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Houston Rockets vs. Los Angeles Lakers

March 16, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Lakers beat the Rockets 100-92 on 2026-03-16 on the road against the Rockets. The Rockets started Kevin Durant, Clint Capela, Jabari Smith Jr., Tari Eason, and Amen Thompson. The Lakers started LeBron James, Marcus Smart, Deandre Ayton, Luka Dončić, and Austin Reaves. Luka Dončić (Lakers) scored 13 points (6/12) in his matchups, with Tari Eason as his primary defender. Kevin Durant (Rockets) scored 11 points (4/11) in his matchups, with LeBron James as his primary defender.

Box score

In orange, the game high in points, rebounds and assists.

HOU

Houston Rockets 92

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Amen Thompson GS	40:33	19	12	5	0	1	4	3	8-13	0-1	3-4	-6
Jabari Smith Jr. GS	40:06	22	8	0	0	1	1	2	9-17	2-8	2-2	-6
Kevin Durant GS	37:19	18	5	2	0	0	7	1	8-16	0-3	2-2	-7
Tari Eason GS	33:05	5	9	3	2	0	2	3	2-11	0-3	1-2	-6
Clint Capela GS	26:17	9	8	2	1	0	3	4	3-4	0-0	3-5	-2
Reed Sheppard	30:55	11	0	3	3	0	2	4	5-11	1-6	0-0	-13
Dorian Finney-Smith	24:14	8	2	4	1	1	3	0	3-7	2-5	0-0	+11
Josh Okogie	7:31	0	0	2	2	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	-11
Totals		92	44	21	9	3	22	18	38-79	5-26	11-15

Did not play: Isaiah Crawford (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jeff Green (DNP - Coach's Decision), Aaron Holiday (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jae'Sean Tate (DND - Injury/Illness)

LAL

Los Angeles Lakers 100

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Austin Reaves GS	40:10	15	3	5	4	1	1	1	5-18	0-8	5-5	+11
Luka Dončić GS	39:34	36	6	4	2	0	4	1	14-27	4-12	4-5	+6
Marcus Smart GS	35:58	11	0	1	0	0	0	5	4-9	3-7	0-0	+6
LeBron James GS	33:22	18	5	5	2	0	1	4	7-13	1-3	3-4	+13
Deandre Ayton GS	27:10	7	11	0	1	1	1	1	3-6	0-0	1-2	+11
Rui Hachimura	23:00	6	3	0	1	0	1	4	3-6	0-2	0-0	-3
Luke Kennard	16:58	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0-2	0-2	0-0	+3
Jake LaRavia	12:13	7	4	0	3	0	3	1	1-2	0-0	5-6	-1
Jaxson Hayes	11:35	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0-1	0-0	0-0	-6
Totals		100	32	17	14	2	11	18	37-84	8-34	18-22

Did not play: Kobe Bufkin (DNP - Coach's Decision), Bronny James (DNP - Coach's Decision), Dalton Knecht (DNP - Coach's Decision), Adou Thiero (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jarred Vanderbilt (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

HOU

Houston Rockets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Kevin Durant · Clint Capela · Jabari Smith Jr. · Tari Eason · Amen Thompson Starter 10.5 min
Clint Capela · Dorian Finney-Smith · Jabari Smith Jr. · Amen Thompson · Reed Sheppard 5.6 min
Kevin Durant · Dorian Finney-Smith · Jabari Smith Jr. · Tari Eason · Amen Thompson 4.9 min
Kevin Durant · Dorian Finney-Smith · Jabari Smith Jr. · Amen Thompson · Reed Sheppard 4.7 min
Dorian Finney-Smith · Jabari Smith Jr. · Tari Eason · Amen Thompson · Reed Sheppard 4.6 min

LAL

Los Angeles Lakers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

LeBron James · Marcus Smart · Deandre Ayton · Luka Dončić · Austin Reaves Starter 14.4 min
LeBron James · Marcus Smart · Jaxson Hayes · Austin Reaves · Jake LaRavia 6.6 min
LeBron James · Luke Kennard · Luka Dončić · Rui Hachimura · Austin Reaves 3.7 min
Luke Kennard · Deandre Ayton · Luka Dončić · Rui Hachimura · Austin Reaves 3.3 min
Marcus Smart · Luke Kennard · Luka Dončić · Rui Hachimura · Jake LaRavia 2.5 min

Who guarded whom

Based on stats.nba.com matchup data. Points and shooting are always the offensive player's.

Rockets defense

Luka Dončić 13 pts (6/12) in 70 possessions

Guarded by: Tari Eason (25 %, 1 pts) · Jabari Smith Jr. (20 %, 4 pts) · Amen Thompson (17 %, 6 pts)
LeBron James 2 pts (0/8) in 59 possessions

Guarded by: Amen Thompson (21 %, 1 pts) · Tari Eason (17 %, 0 pts) · Jabari Smith Jr. (17 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Kevin Durant	Marcus Smart: 24 poss., 6 pts (2/3) · Austin Reaves: 12 poss., 6 pts (3/4)
Amen Thompson	Austin Reaves: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · LeBron James: 13 poss., 1 pts (0/0)
Jabari Smith Jr.	Luka Dončić: 14 poss., 4 pts (2/4) · Rui Hachimura: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Tari Eason	Luka Dončić: 17 poss., 1 pts (0/1) · Austin Reaves: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Reed Sheppard	Austin Reaves: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/4) · Marcus Smart: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Clint Capela	Deandre Ayton: 26 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · LeBron James: 8 poss., 1 pts (0/0)
Dorian Finney-Smith	Austin Reaves: 7 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Luka Dončić: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Josh Okogie	Luka Dončić: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Deandre Ayton: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Lakers defense

Kevin Durant 11 pts (4/11) in 63 possessions

Guarded by: LeBron James (30 %, 0 pts) · Marcus Smart (23 %, 0 pts) · Rui Hachimura (13 %, 0 pts)
Reed Sheppard 16 pts (6/15) in 51 possessions

Guarded by: Luke Kennard (25 %, 0 pts) · Jake LaRavia (21 %, 2 pts) · Marcus Smart (14 %, 3 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Luka Dončić	Tari Eason: 26 poss., 10 pts (4/7) · Amen Thompson: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Austin Reaves	Amen Thompson: 26 poss., 2 pts (1/6) · Jabari Smith Jr.: 10 poss., 4 pts (2/4)
Marcus Smart	Jabari Smith Jr.: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Kevin Durant: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
LeBron James	Kevin Durant: 19 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Jabari Smith Jr.: 11 poss., 7 pts (3/4)
Deandre Ayton	Clint Capela: 24 poss., 1 pts (0/2) · Amen Thompson: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Rui Hachimura	Jabari Smith Jr.: 16 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Kevin Durant: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Luke Kennard	Reed Sheppard: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Dorian Finney-Smith: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jake LaRavia	Reed Sheppard: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Dorian Finney-Smith: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jaxson Hayes	Clint Capela: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Dorian Finney-Smith: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)