Los Angeles Lakers @ Houston Rockets — Apr 27, 2026

NBA·Western conference first round Toyota Center, Houston·April 27, 2026
Los Angeles Lakers LAL 52-29, 24-17 Away
96
Final
115
Houston Rockets HOU 51-31, 30-11 Home
1 2 3 4 T
LAL 21 26 18 31 96
HOU 26 30 34 25 115
Leaders
Points
D.
D. Ayton C LAL
19 PTS
A.
A. Thompson G HOU
23 PTS
Rebounds
D.
D. Ayton C LAL
10 REB
T.
T. Eason F HOU
8 REB
Assists
L.
L. James F LAL
9 AST
A.
A. Thompson G HOU
7 AST
Box Scores
Lakers
Rockets
MIN — Minutes · PTS — Points · FG — Field Goals · 3PT — 3-Point Field Goals · FT — Free Throws · REB — Rebounds · AST — Assists · STL — Steals · BLK — Blocks · TO — Turnovers · PF — Personal Fouls · +/- — Plus-Minus
Team Statistics
Lakers
Rockets
50% Field Goals 48.1%
22.7% 3-Point FG 40%
81% Free Throws 80.6%
37 Rebounds 35
10 OFF 11
27 DEF 24
23 Assists 19
6 Steals 17
7 Blocks 4
23 Turnovers 13
20 Fouls 22
5 Biggest Lead 28
7:24 Time in Lead 38:18
8 Max Pts in Row 8
Four Factors
53.4% eFG% 55.6%
21.6% TOV% 12.1%
29.4% ORB% 28.9%
23% FT Rate 30.9%
Play-by-Play
Q4 31 - 25 96 - 115
96 - 115 0:33
J. Davison FT
96 - 114 0:33
J. Davison FT
2PT B. James
96 - 113 0:50
3PT D. Knecht
94 - 113 1:11
91 - 113 1:26
J. Tate 2PT
FT M. Kleber
91 - 111 1:43
2PT N. Smith
90 - 111 2:16
FT D. Knecht
88 - 111 3:01
FT D. Knecht
87 - 111 3:01
86 - 111 3:26
T. Eason 3PT
3PT N. Smith
86 - 108 3:51
83 - 108 4:14
T. Eason 2PT
83 - 106 4:32
A. Thompson 2PT
83 - 104 5:26
J. Smith 2PT
83 - 102 6:04
J. Smith FT
83 - 101 6:04
J. Smith FT
3PT D. Knecht
83 - 100 6:23
FT A. Thiero
80 - 100 6:49
2PT A. Thiero
79 - 100 6:49
2PT J. Vanderbilt
77 - 100 7:25
75 - 100 7:39
A. Holiday 3PT
2PT J. Vanderbilt
75 - 97 8:02
2PT L. James
73 - 97 8:36
2PT J. Vanderbilt
71 - 97 9:53
69 - 97 10:08
A. Holiday 3PT
2PT J. Vanderbilt
69 - 94 10:33
67 - 94 10:50
J. Smith FT
67 - 93 10:50
J. Smith FT
2PT M. Smart
67 - 92 11:19
65 - 92 11:28
A. Thompson 2PT
Q3 18 - 34 65 - 90
65 - 90 0:31
A. Thompson 2PT
2PT M. Smart
64 - 88 0:39
FT M. Smart
63 - 88 0:39
62 - 88 0:52
A. Thompson FT
62 - 87 0:52
A. Thompson FT
62 - 86 1:21
D. Finney-Smith FT
62 - 85 1:21
D. Finney-Smith FT
62 - 84 2:35
J. Smith 3PT
3PT B. James
62 - 81 2:52
59 - 81 3:10
T. Eason 2PT
59 - 79 3:23
R. Sheppard FT
59 - 78 3:53
A. Şengün FT
2PT R. Hachimura
59 - 77 4:45
57 - 77 5:41
A. Şengün FT
2PT R. Hachimura
57 - 76 5:57
55 - 76 6:20
A. Şengün FT
55 - 75 6:20
A. Şengün 2PT
55 - 73 6:36
T. Eason 3PT
2PT D. Ayton
55 - 70 7:19
53 - 70 7:39
T. Eason 2PT
2PT D. Ayton
53 - 68 7:59
51 - 68 8:21
A. Thompson 2PT
51 - 66 8:47
T. Eason FT
51 - 65 8:47
T. Eason FT
2PT R. Hachimura
51 - 64 8:58
49 - 64 9:26
R. Sheppard 3PT
2PT L. Kennard
49 - 61 9:53
47 - 61 11:10
R. Sheppard 3PT
47 - 58 11:37
A. Thompson 2PT
Q2 26 - 30 47 - 56
47 - 56 0:02
A. Şengün 2PT
FT M. Smart
47 - 54 0:20
FT M. Smart
46 - 54 0:20
45 - 54 0:29
A. Şengün FT
FT D. Ayton
45 - 53 0:42
2PT D. Ayton
44 - 53 0:42
42 - 53 0:54
R. Sheppard 2PT
42 - 51 1:12
A. Thompson FT
42 - 50 1:12
A. Thompson 2PT
2PT D. Ayton
42 - 48 1:25
40 - 48 1:57
A. Thompson 2PT
40 - 46 2:42
J. Okogie 3PT
2PT D. Ayton
40 - 43 2:54
38 - 43 3:09
T. Eason FT
38 - 42 3:09
T. Eason FT
2PT J. LaRavia
38 - 41 3:39
2PT R. Hachimura
36 - 41 4:05
34 - 41 4:24
R. Sheppard 3PT
2PT J. Hayes
34 - 38 4:40
FT L. James
32 - 38 5:14
FT L. James
31 - 38 5:14
2PT D. Ayton
30 - 38 5:47
28 - 38 6:35
A. Şengün FT
28 - 37 6:35
A. Şengün 2PT
28 - 35 7:47
A. Thompson 2PT
3PT R. Hachimura
28 - 33 8:12
2PT D. Ayton
25 - 33 8:52
23 - 33 9:13
A. Thompson 2PT
23 - 31 9:57
T. Eason 2PT
2PT D. Ayton
23 - 29 11:08
21 - 29 11:46
J. Smith 3PT
Q1 21 - 26 21 - 26
21 - 26 0:01
J. Okogie 2PT
2PT M. Smart
21 - 24 0:57
19 - 24 1:12
A. Holiday 3PT
19 - 21 1:42
A. Şengün 2PT
19 - 19 2:20
A. Şengün FT
2PT J. LaRavia
19 - 18 2:43
17 - 18 3:19
A. Şengün 2PT
17 - 16 3:47
A. Thompson 2PT
17 - 14 4:30
A. Şengün FT
FT L. James
17 - 13 4:46
FT L. James
16 - 13 4:46
15 - 13 5:08
J. Smith FT
15 - 12 5:08
J. Smith FT
FT J. LaRavia
15 - 11 5:23
FT J. LaRavia
15 - 11 5:23
2PT L. Kennard
13 - 11 5:59
11 - 11 6:19
R. Sheppard 3PT
FT L. James
11 - 8 6:29
FT L. James
10 - 8 6:29
9 - 8 6:48
J. Smith 2PT
9 - 6 7:13
A. Şengün 2PT
2PT L. James
9 - 4 7:33
7 - 4 8:17
T. Eason 2PT
FT L. Kennard
7 - 2 8:56
2PT L. Kennard
6 - 2 9:55
2PT D. Ayton
4 - 2 10:21
2 - 2 11:20
R. Sheppard 2PT
2PT R. Hachimura
2 - 0 11:39
Score Lines
Lead Tracker
Lead Changes: 2 Biggest Lead: HOU +28 Times Tied: 3
Head-to-Head
Lakers leads 3-0
Final/OT
LAL Lakers
3924172111
112
HOU Rockets
322023267
108
Final
LAL Lakers
35322235
124
HOU Rockets
26293724
116
Final
LAL Lakers
29223217
100
HOU Rockets
28292312
92
Toyota Center
Houston, US · 18,300 capacity
League
NBA
Season
NBA 25/26
Round
Western conference first round
Date
April 27, 2026
Time
1:30 am
Duration
48 min