Los Angeles Lakers @ Houston Rockets — May 2, 2026

NBA·Western conference first round Toyota Center, Houston·May 2, 2026
Los Angeles Lakers LAL 57-31, 27-17 Away
98
Final
78
Houston Rockets HOU 54-34, 31-13 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 3-2
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
Final
LAL Lakers
22274026
115
HOU Rockets
36312428
119
Highlights
Lakers 98 - 78 Rockets
May 2, 2026
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