Los Angeles Lakers 115, Houston Rockets 119 — Recap

January 5, 2025 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Los Angeles Lakers 115, Houston Rockets 119. Scoring by quarter: Q1 LAL 22-36 HOU; Q2 LAL 27-31 HOU; Q3 LAL 40-24 HOU; Q4 LAL 26-28 HOU.

Top performers (box score): Jalen Green (HOU) 33 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists, 5 threes on 12-of-24 shooting; Anthony Davis (LAL) 30 points, 13 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 threes on 10-of-18 shooting; Amen Thompson (HOU) 23 points, 16 rebounds, 3 assists on 11-of-19 shooting; LeBron James (LAL) 21 points, 13 rebounds, 9 assists, 4 threes on 8-of-16 shooting; Austin Reaves (LAL) 21 points, null rebounds, 10 assists, 3 threes on 6-of-13 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · HOU

Jalen Green

33 PTS, 6 REB, 4 AST, 5 3PM · 12-24 FG

Scoring · LAL

Anthony Davis

30 PTS, 13 REB, 2 AST, 2 3PM · 10-18 FG

Scoring · HOU

Amen Thompson

23 PTS, 16 REB, 3 AST · 11-19 FG

Season highs

Amen Thompson · Season-high 23 pointsAmen Thompson · Season-high 16 rebounds

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	22	27	40	26		115
HOU	36	31	24	28		119

🧮 How They Scored

LALHOU

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

59.0%Effective FG%54.5%

8.2%Turnover %5.3%

22.5%Offensive rebound %38.3%

0.333Free-throw rate0.192

Box Score

Los Angeles Lakers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Austin Reaves G	41	21	—	10	—	—	—	6-13	3-6	6-7	+12
Max Christie G	39	14	6	2	1	—	1	4-8	2-5	4-4	+14
Anthony Davis F-C	38	30	13	2	—	5	4	10-18	2-4	8-8	+7
LeBron James F	36	21	13	9	1	—	2	8-16	4-7	1-2	-13
Rui Hachimura F	28	13	1	—	—	—	1	5-9	3-6	0-2	+4
Dorian Finney-Smith F	26	13	2	2	2	—	—	5-9	2-6	1-1	-6
Dalton Knecht F	17	—	1	—	—	—	—	0-3	0-2	—	-3
Jaxson Hayes C	6	2	2	1	—	—	—	0-2	—	2-2	-7

Houston Rockets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Fred VanVleet G	42	15	2	2	1	1	—	5-12	3-8	2-3	-5
Amen Thompson G-F	41	23	16	3	1	—	4	11-19	0-3	1-4	+1
Jalen Green G	33	33	6	4	—	1	—	12-24	5-12	4-4	-5
Dillon Brooks G-F	33	5	5	3	—	—	—	2-8	1-4	—	-4
Alperen Sengun F-C	31	14	6	4	—	—	2	6-14	0-2	2-4	-14
Steven Adams C	17	8	9	1	1	1	—	3-4	—	2-4	+17
Cam Whitmore F	16	8	4	—	—	1	—	3-8	2-5	—	+6
Jae'Sean Tate F	15	6	1	2	—	—	—	2-3	2-3	—	+14
Aaron Holiday G	12	7	—	—	—	—	—	3-7	1-3	—	+10

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Anthony Davis	Bench	38	30	69.7	31.7	+11.1	17.1
LeBron James	Bench	36	21	62.2	24.7	-18.3	18.1
Austin Reaves	Bench	41	21	65.3	18.2	+18.4	12.4
Max Christie	Bench	39	14	71.7	13.3	+18.2	8.9
Dorian Finney-Smith	Bench	26	13	68.9	15.8	-9.4	11.1
Rui Hachimura	Bench	28	13	65.8	17.7	+5.1	3.9
Jaxson Hayes	Bench	6	2	34.7	20.0	-64.7	2.6
Gabe Vincent	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Dalton Knecht	Bench	17	—	0.0	8.1	-5.4	-3.3
Bronny James	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Jalen Green	Bench	33	33	64.1	33.3	-7.8	18.0
Amen Thompson	Bench	41	23	55.4	25.5	+1.3	13.4
Fred VanVleet	Bench	42	15	56.3	12.5	-9.2	6.3
Alperen Sengun	Bench	31	14	44.4	25.7	-25.3	4.6
Steven Adams	Bench	17	8	69.4	12.8	+58.6	22.9
Cam Whitmore	Bench	16	8	50.0	18.6	+23.0	10.7
Aaron Holiday	Bench	12	7	50.0	20.6	+45.3	8.0
Jae'Sean Tate	Bench	15	6	100.0	8.6	+64.1	3.8
Dillon Brooks	Bench	33	5	31.3	10.5	-12.2	3.2
Jeff Green	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jock Landale	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
Reed Sheppard	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0