Los Angeles Lakers @ Houston Rockets — Mar 17, 2026

NBA Toyota Center, Houston·March 17, 2026
Los Angeles Lakers LAL 34-23, 15-13 Away
100
Final
92
Houston Rockets HOU 37-24, 21-8 Home
1 2 3 4 T
LAL 29 22 32 17 100
HOU 28 29 23 12 92
Leaders
Points
L.
L. Dončić FG LAL
36 PTS
J.
J. Smith F HOU
22 PTS
Rebounds
D.
D. Ayton C LAL
11 REB
A.
A. Thompson G HOU
12 REB
Assists
L.
L. James F LAL
5 AST
A.
A. Thompson G HOU
5 AST
Box Scores
Lakers
Rockets
MIN — Minutes · PTS — Points · FG — Field Goals · 3PT — 3-Point Field Goals · FT — Free Throws · REB — Rebounds · AST — Assists · STL — Steals · BLK — Blocks · TO — Turnovers · PF — Personal Fouls · +/- — Plus-Minus
Team Statistics
Lakers
Rockets
44% Field Goals 48.1%
23.5% 3-Point FG 19.2%
81.8% Free Throws 73.3%
32 Rebounds 44
12 OFF 15
20 DEF 29
17 Assists 21
14 Steals 9
2 Blocks 3
11 Turnovers 22
18 Fouls 18
10 Biggest Lead 10
24:18 Time in Lead 18:40
9 Max Pts in Row 8
Four Factors
48.8% eFG% 51.3%
10.5% TOV% 20.4%
29.3% ORB% 42.9%
21.4% FT Rate 13.9%
Play-by-Play
Q4 17 - 12 100 - 92
98 - 89 0:30
K. Durant 2PT
2PT L. James
98 - 87 0:40
2PT D. Ayton
96 - 87 0:44
2PT D. Ayton
94 - 87 1:15
3PT M. Smart
92 - 87 2:00
89 - 87 2:22
A. Thompson FT
89 - 86 2:22
A. Thompson FT
2PT L. Dončić
89 - 85 2:38
2PT D. Ayton
87 - 85 3:16
FT L. James
85 - 85 5:52
84 - 85 6:12
J. Smith 3PT
84 - 82 6:59
J. Smith 2PT
84 - 80 10:12
R. Sheppard 2PT
Q3 32 - 23 83 - 80
84 - 78 10:59
A. Thompson FT
2PT L. James
84 - 77 11:17
82 - 77 0:34
J. Smith FT
3PT L. Dončić
82 - 76 0:48
79 - 76 1:02
R. Sheppard 2PT
79 - 74 1:24
A. Thompson 2PT
3PT L. Dončić
79 - 72 2:18
FT J. LaRavia
76 - 72 2:43
FT A. Reaves
75 - 72 2:43
2PT A. Reaves
74 - 72 3:11
72 - 72 3:29
R. Sheppard 2PT
FT L. James
72 - 70 3:50
2PT R. Hachimura
71 - 70 4:17
2PT L. James
69 - 70 4:46
FT A. Reaves
67 - 70 4:55
FT A. Reaves
66 - 70 4:55
65 - 70 5:20
T. Eason 2PT
FT L. Dončić
65 - 68 5:43
2PT L. Dončić
64 - 68 5:43
2PT L. Dončić
62 - 68 6:12
60 - 68 6:53
T. Eason FT
60 - 67 7:07
T. Eason 2PT
3PT L. James
60 - 65 7:57
FT D. Ayton
57 - 65 8:33
56 - 65 8:50
C. Capela 2PT
2PT L. James
56 - 63 9:08
54 - 63 9:23
A. Thompson 2PT
2PT A. Reaves
54 - 61 9:59
52 - 61 10:13
J. Smith 2PT
2PT M. Smart
52 - 59 11:09
50 - 59 11:21
A. Thompson 2PT
Q2 22 - 29 51 - 57
51 - 57
K. Durant 2PT
51 - 55
J. Smith 2PT
FT L. Dončić
51 - 53
FT L. Dončić
49 - 53 1:35
48 - 53 1:55
A. Thompson 2PT
48 - 51 2:07
K. Durant 2PT
3PT M. Smart
48 - 49 2:33
45 - 49 2:46
D. Finney-Smith 3PT
FT L. Dončić
45 - 46 3:41
44 - 46 3:57
K. Durant FT
44 - 45 3:57
K. Durant FT
2PT L. Dončić
44 - 44 4:12
42 - 44 4:57
J. Smith 2PT
2PT L. Dončić
42 - 42 5:35
40 - 42 5:50
D. Finney-Smith 2PT
40 - 40 6:41
K. Durant 2PT
40 - 38 7:15
C. Capela FT
FT A. Reaves
40 - 37 7:25
FT J. LaRavia
39 - 37 8:07
FT J. LaRavia
38 - 37 8:07
37 - 37 8:24
C. Capela FT
37 - 36 8:24
C. Capela 2PT
FT J. LaRavia
37 - 34 8:53
FT J. LaRavia
36 - 34 8:53
35 - 34 9:16
D. Finney-Smith 3PT
2PT J. LaRavia
35 - 31 9:37
2PT A. Reaves
33 - 31 10:16
31 - 31 10:48
J. Smith 3PT
2PT A. Reaves
31 - 28 11:23
Q1 29 - 28 29 - 28
29 - 28 0:08
R. Sheppard 2PT
29 - 26 0:38
R. Sheppard 3PT
2PT L. Dončić
29 - 23 1:10
27 - 23 1:28
J. Smith 2PT
3PT M. Smart
27 - 21 1:54
24 - 21 2:16
A. Thompson 2PT
2PT R. Hachimura
24 - 19 2:36
22 - 19 3:56
K. Durant 2PT
2PT A. Reaves
22 - 17 4:09
2PT L. Dončić
20 - 17 4:37
18 - 17 4:55
A. Thompson 2PT
3PT L. Dončić
18 - 15 5:15
15 - 15 5:27
K. Durant 2PT
2PT R. Hachimura
15 - 13 5:48
13 - 13 6:28
K. Durant 2PT
2PT L. James
13 - 11 6:50
2PT L. Dončić
11 - 11 7:15
2PT L. Dončić
9 - 11 7:59
7 - 11 8:21
K. Durant 2PT
3PT L. Dončić
7 - 9 8:37
4 - 9 8:55
A. Thompson 2PT
4 - 7 9:24
J. Smith 2PT
4 - 5 10:22
J. Smith 2PT
2PT L. James
4 - 3 10:39
2PT L. Dončić
2 - 3 10:58
0 - 3 11:15
C. Capela 2PT
0 - 1 11:39
C. Capela FT
Score Lines
Lead Tracker
Lead Changes: 4 Biggest Lead: LAL +11 Times Tied: 10
Toyota Center
Houston, US · 18,300 capacity
League
NBA
Season
NBA 25/26
Date
March 17, 2026
Time
1:30 am
Duration
48 min