Los Angeles Lakers @ Houston Rockets — Apr 25, 2026

NBA·Western conference first round Toyota Center, Houston·April 25, 2026
Los Angeles Lakers LAL 56-29, 26-16 Away
112
Final/OT
108
Houston Rockets HOU 52-33, 30-12 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 41.2%
41.4% 3-Point FG 28.9%
75% Free Throws 73.9%
44 Rebounds 49
9 OFF 18
35 DEF 31
28 Assists 21
12 Steals 14
6 Blocks 6
19 Turnovers 15
23 Fouls 20
15 Biggest Lead 6
43:10 Time in Lead 5:57
11 Max Pts in Row 6
Four Factors
55.7% eFG% 46.9%
17% TOV% 12.3%
22.5% ORB% 34%
30.4% FT Rate 17.5%
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 2-1
Final
LAL Lakers
35322235
124
HOU Rockets
26293724
116
Final
LAL Lakers
29223217
100
HOU Rockets
28292312
92
Final
LAL Lakers
22274026
115
HOU Rockets
36312428
119
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