Tucker G	21	2	3	1	0	0	2	1-4	0-2	0-1	-2
Darren Collison G	14	2	2	1	0	0	0	1-2	0-1	0-0	+3

Houston Rockets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jalen Green G	38	24	2	4	2	0	2	8-16	4-9	4-5	-9
Kevin Porter Jr. G	35	22	5	9	1	1	4	8-17	5-9	1-2	-11
Christian Wood F	33	22	6	3	3	1	3	8-12	3-4	3-6	-11
Eric Gordon G	33	13	3	3	0	0	2	5-6	2-2	1-1	-11
David Nwaba G	33	7	7	1	0	4	0	2-7	0-1	3-3	-2
Josh Christopher G	27	14	3	2	3	0	2	5-8	0-2	4-4	0
Armoni Brooks G	25	11	2	2	1	0	0	3-9	2-8	3-3	-3
Alperen Sengun F-C	15	10	2	0	0	1	1	5-8	0-0	0-1	+2

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
LeBron James	Bench	39	32	69.7	27.7	+5.8	18.6
Malik Monk	Bench	40	25	71.3	18.6	+11.9	11.5
Russell Westbrook	Bench	35	24	61.1	30.0	+8.5	16.4
Carmelo Anthony	Bench	28	24	75.6	22.2	+26.0	17.3
Avery Bradley	Bench	31	14	53.8	17.6	+10.9	6.4
Stanley Johnson	Bench	32	9	48.3	11.4	-4.8	4.5
Talen Horton-Tucker	Bench	21	2	22.5	11.1	-4.3	-5.9
Darren Collison	Bench	14	2	50.0	5.0	+5.1	3.9

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Jalen Green	Bench	38	24	65.9	23.5	-9.4	10.5
Kevin Porter Jr.	Bench	35	22	61.5	28.9	-13.7	11.4
Christian Wood	Bench	33	22	75.1	25.0	-14.5	13.7
Josh Christopher	Bench	27	14	71.7	19.4	+2.1	11.2
Eric Gordon	Bench	33	13	100.9	10.3	-13.2	9.0
Armoni Brooks	Bench	25	11	53.3	15.4	-7.3	5.2
Alperen Sengun	Bench	15	10	59.2	24.3	+5.7	3.9
David Nwaba	Bench	33	7	42.1	11.4	-1.2	6.4