{"id":664513,"date":"2026-03-18T08:34:45","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T08:34:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/664513\/"},"modified":"2026-03-18T08:34:45","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T08:34:45","slug":"rockets-vs-lakers-time-tv-stream-march-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/664513\/","title":{"rendered":"Rockets vs. Lakers Time, TV &#038; Stream \u2013 March 18"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Toyota Center is where the Houston Rockets (41-26) and Los Angeles Lakers (43-25) will square off on Wednesday at 9:30 p.m. ET. Kevin Durant will be one of the players to watch when these two squads go up against one another.<\/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:\/\/www.fubo.tv\/welcome\/leagues\/191276?irmp=5436412&amp;irad=356361&amp;ftv_campaign=feeds&amp;ftv_medium=partner&amp;sharedid=2NfRGIh5k1\" 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: March 18 Viewing Options<\/p>\n<p>Game day: Wednesday, March 18, 2026<br \/>\nGame time: 9:30 p.m. ET<br \/>\nTV channel: ESPN and SportsNet LA<br \/>\nLocation: Houston, Texas<br \/>\nArena: Toyota Center<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fubo.tv\/welcome\/leagues\/191276?irmp=5436412&amp;irad=356361&amp;ftv_campaign=feeds&amp;ftv_medium=partner&amp;sharedid=2NfRGIh5k1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Catch NBA action all year long on Fubo.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Rockets&#8217; 2025-26 Stats<\/p>\n<p>Looking for NBA tickets? <a href=\"https:\/\/affiliates.routy.app\/route\/63332?affId=3147&amp;ts=5002712&amp;pa=3010&amp;pb=973143&amp;cid=2NfRGIh5k1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Head to StubHub today<\/a> and see your team live.<\/p>\n<p>Rockets vs. Lakers Top Players<\/p>\n<p>Rockets<\/p>\n<p>Amen Thompson has recorded a statline of 17.8 points, 7.7 rebounds and 5.3 assists for the Rockets.<br \/>\nDurant&#8217;s stats this season include 25.8 points per game with 4.4 assists and 5.5 rebounds.<br \/>\nReed Sheppard connects on 2.6 threes per game to lead active Rockets.<br \/>\nHouston&#8217;s blocks tend to come from Jabari Smith Jr., who records 0.9 per game. Thompson is a primary source of steals for Houston, averaging 1.5 steals a contest.<br \/>\nLakers<\/p>\n<p>Luka Doncic has the top spot on the Lakers scoring and assist lists among active players, putting up 32.9 points and 8.5 assists per game.<br \/>\nDeandre Ayton has per-game averages of 12.5 points, 0.9 assists and 8.4 rebounds this season.<br \/>\nDoncic makes 3.9 treys per game.<br \/>\nThe Lakers&#8217; defensive efforts get a boost from Doncic&#8217;s 1.5 steals and Ayton&#8217;s 0.9 blocks 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=973141&amp;cid=2NfRGIh5k1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Head to Fanatics<\/a> to find jerseys, shirts, hats, and much more.<\/p>\n<p>Rockets vs. Lakers Injury Report<\/p>\n<p>Rockets<\/p>\n<p>Rockets: <\/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>Lakers<\/p>\n<p>Lakers: <\/p>\n<p>Maxi Kleber: Day-To-Day (Back)<\/p>\n<p>Rockets&#8217; Schedule<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Toyota Center is where the Houston Rockets (41-26) and Los Angeles Lakers (43-25) will square off on Wednesday&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":664514,"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-664513","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\/116249262128232316","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/664513","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=664513"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/664513\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/664514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=664513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=664513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=664513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}