"Los Angeles Lakers vs Houston Rockets Full Game Highlights - April 11, 2025 | Regular Season "

We go on and on and on, all the regulars in the rotation who are not playing tonight for Coach Emei. Udoka. I don't like games like this at all. With the basketball is Green, the veteran, 17th year, Shepard, boy he's not shy, playing freely and he will shoot from anywhere in the gym. Number three pick in the 2024 draft, Reed Shepard, once he went to Kentucky, underneath LeBron! Somehow get it to Reeves, nice intensity to start this game, little fly-by, here he comes, the lob to Jim! Serving it up for Jackson Hayes for just 14 minutes in the win against Dallas the other night, limited minutes, at the other end they do not defend the rim. Fresh 14 with Jackson Hayes, LeBron, are we going to try it again? No, it's Austin's turn! Got it! I like the extra pass, I really do. Whitmore, boy he's athletic, here he is trying to dance on go and Whitmore hits it. He played regular minutes last year as a rookie, they throw it away, going to be taken, streaking down the court, all the way and throwing it down was Whitmore, that's what he can do. Shepard hits the side of the board. Good job by Austin of really rushing at it. Crossover once, twice, Luka, count it! And one for Doncic! On the trailing pass, Reeves back and forth, he's got the big in front of him, he wants to go around him, he does! For an and one! Boy he was locking arms that time with Dante, and folly Dante! There's Luka, Doncic, and he scores off the window! See again, he got contact, not enough for the whistle, but didn't really deter him. And he's talented. Williams right now in the game has four, underneath LeBron, sealed off well, give it up to Bando to throw it down with two hands! What a nice little up fake by LeBron and that brought that secondary defender. And three for the Sixers, so he's bounced around already this season. With two minutes to go in the quarter, Luka! There's that step back as Luka. Leading by three, putting up big numbers again. Here in quarter number one, LeBron with five, with four, Reeves three, oh he banked it in! I don't think he was calling. He did not, he didn't. Now you've got Bando, still looking for his 50th career three. LeBron baseline, reverse! Oldest guy in the league right there. The Lakers in the Rockets play. By the way, they had split the first two this year. Reeves! Easy money! Nine, ten days after they get back from Portland on Sunday. LeBron, oh he just gets it by the overstretch of the defender and Goody knocks it down. Boy they are on a roll, they won 15 out of 18 games. Holliday looking for another one, it's deep and down. Gotta guard that guy. In the back was Vinny Smith, was not free so he decided to hang on. LeBron gets free behind the defense, the delivery by Reeves. Luka tried to overplay him and so he just cut to the basket. It's going away, right to LeBron. Quickly now Vinny Smith, here's LeBron, look at the look away! And Vando throws it down. Now that's saying something. It's jacked isn't it though? You're talking Reggie Miller there. About 12 minutes of game. Reeves, oh went right past him. That was traffic cone time. Went right past him. Luka, Lee, LeBron, he's got it. Out now for Vinny Smith, repost to LeBron James. Coming up on the halfway mark of the quarter, count it! And one! Too strong, too big, too strong for Holliday. They'll get a play-in team with five to shoot. Luka back and forth he goes, step back. String music for 77! Thought about walking right into it, then spins, he's in trouble. No he's not. By Vinny Smith, he nearly got tied up. He was almost tied up. It was a difficult night in so many ways. It was just fun to watch how this team came together. Maybe even more than they already were. Count it! And one! As the cameraman gives it to Luka once again. LeBron on the bench. Oh Luka, he's in deep! Can't stop him there. He does not play above the rim. He never plays above the rim. And he's played in 185 straight games. Every game in back-to-back seasons. The last one to do that was Rui Stola, remember him? A few years back. Once again, under control, dominating. He may not see green in the second half much. Or at all. They tap it out, here we go, three on one. Look away again by LeBron! And the recipient is Rui! Reeves wanders into the paint, open is Rui! Wide open! And he delivers! In third quarter action. From Fitco.com Arena. Going to the rim, backhand layup is pretty. And getting into the paint, looking to be a scorer, not a passer. Looking to lead this team in scoring for the 16th time as they answer right back. You come up empty and allow another bucket, you gotta time out. Oh! That's not gonna happen! The lob and jam! The finish by Hayes. He's led the team in rebounds 14 times. Rui all the way, lay it up and in! They ran him off to three, Rui said thank you. The rim gets the first block of the night. Great block by the rim. You know they're scoring. Got it. When you miss a layup, you always get scored on. Houston concluding a three game California trip with a three! From deep! By Whitmore. So they have now hit 14 threes, two more than the Lakers. Dodgitch. Trying to get back at him, and he does! When you're saving it, throw it to your end, not to the end where they're waiting. Oh, right to Reece. He's gonna finish this one. Here comes Austin! He's got big guys, 6'11", about 260. Went to St. Mary's. Luka in the key. Just found himself wandering alone. Houston with control of it. Roddy, taking the most of his opportunity. Oh, that's good. Blocks out, score. Doing some work on the offensive glass. Oh, back and forth. Dodgitch. To the wide open Finney Smith. Yes! Rattle it home! Lakers trying to win the season series. I mentioned that earlier. Dodgitch. Whitmore just kind of gave up. Because he got that right shoulder in the midsection. Lakers with Vanderbilt. Good one. Roddy all the way for Houston. And the finger roll is good. Again, let's give the line up. Vanderbilt, Vincent Reeves, Hachimura. But Jack, there is Dante taking control of it. That's the 10th turnover for the Lakers. Oh, rolling underneath. That's a bad way to start the quarter, but he throws it down. 107-91. Rui. He's alone on the wing. He bumps into the defender and scores. Had a nice mismatch working there. Yeah, again, Holiday. Yeah, yeah. That's his regular seat. That's right. And to the bench, LeBron. Shepard. Shot put is good. I'm telling you, you let him set his feet, that young man can shoot a basketball. The other way, but they won't. Points in transition. 15-6. Rockets with the advantage. Finney Smith! Yeah, well. All the time you need to break it down. We'll be locked in then, and so will you, Billy. How nice of you, Billy. 20-23. What a move. That was. Roddy, high off the window to score. We're past the halfway mark of the fourth quarter. 123-103. Roddy's underneath, so James Jr. is in the game. Oh, look out. Look out below. Wigmore, no resistance to the rim. Yes. I don't know what his career high is, but he's got to be approaching. He's got 34. Yeah. We'll find out. Here's Shea. Rattled and rolled all the way to the rim. Was. Oh, what? Was. 27. Roddy can't hit. Wigmore blew right past there, didn't he? A needed win tonight. They got it near the third seed. They did what they had to do, and now they can turn things around.