Mattie T’s 2nd Round Playoff Recap: #1 Los Angeles Lakers vs. #5 Houston Rockets
Written by The Go-To-Man Mattie T. on May 18, 2009
Game 1:
100
92
Star Player of the Game: Rockets center Yao Ming, who scored 28 points & grabbed 10 rebounds in 40 minutes of action.
Key Stat: Los Angeles connected on just 2-of-18 (11.1%) of their three-point attempts & hit just 12-of-19 (63.2%) of their free-throws.
Game 2:
111
98
Star Player of the Game: Lakers guard Kobe Bryant, who scored 40 points & grabbed 6 rebounds in 40 minutes of action.
Key Stat: Houston lost despite Carl Landry nearly outscoring Los Angeles’ entire bench by himself. (Lakers bench had 22 points to Landry’s 21.)
Game 3:
108
94
Star Player of the Game: Lakers guard Kobe Bryant, who scored 33 points & grabbed 6 rebounds in 44 minutes of action.
Key Stat: Los Angeles won despite being outrebounded 56-43.
Game 4:
99
87
Star Player of the Game: Rockets guard Aaron Brooks, who scored 34 points in 39 minutes of action.
Key Stat: Houston won despite getting outscored 33-16 during the 4th quarter. (Rockets led 73-54 after 3 quarters)
Game 5:
118
78
Star Player of the Game: Lakers forward Pau Gasol, who scored 16 points & grabbed 13 rebounds in 32 minutes of action.
Key Stat: Houston shot just 32.6% for the game & committed 15 assists to 17 turnovers.
Game 6:
95
80
Star Player of the Game: Rockets forward Luis Scola, who scored 24 points & grabbed 12 rebounds in 36 minutes of action.
Key Stat: Los Angeles shot just 35.7% for the game.
Game 7:
89
70
Star Player of the Game: Lakers forward Pau Gasol, who scored 21 points & grabbed 18 rebounds in 40 minutes of action.
Key Stat: Los Angeles outrebounded Houston 55-33 & held the Rockets to 36.8% shooting for the game.
Congratulations to Phil Jackson’s Los Angeles Lakers, who will advance to the Conference Finals for the 2nd consecutive season.
As for Rick Adelman’s Houston Rockets, they failed to reach their first Conference Finals appearence since 1997.
The Lakers will now face the Denver Nuggets in the Western Conference Finals, which begins Tuesday evening in Los Angeles.
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