Schedule and 2008-09 Results
Regular Season Records: L.A. Lakers 65-17, Houston 53-29
Game 1 on Monday, 04 May: Houston wins at L.A. Lakers, 100-pts-92
Game 2 on Wednesday, 06 May: Houston loses at L.A. Lakers, 111-pts-98
Game 3 on Friday, 08 May: L.A. Lakers win at Houston, 108-pts-94
Game 4 on Sunday, 10 May: L.A. Lakers lose at Houston, 99-pts-87
Game 5 on Tuesday, 12 May: Houston loses at L.A. Lakers, 118-pts-78
Game 6 on Thursday, 14 May: L.A. Lakers lose at Houston, 95-pts-80
Game 7 on Sunday, 17 May: Houston loses at L.A. Lakers, 89-pts-70

SERIES NOTES:

Post-series assessment: The Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Houston Rockets 4-games-3 in MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1081, thereby improving their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record to 60-28 overall and 24-7 in the NBA Quarterfinals. With the series 1081 loss, the Houston Rockets see their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record fall to 13-14 overall and 6-6 in the NBA Quarterfinals. With the home-court Game 7 victory, the Los Angeles Lakers improve their Game 7 record at home to 11-1 with a nine-Game 7 winning streak. The victorious Los Angeles Lakers in series 1081 posted a LWWLWLW win order: Series 1081 thus becomes the eighth NBA Quarterfinals series, the tenth NBA series (all rounds), and the 23rd MLB/NBA/NHL series (all rounds) to follow such a win order to completion.