On Sunday (9th November 2008) night, the Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Houston Rockets by a score of 111-82. The key scorers for the Lakers were Kobe Bryant and Pau Gasol. 23 points were contributed by Bryant and Gasol chipped in 15 rebounds and 20 points. The other scorers for the Lakers were Andrew Bynum and Jordan Farmar. Bynum has added 7 rebounds and 13 points, while Farmar was associated with 6 assists and 16 points. Due to this win, the Lakers have now been victorious in 5 games and the average has been 22.4 points.
Aaron Brooks, who was a reserve, came forward with 20 points and 4 assists. 12 points each were contributed by Carl Landry, Luis Scola and Yao Ming.
| In the first quarter, when 2:25 were remaining, Brooks started playing and in a span of 5:15 contributed 13 out of the 15 points of the Rockets. This enabled the Rockets to take a 16 point lead. When the score was 41-28 in favor of the Houston Rockets | Rockets, the Lakers started playing well. In the second quarter, the Lakers outscored the Rockets by 22-7. In the remaining part of the game, the Lakers were on top. In the third quarter, when 4 minutes were remaining the Lakers had a lead of 67-57 mainly due to the 6 points by Bryant and 4 points by Derek Fisher in course of a 12-3 run. When the fourth quarter started, the Lakers led by just 7 points. However, 8 points were scored by Farmar and 4 each by Odom and Gasol> and this resulted in a 94-75 lead for the Lakers. In the fourth quarter, the Lakers outscored the Rockets by 39-17. |
