Houston Rockets @ Los Angeles Lakers — Apr 30, 2026

NBA·Western conference first round Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles·April 30, 2026
Houston Rockets HOU 52-31, 22-20 Away
99
Final
93
Los Angeles Lakers LAL 52-30, 28-13 Home
1 2 3 4 T
HOU 21 30 25 23 99
LAL 28 19 20 26 93
Leaders
Points
J.
J. Smith 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
Final
HOU Rockets
29191832
98
LAL Lakers
33172532
107
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