Houston Rockets @ Los Angeles Lakers — Apr 19, 2026

NBA·Western conference first round Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles·April 19, 2026
Houston Rockets HOU 52-31, 22-20 Away
98
Final
107
Los Angeles Lakers LAL 54-29, 29-13 Home
1 2 3 4 T
HOU 29 19 18 32 98
LAL 33 17 25 32 107
Leaders
Points
A.
A. Şengün C HOU
19 PTS
L.
L. Kennard G LAL
27 PTS
Rebounds
J.
J. Smith F HOU
12 REB
D.
D. Ayton C LAL
11 REB
Assists
R.
R. Sheppard G HOU
8 AST
L.
L. James F LAL
13 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
37.6% Field Goals 60.6%
33.3% 3-Point FG 52.6%
68% Free Throws 65.4%
44 Rebounds 35
21 OFF 3
23 DEF 32
24 Assists 29
13 Steals 7
3 Blocks 8
13 Turnovers 18
22 Fouls 25
2 Biggest Lead 16
1:48 Time in Lead 44:25
9 Max Pts in Row 8
Four Factors
43.5% eFG% 68.2%
11.1% TOV% 18.9%
39.6% ORB% 11.5%
18.3% FT Rate 25.8%
Play-by-Play
Q4 32 - 32 98 - 107
2PT T. Eason
98 - 107 0:16
96 - 107 0:43
L. James 2PT
3PT R. Sheppard
96 - 105 0:51
93 - 105 1:04
D. Ayton FT
93 - 104 1:04
D. Ayton 2PT
2PT J. Smith
93 - 102 1:18
91 - 102 1:31
M. Smart FT
91 - 101 1:31
M. Smart FT
2PT A. Thompson
91 - 100 1:40
89 - 100 1:48
D. Ayton 2PT
2PT T. Eason
89 - 98 2:06
2PT A. Şengün
87 - 98 2:19
FT A. Şengün
85 - 98 2:28
84 - 98 2:57
L. James 2PT
2PT T. Eason
84 - 96 3:22
2PT T. Eason
82 - 96 4:29
80 - 96 4:43
L. James 2PT
80 - 94 5:29
M. Smart 3PT
3PT T. Eason
80 - 91 5:51
FT A. Şengün
77 - 91 6:15
76 - 91 6:25
L. Kennard 3PT
2PT A. Şengün
76 - 88 6:42
2PT A. Şengün
74 - 88 7:38
72 - 88 7:58
L. Kennard 3PT
72 - 85 8:21
L. James 3PT
3PT T. Eason
72 - 82 8:36
69 - 82 9:21
L. Kennard 3PT
69 - 79 9:51
R. Hachimura 2PT
69 - 77 10:57
R. Hachimura 2PT
3PT R. Sheppard
69 - 75 11:20
Q3 18 - 25 66 - 75
2PT A. Thompson
66 - 75 0:30
64 - 75 0:46
J. Hayes FT
64 - 74 0:46
J. Hayes FT
FT J. Smith
64 - 73 1:00
63 - 73 1:41
M. Smart FT
63 - 72 1:41
L. Kennard FT
2PT A. Thompson
63 - 71 2:16
61 - 71 2:32
M. Smart 2PT
FT A. Thompson
61 - 69 2:53
60 - 69 3:15
L. Kennard FT
60 - 68 3:15
L. Kennard FT
2PT T. Eason
60 - 67 3:39
58 - 67 4:02
J. LaRavia FT
58 - 66 4:02
J. LaRavia FT
2PT J. Tate
58 - 65 4:13
56 - 65 5:00
J. LaRavia FT
56 - 64 5:00
J. LaRavia FT
56 - 63 5:01
L. Kennard FT
56 - 62 5:52
L. James 2PT
56 - 60 6:54
L. Kennard 3PT
2PT A. Thompson
56 - 57 7:18
54 - 57 8:24
R. Hachimura 3PT
3PT J. Smith
54 - 54 8:59
51 - 54 9:55
L. James 2PT
51 - 52 10:35
D. Ayton 2PT
3PT R. Sheppard
51 - 50 11:41
Q2 19 - 17 48 - 50
2PT A. Thompson
48 - 50 0:09
FT A. Şengün
46 - 50 0:49
FT A. Şengün
45 - 50 0:49
FT A. Şengün
44 - 50 1:05
FT A. Şengün
43 - 50 1:05
42 - 50 1:52
M. Smart 2PT
2PT J. Okogie
42 - 48 2:31
FT J. Smith
40 - 48 4:05
FT J. Smith
39 - 48 4:05
38 - 48 4:24
D. Ayton 2PT
38 - 46 5:31
M. Smart 2PT
FT A. Thompson
38 - 44 6:22
FT A. Thompson
37 - 44 6:22
36 - 44 6:41
R. Hachimura 2PT
36 - 42 7:14
D. Ayton 2PT
3PT R. Sheppard
36 - 40 7:34
2PT A. Thompson
33 - 40 8:36
31 - 40 8:50
D. Ayton FT
31 - 39 8:50
D. Ayton FT
31 - 38 10:38
J. Vanderbilt 3PT
FT J. Tate
31 - 35 10:53
FT J. Tate
30 - 35 10:53
29 - 35 11:11
L. James 2PT
Q1 29 - 33 29 - 33
29 - 33 0:35
M. Smart FT
FT A. Şengün
29 - 32 0:49
2PT A. Şengün
28 - 32 0:49
26 - 32 1:43
L. Kennard 2PT
2PT J. Smith
26 - 30 2:00
24 - 30 2:31
J. Hayes 2PT
24 - 28 3:11
L. Kennard 2PT
3PT J. Smith
24 - 26 3:58
21 - 26 4:14
L. Kennard 3PT
2PT C. Capela
21 - 23 4:33
19 - 23 4:57
D. Ayton 2PT
3PT R. Sheppard
19 - 21 5:15
16 - 21 5:25
J. LaRavia 2PT
2PT R. Sheppard
16 - 19 5:42
14 - 19 5:58
L. Kennard 2PT
2PT A. Şengün
14 - 17 6:18
3PT J. Okogie
12 - 17 6:50
9 - 17 7:09
R. Hachimura 3PT
2PT A. Şengün
9 - 14 7:24
7 - 14 7:45
D. Ayton 2PT
7 - 12 8:04
L. James 2PT
3PT J. Smith
7 - 10 8:19
4 - 10 8:31
M. Smart 2PT
4 - 8 9:24
L. James 2PT
4 - 6 10:06
R. Hachimura 2PT
4 - 4 10:39
L. Kennard 2PT
2PT A. Thompson
4 - 2 10:59
2 - 2 11:20
D. Ayton 2PT
FT J. Okogie
2 - 0 11:42
FT J. Okogie
1 - 0 11:42
Score Lines
Lead Tracker
Lead Changes: 2 Biggest Lead: LAL +16 Times Tied: 3
Head-to-Head
Lakers leads 2-1
Final
HOU Rockets
37262927
119
LAL Lakers
25282122
96
Final
HOU Rockets
32243122
109
LAL Lakers
38402933
140
Final
HOU Rockets
19292921
98
LAL Lakers
16323422
104
Highlights
Rockets 98 - 107 Lakers
April 19, 2026
Crypto.com Arena
Los Angeles, US · 20,000 capacity
League
NBA
Season
NBA 25/26
Round
Western conference first round
Date
April 19, 2026
Time
12:30 am
Duration
48 min