Los Angeles Lakers @ Houston Rockets — May 2, 2026

NBA·Western conference first round Toyota Center, Houston·May 2, 2026
Los Angeles Lakers LAL 53-30, 25-17 Away
98
Final
78
Houston Rockets HOU 52-32, 30-12 Home
1 2 3 4 T
LAL 23 26 22 27 98
HOU 18 13 24 23 78
Leaders
Points
L.
L. James F LAL
28 PTS
A.
A. Thompson G HOU
18 PTS
Rebounds
D.
D. Ayton C LAL
16 REB
J.
J. Smith F HOU
12 REB
Assists
L.
L. James F LAL
8 AST
J.
J. Smith F HOU
3 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
40.4% Field Goals 35%
42.9% 3-Point FG 17.9%
58.3% Free Throws 70.8%
54 Rebounds 45
15 OFF 8
39 DEF 37
19 Assists 13
4 Steals 6
9 Blocks 9
10 Turnovers 11
19 Fouls 23
29 Biggest Lead 5
41:01 Time in Lead 6:42
12 Max Pts in Row 9
Four Factors
47.2% eFG% 38.1%
9.1% TOV% 10.8%
28.8% ORB% 17%
15.7% FT Rate 21.3%
Play-by-Play
Q4 27 - 23 98 - 78
98 - 78 0:22
C. Capela 2PT
98 - 76 0:51
A. Holiday 2PT
98 - 74 1:19
J. Tate 2PT
98 - 72 1:46
J. Okogie 3PT
2PT A. Thiero
98 - 69 1:58
3PT N. Smith Jr.
96 - 69 2:25
93 - 69 2:50
A. Thompson 2PT
2PT J. Hayes
93 - 67 3:30
91 - 67 4:19
A. Thompson 2PT
3PT M. Smart
91 - 65 4:30
88 - 65 4:55
R. Sheppard 3PT
FT L. James
88 - 62 5:03
FT L. James
87 - 62 5:03
3PT M. Smart
86 - 62 5:36
2PT L. James
83 - 62 6:06
81 - 62 6:36
T. Eason 2PT
81 - 60 7:00
A. Şengün 2PT
2PT R. Hachimura
81 - 58 7:09
FT J. Hayes
79 - 58 7:53
78 - 58 8:46
A. Şengün FT
2PT D. Ayton
78 - 57 9:05
2PT L. James
76 - 57 10:51
74 - 57 11:20
R. Sheppard 2PT
3PT R. Hachimura
74 - 55 11:35
Q3 22 - 24 71 - 55
71 - 55 0:38
A. Şengün 2PT
71 - 53 1:06
A. Şengün FT
71 - 52 1:06
A. Şengün FT
71 - 51 1:43
A. Thompson 2PT
2PT A. Reaves
71 - 49 2:03
69 - 49 2:27
J. Smith Jr. 2PT
2PT A. Reaves
69 - 47 2:53
FT M. Smart
67 - 47 3:37
66 - 47 3:46
A. Thompson FT
66 - 46 3:46
A. Thompson FT
FT D. Ayton
66 - 45 4:02
65 - 45 4:15
J. Tate FT
65 - 44 4:48
A. Thompson 2PT
65 - 42 5:31
A. Thompson FT
65 - 41 5:31
A. Thompson FT
2PT A. Reaves
65 - 40 5:45
63 - 40 6:02
T. Eason FT
63 - 39 6:02
T. Eason FT
3PT R. Hachimura
63 - 38 6:26
60 - 38 6:44
A. Şengün FT
FT L. James
60 - 37 8:06
FT L. James
59 - 37 8:06
2PT D. Ayton
58 - 37 8:31
56 - 37 9:15
A. Şengün FT
2PT A. Reaves
56 - 36 9:27
54 - 36 9:50
T. Eason 3PT
3PT R. Hachimura
54 - 33 10:15
51 - 33 11:21
A. Thompson 2PT
2PT L. James
51 - 31 11:42
Q2 26 - 13 49 - 31
3PT L. James
49 - 31 0:54
3PT R. Hachimura
46 - 31 1:15
FT D. Ayton
43 - 31 1:53
42 - 31 2:37
A. Thompson 2PT
42 - 29 3:11
A. Şengün FT
42 - 28 3:11
A. Şengün FT
FT L. James
42 - 27 3:25
FT L. James
41 - 27 3:25
40 - 27 3:43
A. Şengün 2PT
2PT A. Reaves
40 - 25 5:14
38 - 25 6:07
J. Smith Jr. 2PT
38 - 23 6:28
R. Sheppard 2PT
38 - 21 6:55
R. Sheppard 2PT
2PT L. James
38 - 19 8:02
FT J. Hayes
36 - 19 8:18
FT J. Hayes
35 - 19 8:18
2PT J. LaRavia
34 - 19 8:59
32 - 19 9:10
R. Sheppard FT
2PT L. James
32 - 18 9:26
3PT L. James
30 - 18 10:19
2PT J. LaRavia
27 - 18 10:47
2PT L. James
25 - 18 11:09
Q1 23 - 18 23 - 18
23 - 18 2:18
J. Smith Jr. FT
23 - 17 2:18
J. Smith Jr. FT
3PT R. Hachimura
23 - 16 2:34
3PT J. LaRavia
20 - 16 3:31
3PT L. Kennard
17 - 16 4:23
FT A. Reaves
14 - 16 4:51
2PT A. Reaves
13 - 16 4:51
11 - 16 5:13
A. Şengün 2PT
11 - 14 6:12
T. Eason 2PT
11 - 12 6:29
A. Şengün 2PT
2PT R. Hachimura
11 - 10 6:53
FT D. Ayton
9 - 10 7:29
2PT A. Reaves
8 - 10 8:25
6 - 10 8:41
J. Smith Jr. 3PT
2PT L. James
6 - 7 8:54
4 - 7 9:50
A. Thompson 2PT
4 - 5 10:09
T. Eason 2PT
2PT R. Hachimura
4 - 3 10:23
2PT L. James
2 - 3 11:21
0 - 3 11:43
T. Eason 3PT
Score Lines
Lead Tracker
Lead Changes: 5 Biggest Lead: LAL +29 Times Tied: 0
Head-to-Head
Lakers leads 3-1
Final
LAL Lakers
21261831
96
HOU Rockets
26303425
115
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
May 2, 2026
Time
1:30 am
Duration
48 min