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Los Angeles Lakers vs Houston Rockets: player stats (Mar 16, 2026)

Regular seasonFinal

Los Angeles Lakers 100, Houston Rockets 92

Toyota Center · Houston, TX

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LAL

Game leaders

HOU

The Los Angeles Lakers won 100-92 against the Houston Rockets on March 16, 2026 at Toyota Center. Jabari Smith Jr. scored 22 for the Houston Rockets, while Luka Doncic had 36 for the Los Angeles Lakers.

Los Angeles Lakers box score
Los Angeles Lakers
Luka DoncicF-G40:00366414-274-124-52041+6
Austin ReavesG40:0015355-180-85-54111+11
Marcus SmartG36:0011014-93-70-00005+6
LeBron JamesF33:0018557-131-33-42014+13
Deandre AytonC27:0071103-60-01-21111+11
Rui HachimuraF23:006303-60-20-01014-3
Luke KennardG17:000020-20-20-00000+3
Jake LaRaviaF12:007401-20-05-63031-1
Jaxson HayesC12:000000-10-00-01001-6
Team240100321737-848-3418-221421118

DNP: Bronny James, Dalton Knecht, Chris Mañon, Nick Smith Jr., Adou Thiero, Maxi Kleber, Jarred Vanderbilt, Kobe Bufkin, Drew Timme

Houston Rockets box score
Houston Rockets
Amen ThompsonG-F41:00191258-130-13-40143-6
Jabari Smith Jr.F40:0022809-172-82-20112-6
Kevin DurantF37:0018528-160-32-20071-7
Tari EasonF33:005932-110-31-22023-6
Clint CapelaC26:009823-40-03-51034-2
Reed SheppardG31:0011035-111-60-03024-13
Dorian Finney-SmithF24:008243-72-50-01130+11
Josh OkogieG8:000020-00-00-02001-11
Team24092442138-795-2611-15932218

DNP: JD Davison, Jeff Green, Aaron Holiday, Jae'Sean Tate, Isaiah Crawford, Fred VanVleet, Alperen Sengun, Steven Adams, Tristen Newton

Replayed with a fit on another season: the model had not seen this game.

LAL 50%HOU 50%
Expected margin
Even
Result: LAL by 8
The projection missed.

The projected margin was 8.0 pts from the result. Its largest input: Roster strength (Impact × minutes), 2.5 pts toward LAL. 3 more inputs are in Pro

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