Get ready for Saturday’s Game 5 between the Houston Rockets and Los Angeles Lakers with 10 keys stats to know about the matchup.
Game 5: Houston Rockets vs. Los Angeles Lakers (LAL Leads 3-1), 8:00 ET, ESPN
- Lakers teammates Anthony Davis and LeBron James are the only two players in the Conference Semifinals averaging at least 25 points and 10 rebounds. There are only three of players averaging 20-10 in this round: Boston’s Jayson Tatum, Denver’s Nikola Jokic and Milwaukee’s Giannis Antetokounmpo.
- Of the 52 players that have attempted at least 25 shots in the Conference Semifinals, Anthony Davis has the highest field goal percentage at 62.0% (44-71). Davis has scored 34 points on 56.5% shooting in 25:01 of matchup time against PJ Tucker. Against all other Rockets, he’s scored 78 points 63.3% shooting in 38:58 of matchup time.
- Danny Green has defended James Harden for a team-high 13:12 in the series. Harden has 18 points on 7-13 FG, 1-3 3P, 3-6 FT with 11 assists and 5 turnovers against Green.
- The Lakers have had five players defend James Harden for at least five minutes in the series. Rajon Rondo has held Harden to 5 points on 1-1 FG, 3-4 FT with 1 assist and 2 turnovers in 6:02 of matchup time. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope has held Harden to 8 points on 1-5 FG, 5-6 FT with 4 assists and 2 turnovers.
- After averaging 17 points per game on 14-39 FG (35.9%), 2-12 3P (16.7%) shooting in the first two games of the series, Russell Westbrook has averaged 27.5 points on 21-40 FG (52.5%), 5-12 3P (41.7%) in the last two games.
- The Rockets have attempted 30 and 33 3-pointers in the past two games of the series. If they shoot 33 or fewer in Game 5, it will be the first time since November 2016 that the Rockets have had three consecutive games with 33 or fewer 3-point attempts. The Rockets led the NBA with 45.3 3-point attempts per game during the regular season. They averaged 51 per game in the first round, but just 38.8 in the Conference Semifinals.
- Rajon Rondo leads all players in the Conference Semifinals in deflections (4.8 per game) and ranks third in steals (2.3 per game) in just 28 minutes per game.
- The Rockets are looking to avoid their first four-game losing streak in the playoffs since being swept by Seattle in the 1996 Western Conference Semifinals.
- Rajon Rondo (1,011) needs 12 assists to pass Michael Jordan (1,022) and climb into the top 10 all-time in playoff assists. Rondo has 33 career playoff games with at least 12 assists, most recently on May 4, 2018 with the New Orleans Pelicans.
- The Lakers second-most used five-man lineup in this series – LeBron James, Rajon Rondo, Markieff Morris, Alex Caruso and Kyle Kuzma – has outscored the rockets by 27 points in 21 minutes on the court together. The lineup has scored 65 points on 26-35 (74.3%) FG, 8-10 (80%) 3P, has 18 assists and only 5 turnovers.
