Houston Rockets @ Los Angeles Lakers — Apr 30, 2026

NBA·Western conference first round Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles·April 30, 2026
Houston Rockets HOU 54-33, 23-21 Away
99
Final
93
Los Angeles Lakers LAL 56-31, 30-14 Home
1 2 3 4 T
HOU 21 30 25 23 99
LAL 28 19 20 26 93
Los Angeles Lakers lead 3-2
Leaders
Points
J.
J. Smith Jr. F HOU
22 PTS
L.
L. James F LAL
25 PTS
Rebounds
A.
A. Şengün C HOU
9 REB
D.
D. Ayton C LAL
17 REB
Assists
A.
A. Şengün C HOU
8 AST
L.
L. James F LAL
7 AST
Box Scores
Rockets
Lakers
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
Rockets
Lakers
44% Field Goals 42.1%
35% 3-Point FG 25.9%
76% Free Throws 81.5%
34 Rebounds 41
6 OFF 13
28 DEF 28
25 Assists 19
10 Steals 5
4 Blocks 5
10 Turnovers 15
22 Fouls 20
13 Biggest Lead 11
31:58 Time in Lead 14:57
9 Max Pts in Row 7
Four Factors
53.3% eFG% 46.7%
10.4% TOV% 14.6%
17.6% ORB% 31.7%
25.3% FT Rate 28.9%
Play-by-Play
Q4 23 - 26 99 - 93
FT J. Smith Jr.
99 - 93 0:12
FT J. Smith Jr.
98 - 93 0:12
FT A. Thompson
97 - 93 0:20
96 - 93 0:23
D. Ayton 2PT
96 - 91 1:00
A. Reaves FT
96 - 91 1:00
A. Reaves FT
96 - 89 1:23
A. Reaves 2PT
FT A. Şengün
96 - 87 1:32
FT A. Şengün
95 - 87 1:32
FT T. Eason
94 - 87 1:42
FT T. Eason
93 - 87 1:42
92 - 87 2:00
L. James 2PT
2PT R. Sheppard
92 - 85 2:20
2PT R. Sheppard
90 - 85 2:37
88 - 85 2:59
L. James 2PT
88 - 83 3:30
D. Ayton 2PT
FT T. Eason
88 - 81 4:26
87 - 81 4:44
R. Hachimura 3PT
87 - 78 5:04
L. James 2PT
87 - 76 5:38
L. James FT
87 - 75 5:38
L. James FT
2PT A. Şengün
87 - 74 5:55
FT A. Thompson
85 - 74 7:09
FT A. Thompson
84 - 74 7:09
83 - 74 8:04
L. James FT
83 - 73 8:52
D. Ayton 2PT
FT J. Smith Jr.
83 - 71 9:15
82 - 71 9:39
L. James 2PT
3PT J. Smith Jr.
82 - 69 9:56
3PT A. Thompson
79 - 69 10:30
76 - 69 11:48
A. Reaves FT
76 - 68 11:48
A. Reaves FT
Q3 25 - 20 76 - 67
76 - 67 0:24
J. LaRavia 2PT
2PT J. Okogie
76 - 65 1:00
74 - 65 1:14
L. Kennard FT
FT A. Şengün
74 - 64 2:12
FT A. Şengün
73 - 64 2:12
3PT A. Holiday
72 - 64 2:52
69 - 64 3:51
D. Ayton 2PT
2PT A. Şengün
69 - 62 4:14
67 - 62 4:42
D. Ayton 2PT
2PT A. Holiday
67 - 60 5:01
65 - 60 5:19
L. James FT
65 - 59 5:39
L. James 2PT
65 - 57 6:13
L. James FT
65 - 56 7:06
R. Hachimura 2PT
3PT J. Smith Jr.
65 - 54 7:24
62 - 54 7:46
A. Reaves FT
2PT J. Smith Jr.
62 - 53 8:10
60 - 53 8:28
L. James 2PT
FT J. Smith Jr.
60 - 51 9:00
3PT T. Eason
59 - 51 9:36
3PT R. Sheppard
56 - 51 10:26
53 - 51 10:43
A. Reaves FT
53 - 50 10:43
A. Reaves FT
53 - 49 11:21
A. Reaves FT
53 - 48 11:21
A. Reaves FT
2PT T. Eason
53 - 47 11:42
Q2 30 - 19 51 - 47
3PT T. Eason
51 - 47 0:16
48 - 47 0:41
R. Hachimura 3PT
2PT T. Eason
48 - 44 1:22
2PT A. Şengün
46 - 44 2:04
44 - 44 2:26
A. Reaves 3PT
2PT A. Thompson
44 - 41 2:41
42 - 41 3:43
M. Smart 3PT
2PT A. Thompson
42 - 38 4:02
40 - 38 4:36
D. Ayton 2PT
3PT J. Okogie
40 - 36 4:51
37 - 36 5:42
L. James FT
37 - 35 5:42
L. James FT
2PT R. Sheppard
37 - 34 6:05
3PT R. Sheppard
35 - 34 7:07
32 - 34 7:25
R. Hachimura 2PT
FT A. Thompson
32 - 32 7:45
FT A. Thompson
31 - 32 7:45
3PT D. Finney-Smith
30 - 32 8:29
27 - 32 8:52
L. James 2PT
27 - 30 9:21
J. Vanderbilt 2PT
3PT J. Smith Jr.
27 - 28 10:36
3PT D. Finney-Smith
24 - 28 11:12
Q1 21 - 28 21 - 28
FT T. Eason
21 - 28 0:14
2PT T. Eason
20 - 28 0:14
18 - 28 0:34
L. James 2PT
3PT A. Thompson
18 - 26 0:49
15 - 26 1:06
L. James 2PT
15 - 24 1:41
A. Reaves FT
15 - 23 1:41
A. Reaves FT
15 - 22 1:41
A. Reaves FT
15 - 21 2:09
A. Reaves 2PT
2PT J. Okogie
15 - 19 3:41
13 - 19 3:59
A. Reaves 3PT
FT J. Smith Jr.
13 - 16 4:15
FT J. Smith Jr.
12 - 16 4:15
11 - 16 4:58
D. Ayton 2PT
2PT A. Şengün
11 - 14 5:28
9 - 14 5:39
D. Ayton 2PT
9 - 12 6:11
D. Ayton 2PT
3PT J. Smith Jr.
9 - 10 7:19
6 - 10 7:35
M. Smart 3PT
6 - 7 7:58
R. Hachimura 2PT
2PT A. Şengün
6 - 5 8:31
4 - 5 9:33
M. Smart FT
4 - 4 9:33
M. Smart FT
2PT T. Eason
4 - 3 10:13
2PT J. Smith Jr.
2 - 3 11:10
0 - 3 11:37
M. Smart 3PT
Score Lines
Lead Tracker
Lead Changes: 4 Biggest Lead: HOU +13 Times Tied: 3
Head-to-Head
Lakers leads 2-1
Final
HOU Rockets
26251726
94
LAL Lakers
33212126
101
Lakers lead 2-0
Final
HOU Rockets
29191832
98
LAL Lakers
33172532
107
Lakers lead 1-0
Final
HOU Rockets
37262927
119
LAL Lakers
25282122
96
Crypto.com Arena
Los Angeles, US · 20,000 capacity
League
NBA
Season
NBA 25/26
Round
Western conference first round
Date
April 30, 2026
Time
2:00 am
Duration
48 min