18-4, 10-1 Away

118

18-4, 10-1 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Rockets HOU	27	34	24	33	118
Lakers LAL	27	19	27	22	95

Los Angeles LakersLakersLAL

8-15, 6-7 Home

Houston Rockets @ Los Angeles Lakers

Matchups

HOU

HOU leads season

1-0

LAL

118

Game 1@ LAL

Final

116

Game 2@ HOU

Final

122

148

Game 3@ HOU

Final/2OT

142

105

Game 4@ LAL

Final

Game Information

Los Angeles, CA

Referee:Haywoode Workman

Referee:Marat Kogut

Referee:Monty McCutchen

Western Conference

Southwest	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Houston	7	1	.875	-	W2
Memphis	6	1	.857	0.5	L1
San Antonio	5	2	.714	1.5	W5
Dallas	4	3	.571	2.5	L1
New Orleans	3	4	.429	3.5	W3

Pacific	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
LA Lakers	6	2	.750	-	W2
Golden State	5	3	.625	1	W5
Phoenix	1	4	.200	3.5	L3
LA Clippers	1	6	.143	4.5	L6
Sacramento	1	6	.143	4.5	W1

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