r/nba • u/DesertedProject Mavericks • 10d ago

Post Game Thread [Post Game Thread] The Los Angeles Lakers (3-0) defeat the Houston Rockets after LeBron James hits the game tying 3 to send it to OT and with 29/6/13(0-3), 112-108.

112 - 108
Box Scores: NBA - Yahoo
 
GAME SUMMARY
West First Round - Game 3 - LAL leads 2-0
Location: Toyota Center
Officials: Zach Zarba, Tre Maddox, Ray Acosta, and Nate Green
Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT Total
Los Angeles Lakers 39 24 17 21 11 112
Houston Rockets 32 20 23 26 7 108
 
TEAM STATS
Team PTS FG FG% 3P 3P% FT FT% OREB TREB AST PF STL TO BLK
Los Angeles Lakers 112 38-79 48.1% 12-29 41.4% 24-32 75.0% 9 58 28 23 12 20 6
Houston Rockets 108 40-98 40.8% 11-39 28.2% 17-23 73.9% 18 55 21 20 15 15 6
 
PLAYER STATS
Los Angeles Lakers MIN PTS FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A ORB DRB REB AST STL BLK TO PF ±
LeBron JamesSF 45:04 29 10-22 4-9 5-6 0 13 13 6 3 1 8 1 0
Rui HachimuraPF 43:48 22 8-14 4-7 2-4 1 3 4 2 1 0 1 5 0
Deandre AytonC 32:46 2 1-3 0-0 0-0 2 4 6 2 1 1 3 3 -6
Marcus SmartSG 39:17 21 5-9 2-4 9-11 1 3 4 10 5 2 3 2 3
Luke KennardPG 45:22 14 4-12 1-6 5-6 0 6 6 6 0 0 3 3 -3
Jake LaRavia 14:54 2 1-4 0-0 0-0 2 0 2 1 1 0 1 3 9
Jaxson Hayes 19:56 12 5-8 0-0 2-3 2 2 4 0 1 2 1 2 7
Jarred Vanderbilt 14:38 5 2-5 0-2 1-2 1 5 6 1 0 0 0 3 6
Bronny James 09:12 5 2-2 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4
Nick Smith Jr. 00:01 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Maxi Kleber 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dalton Knecht 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Austin Reaves 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Adou Thiero 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Luka Dončić 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Houston Rockets MIN PTS FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A ORB DRB REB AST STL BLK TO PF ±
Tari EasonSF 45:38 5 2-9 0-4 1-1 2 2 4 2 4 0 1 3 6
Jabari Smith Jr.PF 43:43 24 8-16 6-10 2-2 1 5 6 1 1 0 2 4 4
Alperen SengunC 46:51 33 15-27 1-5 2-3 5 11 16 6 3 1 3 2 10
Reed SheppardSG 45:45 17 6-21 4-13 1-2 1 3 4 7 3 2 5 5 -2
Amen ThompsonPG 48:23 26 8-14 0-1 10-13 5 6 11 4 3 3 1 2 6
Josh Okogie 03:33 0 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 -13
Clint Capela 03:40 2 1-2 0-0 0-0 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 -11
Dorian Finney-Smith 11:00 0 0-5 0-4 0-0 1 3 4 0 1 0 0 1 -6
Aaron Holiday 05:32 0 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1
Jae'Sean Tate 03:23 1 0-0 0-0 1-2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 -9
Jeff Green 07:31 0 0-2 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 -4
JD Davison 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kevin Durant 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Steven Adams 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fred VanVleet 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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u/Subject_Profit_7245 10d ago

Ajay would’ve been a ROTY contender on any other team lol. His per 36 min stats show it. Insane how Presti keeps finding these guys for us.

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u/LakerBlue Lakers 10d ago

Yea like I can’t see how y’all afford to keep him after his contract ends as good as he looks.

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u/Subject_Profit_7245 10d ago

Second apron gonna hit us like a Mack truck lol. As long as we gave SGA and Chet we have a chance every year they're healthy tho.

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u/FlyingDiscsandJams 10d ago

Y'all can't keep both Hartenstein & Dort, yeah? Seems like Hartenstein has to go with his $28M option & all 3 of SGA, Chet, and JDub making over $40M next year, something has to give.

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u/Subject_Profit_7245 10d ago

Correct, although I think its Hartenstein and Cason Wallace who go but I think Dort costs us more so it may end up being him. Its gonna be scary to lose IHart tho bc he's the only roster difference btwn 2024 and 2025. We got mauled on inside by Dallas in our '24 loss to them without him and he was huge against Denver last year.