Rockets (112) vs Lakers (97) · Sep 4, 2020 · NBA Scores

FINAL

Sep 4, 2020

1-0HoustonRockets

112

0-1Los AngelesLakers

Game Recap

James Harden puts up 36 points and adds 5 assists to lead Houston in a 112-97 Game 1 win against Los Angeles.

Box Score

	1	2	3	4	T
HOU	29	34	22	27	112
LAL	28	27	24	18	97

ROCKETS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS	+/-
10Eric GordonSF	34	7-14	3-8	6-6	3	1	0	1	0	1	23	+1
17P.J. TuckerPF	35	2-7	2-7	0-0	9	1	2	0	2	4	6	+19
33Robert CovingtonC	38	2-3	2-3	0-0	7	2	4	1	0	5	6	+5
13James HardenSG	33	12-20	3-6	9-12	2	5	2	1	5	2	36	0
0Russell WestbrookPG	32	10-24	1-5	3-6	9	6	1	0	5	2	24	+15
4Danuel House Jr.	20	0-3	0-3	0-0	4	0	1	0	0	2	0	+5
32Jeff Green	24	3-5	1-3	0-0	4	2	3	0	2	2	7	+16
16Ben McLemore	3	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	+2
25Austin Rivers	16	3-4	2-3	2-3	3	1	0	0	0	1	10	+11
21Michael Frazier II	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	+1
9DeMarre Carroll	— did not play —												— did not play —
19Tyson Chandler	— did not play —												— did not play —
12Luc Mbah a Moute	— did not play —												— did not play —
TOTAL		39-8148.1%	14-3935.9%	20-2774.1%	41	19	13	3	14	19	112

LAKERS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS	+/-
23LeBron JamesSF	36	7-15	2-7	4-5	8	7	0	2	4	2	20	-15
3Anthony DavisPF	37	10-16	1-2	4-4	14	1	3	3	3	2	25	-6
7JaVale McGeeC	12	2-2	0-0	0-0	3	1	0	1	0	0	4	+5
14Danny GreenSG	28	4-12	2-7	0-0	2	0	0	1	0	1	10	-3
1Kentavious Caldwell-PopePG	28	2-8	1-5	0-0	3	0	1	0	1	1	5	-4
0Kyle Kuzma	28	3-9	1-4	1-2	2	1	0	0	0	4	8	-21
9Rajon Rondo	24	3-9	2-5	0-0	3	4	2	1	4	1	8	-10
4Alex Caruso	16	4-7	2-5	4-4	2	4	1	0	2	5	14	-2
39Dwight Howard	11	0-1	0-0	1-2	4	0	1	0	0	2	1	-8
88Markieff Morris	9	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-10
18Dion Waiters	5	0-3	0-2	2-2	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	-1
10Jared Dudley	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
21JR Smith	— did not play —												— did not play —
TOTAL		35-8342.2%	11-3828.9%	16-1984.2%	41	18	8	9	15	20	97

Play-by-Play

Scores Only

1st quarterhoulal

(11:57) Jump Ball McGee vs. Covington: Tip to Davis
+2 (11:39) Green 8' Floating Jump Shot (2 PTS)
02
(11:12) MISS Harden 2' Driving Layup
(11:11) Davis REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(11:07) MISS Caldwell-Pope 3PT Jump Shot
(11:03) Westbrook REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(10:47) MISS Westbrook 4' Driving Reverse Layup
(10:47) Davis BLOCK (1 BLK)
(10:45) James REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (10:39) James 3' Driving Layup (2 PTS)
04
(10:25) MISS Gordon 9' Driving Floating Jump Shot
(10:23) McGee REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+3 (10:18) Green 3PT Jump Shot (5 PTS) (James 1 AST)
07
+2 (9:50) Harden 8' Driving Floating Jump Shot (2 PTS)
27
(9:44) Covington P.FOUL (P1.T1) (K.Fitzgerald)
(9:29) MISS Green 3PT Jump Shot
(9:25) Tucker REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(9:21) MISS Gordon 26' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot
(9:20) Davis REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(9:12) Davis Bad Pass Turnover (P1.T1)
(9:12) Harden STEAL (1 STL)
+3 (9:06) Tucker 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Harden 1 AST)
57
+2 (8:49) Davis 5' Cutting Layup Shot (2 PTS) (James 2 AST)
59
+2 (8:33) Westbrook 16' Pullup Jump Shot (2 PTS)
79
+3 (8:12) Caldwell-Pope 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (James 3 AST)
712
(7:55) Davis S.FOUL (P1.T1) (B.Taylor)
+1 (7:55) Harden Free Throw 1 of 3 (3 PTS)
812
+1 (7:55) Harden Free Throw 2 of 3 (4 PTS)
912
+1 (7:55) Harden Free Throw 3 of 3 (5 PTS)
1012
(7:48) James Bad Pass Turnover (P1.T2)
(7:48) Tucker STEAL (1 STL)
+2 (7:34) Harden 8' Driving Floating Bank Jump Shot (7 PTS)
1212
(7:04) LAKERS Turnover: Shot Clock (T#3)
(6:54) MISS Harden 3' Driving Layup
(6:54) Green BLOCK (1 BLK)
(6:54) Rockets Rebound
(6:54) LAKERS Timeout: Regular (Full 1 Short 0)
(6:44) MISS Harden 10' Floating Jump Shot
(6:41) Davis REBOUND (Off:0 Def:3)
+2 (6:21) James 3' Driving Layup (4 PTS)
1214
(6:05) Green Out of Bounds Lost Ball Turnover (P1.T1)
(5:57) MISS Green 6' Driving Floating Jump Shot
(5:56) Green REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
(5:54) MISS Green 2' Putback Layup
(5:52) Green REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+3 (5:42) Gordon 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Covington 1 AST)
1514
(5:22) MISS Davis 5' Turnaround Jump Shot
(5:14) McGee REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
+2 (5:14) McGee 1' Putback Layup (2 PTS)
1516
(4:52) Rockets Turnover: Shot Clock (T#2)
(4:42) MISS Rondo 17' Pullup Jump Shot
(4:39) House Jr. REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (4:24) Harden 2' Driving Layup (9 PTS)
1716
(4:14) Rondo Out of Bounds - Bad Pass Turnover Turnover (P1.T4)
+3 (3:57) Harden 25' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot (12 PTS) (Green 1 AST)
2016
(3:54) LAKERS Timeout: Regular (Full 2 Short 0)
(3:34) House Jr. S.FOUL (P1.T2) (K.Fitzgerald)
+1 (3:34) Davis Free Throw 1 of 2 (3 PTS)
2017
+1 (3:34) Davis Free Throw 2 of 2 (4 PTS)
2018
(3:13) MISS McLemore 24' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot
(3:10) Davis REBOUND (Off:0 Def:4)
+2 (3:07) Caruso 2' Running Layup (2 PTS) (Rondo 1 AST)
2020
(2:51) MISS Green 25' 3PT Jump Shot
(2:49) Caldwell-Pope REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(2:40) MISS Davis 2' Layup
(2:40) Harden BLOCK (1 BLK)
(2:40) LAKERS Rebound
(2:37) MISS Caruso 26' 3PT Jump Shot
(2:34) House Jr. REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
+3 (2:20) Tucker 3PT Jump Shot (6 PTS) (Rivers 1 AST)
2320
+2 (2:00) Kuzma 19' Jump Shot (2 PTS) (Caruso 1 AST)
2322
(1:45) MISS Westbrook 15' Pullup Jump Shot
(1:43) Rondo REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(1:35) MISS Kuzma 25' 3PT Jump Shot
(1:31) Rivers REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (1:15) Westbrook 2' Driving Reverse Layup (4 PTS)
2522
(1:03) Davis Out of Bounds - Bad Pass Turnover Turnover (P2.T5)
+2 (0:54) Green 10' Floating Jump Shot (2 PTS) (Westbrook 1 AST)
2722
+2 (0:41) James 2' Layup (6 PTS) (Caruso 2 AST)
2724
(0:41) Gordon S.FOUL (P1.T3) (B.Taylor)
+1 (0:41) James Free Throw 1 of 1 (7 PTS)
2725
+2 (0:33) Gordon 8' Floating Jump Shot (5 PTS) (Westbrook 2 AST)
2925
+3 (0:19) Rondo 27' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Caruso 3 AST)
2928
(0:01) Tucker Out of Bounds Lost Ball Turnover (P1.T3)

2nd quarter

3rd quarter

4th quarter

Team Stats

HOU

LAL

112Points97

39-81(48.1%)Field Goal(%)35-83(42.2%)

14-39(35.9%)3-Point(%)11-38(28.9%)

20-27(74.1%)Free Throw(%)16-19(84.2%)

41(4)Rebounds(Offensive)41(10)

19Assists18

13Steals8

3Blocks9

14Turnovers15

19Fouls20

42Pts In The Paint40

9Fast Break Pts18

27Pts Off Turnovers12

17Bench Pts33

19Largest Lead7

Game Details

Friday, September 4, 2020 · 9:00 PM

Crypto.com Arena · Los Angeles, CA

capacity: 19,067