Jalen Green and Alperen Sengun power the Rockets past the Lakers 135-119
HOUSTON (AP) Jalen Green scored 34 points and Alperen Sengun added 31 to help the Houston Rockets to a 135-119 win over the Los Angeles Lakers on Monday night.
Houston led by as many as 30 points in the second half before the Lakers used a 20-5 run to get within 10 with four minutes left.
The Rockets scored the next six points, with three from Green, to make it 127-111 with about three minutes left and the Lakers removed their starters.
Green, the second overall pick in the 2021 draft, is working to be a more all-around player in his first season under coach Ime Udoka.
“I'm building on it,” Green said. “That's what he wants from me. That's what I want for myself. Brick by brick, just going to keep learning and keep growing each game.”
LeBron James, Anthony Davis and D’Angelo Russell scored 23 points apiece for the Lakers, who had won two in a row, capped by a 145-144 double-overtime victory over Golden State on Saturday.
Cam Whitmore had 20 points off the bench for Houston, and Jabari Smith Jr. had 18 points and nine rebounds in his return after missing four games with a sprained left ankle. Green and Sengun also had 12 rebounds and seven assists each to help the Rockets to the victory.
The Rockets were up by 25 points after a basket by Sengun with about nine minutes left when the Lakers used a 12-3 run to get within 119-103 midway through the quarter.
Soon after that, James was knocked to the court after being hit in the face by Brooks as the two fought for a rebound. James remained face down on the court for a couple of minutes while team officials attended to him before getting up and walking off the court.
The play was reviewed and determined to be a flagrant 1 foul, and James remained in the game.
James missed both free throws, but made a layup seconds after that to start an 8-2 run that cut the lead to 121-111 with four minutes to go.
The Rockets led by 18 at halftime and opened the third quarter with a 16-4 run to make it 94-64 with about 7½ minutes left in the quarter.
Houston was up by 29 a couple of minutes later before the Lakers used an 11-2 spurt, with five points from Davis, to cut the lead to 101-81 with about two minutes left in the third.
James was disappointed in how they performed to end the first quarter.
“We just didn’t get back,” he said. “We didn’t have a sense of care factor. We didn’t have no care factor in those last two minutes.”
The Lakers' Jarred Vanderbilt was ejected in the second quarter after getting two technical fouls during an exchange with Brooks.
Vanderbilt got his first technical foul after pushing Brooks below the neck after a basket by the Lakers with about 10 minutes left in the second quarter. Brooks was walking away from Vanderbilt and had his back to him when Vanderbilt tapped him on the back of the head, drawing another technical and an immediate ejection.
Vanderbilt appeared to be upset after Brooks pushed him while he was in the air on a dunk about a minute earlier. He landed awkwardly after making that shot and fell to the ground.
“I feel like he felt like I did a dirty play,” Brooks said. “And when he feels that way he likes to bump. And it’s basketball, we bump and tussle and I feel like he took it a little too far.”
James refused to talk about Brooks, but Davis had plenty to say about him.
“You take a hard foul, it’s part of basketball,” Davis said. “But you’re just not going to blatantly push someone in their back when they have no control of their body in the air. I think he should have got ejected for that. And then … obviously you know that him and Bron have their whatever and from what I saw it was just a blatant hit on LeBron to the face.”
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Time | Team | Play | Score | |
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12:00 | Anthony Davis vs. Alperen Sengun (Taurean Prince gains possession) | |||
11:46 | Taurean Prince misses three point jump shot | |||
11:44 | Alperen Sengun defensive rebound | |||
11:40 | Anthony Davis shooting foul (Jalen Green draws the foul) | |||
11:40 | +1 | Jalen Green makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 0-1 | |
11:40 | +1 | Jalen Green makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 0-2 | |
11:19 | LeBron James misses two point jump shot | |||
11:17 | Lakers offensive rebound | |||
11:08 | Anthony Davis misses two point turnaround fadeaway jump shot | |||
11:06 | Jalen Green defensive rebound | |||
11:00 | +2 | Jalen Green makes two point running finger roll layup | 0-4 | |
10:46 | Dillon Brooks shooting foul (LeBron James draws the foul) | |||
10:46 | LeBron James misses regular free throw 1 of 2 | |||
10:46 | Lakers offensive rebound | |||
10:46 | +1 | LeBron James makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 1-4 | |
10:30 | +2 | Alperen Sengun makes two point driving layup | 1-6 | |
10:20 | Anthony Davis turnover (lost ball) (Fred VanVleet steals) | |||
10:13 | Taurean Prince blocks Jalen Green's two point running layup | |||
10:10 | Jabari Smith Jr. offensive rebound | |||
9:59 | +2 | Jalen Green makes two point fadeaway jump shot (Jabari Smith Jr. assists) | 1-8 | |
9:50 | +2 | Anthony Davis makes two point driving layup | 3-8 | |
9:33 | +2 | Jalen Green makes two point driving layup (Alperen Sengun assists) | 3-10 | |
9:19 | +2 | D'Angelo Russell makes two point pullup jump shot | 5-10 | |
9:02 | Alperen Sengun turnover (bad pass) (Anthony Davis steals) | |||
8:59 | D'Angelo Russell turnover (bad pass) (Alperen Sengun steals) | |||
8:56 | +2 | Alperen Sengun makes two point layup | 5-12 | |
8:51 | +3 | D'Angelo Russell makes three point pullup jump shot | 8-12 | |
8:39 | +3 | Jabari Smith Jr. makes three point jump shot (Fred VanVleet assists) | 8-15 | |
8:25 | Jalen Green shooting foul (D'Angelo Russell draws the foul) | |||
8:25 | +1 | D'Angelo Russell makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 9-15 | |
8:25 | +1 | D'Angelo Russell makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 10-15 | |
8:07 | Alperen Sengun misses three point jump shot | |||
8:04 | LeBron James defensive rebound | |||
7:54 | Anthony Davis misses two point turnaround fadeaway jump shot | |||
7:51 | Jalen Green defensive rebound | |||
7:40 | +2 | Dillon Brooks makes two point driving layup (Jabari Smith Jr. assists) | 10-17 | |
7:15 | Anthony Davis misses two point turnaround fadeaway jump shot | |||
7:13 | Jalen Green defensive rebound | |||
7:09 | +3 | Jalen Green makes three point running pullup jump shot | 10-20 | |
6:52 | +2 | D'Angelo Russell makes two point alley-oop layup (Austin Reaves assists) | 12-20 | |
6:41 | Dillon Brooks misses three point jump shot | |||
6:39 | Austin Reaves defensive rebound | |||
6:33 | +3 | Anthony Davis makes three point jump shot (Taurean Prince assists) | 15-20 | |
6:16 | Alperen Sengun misses two point turnaround hook shot | |||
6:14 | Anthony Davis defensive rebound | |||
6:07 | +2 | LeBron James makes two point cutting dunk (Anthony Davis assists) | 17-20 | |
5:49 | +2 | Alperen Sengun makes two point cutting layup (Fred VanVleet assists) | 17-22 | |
5:44 | Lakers 60 second timeout | |||
5:35 | +3 | Austin Reaves makes three point jump shot (D'Angelo Russell assists) | 20-22 | |
5:14 | Alperen Sengun misses two point turnaround hook shot | |||
5:12 | Anthony Davis defensive rebound | |||
5:08 | +2 | LeBron James makes two point running finger roll layup | 22-22 | |
4:59 | +2 | Jabari Smith Jr. makes two point cutting layup (Alperen Sengun assists) | 22-24 | |
4:50 | +3 | D'Angelo Russell makes three point pullup jump shot | 25-24 | |
4:34 | Jalen Green misses three point pullup jump shot | |||
4:31 | LeBron James defensive rebound | |||
4:22 | LeBron James turnover (bad pass) (Dillon Brooks steals) | |||
4:17 | Anthony Davis blocks Amen Thompson's two point running layup | |||
4:16 | Jabari Smith Jr. offensive rebound | |||
4:15 | +2 | Jabari Smith Jr. makes two point putback layup | 25-26 | |
3:50 | Alperen Sengun blocks Anthony Davis's two point driving reverse layup | |||
3:50 | Rockets defensive rebound | |||
3:34 | +2 | Alperen Sengun makes two point jump shot (Jalen Green assists) | 25-28 | |
3:20 | +2 | Anthony Davis makes two point alley-oop layup (D'Angelo Russell assists) | 27-28 | |
3:05 | Jalen Green misses two point fadeaway jump shot | |||
3:03 | Rui Hachimura defensive rebound | |||
2:54 | D'Angelo Russell misses three point jump shot | |||
2:51 | Jae'Sean Tate defensive rebound | |||
2:39 | +2 | Jalen Green makes two point driving reverse layup | 27-30 | |
2:32 | +2 | Rui Hachimura makes two point driving layup (D'Angelo Russell assists) | 29-30 | |
2:19 | +3 | Cam Whitmore makes three point jump shot (Alperen Sengun assists) | 29-33 | |
2:07 | Anthony Davis misses two point turnaround hook shot | |||
2:04 | Amen Thompson defensive rebound | |||
2:02 | Amen Thompson turnover (lost ball) (Jarred Vanderbilt steals) | |||
2:00 | Jae'Sean Tate personal foul (D'Angelo Russell draws the foul) | |||
2:00 | Rockets 60 second timeout | |||
1:51 | Amen Thompson shooting foul (Rui Hachimura draws the foul) | |||
1:51 | Rui Hachimura misses regular free throw 1 of 2 | |||
1:51 | Lakers offensive rebound | |||
1:51 | +1 | Rui Hachimura makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 30-33 | |
1:38 | Cam Whitmore misses three point stepback jump shot | |||
1:35 | D'Angelo Russell defensive rebound | |||
1:30 | Christian Wood misses two point running pullup jump shot | |||
1:27 | Amen Thompson defensive rebound | |||
1:24 | +2 | Cam Whitmore makes two point running dunk (Fred VanVleet assists) | 30-35 | |
1:18 | Amen Thompson personal foul (D'Angelo Russell draws the foul) | |||
1:18 | +1 | D'Angelo Russell makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 31-35 | |
1:18 | D'Angelo Russell misses regular free throw 2 of 2 | |||
1:18 | Cam Whitmore defensive rebound | |||
1:07 | Cam Whitmore misses three point pullup jump shot | |||
1:04 | Amen Thompson offensive rebound | |||
1:04 | Amen Thompson turnover (out of bounds bad pass) | |||
0:50 | Christian Wood misses two point driving floating jump shot | |||
0:48 | Cam Whitmore defensive rebound | |||
0:45 | +2 | Cam Whitmore makes two point running dunk | 31-37 | |
0:35 | Max Christie misses two point turnaround fadeaway jump shot | |||
0:35 | Amen Thompson defensive rebound | |||
0:24 | +3 | Cam Whitmore makes three point jump shot (Amen Thompson assists) | 31-40 | |
0:07 | D'Angelo Russell misses three point stepback jump shot | |||
0:02 | Cam Whitmore defensive rebound | |||
0:00 | +2 | Cam Whitmore makes two point running dunk | 31-42 | |
0:00 | End of period |
Time | Team | Play | Score | |
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12:00 | Lakers delay of game violation | |||
11:50 | Amen Thompson offensive foul (LeBron James draws the foul) | |||
11:50 | Amen Thompson turnover (offensive foul) | |||
11:29 | Austin Reaves misses three point jump shot | |||
11:27 | Jeff Green defensive rebound | |||
11:18 | +2 | Dillon Brooks makes two point stepback jump shot | 31-44 | |
11:03 | +2 | Jarred Vanderbilt makes two point driving dunk (Austin Reaves assists) | 33-44 | |
11:03 | Dillon Brooks shooting foul (Jarred Vanderbilt draws the foul) | |||
11:03 | +1 | Jarred Vanderbilt makes regular free throw 1 of 1 | 34-44 | |
10:48 | Christian Wood shooting foul (Jeff Green draws the foul) | |||
10:48 | +1 | Jeff Green makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 34-45 | |
10:48 | +1 | Jeff Green makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 34-46 | |
10:36 | Austin Reaves turnover (bad pass) (Fred VanVleet steals) | |||
10:26 | Jeff Green misses three point pullup jump shot | |||
10:22 | LeBron James defensive rebound | |||
10:18 | +2 | Austin Reaves makes two point running pullup jump shot (LeBron James assists) | 36-46 | |
10:17 | Jarred Vanderbilt technical foul | |||
10:17 | Jarred Vanderbilt technical foul | |||
10:17 | +1 | Fred VanVleet makes technical free throw 1 of 1 | 36-47 | |
10:17 | Fred VanVleet misses technical free throw 1 of 1 | |||
10:17 | Rockets offensive rebound | |||
9:59 | Jae'Sean Tate misses three point jump shot | |||
9:56 | LeBron James defensive rebound | |||
9:50 | +2 | LeBron James makes two point driving layup | 38-47 | |
9:43 | +2 | Jeff Green makes two point driving layup (Fred VanVleet assists) | 38-49 | |
9:43 | Christian Wood shooting foul (Jeff Green draws the foul) | |||
9:43 | +1 | Jeff Green makes regular free throw 1 of 1 | 38-50 | |
9:24 | Rui Hachimura misses three point jump shot | |||
9:22 | Cam Whitmore defensive rebound | |||
9:18 | Taurean Prince shooting foul (Cam Whitmore draws the foul) | |||
9:18 | Cam Whitmore misses regular free throw 1 of 2 | |||
9:18 | Rockets offensive rebound | |||
9:18 | +1 | Cam Whitmore makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 38-51 | |
9:09 | +2 | D'Angelo Russell makes two point fadeaway jump shot (LeBron James assists) | 40-51 | |
8:46 | +2 | Jae'Sean Tate makes two point driving reverse layup (Dillon Brooks assists) | 40-53 | |
8:33 | Taurean Prince turnover (lost ball) (Jalen Green steals) | |||
8:30 | LeBron James shooting foul (Cam Whitmore draws the foul) | |||
8:30 | +1 | Cam Whitmore makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 40-54 | |
8:30 | Cam Whitmore misses regular free throw 2 of 2 | |||
8:30 | Anthony Davis defensive rebound | |||
8:26 | Anthony Davis turnover (lost ball) (Alperen Sengun steals) | |||
8:21 | Cam Whitmore misses three point jump shot | |||
8:20 | Jalen Green offensive rebound | |||
8:13 | +2 | Cam Whitmore makes two point cutting layup (Alperen Sengun assists) | 40-56 | |
8:12 | Rockets delay of game violation | |||
8:12 | Lakers 60 second timeout | |||
8:00 | Alperen Sengun shooting foul (LeBron James draws the foul) | |||
8:00 | LeBron James misses regular free throw 1 of 2 | |||
8:00 | Lakers offensive rebound | |||
8:00 | +1 | LeBron James makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 41-56 | |
7:48 | Jalen Green misses two point driving floating jump shot | |||
7:45 | Jalen Green offensive rebound | |||
7:44 | +3 | Jabari Smith Jr. makes three point jump shot (Jalen Green assists) | 41-59 | |
7:25 | Austin Reaves misses three point jump shot | |||
7:23 | Jalen Green defensive rebound | |||
7:18 | +3 | Jalen Green makes three point running pullup jump shot | 41-62 | |
6:52 | +3 | Taurean Prince makes three point jump shot (D'Angelo Russell assists) | 44-62 | |
6:30 | Jalen Green misses three point stepback jump shot | |||
6:28 |