OUT: AD,AR,LW4. Lakers take on the worst team in the league and nearly lost it
at EOG despite having only 2 TOs (some kinda record) and shooting 54% vs 49%.
Once again the RBing sucked (-8 ORBs) causing 21 SCPs vs 15 and HOU got 9 more
shots off. 5 guys in DFs with Gabe 1 RB short of DD and LBJ 2 RBs/1 AS short of
a TD. 140-132 Lakers win by 8 (but it was closer than that).
FBP: 9 vs 3; PIP: 60 vs 72; POT: 12 vs 4; SCP: 15 vs 21.

Game Dbl-Figures Leaders:
Player Pts FG% 3P% FT% RB AS BL ST TO PF EFF
James 48 (62 /50 /92 )/ 8/ 9/ 0/ 0/ 0/ 1/ +0
Westbrook 24 (56 /0 /75 )/ 5/ 4/ 0/ 1/ 0/ 2/ +0
Nunn 15 (58 /20 /0 )/ 2/ 1/ 0/ 0/ 0/ 0/ +0
Gabriel 14 (63 /0 /100)/ 9/ 2/ 2/ 1/ 0/ 6/ +0
Beverley 11 (50 /50 /100)/ 2/ 1/ 0/ 0/ 0/ 2/ +0

Next games following:
Game 45 LAL vs SAC: Wed Jan 18 19:30 -- -- Crypto.com
Game 46 LAL vs MEM: Fri Jan 20 19:00 -- -- Crypto.com
Game 47 LAL at POR: Sun Jan 22 18:00 -- -- Moda Center

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

Q1 - PFs again keeping the score close - shooting 57% vs 46%; pluses 2/0/2;
minuses 1/7/6. Westbrook 8, James 7, Brown/Beverley/Gabriel 6. 37-35=+2Q.

Q2 - HOU makes a run and gets close before LA wakes up - shooting 52% vs 42%;
pluses 4/2/2; minuses 1/2/3. James 11, Beverley/Toscano-Anderson/Gabriel
5, Nunn 4. 36-26=+10Q.

Q3 - HOU makes another run and almost ties it up - shooting 46% vs 58%; pluses
2/1/1; minuses 0/3/2. James 10, Westbrook 6, Nunn 5, Bryant 4.
29-37=-8Q (102-98=+4).

Q4 - Lakers let it get really close again, but this time they pull it out for
the W - shooting 62% vs 50%; pluses 1/1/0; minuses 0/7/6. James 20,
Westbrook 7, Nunn 4. 38-34=+4Q.

H1 - Lakers in fair shape at HT, but shoulda had a bigger lead and need to stop
letting HOU from getting to the rim - shooting 54% vs 44%; pluses 6/2/4;
minuses 2/9/9. James 18, Gabriel/Beverley/Westbrook 11, Nunn/Brown 6,
Schroder/Toscano-Anderson 5. 73-61=+12H.

H2 - Lakers lost H2 by 4 - good thing they won H1 by more - shooting 54% vs 54%;
pluses 3/2/1; minuses 0/10/8. 67-71=-4H.

FG - Lakers get an EOG W for a change - shooting 54% vs 49%; pluses 9/4/5;
minuses 2/19/17. 140-132=+8G.

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 13-23 5-11 6-6 12-26 0-3 11-13 56.5 45.5 100 46.2 0.0 84.6 37 35
2 13-25 3-7 7-10 10-24 3-9 3-4 52 42.9 70 41.7 33.3 75 36 26
3 10-22 3-9 6-7 15-26 5-9 2-2 45.5 33.3 85.7 57.7 55.6 100 29 37
4 13-21 1-6 11-12 12-24 3-9 7-12 61.9 16.7 91.7 50 33.3 58.3 38 34

H1 26-48 8-18 13-16 22-50 3-12 14-17 54.2 44.4 81.3 44 25 82.4 73 61
A3 36-70 11-27 19-23 37-76 8-21 16-19 51.4 40.7 82.6 48.7 38.1 84.2 102 98
H2 23-43 4-15 17-19 27-50 8-18 9-14 53.5 26.7 89.5 54 44.4 64.3 67 71
F 49-91 12-33 30-35 49-10011-30 23-31 53.8 36.4 85.7 49 36.7 74.2 140 132

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 8 11 2 0 2 1 7 6 3 15 0 0 0 5 +5 -4 -4 +2 +1 +2
2 3 18 4 2 2 1 2 3 7 12 0 4 3 7 -4 +6 +1 +2 -2 -2 -5
3 4 9 2 1 1 0 3 2 11 15 0 1 2 5 -7 -6 +1 -2 -2
4 9 8 1 1 0 0 7 6 7 18 0 2 3 8 +2 -10 -5 +1 -2 -3 -1

H1 11 29 6 2 4 2 9 9 10 27 0 4 3 12 +1 +2 -3 +2 -1 -3
A3 15 38 8 3 5 2 12 11 21 42 0 5 5 17 -6 -4 -3 +3 -3 -5
H2 13 17 3 2 1 0 10 8 18 33 0 3 5 13 -5 -16 -5 +2 -2 -5 -3
F 24 46 9 4 5 2 19 17 28 60 0 7 8 25 -4 -14 -8 +4 -2 -6 -6

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NBA Final Box Score:

Team 1 2 3 4 Total
Houston Rockets 35 26 37 34 132
Los Angeles Lakers 37 36 29 38 140 - End of Regulation

PLAYER POS MIN FGM-A 3GM-A FTM-A OR TR AS TO ST BS PF PTS P36 +/- EFF
Kenyon Martin Jr. SF 30 7-15 2-5 1-2 2 7 0 2 0 2 4 17 0 -13 +15
Jabari Smith Jr. PF 29 5-11 1-4 3-4 1 4 4 1 0 0 5 14 0 -15 +14
Alperen Sengun C 37 14-17 2-2 3-5 4 15 6 2 0 4 5 33 0 -6 +51
Eric Gordon SG 32 5-11 0-2 9-11 0 2 8 0 0 0 1 19 0 -9 +21
Jalen Green PG 39 7-20 3-10 6-8 1 5 3 1 0 0 3 23 0 -16 +15
Jae'Sean Tate 18 3-8 0-1 1-1 1 1 4 0 0 0 3 7 0 +5 +7
Josh Christopher 10 0-4 0-2 0-0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 +4 -2
Tari Eason 20 4-6 1-1 0-0 5 7 0 1 0 1 2 9 0 +9 +14
Usman Garuba 11 2-3 0-0 0-0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 4 0 -2 +6
Garrison Mathews 14 2-5 2-3 0-0 1 4 1 1 0 0 1 6 0 +3 +7
Bruno Fernando 00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 +0
Boban Marjanovic 00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 +0
Daishen Nix 00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 +0
TyTy Washington Jr 00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 +0
Darius Days DNP - INACTIVE_GLEAGUE_TWOWAY
Trevor Hudgins DNP - INACTIVE_GLEAGUE_TWOWAY
Kevin Porter Jr. DNP - INACTIVE_INJURY
Totals 240 49-100 11-30 23-31 17 60 28 8 0 7 25 132
Percent 49.0% 36.7% 74.2%

Fastbreak points: 3
Points in the paint: 72
Points off turnovers: 4
Second chance pts: 21
Biggest lead: 2
Technical fouls: 0

PLAYER POS MIN FGM-A 3GM-A FTM-A OR TR AS TO ST BS PF PTS P36 +/- EFF
Troy Brown Jr. SF 30 2-4 2-4 0-0 0 3 1 1 1 1 0 6 0 -3 +9
LeBron James PF 36 16-26 5-10 11-12 1 8 9 0 0 0 1 48 0 +19 +54
Thomas Bryant C 18 1-6 0-1 4-4 0 6 0 0 0 2 3 6 0 -10 +9
Patrick Beverley SG 22 3-6 3-6 2-2 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 11 0 +1 +11
Dennis Schroder PG 33 3-9 0-1 3-5 0 2 3 0 0 0 3 9 0 +10 +6
Wenyen Gabriel 24 5-8 0-1 4-4 5 9 2 0 1 2 6 14 0 +15 +25
Russell Westbrook 32 9-16 0-3 6-8 2 5 4 0 1 0 2 24 0 +17 +25
Kendrick Nunn 24 7-12 1-5 0-0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 15 0 -6 +13
Juan Toscano-Ander 16 3-4 1-2 0-0 1 2 3 1 1 0 2 7 0 -6 +11
Max Christie 05 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +3 +0
Damian Jones 00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 +0
Scotty Pippen Jr. 00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 +0
Cole Swider 00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 +0
Anthony Davis DNP - INACTIVE_INJURY
Austin Reaves DNP - INACTIVE_INJURY
Lonnie Walker IV DNP - INACTIVE_INJURY
Totals 240 49-91 12-33 30-35 9 46 24 2 4 5 19 140
Percent 53.8% 36.4% 85.7%

Fastbreak points: 9
Points in the paint: 60
Points off turnovers: 12
Second chance pts: 15
Biggest lead: 16
Technical fouls: 1

Lead changes: 4
Times tied: 5
Officials:
33: Sean Corbin
31: Scott Wall
29: Mark Lindsay
Venue: Crypto.com Arena - Los Angeles, CA

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NBA Q3 Box Score:

Team 1 2 3 4 Total
Houston Rockets 35 26 37 0 98
Los Angeles Lakers 37 36 29 0 102 - End of Q3

PLAYER POS MIN FGM-A 3GM-A FTM-A OR TR AS TO ST BS PF PTS P36 +/- EFF
Kenyon Martin Jr. SF 23 4-10 1-3 0-0 1 6 0 2 0 2 3 9 0 -15 +9
Jabari Smith Jr. PF 23 3-9 0-3 2-2 0 2 3 1 0 0 4 8 0 -12 +6
Alperen Sengun C 30 13-16 2-2 2-2 4 13 5 1 0 3 3 30 0 -8 +47
Eric Gordon SG 25 4-9 0-2 9-10 0 2 7 0 0 0 0 17 0 -11 +20
Jalen Green PG 29 6-16 3-7 2-4 1 3 2 0 0 0 3 17 0 -5 +10
Jae'Sean Tate 13 2-5 0-0 1-1 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 5 0 +11 +5
Josh Christopher 08 0-3 0-2 0-0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 +11 -1
Tari Eason 14 3-5 1-1 0-0 3 5 0 0 0 0 1 7 0 +8 +10
Usman Garuba 06 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 +4 +3
Garrison Mathews 09 1-2 1-1 0-0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 3 0 -3 +4
Bruno Fernando 00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 +0
Boban Marjanovic 00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 +0
Daishen Nix 00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 +0
TyTy Washington Jr 00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 +0
Darius Days DNP - INACTIVE_GLEAGUE_TWOWAY
Trevor Hudgins DNP - INACTIVE_GLEAGUE_TWOWAY
Kevin Porter Jr. DNP - INACTIVE_INJURY
Totals 180 37-76 8-21 16-19 11 42 21 5 0 5 17 98
Percent 48.7% 38.1% 84.2%