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Houston Rockets vs. Los Angeles Lakers

March 18, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Lakers beat the Rockets 124-116 on 2026-03-18 on the road against the Rockets. The Rockets started Kevin Durant, Alperen Sengun, 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 16 points (7/18) in his matchups, with Jabari Smith Jr. as his primary defender. Kevin Durant (Rockets) scored 21 points (7/8) 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 116

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Amen Thompson GS	42:03	26	11	4	2	0	0	4	11-19	0-1	4-4	-8
Jabari Smith Jr. GS	38:24	18	5	4	0	0	0	4	7-15	3-8	1-2	-2
Kevin Durant GS	37:41	18	6	4	2	0	4	3	7-11	2-5	2-3	-2
Alperen Sengun GS	37:08	27	4	10	1	0	2	2	10-15	1-2	6-6	+7
Tari Eason GS	31:35	10	6	1	1	1	2	2	4-13	0-3	2-2	0
Reed Sheppard	27:23	11	2	3	2	0	3	3	4-12	3-8	0-0	-8
Josh Okogie	13:33	3	2	0	2	0	0	3	1-3	1-2	0-0	-8
Dorian Finney-Smith	9:30	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1-3	1-3	0-0	-13
Clint Capela	2:44	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-6
Totals		116	38	26	10	1	11	21	45-91	11-32	15-17

Did not play: Isaiah Crawford (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jeff Green (DNP - Coach's Decision), Aaron Holiday (DNP - Coach's Decision)

LAL

Los Angeles Lakers 124

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Austin Reaves GS	38:32	14	3	8	0	1	1	3	4-9	1-3	5-6	+6
Luka Dončić GS	37:41	40	9	10	1	0	5	3	12-25	7-17	9-14	+2
LeBron James GS	34:06	30	5	2	1	1	2	3	13-14	2-2	2-3	0
Marcus Smart GS	33:48	5	3	4	2	0	1	2	2-7	1-5	0-0	+7
Deandre Ayton GS	33:43	16	4	2	0	3	1	3	8-10	0-0	0-0	+1
Rui Hachimura	20:35	8	3	0	0	1	0	1	3-4	2-2	0-0	+8
Luke Kennard	17:43	5	1	1	1	0	3	2	2-3	1-2	0-0	+7
Jaxson Hayes	13:38	1	3	1	0	1	0	1	0-0	0-0	1-4	+6
Jake LaRavia	10:16	5	3	2	1	1	0	2	2-4	1-1	0-0	+3
Totals		124	34	30	6	8	13	20	46-76	15-32	17-27

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 · Alperen Sengun · Jabari Smith Jr. · Tari Eason · Amen Thompson Starter 12.5 min
Alperen Sengun · Jabari Smith Jr. · Tari Eason · Amen Thompson · Reed Sheppard 7.2 min
Kevin Durant · Alperen Sengun · Jabari Smith Jr. · Amen Thompson · Reed Sheppard 5.3 min
Kevin Durant · Josh Okogie · Jabari Smith Jr. · Tari Eason · Amen Thompson 4.5 min
Dorian Finney-Smith · Alperen Sengun · Jabari Smith Jr. · Amen Thompson · Reed Sheppard 3.1 min

LAL

Los Angeles Lakers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

LeBron James · Marcus Smart · Deandre Ayton · Luka Dončić · Austin Reaves Starter 17.1 min
Marcus Smart · Luke Kennard · Luka Dončić · Rui Hachimura · Jaxson Hayes 4.9 min
LeBron James · Luke Kennard · Deandre Ayton · Austin Reaves · Jake LaRavia 4.1 min
Marcus Smart · Deandre Ayton · Luka Dončić · Rui Hachimura · Austin Reaves 3.5 min
LeBron James · Marcus Smart · Jaxson Hayes · Austin Reaves · Jake LaRavia 3.1 min

Who guarded whom

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

Rockets defense

Luka Dončić 16 pts (7/18) in 74 possessions

Guarded by: Jabari Smith Jr. (21 %, 3 pts) · Amen Thompson (17 %, 8 pts) · Tari Eason (15 %, 0 pts)
LeBron James 15 pts (6/10) in 67 possessions

Guarded by: Amen Thompson (32 %, 4 pts) · Tari Eason (21 %, 0 pts) · Kevin Durant (13 %, 2 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Kevin Durant	Marcus Smart: 27 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Rui Hachimura: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Amen Thompson	LeBron James: 22 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Austin Reaves: 13 poss., 10 pts (4/5)
Jabari Smith Jr.	Luka Dončić: 15 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Marcus Smart: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Alperen Sengun	Deandre Ayton: 31 poss., 6 pts (2/2) · Jaxson Hayes: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tari Eason	Austin Reaves: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · LeBron James: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Reed Sheppard	Austin Reaves: 14 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Luke Kennard: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Josh Okogie	Luka Dončić: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Austin Reaves: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Dorian Finney-Smith	Luka Dončić: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · LeBron James: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Clint Capela	Jaxson Hayes: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Luka Dončić: 0 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Lakers defense

Kevin Durant 21 pts (7/8) in 71 possessions

Guarded by: LeBron James (28 %, 5 pts) · Rui Hachimura (19 %, 6 pts) · Luka Dončić (16 %, 8 pts)
Alperen Sengun 23 pts (10/14) in 68 possessions

Guarded by: Deandre Ayton (43 %, 8 pts) · Jaxson Hayes (19 %, 1 pts) · LeBron James (10 %, 8 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Luka Dončić	Tari Eason: 24 poss., 5 pts (1/5) · Amen Thompson: 15 poss., 5 pts (2/4)
Austin Reaves	Amen Thompson: 27 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Jabari Smith Jr.: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
LeBron James	Kevin Durant: 20 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Tari Eason: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Marcus Smart	Jabari Smith Jr.: 21 poss., 2 pts (1/4) · Amen Thompson: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Deandre Ayton	Alperen Sengun: 29 poss., 8 pts (4/5) · Jabari Smith Jr.: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Rui Hachimura	Kevin Durant: 13 poss., 6 pts (2/2) · Jabari Smith Jr.: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Luke Kennard	Reed Sheppard: 15 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Jabari Smith Jr.: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jaxson Hayes	Alperen Sengun: 13 poss., 1 pts (0/0) · Clint Capela: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jake LaRavia	Jabari Smith Jr.: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Reed Sheppard: 6 poss., 5 pts (2/2)