The NBA Belt · rivalry

Houston Rockets vs. Los Angeles Lakers

39Belt meetings

11Rockets wins

28Lakers wins

12Title changes

Houston Rockets and Los Angeles Lakers have met 39 times with the NBA belt on the line, from December 9, 1967 to September 12, 2020. The belt changed hands in 12 of those games. Los Angeles Lakers lead the belt series 28–11.

Belt game	Date	Result
1,781	Dec 9, 1967	Los Angeles Lakers beat San Diego Rockets 127–109	Defense
1,874	Nov 15, 1968	Los Angeles Lakers beat San Diego Rockets 127–119	Defense
1,982	Dec 6, 1969	Los Angeles Lakers beat San Diego Rockets 128–115	Defense
2,157	Dec 8, 1971	Los Angeles Lakers beat Houston Rockets 125–120	Defense
2,167	Dec 26, 1971	Los Angeles Lakers beat Houston Rockets 137–115	Defense
2,180	Jan 28, 1972	Los Angeles Lakers beat Houston Rockets 118–105	Defense
2,262	Dec 27, 1972	Houston Rockets beat Los Angeles Lakers 136–104	Defense
2,281	Feb 2, 1973	Los Angeles Lakers beat Houston Rockets 126–109	Defense
2,480	Mar 9, 1975	Los Angeles Lakers beat Houston Rockets 116–95	Title change
2,978	Oct 12, 1980	Los Angeles Lakers beat Houston Rockets 114–103	Defense
3,041	Feb 20, 1981	Houston Rockets beat Los Angeles Lakers 110–107	Title change
3,434	Feb 5, 1985	Los Angeles Lakers beat Houston Rockets 113–104	Defense
3,505	Dec 6, 1985	Los Angeles Lakers beat Houston Rockets 120–112	Defense
3,691	Nov 8, 1987	Los Angeles Lakers beat Houston Rockets 101–92	Defense
3,805	Jan 16, 1989	Los Angeles Lakers beat Houston Rockets 124–113	Title change
4,004	Feb 19, 1991	Los Angeles Lakers beat Houston Rockets 112–103	Defense
4,118	Mar 1, 1992	Houston Rockets beat Los Angeles Lakers 105–97	Defense
4,416	Mar 26, 1995	Los Angeles Lakers beat Houston Rockets 107–96	Defense
4,417	Mar 28, 1995	Los Angeles Lakers beat Houston Rockets 106–96	Defense
4,885	Feb 27, 2000	Los Angeles Lakers beat Houston Rockets 101–85	Defense
5,020	Nov 15, 2001	Los Angeles Lakers beat Houston Rockets 98–97	Defense
5,274	Apr 1, 2004	Los Angeles Lakers beat Houston Rockets 93–85	Defense
5,589	Mar 30, 2007	Houston Rockets beat Los Angeles Lakers 107–104	Defense
5,681	Mar 16, 2008	Houston Rockets beat Los Angeles Lakers 104–92	Defense
5,805	May 4, 2009	Houston Rockets beat Los Angeles Lakers 100–92 Playoffs	Title change
5,806	May 6, 2009	Los Angeles Lakers beat Houston Rockets 111–98 Playoffs	Title change
5,807	May 8, 2009	Los Angeles Lakers beat Houston Rockets 108–94 Playoffs	Defense
5,808	May 10, 2009	Houston Rockets beat Los Angeles Lakers 99–87 Playoffs	Title change
5,809	May 12, 2009	Los Angeles Lakers beat Houston Rockets 118–78 Playoffs	Title change
5,810	May 14, 2009	Houston Rockets beat Los Angeles Lakers 95–80 Playoffs	Title change
5,811	May 17, 2009	Los Angeles Lakers beat Houston Rockets 89–70 Playoffs	Title change
5,928	Oct 26, 2010	Los Angeles Lakers beat Houston Rockets 112–110	Defense
6,445	Dec 17, 2015	Houston Rockets beat Los Angeles Lakers 107–87	Title change
6,886	Feb 6, 2020	Houston Rockets beat Los Angeles Lakers 121–111	Defense
6,915	Sep 4, 2020	Houston Rockets beat Los Angeles Lakers 112–97 Playoffs	Title change
6,916	Sep 6, 2020	Los Angeles Lakers beat Houston Rockets 117–109 Playoffs	Title change
6,917	Sep 8, 2020	Los Angeles Lakers beat Houston Rockets 112–102 Playoffs	Defense
6,918	Sep 10, 2020	Los Angeles Lakers beat Houston Rockets 110–100 Playoffs	Defense
6,919	Sep 12, 2020	Los Angeles Lakers beat Houston Rockets 119–96 Playoffs	Defense

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