LBJ/AD/Dennis/AC/Duds all out tonite. Lakers let HOU back into the game late
and almost blow the W in the last 23s - Kuz gives them a 1 pt lead and Wes/THT
stop HOU from scoring and LA wins with .9s left. 7 guys in DFs with THT/Dre/Kuz
all in DFs. Lakers let HOU shoot 43% from 3 vs their 35% plus 59% FTs didn't
help. 124-122 Lakers win by 2.

Game Dbl-Figures Leaders:
Player Pts FG% 3P% FT% RB AS BL ST TO PF EFF
Horton-Tucker 23 (56 /0 /63 )/ 2/10/ 0/ 2/ 3/ 1/+24 DD
Drummond 20 (69 /0 /40 )/10/ 2/ 1/ 0/ 2/ 4/+24 DD
Kuzma 19 (67 /33 /40 )/10/ 7/ 1/ 1/ 3/ 4/+28 DD
Harrell 16 (57 /0 /0 )/ 2/ 1/ 0/ 1/ 1/ 1/+13
Morris 14 (42 /50 /100)/ 4/ 4/ 0/ 0/ 0/ 4/+15
McKinnie 10 (50 /33 /100)/ 5/ 0/ 0/ 2/ 0/ 2/+13
Caldwell-Pope 10 (80 /100/100)/ 4/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 2/+15

Next games following:
Game 71 LAL at IND: Sat May 15 21:00 -- B- Bankers Life Fieldhouse
Game 72 LAL at NOP: Sun May 16 21:00 BT BT Smoothie King Center

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Quarterly Laker scoring leaders/notes (pluses OR/ST/BL; minuses TO/PF/oOR):

Q1 - Good start for LA on both ends esp from 3 - shooting 58% vs 46%; pluses
2/1/1; minuses 3/4/2. Caldwell-Pope 8, Matthews/Kuzma/Morris 5,
Drummond/Horton-Tucker 4. 34-26=+8Q.

Q2 - Zero 3s and a -2 Q has LA still up 6 - shooting 52% vs 48%; pluses 2/1/0;
minuses 3/4/2. Harrell 8, Horton-Tucker 6, Drummond 5. 25-27=-2Q.

HT - Lakers doing OK, but third string didn't help much - shooting 55% vs 47%;
pluses 4/2/0; minuses 6/8/4. Caldwell-Pope/Horton-Tucker 10, Drummond 9,
Harrell 8, Kuzma/Morris 7, Matthews 5. 59-53=+6H.

Q3 - Lakers with decent O, didn't play a lick of D - shooting 64% vs 64%;
pluses 3/3/2; minuses 1/6/2. Drummond 11, Horton-Tucker 9, Morris 7,
Kuzma/McLemore 5, McKinnie 4. 41-43=-2Q (100-96=+4).

Q4 - Lakers almost blow another one - down 1 with 23s to go, Kuz makes a layup
to give LA a 1 pt lead with 7s to go and Wes/THT get HOU to turn the ball
over and take the W - shooting 53% vs 45%; pluses 1/3/1; minuses 4/6/2.
Harrell 8, Kuzma 7, Horton-Tucker 4. 24-26=-2Q.

Team scoring by Q (FG%/FG-AT includes 3P%/3P-AT):
Lakers Opponent Lakers Opponent
Q FG-AT 3P-AT FT-AT FG-AT 3P-AT FT-AT FG% 3P% FT% FG% 3P% FT% LAL OPP
1 14-24 4-8 2-3 10-22 3-11 3-4 58.3 50 66.7 45.5 27.3 75 34 26
2 12-23 0-6 1-1 10-21 3-9 4-8 52.2 0.0 100 47.6 33.3 50 25 27
H 26-47 4-14 3-4 20-43 6-20 7-12 55.3 28.6 75 46.5 30 58.3 59 53
3 16-25 2-4 7-12 14-22 7-10 8-9 64 50 58.3 63.6 70 88.9 41 43
A3 42-72 6-18 10-16 34-65 13-30 15-21 58.3 33.3 62.5 52.3 43.3 71.4 100 96
4 10-19 1-2 3-6 9-20 5-12 3-6 52.6 50 50 45 41.7 50 24 26
F 52-91 7-20 13-22 43-85 18-42 18-27 57.1 35 59.1 50.6 42.9 66.7 124 122

Team stats by Q (RB includes team RBs):
Lakers Opponent Diff
Q AS RB OR ST BL TO PF OR AS RB ST BL TO PF AS RB OR ST BL TO PF
1 10 11 2 1 1 3 4 2 9 11 1 0 3 4 +1 +1
2 4 12 2 1 -1 3 4 2 7 10 2 1 4 4 -3 +2 -1 -2 -1
H 14 23 4 2 0 6 8 4 16 21 3 1 7 8 -2 +2 -1 -1 -1
3 9 7 3 3 2 1 6 2 9 9 1 3 4 9 -2 +1 +2 -1 -3 -3
A3 23 30 7 5 2 7 14 6 25 30 4 4 11 17 -2 +1 +1 -2 -4 -3
4 5 11 1 3 1 4 6 2 8 11 3 0 4 6 -3 -1 +1
F 28 41 8 8 3 11 20 8 33 41 7 4 15 23 -5 +1 -1 -4 -3

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NBA Final Box Score:

Team 1 2 3 4 Total
Houston Rockets 26 27 43 26 122
Los Angeles Lakers 34 25 41 24 124 - Final

PLAYER POS MIN FGM-A 3GM-A FTM-A OR TR AS TO ST BS PF PTS P36 +/- EFF
Jae'Sean Tate SF 22:59 6-10 3-3 1-2 1 5 2 2 0 0 4 16 21 +17 +16
Kenyon Martin Jr PF 37:10 7-10 3-5 3-6 0 10 2 2 0 3 2 20 16 -2 +27
Kelly Olynyk C 25:16 6-11 4-6 8-10 1 6 8 5 2 0 5 24 28 -5 +28
Khyri Thomas SG 37:15 2-12 0-4 0-0 1 3 11 1 1 0 2 4 3 -1 +8
D.J. Augustin PG 23:38 2-7 1-5 3-3 0 0 4 1 1 0 1 8 10 -3 +7
Anthony Lamb 34:03 4-7 1-3 0-0 2 9 4 2 1 0 5 9 8 -18 +18
Armoni Brooks 36:54 9-18 4-11 2-3 3 6 1 1 1 0 2 24 20 -1 +21
Cameron Oliver 22:44 7-10 2-5 1-3 0 2 1 1 1 1 2 17 22 +3 +16
Danuel House Jr. DNP
DaQuan Jeffries DNP
Kevin Porter Jr. DNP
Christian Wood DNP
Totals 240:0 43-85 18-42 18-27 8 41 33 15 7 4 23 122
Percent 50.6% 42.9% 66.7%

Biggest Lead: 7
Fastbreak Points: 13
Longest Run: 12
Points In Paint: 50
Points Off Turnovers: 12
Second Chance Points: 9

PLAYER POS MIN FGM-A 3GM-A FTM-A OR TR AS TO ST BS PF PTS P36 +/- EFF
Wesley Matthews SF 23:37 2-4 1-2 0-0 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 5 6 -7 +6
Markieff Morris PF 22:59 5-12 2-4 2-2 1 4 4 0 0 0 4 14 18 +9 +15
Andre Drummond C 21:45 9-13 0-0 2-5 3 10 2 2 0 1 4 20 28 +9 +24
Kentavious Caldw SG 30:34 4-5 1-1 1-1 1 4 1 1 1 1 2 10 10 +7 +15
Talen Horton-Tuc PG 36:43 9-16 0-3 5-8 0 2 10 3 2 0 1 23 19 +2 +24
Kyle Kuzma 32:00 8-12 1-3 2-5 0 10 7 3 1 1 4 19 18 +3 +28
Ben McLemore 25:34 3-6 1-4 0-0 0 1 2 0 1 0 2 7 8 -1 +8
Montrezl Harrell 26:08 8-14 0-0 0-0 1 2 1 1 1 0 1 16 18 -8 +13
Alfonzo McKinnie 16:50 4-8 1-3 1-1 2 5 0 0 2 0 2 10 18 -1 +13
Devontae Cacok 3:48 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 -1
Kostas Antetokou 0:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 +0
Marc Gasol 0:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 +0
Totals 240:0 52-91 7-20 13-22 8 41 28 11 8 3 20 124
Percent 57.1% 35.0% 59.1%

Biggest Lead: 12
Fastbreak Points: 15
Longest Run: 14
Points In Paint: 86
Points Off Turnovers: 19
Second Chance Points: 5

Times Tied: 0; Lead Changes: 0
Attendance: 4087; Duration: 2:14
Officials: John Goble, Curtis Blair, Eric Dalen

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NBA Q3 Box Score:

Team 1 2 3 4 Total
Houston Rockets 26 27 43 0 96
Los Angeles Lakers 34 25 41 0 100 - End of Q3

PLAYER POS MIN FGM-A 3GM-A FTM-A OR TR AS TO ST BS PF PTS P36 +/- EFF
Jae'Sean Tate SF 14:56 5-9 2-2 1-2 1 4 2 1 0 0 2 13 26 +9 +13
Kenyon Martin Jr PF 30:16 4-7 1-3 2-4 0 8 2 1 0 3 1 11 11 -2 +18
Kelly Olynyk C 18:52 6-8 4-5 6-8 1 5 5 4 1 0 3 22 35 -7 +25
Khyri Thomas SG 31:36 2-11 0-3 0-0 1 3 9 1 1 0 2 4 4 +3 +7
D.J. Augustin PG 17:17 0-4 0-3 3-3 0 0 3 1 1 0 1 3 5 -9 +2
Anthony Lamb 25:00 4-6 1-3 0-0 1 5 3 2 0 0 5 9 11 -14 +13
Armoni Brooks 24:54 8-13 3-7 2-3 2 4 0 1 0 0 2 21 25 -3 +18
Cameron Oliver 17:08 5-7 2-4 1-1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 13 23 +3 +15
Danuel House Jr. DNP
DaQuan Jeffries DNP
Kevin Porter Jr. DNP
Christian Wood DNP
Totals 180:0 34-65 13-30 15-21 6 30 25 11 4 4 17 96
Percent 52.3% 43.3% 71.4%

Biggest Lead: 7
Fastbreak Points: 11
Longest Run: 12
Points In Paint: 42
Points Off Turnovers: 7
Second Chance Points: 9

PLAYER POS MIN FGM-A 3GM-A FTM-A OR TR AS TO ST BS PF PTS P36 +/- EFF
Wesley Matthews SF 13:33 2-3 1-2 0-0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 5 11 -3 +6
Markieff Morris PF 20:39 5-11 2-4 2-2 1 4 4 0 0 0 3 14 20 +6 +16
Andre Drummond C 21:45 9-13 0-0 2-5 3 10 2 2 0 1 4 20 28 +9 +24
Kentavious Caldw SG 23:40 4-5 1-1 1-1 1 4 1 0 1 1 1 10 13 +7 +16
Talen Horton-Tuc PG 28:14 8-14 0-3 3-4 0 1 9 2 0 0 0 19 20 +3 +20
Kyle Kuzma 22:15 5-8 1-3 1-3 0 6 3 2 1 0 3 12 16 +7 +15
Ben McLemore 20:06 2-4 1-3 0-0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 5 7 -2 +5
Montrezl Harrell 14:15 4-7 0-0 0-0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 8 17 -5 +8
Alfonzo McKinnie 11:44 3-6 0-2 1-1 1 2 0 0 2 0 1 7 18 +1 +8
Devontae Cacok 3:48 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 -1
Kostas Antetokou 0:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 +0
Marc Gasol 0:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 +0
Totals 180:0 42-72 6-18 10-16 7 30 23 7 5 2 14 100
Percent 58.3% 33.3% 62.5%

Biggest Lead: 12
Fastbreak Points: 12
Longest Run: 14
Points In Paint: 70
Points Off Turnovers: 17
Second Chance Points: 5

Times Tied: 0; Lead Changes: 0
Attendance: 4087; Duration: 1:37
Officials: John Goble, Curtis Blair, Eric Dalen