33-18, 15-11 Away

121

33-18, 15-11 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Rockets HOU	28	35	34	24	121
Lakers LAL	29	34	30	18	111

Los Angeles LakersLakersLAL

38-12, 17-7 Home

111

38-12, 17-7 Home

Houston Rockets @ Los Angeles Lakers

Matchups

HOU

Season tied

1-1

LAL

115

Game 1@ HOU

Final

124

121

Game 2@ LAL

Final

111

113

Game 3@ HOU

Final

Game Information

Los Angeles, CA

TNT

Referee:Brian Forte

Referee:Scott Foster

Referee:Scott Twardoski

Western Conference

Southwest	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Memphis	3	1	.750	-	W2
New Orleans	3	1	.750	-	W2
Houston	2	1	.667	0.5	W1
San Antonio	2	3	.400	1.5	W2
Dallas	1	3	.250	2	L2

Pacific	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Golden State	4	2	.667	-	W3
LA Clippers	2	1	.667	0.5	W1
LA Lakers	2	3	.400	1.5	L2
Phoenix	1	4	.200	2.5	L2
Sacramento	0	5	.000	3.5	L5

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