Los Angeles Lakers @ Houston Rockets

West 1st Round - Game 3 • LAL leads 3-0

53-29, 25-16 Away

112

53-29, 25-16 Away

Final/OT

	1	2	3	4	OT	T
Lakers LAL	39	24	17	21	11	112
Rockets HOU	32	20	23	26	7	108

Houston RocketsRocketsHOU

52-30, 30-11 Home

108

52-30, 30-11 Home

Statistics
FG	38-79	40-98
Field Goal %	48	41
3PT	12-29	11-39
Three Point %	41	28
FT	24-32	17-23
Free Throw %	75	74
Total Rebounds	45	49
Offensive Rebounds	9	18
Defensive Rebounds	36	31
Assists	28	21
Steals	12	15
Blocks	6	6
Total Turnovers	21	17
Points Off Turnovers	17	22
Fast Break Points	9	15
Points in Paint	50	54
Personal Fouls	23	20
Technical Fouls	1	1
Flagrant Fouls	0	0
Largest Lead	15	6
Percent Led	82	11

Matchups

West 1st Round

LAL

LAL lead series

3-0

HOU

107

Game 1@ LAL

Final

101

Game 2@ LAL

Final

112

Game 3@ HOU

Final/OT

108

Game 4@ HOU

Final

115

Game 5@ LAL

Final

Game 6@ HOU

Final

Western Conference

Pacific	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
LA Lakers	53	29	.646	-	W3
Phoenix	45	37	.549	8	W1
LA Clippers	42	40	.512	11	W1
Golden State	37	45	.451	16	L3
Sacramento	22	60	.268	31	L1

Southwest	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
San Antonio	62	20	.756	-	L1
Houston	52	30	.634	10	W1
New Orleans	26	56	.317	36	L2
Dallas	26	56	.317	36	W1
Memphis	25	57	.305	37	L8

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