NBA 2025-26Regular season

Final

Los Angeles Lakers124–116Houston Rockets

Los Angeles Lakers at Houston Rockets

Date: Wednesday 18 March 2026
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 2025-26Regular season
Meeting: 279th meetingof 285 played

Los Angeles Lakers

Los Angeles Lakers box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Austin Reaves	38:32	4–9	1–3	5–6	0	3	3	8	0	1	1	3	14	+6
Luka Dončić	37:41	12–25	7–17	9–14	0	9	9	10	1	0	5	3	40	+2
LeBron James	34:06	13–14	2–2	2–3	1	4	5	2	1	1	2	3	30	0
Marcus Smart	33:48	2–7	1–5	0–0	0	3	3	4	2	0	1	2	5	+7
Deandre Ayton	33:43	8–10	0–0	0–0	1	3	4	2	0	3	1	3	16	+1
Rui Hachimura	20:35	3–4	2–2	0–0	1	2	3	0	0	1	0	1	8	+8
Luke Kennard	17:43	2–3	1–2	0–0	1	0	1	1	1	0	3	2	5	+7
Jaxson Hayes	13:38	0–0	0–0	1–4	0	3	3	1	0	1	0	1	1	+6
Jake LaRavia	10:16	2–4	1–1	0–0	1	2	3	2	1	1	0	2	5	+3
Team totals	240:02	46–76	15–32	17–27	5	29	34	30	6	8	13	20	124	—

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Amen Thompson	42:03	11–19	0–1	4–4	4	7	11	4	2	0	0	4	26	-8
Jabari Smith Jr.	38:24	7–15	3–8	1–2	2	3	5	4	0	0	0	4	18	-2
Kevin Durant	37:41	7–11	2–5	2–3	0	6	6	4	2	0	4	3	18	-2
Alperen Şengün	37:08	10–15	1–2	6–6	2	2	4	10	1	0	2	2	27	+7
Tari Eason	31:35	4–13	0–3	2–2	2	4	6	1	1	1	2	2	10	0
Reed Sheppard	27:23	4–12	3–8	0–0	0	2	2	3	2	0	3	3	11	-8
Josh Okogie	13:33	1–3	1–2	0–0	1	1	2	0	2	0	0	3	3	-8
Dorian Finney-Smith	9:30	1–3	1–3	0–0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	-13
Clint Capela	2:44	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-6
Drew Timme	2:44	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-6
Team totals	242:45	45–91	11–32	15–17	12	26	38	26	10	1	11	21	116	—

This season

Houston Rockets 3, Los Angeles Lakers 6 in NBA 2025-26.

25 Dec 2025Houston Rockets 119–96 Los Angeles Lakers
16 Mar 2026Los Angeles Lakers 100–92 Houston Rockets
18 Mar 2026124–116 this game
18 Apr 2026Houston Rockets 98–107 Los Angeles Lakers
21 Apr 2026Houston Rockets 94–101 Los Angeles Lakers
24 Apr 2026Los Angeles Lakers 112–108 Houston Rockets
26 Apr 2026Los Angeles Lakers 96–115 Houston Rockets
29 Apr 2026Houston Rockets 99–93 Los Angeles Lakers
1 May 2026Los Angeles Lakers 98–78 Houston Rockets

Records going in

Los Angeles Lakers: 43–25
Houston Rockets: 41–26

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Houston Rockets 106, Los Angeles Lakers 179.

16 Mar 2026Los Angeles Lakers 100–92 Houston Rockets
18 Apr 2026Houston Rockets 98–107 Los Angeles Lakers

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.