{"id":664316,"date":"2026-03-18T05:27:22","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T05:27:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/664316\/"},"modified":"2026-03-18T05:27:22","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T05:27:22","slug":"rockets-vs-lakers-injury-report-march-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/664316\/","title":{"rendered":"Rockets vs. Lakers Injury Report \u2013 March 18"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s a look at the injury report for the Houston Rockets (41-26), which currently has four players listed, as the Rockets prepare for their matchup against the Los Angeles Lakers (43-25, one injured player) at Toyota Center on Wednesday, March 18 at 9:30 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the NBA, other live sports and more on Fubo. What is Fubo? Fubo is a streaming service that gives you access to your favorite live sports and shows on demand. <a href=\"https:\/\/affiliates.routy.app\/route\/62741?affId=3147&amp;ts=5002712&amp;pa=1420&amp;pb=976169&amp;cid=h0ACgKiavc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Use our link<\/a> to sign up.<\/p>\n<p>Listen to the game on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iheart.com\/live\/sportstalk-790-wkrd-4836\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sports Talk 790AM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Rockets vs. Lakers Game Info<\/p>\n<p>When: Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 9:30 p.m. ET<br \/>\nWhere: Toyota Center in Houston, Texas<br \/>\nTV: ESPN and SportsNet LA<br \/>\nRockets&#8217; Injury Report<\/p>\n<p>Rockets Injuries: <\/p>\n<p>Fred VanVleet: Out For Season (Acl), <\/p>\n<p>Steven Adams: Out For Season (Ankle), <\/p>\n<p>Alperen Sengun: Out (Back), <\/p>\n<p>Jae&#8217;Sean Tate: Out (Knee)<\/p>\n<p>Rockets&#8217; Top Players (Last 20 Games)<\/p>\n<p>Rockets Stats<\/p>\n<p>Houston&#8217;s +271 scoring differential (outscoring opponents by 4.0 points per game) is a result of scoring 113.8 points per game (21st in the NBA) while giving up 109.8 per contest (third in the league).<br \/>\nKevin Durant scores a team-leading 25.8 points per game to rank 10th in the NBA.<br \/>\nHouston wins the rebound battle by 8.6 boards on average. It records 48.2 rebounds per game, which ranks first in the league, while its opponents pull down 39.6 per contest.<br \/>\nAmen Thompson&#8217;s 7.7 rebounds per game lead the Rockets and rank 25th in league play.<br \/>\nHouston connects on 11.1 three-pointers per game (27th in the league), 1.3 fewer than its opponents (12.4).<br \/>\nReed Sheppard ranks 24th in the league and leads the Rockets with 2.6 made three-pointers per game.<\/p>\n<p>Looking for officially licensed NBA gear? <a href=\"https:\/\/affiliates.routy.app\/route\/58417?affId=3147&amp;ts=5002712&amp;pa=1317&amp;pb=976170&amp;cid=h0ACgKiavc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Fanatics<\/a> has jerseys, hats, apparel, memorabilia, trading cards, collectibles and more.<\/p>\n<p>Lakers&#8217; Injury Report<\/p>\n<p>Lakers Injuries: <\/p>\n<p>Maxi Kleber: Day-To-Day (Back)<\/p>\n<p>Lakers&#8217; Top Players (Last 20 Games)<\/p>\n<p>Lakers Stats<\/p>\n<p>Los Angeles puts up 116.3 points per game (11th in league) while allowing 114.9 per contest (13th in NBA). It has a +90 scoring differential and outscores opponents by 1.4 points per game.<br \/>\nLuka Doncic scored a team-leading 32.9 points per game which ranked him first in the NBA.<br \/>\nLos Angeles grabs 40.9 rebounds per game (28th in league), compared to the 41.2 of its opponents.<br \/>\nDeandre Ayton&#8217;s 8.4 rebounds per game lead the Lakers and rank 19th in the NBA.<br \/>\nLos Angeles hits 12.1 three-pointers per game (23rd in the league) at a 35.6% rate (18th in NBA), compared to the 13.0 its opponents make, shooting 35.6% from deep.<br \/>\nDoncic is first in the league and leads the Lakers with 3.9 made threes per game.<\/p>\n<p>Rep your favorite players with officially licensed NBA gear. <a href=\"https:\/\/affiliates.routy.app\/route\/58417?affId=3147&amp;ts=5002712&amp;pa=1379&amp;pb=976204&amp;cid=h0ACgKiavc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Head to Fanatics<\/a> to find jerseys, shirts, hats, and much more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Here&#8217;s a look at the injury report for the Houston Rockets (41-26), which currently has four players listed,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":664317,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3794],"tags":[7,55906,292,194,4066,150,736,6,55552,2666,211],"class_list":{"0":"post-664316","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston-rockets","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-ds-sports","10":"tag-houston","11":"tag-houston-rockets","12":"tag-houstonrockets","13":"tag-los-angeles-lakers","14":"tag-men","15":"tag-nba","16":"tag-nba-preview","17":"tag-professional","18":"tag-rockets"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116248526700856439","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/664316","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=664316"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/664316\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/664317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=664316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=664316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=664316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}