Los Angeles Lakers 130, Houston Rockets 139 — Recap

March 9, 2022 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Los Angeles Lakers 130, Houston Rockets 139 (overtime). Scoring by quarter: Q1 LAL 38-32 HOU; Q2 LAL 25-36 HOU; Q3 LAL 35-29 HOU; Q4 LAL 22-23 HOU; OT1 LAL 10-19 HOU.

Top performers (box score): Jalen Green (HOU) 32 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists, 4 threes on 13-of-21 shooting; Russell Westbrook (LAL) 30 points, 8 rebounds, 6 assists, 1 threes on 11-of-21 shooting; LeBron James (LAL) 23 points, 14 rebounds, 12 assists, 1 threes on 9-of-26 shooting; Alperen Sengun (HOU) 21 points, 14 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 threes on 9-of-20 shooting; Josh Christopher (HOU) 21 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assists, 3 threes on 8-of-13 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · HOU

Jalen Green

32 PTS, 3 REB, 3 AST, 4 3PM · 13-21 FG

Scoring · LAL

Russell Westbrook

30 PTS, 8 REB, 6 AST, 1 3PM · 11-21 FG

Scoring · LAL

LeBron James

23 PTS, 14 REB, 12 AST, 1 3PM · 9-26 FG

Season highs

Jalen Green · Season-high 32 pointsAlperen Sengun · Season-high 21 pointsLeBron James · Season-high 12 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	OT		T
LAL	38	25	35	22	10		130
HOU	32	36	29	23	19		139

🧮 How They Scored

LALHOU

52Points in the paint62

16Fast-break points14

15Second-chance points19

19Points off turnovers16

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

55.4%Effective FG%59.3%

12.5%Turnover %12.7%

23.1%Offensive rebound %21.7%

0.257Free-throw rate0.186

Box Score

Los Angeles Lakers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
LeBron James F	45	23	14	12	1	4	5	9-26	1-9	4-6	-17
Russell Westbrook G	40	30	8	6	0	1	2	11-21	1-3	7-8	-2
Malik Monk G	40	20	6	1	2	0	1	8-13	4-8	0-0	-4
Austin Reaves G	33	17	4	2	1	1	2	4-7	3-6	6-6	-10
Carmelo Anthony F	30	13	6	2	1	1	1	5-13	3-7	0-0	-14
Stanley Johnson F	25	5	2	1	3	0	1	2-3	1-1	0-2	+7
D.J. Augustin G	22	16	1	1	1	0	0	6-9	4-7	0-0	-4
Avery Bradley G	20	5	3	0	1	0	1	2-6	1-5	0-0	+1
Kent Bazemore G	9	0	2	0	0	0	3	0-2	0-0	0-0	-6
Wenyen Gabriel F	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	1-4	+4

Houston Rockets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Alperen Sengun F-C	40	21	14	2	2	2	3	9-20	1-3	2-2	+6
Kenyon Martin Jr. F	40	17	11	3	0	0	4	7-12	3-6	0-0	+7
Jalen Green G	38	32	3	3	0	1	2	13-21	4-7	2-2	+9
Eric Gordon G	38	15	2	0	1	0	3	5-9	2-5	3-3	+12
Kevin Porter Jr. G	36	10	8	10	2	1	1	4-13	1-6	1-1	+8
Dennis Schroder G	23	12	1	6	0	0	1	4-8	1-3	3-4	+2
Josh Christopher G	22	21	6	1	0	0	0	8-13	3-5	2-2	-3
Garrison Mathews G	19	7	4	0	1	0	1	2-4	2-4	1-1	+6
David Nwaba G	7	4	1	0	1	0	1	0-2	0-1	4-4	-2

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Russell Westbrook	Bench	40	30	61.2	26.2	-2.2	15.1
LeBron James	Bench	45	23	40.2	32.1	-17.0	12.4
Malik Monk	Bench	40	20	76.9	15.1	-4.5	10.7
Austin Reaves	Bench	33	17	88.2	14.6	-13.0	11.8
D.J. Augustin	Bench	22	16	88.9	16.1	-8.5	16.4
Carmelo Anthony	Bench	30	13	50.0	18.4	-22.4	6.2
Avery Bradley	Bench	20	5	41.7	14.0	+5.5	2.8
Stanley Johnson	Bench	25	5	64.4	7.9	+14.0	3.5
Wenyen Gabriel	Bench	2	1	18.1	30.0	+80.0	-125.0
Kent Bazemore	Bench	9	0	0.0	20.0	-28.6	-15.4

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Jalen Green	Bench	38	32	73.1	25.0	+9.2	14.6
Alperen Sengun	Bench	40	21	50.3	24.2	+8.0	10.1
Josh Christopher	Bench	22	21	75.6	24.1	-3.8	22.5
Kenyon Martin Jr.	Bench	40	17	70.8	16.0	+7.7	9.1
Eric Gordon	Bench	38	15	72.7	14.6	+16.8	5.3
Dennis Schroder	Bench	23	12	61.5	17.9	+6.1	11.6
Kevin Porter Jr.	Bench	36	10	37.2	15.7	+11.2	9.2
Garrison Mathews	Bench	19	7	78.8	9.8	+13.6	11.6
David Nwaba	Bench	7	4	53.2	26.3	-5.2	17.1