Los Angeles Lakers @ Houston Rockets — Apr 27, 2026

NBA·Western conference first round Toyota Center, Houston·April 27, 2026
Los Angeles Lakers LAL 56-30, 26-17 Away
96
Final
115
Houston Rockets HOU 53-33, 31-12 Home
1 2 3 4 T
LAL 21 26 18 31 96
HOU 26 30 34 25 115
Leaders
Points
D.
D. Ayton C LAL
19 PTS
A.
A. Thompson G HOU
23 PTS
Rebounds
D.
D. Ayton C LAL
10 REB
T.
T. Eason F HOU
8 REB
Assists
L.
L. James F LAL
9 AST
A.
A. Thompson 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
50% Field Goals 48.1%
22.7% 3-Point FG 40%
81% Free Throws 80.6%
37 Rebounds 35
10 OFF 11
27 DEF 24
23 Assists 19
6 Steals 17
7 Blocks 4
23 Turnovers 13
20 Fouls 22
5 Biggest Lead 28
7:24 Time in Lead 38:18
8 Max Pts in Row 8
Four Factors
53.4% eFG% 55.6%
21.6% TOV% 12.1%
29.4% ORB% 28.9%
23% FT Rate 30.9%
Play-by-Play
Q4 31 - 25 96 - 115
96 - 115 0:33
J. Davison FT
96 - 114 0:33
J. Davison FT
2PT B. James
96 - 113 0:50
3PT D. Knecht
94 - 113 1:11
91 - 113 1:26
J. Tate 2PT
FT M. Kleber
91 - 111 1:43
2PT N. Smith
90 - 111 2:16
FT D. Knecht
88 - 111 3:01
FT D. Knecht
87 - 111 3:01
86 - 111 3:26
T. Eason 3PT
3PT N. Smith
86 - 108 3:51
83 - 108 4:14
T. Eason 2PT
83 - 106 4:32
A. Thompson 2PT
83 - 104 5:26
J. Smith 2PT
83 - 102 6:04
J. Smith FT
83 - 101 6:04
J. Smith FT
3PT D. Knecht
83 - 100 6:23
FT A. Thiero
80 - 100 6:49
2PT A. Thiero
79 - 100 6:49
2PT J. Vanderbilt
77 - 100 7:25
75 - 100 7:39
A. Holiday 3PT
2PT J. Vanderbilt
75 - 97 8:02
2PT L. James
73 - 97 8:36
2PT J. Vanderbilt
71 - 97 9:53
69 - 97 10:08
A. Holiday 3PT
2PT J. Vanderbilt
69 - 94 10:33
67 - 94 10:50
J. Smith FT
67 - 93 10:50
J. Smith FT
2PT M. Smart
67 - 92 11:19
65 - 92 11:28
A. Thompson 2PT
Q3 18 - 34 65 - 90
65 - 90 0:31
A. Thompson 2PT
2PT M. Smart
64 - 88 0:39
FT M. Smart
63 - 88 0:39
62 - 88 0:52
A. Thompson FT
62 - 87 0:52
A. Thompson FT
62 - 86 1:21
D. Finney-Smith FT
62 - 85 1:21
D. Finney-Smith FT
62 - 84 2:35
J. Smith 3PT
3PT B. James
62 - 81 2:52
59 - 81 3:10
T. Eason 2PT
59 - 79 3:23
R. Sheppard FT
59 - 78 3:53
A. Şengün FT
2PT R. Hachimura
59 - 77 4:45
57 - 77 5:41
A. Şengün FT
2PT R. Hachimura
57 - 76 5:57
55 - 76 6:20
A. Şengün FT
55 - 75 6:20
A. Şengün 2PT
55 - 73 6:36
T. Eason 3PT
2PT D. Ayton
55 - 70 7:19
53 - 70 7:39
T. Eason 2PT
2PT D. Ayton
53 - 68 7:59
51 - 68 8:21
A. Thompson 2PT
51 - 66 8:47
T. Eason FT
51 - 65 8:47
T. Eason FT
2PT R. Hachimura
51 - 64 8:58
49 - 64 9:26
R. Sheppard 3PT
2PT L. Kennard
49 - 61 9:53
47 - 61 11:10
R. Sheppard 3PT
47 - 58 11:37
A. Thompson 2PT
Q2 26 - 30 47 - 56
47 - 56 0:02
A. Şengün 2PT
FT M. Smart
47 - 54 0:20
FT M. Smart
46 - 54 0:20
45 - 54 0:29
A. Şengün FT
FT D. Ayton
45 - 53 0:42
2PT D. Ayton
44 - 53 0:42
42 - 53 0:54
R. Sheppard 2PT
42 - 51 1:12
A. Thompson FT
42 - 50 1:12
A. Thompson 2PT
2PT D. Ayton
42 - 48 1:25
40 - 48 1:57
A. Thompson 2PT
40 - 46 2:42
J. Okogie 3PT
2PT D. Ayton
40 - 43 2:54
38 - 43 3:09
T. Eason FT
38 - 42 3:09
T. Eason FT
2PT J. LaRavia
38 - 41 3:39
2PT R. Hachimura
36 - 41 4:05
34 - 41 4:24
R. Sheppard 3PT
2PT J. Hayes
34 - 38 4:40
FT L. James
32 - 38 5:14
FT L. James
31 - 38 5:14
2PT D. Ayton
30 - 38 5:47
28 - 38 6:35
A. Şengün FT
28 - 37 6:35
A. Şengün 2PT
28 - 35 7:47
A. Thompson 2PT
3PT R. Hachimura
28 - 33 8:12
2PT D. Ayton
25 - 33 8:52
23 - 33 9:13
A. Thompson 2PT
23 - 31 9:57
T. Eason 2PT
2PT D. Ayton
23 - 29 11:08
21 - 29 11:46
J. Smith 3PT
Q1 21 - 26 21 - 26
21 - 26 0:01
J. Okogie 2PT
2PT M. Smart
21 - 24 0:57
19 - 24 1:12
A. Holiday 3PT
19 - 21 1:42
A. Şengün 2PT
19 - 19 2:20
A. Şengün FT
2PT J. LaRavia
19 - 18 2:43
17 - 18 3:19
A. Şengün 2PT
17 - 16 3:47
A. Thompson 2PT
17 - 14 4:30
A. Şengün FT
FT L. James
17 - 13 4:46
FT L. James
16 - 13 4:46
15 - 13 5:08
J. Smith FT
15 - 12 5:08
J. Smith FT
FT J. LaRavia
15 - 11 5:23
FT J. LaRavia
15 - 11 5:23
2PT L. Kennard
13 - 11 5:59
11 - 11 6:19
R. Sheppard 3PT
FT L. James
11 - 8 6:29
FT L. James
10 - 8 6:29
9 - 8 6:48
J. Smith 2PT
9 - 6 7:13
A. Şengün 2PT
2PT L. James
9 - 4 7:33
7 - 4 8:17
T. Eason 2PT
FT L. Kennard
7 - 2 8:56
2PT L. Kennard
6 - 2 9:55
2PT D. Ayton
4 - 2 10:21
2 - 2 11:20
R. Sheppard 2PT
2PT R. Hachimura
2 - 0 11:39
Score Lines
Lead Tracker
Lead Changes: 2 Biggest Lead: HOU +28 Times Tied: 3
Head-to-Head
Lakers leads 3-1
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
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 27, 2026
Time
1:30 am
Duration
48 min