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Houston
Rockets
102
| Final - 11.4.2009 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT 1 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Lakers | 22 | 22 | 29 | 19 | 11 | 103 |
| Houston Rockets | 22 | 26 | 26 | 18 | 10 | 102 |
102
Houston
Rockets
Stories
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Boxscore
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LA Lakers | 22 | 22 | 29 | 19 | 11 | 103 |
| Houston | 22 | 26 | 26 | 18 | 10 | 102 |
| LA Lakers | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Artest | 43 | 6-14 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 6-2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1-1 | 15 |
| Lamar Odom | 40 | 5-15 | 0-1 | 4-4 | 7-3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5-0 | 14 |
| Andrew Bynum | 44 | 6-14 | 0-0 | 5-7 | 17-7 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4-1 | 17 |
| Kobe Bryant | 48 | 15-30 | 0-3 | 11-15 | 6-1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2-1 | 41 |
| Derek Fisher | 34 | 0-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2-0 | 0 |
| Josh Powell | 11 | 3-6 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 5-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 7 |
| Jordan Farmar | 15 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 3-2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4-0 | 5 |
| Sasha Vujacic | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Shannon Brown | 13 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2-0 | 2 |
| Luke Walton | 8 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 2 |
| Didier Ilunga-Mbenga | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Pau Gasol | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Adam Morrison | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 39-93 | 5-15 | 20-28 | 48-17 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 20-4 | 103 | |
| .419 | .333 | .714 | Team Reb: 7 | Total TO: 0 (22 pts) | |||||||
| Houston | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shane Battier | 46 | 4-10 | 2-8 | 4-4 | 5-3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3-0 | 14 |
| Luis Scola | 35 | 7-15 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 13-2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6-0 | 16 |
| Chuck Hayes | 37 | 7-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 14-5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6-0 | 14 |
| Trevor Ariza | 47 | 5-21 | 2-7 | 3-4 | 9-3 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3-1 | 15 |
| Aaron Brooks | 40 | 5-12 | 3-7 | 2-5 | 1-0 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2-0 | 15 |
| Carl Landry | 25 | 9-12 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 8-3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1-0 | 20 |
| Kyle Lowry | 24 | 2-6 | 0-2 | 4-6 | 3-1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1-0 | 8 |
| David Andersen | 5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3-0 | 0 |
| Brian Cook | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Tracy McGrady | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Yao Ming | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Pops Mensah-Bonsu | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Joey Dorsey | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Chase Budinger | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Jermaine Taylor | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 39-86 | 7-24 | 17-24 | 54-17 | 19 | 2 | 19 | 3 | 25-2 | 102 | |
| .453 | .292 | .708 | Team Reb: 7 | Total TO: 1 (7 pts) | |||||||
GAME NOTES
Officials: - Mark Wunderlich, Eric Dalen, Pat Fraher
Duration:2:46
Officials: - Mark Wunderlich, Eric Dalen, Pat Fraher
Duration:2:46
