Houston at L.A. Dec 25 (8:30 pm) 99 - 87 Preview | Recap | Boxscore Team 1st Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr 4th Qtr Total Houston 33 24 16 26 99 L.A. 19 25 27 16 87

Game Stats   Houston L.A. FIeld Goals 36-81 32-85 Free Throws 21-25 20-30 Rebounds 45 44 Assists 18 23 Three Pointers 6-14 3-11 Fouls 24 22 Technicals 0 1 Misc Technicals

Houston Rockets Player Stats Player Name Mins pts fg fga fg% ft fta ft% 3p 3pa 3p% or dr r Steve Francis 42 22 7 18 38.9 8 10 80.0 0 4 0.0 2 7 9 Jimmy Jackson 36 18 6 12 50.0 4 4 100.0 2 2 100.0 0 6 6 Yao Ming 30 18 8 14 57.1 2 2 100.0 0 0 0.0 5 3 8 Cuttino Mobley 39 15 5 13 38.5 3 4 75.0 2 3 66.7 0 3 3 Maurice Taylor 27 14 6 11 54.5 2 2 100.0 0 0 0.0 1 7 8

L.A. Lakers Player Stats Player Name Mins pts fg fga fg% ft fta ft% 3p 3pa 3p% or dr r Kobe Bryant 43 23 9 26 34.6 4 6 66.7 1 2 50.0 3 5 8 Shaquille O'Neal 41 22 5 12 41.7 12 18 66.7 0 0 0.0 5 5 10 Gary Payton 41 13 5 11 45.5 3 4 75.0 0 1 0.0 2 2 4 Devean George 30 11 5 13 38.5 0 0 0.0 1 4 25.0 0 1 1 Stanislav Medvedenko 23 10 5 11 45.5 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 2 5 7

Attendance: 18997 Officials: Bennie Adams Ron Olesiak Ron Garretson