National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Houston 107,
L.A. Lakers 87
When: 10:30 PM ET, Thursday, December 17, 2015
Where: Staples Center, Los Angeles, California
Officials: #8 Marc Davis, #77 Karl Lane, #71 Rodney Mott
Attendance: 18997
Where: Staples Center, Los Angeles, California
Officials: #8 Marc Davis, #77 Karl Lane, #71 Rodney Mott
Attendance: 18997
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
| Houston | 29 | 23 | 26 | 29 | 107 |
| L.A. Lakers | 18 | 21 | 29 | 19 | 87 |
Houston Rockets
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| James Harden - G | 36:08 | 7-24 | 2-9 | 9-10 | 31 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 25 |
| Patrick Beverley - G | 29:18 | 5-12 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 30 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 13 |
| Trevor Ariza - F | 35:38 | 5-10 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 26 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| Clint Capela - F | 28:09 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| Dwight Howard - C | 25:42 | 3-10 | 0-0 | 10-18 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 16 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Terrence Jones | 20:35 | 5-7 | 1-2 | 5-6 | -5 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16 |
| Donatas Motiejunas | 19:09 | 3-7 | 1-1 | 1-4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| Ty Lawson | 18:42 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | -10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Corey Brewer | 16:01 | 2-8 | 2-5 | 0-0 | -8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Jason Terry | 5:48 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Montrezl Harrell | 2:25 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| K.J. McDaniels | 2:25 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marcus Thornton | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 34-88 | 12-31 | 27-42 | 23 | 31 | 54 | 22 | 17 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 107 | |
| 38.6% | 38.7% | 64.3% | Team Rebs: 17 | Total TO: 14 | ||||||||||
Los Angeles Lakers
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Jordan Clarkson - G | 38:31 | 6-14 | 0-5 | 0-0 | -23 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 12 |
| Louis Williams - G | 31:07 | 5-9 | 2-5 | 2-3 | -12 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 14 |
| Kobe Bryant - F | 32:02 | 9-16 | 2-6 | 2-7 | -24 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 22 |
| Larry Nance Jr. - F | 28:23 | 5-8 | 0-0 | 1-2 | -19 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| Roy Hibbert - C | 21:46 | 2-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -26 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| D'Angelo Russell | 26:22 | 1-9 | 0-4 | 0-0 | -5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| Julius Randle | 23:24 | 6-15 | 1-1 | 5-6 | -4 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 18 |
| Robert Sacre | 22:27 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Nick Young | 15:58 | 1-4 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Brandon Bass | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Anthony Brown | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Marcelo Huertas | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Ryan Kelly | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 36-84 | 5-24 | 10-18 | 13 | 33 | 46 | 22 | 27 | 5 | 14 | 5 | 87 | |
| 42.9% | 20.8% | 55.6% | Team Rebs: 8 | Total TO: 14 | ||||||||||
Technical Fouls
| Team | Players |
| HOU | None |
| LAL | D'Angelo Russell |
Team Statistics
| Houston | L.A. Lakers | ||
| Fast Break Points | 24 | Fast Break Points | 7 |
| Points in the Paint | 36 | Points in the Paint | 54 |
| Biggest Lead | 20 | Biggest Lead | 0 |