Newer meeting, May 1: LAL 98, HOU 78

Los Angeles Lakers vs Houston Rockets: player stats (Mar 18, 2026)

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Toyota Center · Houston, TX

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LAL

Game leaders

HOU

Points
Los Angeles Lakers: Luka Doncic40 PTS12-25 FG, 7-17 3P, 9-14 FT
Houston Rockets: Alperen Sengun27 PTS10-15 FG, 1-2 3P, 6-6 FT
Rebounds
Los Angeles Lakers: Luka Doncic9 REB0 OREB, 9 DREB
Houston Rockets: Amen Thompson11 REB4 OREB, 7 DREB
Assists
Los Angeles Lakers: Luka Doncic10 AST40 PTS, 5 TOV
Houston Rockets: Alperen Sengun10 AST27 PTS, 2 TOV

The Los Angeles Lakers beat the Houston Rockets 124-116 on March 18, 2026 at Toyota Center. Luka Doncic led the Los Angeles Lakers with 40 points; Alperen Sengun scored 27 for the Houston Rockets.

Los Angeles Lakers box score
Los Angeles Lakers
Luka DoncicF-G	38:00	40	9	10	12-25	7-17	9-14	1	0	5	3	+2
Austin ReavesG	38:00	14	3	8	4-9	1-3	5-6	0	1	1	3	+6
LeBron JamesF	34:00	30	5	2	13-14	2-2	2-3	1	1	2	3	0
Deandre AytonC	34:00	16	4	2	8-10	0-0	0-0	0	3	1	3	+1
Marcus SmartG	34:00	5	3	4	2-7	1-5	0-0	2	0	1	2	+7
Rui HachimuraF	20:00	8	3	0	3-4	2-2	0-0	0	1	0	1	+8
Luke KennardG	18:00	5	1	1	2-3	1-2	0-0	1	0	3	2	+7
Jaxson HayesC	14:00	1	3	1	0-0	0-0	1-4	0	1	0	1	+6
Jake LaRaviaF	10:00	5	3	2	2-4	1-1	0-0	1	1	0	2	+3
Team	240	124	34	30	46-76	15-32	17-27	6	8	13	20

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-F	42:00	26	11	4	11-19	0-1	4-4	2	0	0	4	-8
Jabari Smith Jr.F	38:00	18	5	4	7-15	3-8	1-2	0	0	0	4	-2
Kevin DurantF	38:00	18	6	4	7-11	2-5	2-3	2	0	4	3	-2
Alperen SengunF-C	37:00	27	4	10	10-15	1-2	6-6	1	0	2	2	+7
Tari EasonF	32:00	10	6	1	4-13	0-3	2-2	1	1	2	2	0
Reed SheppardG	27:00	11	2	3	4-12	3-8	0-0	2	0	3	3	-8
Josh OkogieG	14:00	3	2	0	1-3	1-2	0-0	2	0	0	3	-8
Dorian Finney-SmithF	9:00	3	2	0	1-3	1-3	0-0	0	0	0	0	-13
Clint CapelaC	3:00	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	-6
Team	240	116	38	26	45-91	11-32	15-17	10	1	11	21

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

Team stats

Team stats: Los Angeles Lakers and Houston Rockets
LAL	Stat	HOU
60.5%(better)46-76	Field-goal percentage	49.5%45-91
46.9%(better)15-32	Three-point percentage	34.4%11-32
63.0%17-27	Free-throw percentage	88.2%(better)15-17
34	Rebounds	38(better)
5	Offensive rebounds	12(better)
29(better)	Defensive rebounds	26
30(better)	Assists	26
6	Steals	10(better)
8(better)	Blocks	1
13	Turnovers	11(better)
20(better)	Personal fouls	21
19(better)	Bench points	17

Team advanced
LAL	Stat	HOU
96.7	Pace	96.7
128.3(better)	Off. rating	120.0
120.0(better)	Def. rating	128.3
8.3(better)	Net rating	-8.3
70.6(better)	TS%	58.9
70.4(better)	eFG%	55.5
12.9	TOV%	10.0(better)
16.1	OREB%	29.3(better)
0.355(better)	FT rate	0.187
42.1(better)	3PA rate	35.2

Keel projection

How the projections do →

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

LAL 51%HOU 49%

Expected margin: Even
Result: LAL by 8: The projection called it.

The projected margin was 7.8 pts from the result. Its largest input: Roster strength (Impact × minutes), 2.2 pts toward LAL. 3 more inputs are in Pro

Season series

LAL 2, HOU 1

Dec 25Houston Rockets 119, Los Angeles Lakers 96
Mar 16Los Angeles Lakers 100, Houston Rockets 92
Mar 18 · this gameLos Angeles Lakers 124, Houston Rockets 116

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