Houston Rockets vs. Los Angeles Lakers

May 12, 2021

FINAL

16-54HoustonRockets

122

40-30Los AngelesLakers

124

Box Score

	1	2	3	4	T
HOU	26	27	43	26	122
LAL	34	25	41	24	124

Game Recap

The Lakers defeated the Rockets, 124-122. Kyle Kuzma recorded 19 points (8-12 FG), 10 rebounds and seven assists for the Lakers, including the go-ahead layup with 6.9 seconds remaining in regulation, while Talen Horton-Tucker added 23 points and 10 assists in the victory. Kelly Olynyk tallied 24 points, six rebounds and eight assists for the Rockets in the losing effort. The Lakers improve to 40-20 on the season, while the Rockets fall to 16-54.

Player Stats

ROCKETS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
8Jae'Sean TateSF	22	6-10	3-3	1-2	5	2	0	0	2	4	+17	16
6KJ MartinPF	37	7-10	3-5	3-6	10	2	0	3	2	2	-2	20
41Kelly OlynykC	25	6-11	4-6	8-10	6	8	2	0	5	5	-5	24
13Khyri ThomasSG	37	2-12	0-4	0-0	3	11	1	0	1	2	-1	4
14D.J. AugustinPG	23	2-7	1-5	3-3	0	4	1	0	1	1	-3	8
33Anthony Lamb	34	4-7	1-3	0-0	9	4	1	0	2	5	-18	9
7Armoni Brooks	36	9-18	4-11	2-3	6	1	1	0	1	2	-1	24
23Cameron Oliver	22	7-10	2-5	1-3	2	1	1	1	1	2	+3	17
4Danuel House Jr.	— did not play —												— did not play —
55DaQuan Jeffries	— did not play —												— did not play —
3Kevin Porter Jr.	— did not play —												— did not play —
35Christian Wood	— did not play —												— did not play —
TOTAL	-	43-8550.6%	18-4242.9%	18-2766.7%	41	33	7	4	15	23	-	122

LAKERS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
9Wesley MatthewsSF	23	2-4	1-2	0-0	3	1	1	0	1	0	-7	5
88Markieff MorrisPF	22	5-12	2-4	2-2	4	4	0	0	0	4	+9	14
2Andre DrummondC	21	9-13	0-0	2-5	10	2	0	1	2	4	+9	20
1Kentavious Caldwell-PopeSG	30	4-5	1-1	1-1	4	1	1	1	1	2	+7	10
5Talen Horton-TuckerPG	36	9-16	0-3	5-8	2	10	2	0	3	1	+2	23
0Kyle Kuzma	32	8-12	1-3	2-5	10	7	1	1	3	4	+3	19
7Ben McLemore	25	3-6	1-4	0-0	1	2	0	0	0	2	-1	7
15Montrezl Harrell	26	8-14	0-0	0-0	2	1	1	0	1	1	-8	16
28Alfonzo McKinnie	16	4-8	1-3	1-1	5	0	2	0	0	2	-1	10
12Devontae Cacok	3	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-3	0
37Kostas Antetokounmpo	— did not play —												— did not play —
14Marc Gasol	— did not play —												— did not play —
TOTAL	-	52-9157.1%	7-2035.0%	13-2259.1%	41	28	8	3	11	20	-	124

Play-by-Play

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1st quarterHOULAL

(11:57) Jump Ball Drummond vs. Olynyk: Tip to Matthews
+2 (11:34) Morris 3' Driving Layup (2 PTS)
02
(11:20) Drummond S.FOUL (P1.T1) (E.Dalen)
+1 (11:20) Martin Jr. Free Throw 1 of 2 (1 PTS)
12
+1 (11:20) Martin Jr. Free Throw 2 of 2 (2 PTS)
22
(11:08) Horton-Tucker Bad Pass Turnover (P1.T1)
(11:08) Thomas STEAL (1 STL)
+2 (11:02) Martin Jr. 2' Running Alley Oop Dunk Shot (4 PTS) (Olynyk 1 AST)
42
+2 (10:53) Horton-Tucker 2' Driving Reverse Layup (2 PTS)
44
+3 (10:36) Olynyk 26' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Augustin 1 AST)
74
+3 (10:11) Matthews 25' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Horton-Tucker 1 AST)
77
(9:54) Jump Ball Horton-Tucker vs. Olynyk: Tip to Martin Jr.
+2 (9:47) Olynyk 3' Turnaround Hook Shot (5 PTS) (Martin Jr. 1 AST)
97
(9:37) Drummond Out of Bounds - Bad Pass Turnover Turnover (P1.T2)
+3 (9:22) Tate 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Augustin 2 AST)
127
+2 (9:07) Drummond 3' Layup (2 PTS) (Morris 1 AST)
129
(9:07) Olynyk S.FOUL (P1.T1) (E.Dalen)
(9:07) MISS Drummond Free Throw 1 of 1
(9:03) Olynyk REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (8:55) Thomas 4' Driving Layup (2 PTS) (Olynyk 2 AST)
149
(8:55) LAKERS Timeout: Regular (Full 1 Short 0)
(8:38) MISS Morris 8' Driving Bank Hook Shot
(8:35) Tate REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (8:34) Thomas 2' Running Layup (4 PTS) (Tate 1 AST)
169
(8:34) Horton-Tucker Violation:Defensive Goaltending (E.Dalen)
(8:22) MISS Horton-Tucker 26' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot
(8:20) Tate REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(8:11) Olynyk Lost Ball Turnover (P1.T1)
(8:11) Caldwell-Pope STEAL (1 STL)
(8:10) Tate Personal Take Foul (P1.T2) (C.Blair)
+2 (7:57) Caldwell-Pope 2' Driving Layup (2 PTS) (Drummond 1 AST)
1611
(7:37) MISS Augustin 28' 3PT Jump Shot
(7:34) Drummond REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(7:25) MISS Horton-Tucker 1' Driving Layup
(7:23) Olynyk REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(7:22) Olynyk Out of Bounds - Bad Pass Turnover Turnover (P2.T2)
(7:08) MISS Drummond 7' Layup
(7:06) Drummond REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
(7:06) Drummond Offensive Charge Foul (P2.T2) (C.Blair)
(7:06) Drummond Offensive Foul Turnover (P2.T3)
(6:53) MISS Martin Jr. 3' Driving Hook Shot
(6:51) Matthews REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (6:44) Matthews 12' Pullup Jump Shot (5 PTS)
1613
(6:23) MISS Thomas 3PT Jump Shot
(6:20) Drummond REBOUND (Off:1 Def:2)
+3 (6:11) Morris 27' 3PT Jump Shot (5 PTS) (Matthews 1 AST)
1616
(6:11) Rockets Timeout: Regular (Reg.1 Short 0)
(5:51) MISS Thomas 27' 3PT Jump Shot
(5:48) Morris REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (5:46) Horton-Tucker 1' Running Layup (4 PTS) (Morris 2 AST)
1618
(5:34) Lamb Step Out of Bounds Turnover (P1.T3)
+2 (5:27) Caldwell-Pope 3' Cutting Layup Shot (4 PTS) (Morris 3 AST)
1620
(5:27) Augustin S.FOUL (P1.T3) (J.Goble)
+1 (5:27) Caldwell-Pope Free Throw 1 of 1 (5 PTS)
1621
(5:04) MISS Martin Jr. 27' 3PT Jump Shot
(5:02) Caldwell-Pope REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (4:48) Drummond 6' Hook Shot (4 PTS) (McLemore 1 AST)
1623
(4:38) Morris S.FOUL (P1.T3) (J.Goble)
+1 (4:38) Olynyk Free Throw 1 of 2 (6 PTS)
1723
(4:38) MISS Olynyk Free Throw 2 of 2
(4:35) Drummond REBOUND (Off:1 Def:3)
(4:25) MISS Morris 25' 3PT Jump Shot
(4:22) Drummond REBOUND (Off:2 Def:3)
(4:20) MISS Morris 1' Driving Reverse Layup
(4:17) Lamb REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(4:07) MISS Brooks 26' 3PT Jump Shot
(4:03) Morris REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
+3 (3:59) Caldwell-Pope 26' 3PT Jump Shot (8 PTS) (Kuzma 1 AST)
1726
(3:37) MISS Augustin 25' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot
(3:35) Kuzma REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(3:26) MISS Kuzma 29' 3PT Jump Shot
(3:24) Lamb REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(3:16) MISS Olynyk 1' Turnaround Fadeaway Bank Jump Shot
(3:13) Drummond REBOUND (Off:2 Def:4)
(3:03) MISS Caldwell-Pope 3' Reverse Layup
(3:00) Martin Jr. REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(2:59) Morris Personal Take Foul (P2.T4) (J.Goble)
(2:49) MISS Brooks 2' Driving Layup
(2:49) LAKERS Rebound
(2:31) MISS McKinnie 25' 3PT Jump Shot
(2:28) Lamb REBOUND (Off:0 Def:3)
+2 (2:10) Martin Jr. 1' Driving Dunk (6 PTS) (Lamb 1 AST)
1926
(1:55) MISS Horton-Tucker 2' Driving Reverse Layup
(1:53) Thomas REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(1:37) MISS Thomas 21' Pullup Jump Shot
(1:35) Brooks REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
+2 (1:32) Brooks 4' Hook Bank Shot (2 PTS)
2126
+3 (1:17) Kuzma 27' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Horton-Tucker 2 AST)
2129
+3 (1:04) Oliver 28' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Lamb 2 AST)
2429
+2 (0:42) McKinnie 2' Cutting Layup Shot (2 PTS) (Horton-Tucker 3 AST)
2431
(0:42) Lamb S.FOUL (P1.T4) (J.Goble)
+1 (0:42) McKinnie Free Throw 1 of 1 (3 PTS)
2432
(0:30) MISS Brooks 28' 3PT Jump Shot
(0:26) Thomas REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
+2 (0:26) Oliver 2' Reverse Dunk (5 PTS) (Thomas 1 AST)
2632
+2 (0:05) Kuzma 2' Driving Layup (5 PTS)
2634
(0:00) MISS Thomas 3PT Jump Shot
(0:00) Rockets Rebound

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3rd quarter

4th quarter

Team Stats

HOU

LAL

122Points124

43-85(50.6%)Field Goal(%)52-91(57.1%)

18-42(42.9%)3-Point(%)7-20(35.0%)

18-27(66.7%)Free Throw(%)13-22(59.1%)

41(8)Rebounds(Offensive)41(8)

33Assists28

7Steals8

4Blocks3

15Turnovers11

23Fouls20

50Pts In The Paint86

13Fast Break Pts15

12Pts Off Turnovers19

50Bench Pts52

7Largest Lead12

Game Details

Wednesday, May 12, 2021 · 10:30 PM

Hart Center · Worcester, MA

attendance: 4,087 (115.6%)