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NBA · Friday 26 December · Crypto.com Arena
Los Angeles Lakers – Houston Rockets 96:119: NBA, 26/12/2025
Key facts
Form, table position, scoring and head-to-head in one place
Form: up to the last 5 matches in all competitions, most recent on the left (W = win, D = draw, L = loss). Averages come from the league table; where there is none, from these recent matches.
Form · last 5
League position
Points per game · season
Head to head · 5
wins – draws – wins
Match report
The match in a few sentences: score, scorers, table impact
The text is generated automatically from the match data and updates with it.
NBA: Los Angeles Lakers – Houston Rockets 96:119 (26 December). Houston Rockets won. Venue: Crypto.com Arena.
By quarter: 25:37, 28:26, 21:29, 22:27.
Top scorers: Amen Thompson (Houston Rockets) — 26; Luka Doncic (Los Angeles Lakers) — 25; Kevin Durant (Houston Rockets) — 25.
Table now: Los Angeles Lakers — 1st (9–2); Houston Rockets — 5th (7–3).
Head to head (5): Los Angeles Lakers — 3 wins, Houston Rockets — 2.
Score by quarter
Points in each quarter
| Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Σ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Lakers | 25 | 28 | 21 | 22 | 96 |
| Houston Rockets | 37 | 26 | 29 | 27 | 119 |
Game leaders
Top performers in this game
Box score
Every player's stats in this game
Min = minutes, Pts = points, Reb = rebounds, Ast = assists, 3P = three-pointers (made/attempted), FT = free throws, FG = field goals, FG% = field-goal percentage, Stl = steals, Blk = blocks, TO = turnovers. Greyed out = bench players.
Los Angeles Lakers
| Player | Min | Pts | Reb | Ast | 3P | FT | FG | FG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2Deandre Ayton | 36 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 5/6 | 83% |
| 77Luka Doncic | 34 | 25 | 5 | 7 | 3/8 | 4/7 | 9/17 | 53% |
| 23LeBron James | 32 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 1/3 | 3/4 | 7/13 | 54% |
| 28Rui Hachimura | 28 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0/3 | 0/0 | 0/6 | 0% |
| 15Austin Reaves | 15 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2/5 | 0/0 | 5/8 | 63% |
| 36Marcus Smart | 29 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0/3 | 0/0 | 3/8 | 38% |
| 2Jarred Vanderbilt | 26 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 3/4 | 0/0 | 4/6 | 67% |
| 3Jake LaRavia | 23 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 2/5 | 40% |
| 42Maximilian Kleber | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 1/4 | 25% |
| 16James Johnson | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 100% |
| 4Dalton Knecht | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 100% |
| A. Thiero | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/2 | 50% |
Houston Rockets
| Player | Min | Pts | Reb | Ast | 3P | FT | FG | FG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10Jabari Smith Jr. | 36 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 2/3 | 2/2 | 6/9 | 67% |
| 35Kevin Durant | 34 | 25 | 4 | 8 | 4/6 | 5/5 | 8/14 | 57% |
| 1Amen Thompson | 32 | 26 | 7 | 5 | 0/2 | 2/3 | 12/19 | 63% |
| 28Alperen Sengun | 31 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 0/0 | 4/4 | 5/7 | 71% |
| 17Tari Eason | 26 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 1/5 | 0/2 | 6/14 | 43% |
| 12Steven Adams | 26 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 2/3 | 67% |
| 15Reed Sheppard | 19 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 1/4 | 2/3 | 5/10 | 50% |
| 17Dorian Finney-Smith | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0% |
| 2Josh Okogie | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/4 | 0% |
| Aaron Holiday | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/2 | 0% |
| 15Clint Capela | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 3/4 | 75% |
| 20JD Davison | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0% |
| 32Jeff Green | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | – |
| 8Jae'Sean Tate | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/2 | 50% |
Team stats
Both teams' numbers side by side
- 25Rebounds48
- 20Assists24
- 11Three-pointers made8
- 30Three-point attempts24
- 7Free throws made15
- 11Free-throw attempts19
- 39Field goals made48
- 77Field-goal attempts90
Teams in the table
Both teams' positions in the league table
Full table on the competition page. Form: recent matches, most recent on the right.
| # | Team | P | W | L | % | +/− | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 82% | +82 | WW | |
| 5 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 70% | +90 | L |
Form
Team leaders
Each team's best players this season
Points per game
Rebounds per game
Assists per game
Recent matches
Both teams' recent results in all competitions
Head to head
Previous meetings between the two teams
Only matches in our data source (usually recent seasons).
Los Angeles Lakers 3 : 2 Houston Rockets