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LAL 6-2
124 – 116
FINAL
HOU 7-1

Los Angeles Lakers 124, Houston Rockets 116 — Recap

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📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Los Angeles Lakers 124, Houston Rockets 116. Scoring by quarter: Q1 LAL 35-26 HOU; Q2 LAL 32-29 HOU; Q3 LAL 22-37 HOU; Q4 LAL 35-24 HOU.

Top performers (box score): Luka Doncic (LAL) 40 points, 9 rebounds, 10 assists, 7 threes on 12-of-25 shooting; LeBron James (LAL) 30 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 threes on 13-of-14 shooting; Alperen Sengun (HOU) 27 points, 4 rebounds, 10 assists, 1 threes on 10-of-15 shooting; Amen Thompson (HOU) 26 points, 11 rebounds, 4 assists on 11-of-19 shooting; Kevin Durant (HOU) 18 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 threes on 7-of-11 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · LAL
Luka Doncic
40 PTS, 9 REB, 10 AST, 7 3PM · 12-25 FG
Scoring · LAL
LeBron James
30 PTS, 5 REB, 2 AST, 2 3PM · 13-14 FG
Scoring · HOU
Alperen Sengun
27 PTS, 4 REB, 10 AST, 1 3PM · 10-15 FG

Every player's line is in the box score below; the play-by-play is available in the BlowOutAlert workspace.

📊 Game Flow

LAL 13 largest lead Q2 8:54 (LAL 45, HOU 32) · 9-0 run, Q3 0:15–Q4 10:28
HOU 6 largest lead Q3 2:08 (LAL 83, HOU 89) · 9-0 run, Q4 8:25–Q4 6:39
Swings 8 lead changes Tied 9 times

Ahead for good: Rui Hachimura makes 23-foot three point jumper (Luka Doncic assists) (Q4 3:54, LAL 110, HOU 109).

Clutch timeEvery score of the final five minutes
  • Q4 3:54 Rui Hachimura makes 23-foot three point jumper (Luka Doncic assists)LAL · LAL 110, HOU 109
  • Q4 3:14 Luka Doncic makes 26-foot three point step back jumpshotLAL · LAL 113, HOU 109
  • Q4 2:53 Amen Thompson makes alley oop layup (Alperen Sengun assists)HOU · LAL 113, HOU 111
  • Q4 2:36 Rui Hachimura makes 2-foot alley oop dunk (Luka Doncic assists)LAL · LAL 115, HOU 111
  • Q4 1:22 LeBron James makes 1-foot alley oop dunk (Luka Doncic assists)LAL · LAL 117, HOU 111
  • Q4 0:58 Luka Doncic makes 25-foot three point step back jumpshotLAL · LAL 120, HOU 111
  • Q4 0:53 Alperen Sengun makes free throw 1 of 2HOU · LAL 120, HOU 112
  • Q4 0:53 Alperen Sengun makes free throw 2 of 2HOU · LAL 120, HOU 113
  • Q4 0:30 Luka Doncic makes free throw 1 of 2LAL · LAL 121, HOU 113
  • Q4 0:30 Luka Doncic makes free throw 2 of 2LAL · LAL 122, HOU 113
  • Q4 0:22 Alperen Sengun makes 27-foot three point jumper (Reed Sheppard assists)HOU · LAL 122, HOU 116
  • Q4 0:20 Austin Reaves makes free throw 1 of 2LAL · LAL 123, HOU 116

Linescore

1234 T
LAL 35322235 124
HOU 26293724 116

🧮 How They Scored

LALHOU
62Points in the paint56
21Fast-break points15
6Second-chance points14
23Points off turnovers26
19Bench points17
Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor
70.4%Effective FG%55.5%
12.9%Turnover %10.0%
16.1%Offensive rebound %29.3%
0.355Free-throw rate0.187

Box Score

Los Angeles Lakers

Player MINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOFG3PTFT+/-
Luka Doncic F-G 384091010512-257-179-14+2
Austin Reaves G 3814380114-91-35-6+6
LeBron James F 34305211213-142-22-30
Deandre Ayton C 3416420318-100-00-0+1
Marcus Smart G 345342012-71-50-0+7
Rui Hachimura F 208300103-42-20-0+8
Luke Kennard G 185111032-31-20-0+7
Jaxson Hayes C 141310100-00-01-4+6
Jake LaRavia F 105321102-41-10-0+3

Houston Rockets

Player MINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOFG3PTFT+/-
Amen Thompson G-F 422611420011-190-14-4-8
Kevin Durant F 3818642047-112-52-3-2
Jabari Smith Jr. F 3818540007-153-81-2-2
Alperen Sengun F-C 372741010210-151-26-6+7
Tari Eason F 3210611124-130-32-20
Reed Sheppard G 2711232034-123-80-0-8
Josh Okogie G 143202001-31-20-0-8
Dorian Finney-Smith F 93200001-31-30-0-13
Clint Capela C 30000000-00-00-0-6

🔬 Advanced Stats

Los Angeles LakersTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact
PlayerRoleMINPTSTS%USG%NETPIE
Luka Doncic Starter 384064.245.0+4.319.7
LeBron James Starter 343097.922.7+3.619.9
Deandre Ayton Starter 341680.015.1-0.311.2
Austin Reaves Starter 381460.115.1+2.88.3
Marcus Smart Starter 34535.711.1+13.54.2
Rui Hachimura Bench 208100.08.9+18.68.6
Luke Kennard Bench 18583.314.6+21.81.8
Jake LaRavia Bench 10562.516.0+14.312.2
Jaxson Hayes Bench 14128.47.4+34.42.2
Jarred Vanderbilt Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Kobe Bufkin Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Dalton Knecht Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Bronny James Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Adou Thiero Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Houston RocketsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact
PlayerRoleMINPTSTS%USG%NETPIE
Alperen Sengun Starter 372776.523.0+9.519.6
Amen Thompson Starter 422662.621.4-11.115.1
Kevin Durant Starter 381873.118.0-4.310.4
Jabari Smith Jr. Starter 381856.717.6-2.67.8
Tari Eason Starter 321036.022.5+3.83.0
Reed Sheppard Bench 271145.822.7-20.82.9
Dorian Finney-Smith Bench 09350.013.0-57.65.2
Josh Okogie Bench 14350.010.0-13.71.9
Clint Capela Bench 0300.00.0-100.00.0
Jeff Green Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Aaron Holiday Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Isaiah Crawford Bench 0000.00.00.00.0

⚔️ Season Series & What's Next

2025-26 season series LAL 2 – 1 HOU
Last 20 meetings · since 2020-21 LAL 14 – 6 HOU
Previous meetingsOpen the recap
After this game
Los Angeles Lakers 44-25 W7 L10 9-1 Next game recap: @ MIA · Thu, Mar 19
Houston Rockets 41-27 L2 L10 4-6 Next game recap: vs ATL · Fri, Mar 20

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