Los Angeles Lakers @ Houston Rockets — Apr 25, 2026

NBA·Western conference first round Toyota Center, Houston·April 25, 2026
Los Angeles Lakers LAL 52-28, 24-16 Away
112
Final/OT
108
Houston Rockets HOU 50-31, 29-11 Home
1 2 3 4 OT T
LAL 39 24 17 21 11 112
HOU 32 20 23 26 7 108
Leaders
Points
L.
L. James F LAL
29 PTS
A.
A. Şengün C HOU
33 PTS
Rebounds
L.
L. James F LAL
13 REB
A.
A. Şengün C HOU
16 REB
Assists
M.
M. Smart G LAL
10 AST
R.
R. Sheppard 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
48.1% Field Goals 40.8%
41.4% 3-Point FG 28.2%
75% Free Throws 73.9%
45 Rebounds 49
9 OFF 18
36 DEF 31
28 Assists 21
12 Steals 15
6 Blocks 6
20 Turnovers 15
23 Fouls 20
15 Biggest Lead 6
43:18 Time in Lead 5:57
11 Max Pts in Row 6
Four Factors
55.7% eFG% 46.4%
17.7% TOV% 12.2%
22.5% ORB% 33.3%
30.4% FT Rate 17.3%
Play-by-Play
Q5 11 - 7 112 - 108
FT M. Smart
112 - 108 0:25
111 - 108 0:29
R. Sheppard 3PT
FT M. Smart
111 - 105 0:36
FT M. Smart
110 - 105 0:36
FT M. Smart
109 - 105 0:53
FT M. Smart
108 - 105 0:53
107 - 105 2:09
A. Şengün 2PT
2PT R. Hachimura
107 - 103 2:35
105 - 103 3:24
A. Şengün 2PT
FT R. Hachimura
105 - 101 3:42
3PT M. Smart
104 - 101 4:09
Q4 21 - 26 101 - 101
3PT L. James
101 - 101 0:14
FT M. Smart
98 - 101 0:26
FT M. Smart
97 - 101 0:26
FT M. Smart
96 - 101 0:26
95 - 101 0:41
A. Şengün 2PT
95 - 99 0:50
A. Şengün 2PT
2PT L. James
95 - 97 2:11
93 - 97 2:23
A. Şengün 2PT
2PT J. Hayes
93 - 95 2:47
91 - 95 3:47
A. Şengün 2PT
91 - 93 4:31
A. Thompson FT
91 - 92 4:59
R. Sheppard 3PT
2PT M. Smart
91 - 89 5:15
89 - 89 5:37
A. Şengün 2PT
2PT M. Smart
89 - 87 6:04
87 - 87 6:21
A. Thompson 2PT
87 - 85 6:45
A. Thompson 2PT
2PT L. James
87 - 83 7:10
85 - 83 8:09
A. Şengün 2PT
85 - 81 9:10
J. Smith 3PT
FT L. Kennard
85 - 78 9:25
FT L. Kennard
84 - 78 9:25
83 - 78 10:14
J. Smith 3PT
FT J. Vanderbilt
83 - 75 10:33
2PT L. James
82 - 75 11:35
Q3 17 - 23 80 - 75
80 - 75 0:12
A. Thompson 2PT
2PT J. Vanderbilt
80 - 73 0:31
78 - 73 0:42
A. Şengün 2PT
3PT L. James
78 - 71 1:00
FT J. Hayes
75 - 71 1:32
74 - 71 2:23
A. Şengün 2PT
FT M. Smart
74 - 69 2:41
3PT R. Hachimura
73 - 69 3:10
70 - 69 3:30
A. Thompson FT
70 - 68 3:30
A. Thompson 2PT
70 - 66 5:20
A. Thompson 2PT
2PT L. Kennard
70 - 64 5:34
FT L. James
68 - 64 6:16
67 - 64 6:48
A. Thompson 2PT
67 - 62 7:07
R. Sheppard FT
67 - 61 7:07
R. Sheppard 2PT
2PT D. Ayton
67 - 59 7:44
65 - 59 8:02
J. Smith 2PT
65 - 57 9:11
J. Smith 2PT
65 - 55 9:34
A. Thompson FT
2PT M. Smart
65 - 54 10:31
63 - 54 11:40
A. Şengün 2PT
Q2 24 - 20 63 - 52
2PT L. Kennard
63 - 52 0:18
61 - 52 0:45
A. Thompson 2PT
61 - 50 1:48
A. Thompson FT
61 - 49 1:48
A. Thompson FT
FT L. James
61 - 48 1:57
FT L. James
60 - 48 1:57
59 - 48 3:38
J. Smith FT
59 - 47 3:38
J. Smith FT
59 - 46 4:54
A. Thompson 2PT
2PT J. Hayes
59 - 44 5:37
57 - 44 5:48
J. Tate FT
2PT L. James
57 - 43 6:06
3PT L. James
55 - 43 6:32
52 - 43 6:50
R. Sheppard 3PT
2PT B. James
52 - 40 7:11
3PT B. James
50 - 40 7:37
2PT L. James
47 - 40 8:42
45 - 40 9:23
A. Thompson FT
45 - 39 9:23
A. Thompson FT
2PT J. LaRavia
45 - 38 9:34
43 - 38 10:17
J. Smith 3PT
FT L. James
43 - 35 10:32
FT L. James
42 - 35 10:32
2PT J. Vanderbilt
41 - 35 11:14
39 - 35 11:44
J. Smith 3PT
Q1 39 - 32 39 - 32
FT L. Kennard
39 - 32 0:24
2PT R. Hachimura
38 - 32 0:55
36 - 32 1:13
A. Şengün 3PT
2PT L. Kennard
36 - 29 1:24
34 - 29 2:00
T. Eason 2PT
34 - 27 2:12
A. Şengün FT
34 - 26 2:12
T. Eason FT
34 - 25 2:12
A. Şengün 2PT
2PT J. Hayes
34 - 23 2:21
3PT M. Smart
32 - 23 2:53
3PT R. Hachimura
29 - 23 3:40
FT J. Hayes
26 - 23 4:03
2PT J. Hayes
25 - 23 4:03
23 - 23 4:16
A. Thompson FT
23 - 22 4:16
A. Thompson FT
2PT J. Hayes
23 - 21 4:23
21 - 21 4:43
C. Capela 2PT
FT L. Kennard
21 - 19 5:00
FT L. Kennard
20 - 19 5:00
2PT L. James
19 - 19 5:33
17 - 18 5:54
A. Şengün 2PT
17 - 17 5:54
A. Şengün FT
17 - 16 6:17
T. Eason 2PT
17 - 14 6:53
A. Thompson FT
2PT R. Hachimura
17 - 13 7:28
15 - 13 7:41
J. Smith 3PT
3PT L. Kennard
15 - 10 8:01
3PT R. Hachimura
12 - 10 8:53
9 - 10 9:07
A. Şengün 2PT
2PT R. Hachimura
9 - 8 9:26
7 - 8 10:03
R. Sheppard 2PT
FT R. Hachimura
7 - 6 10:18
6 - 6 10:39
J. Smith 3PT
3PT L. James
6 - 3 11:05
3 - 3 11:24
R. Sheppard 3PT
3PT R. Hachimura
3 - 0 11:45
Score Lines
Lead Tracker
Lead Changes: 5 Biggest Lead: LAL +15 Times Tied: 9
Head-to-Head
Lakers leads 2-0
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 25, 2026
Time
12:00 am
Duration
1h 0m