Los Angeles Lakers @ Houston Rockets
PLAYOFFS • LAL lead series 3-1
56-26, 22-19 Away
92
56-26, 22-19 Away
45-37, 27-14 Home
88
45-37, 27-14 Home
Game Leaders
Team Stats
43% (35-82)
Field Goal %
43% (34-80)
33% (3-9)
Three Point %
18% (4-22)
56% (19-34)
Free Throw %
84% (16-19)
22
Turnovers
34
58
Rebounds
53
Game Information
Houston, TX
Referee:Joe Crawford
Referee:Bill Spooner
Referee:David Jones
Game Flow
--LAL
--HOU
Shot Chart
- Devean George missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Yao Ming made 18 ft Jumper. Assisted by Steve Francis.
- Karl Malone made 17 ft Jumper. Assisted by Devean George.
- Cuttino Mobley missed 13 ft Two Point Shot.
- Gary Payton missed 13 ft Two Point Shot.
- Jim Jackson missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Kelvin Cato made Dunk. Assisted by Steve Francis.
- Kobe Bryant made 7 ft Two Point Shot.
- Shaquille O'Neal missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
- Shaquille O'Neal missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
- Yao Ming missed 9 ft Two Point Shot.
- Yao Ming missed 7 ft Hook Shot.
- Shaquille O'Neal made Dunk.
- Steve Francis made 18 ft Two Point Shot.
- Karl Malone made 20 ft Jumper. Assisted by Kobe Bryant.
- Kobe Bryant missed 10 ft Two Point Shot.
- Cuttino Mobley made Two Point Shot.
- Cuttino Mobley missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Yao Ming made Layup.
- Gary Payton missed 14 ft Two Point Shot.
- Karl Malone made 6 ft Jumper.
- Cuttino Mobley missed Two Point Shot.
- Gary Payton missed 6 ft Two Point Shot.
- Steve Francis made 25 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Yao Ming.
- Gary Payton missed 19 ft Jumper.
- Kelvin Cato made 6 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Jim Jackson.
- Kelvin Cato missed Free Throw 1 of 1.
- Karl Malone missed 18 ft Jumper.
- Steve Francis made Free Throw 1 of 2.
- Steve Francis missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
- Kareem Rush made 17 ft Jumper.
- Jim Jackson made 26 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Steve Francis.
- Kobe Bryant missed 14 ft Two Point Shot.
- Kobe Bryant made Two Point Shot.
- Karl Malone made Layup. Assisted by Gary Payton.
- Karl Malone made Free Throw 1 of 1.
- Cuttino Mobley made 25 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Maurice Taylor.
- Stanislav Medvedenko missed 20 ft Jumper.
- Kareem Rush missed 20 ft Jumper.
- Cuttino Mobley missed 17 ft Jumper.
- Shaquille O'Neal made Two Point Shot. Assisted by Kobe Bryant.
- Cuttino Mobley missed Two Point Shot.
- Kelvin Cato made Layup.
- Derek Fisher missed 21 ft Jumper.
- Kobe Bryant made Free Throw 1 of 2.
- Kobe Bryant made Free Throw 2 of 2.
- Bostjan Nachbar missed 16 ft Jumper.
- Karl Malone made 17 ft Jumper. Assisted by Gary Payton.
- Jim Jackson missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Jim Jackson missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Karl Malone made Two Point Shot. Assisted by Shaquille O'Neal.
- Kobe Bryant made Dunk. Assisted by Karl Malone.
- Bostjan Nachbar made Two Point Shot.
- Gary Payton made 5 ft Two Point Shot.
- Yao Ming made 6 ft Hook Shot. Assisted by Bostjan Nachbar.
- Kobe Bryant missed 17 ft Jumper.
- Bostjan Nachbar missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Karl Malone missed 19 ft Jumper.
- Cuttino Mobley made 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Derek Fisher missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Cuttino Mobley missed Layup.
- Bostjan Nachbar made Dunk. Assisted by Steve Francis.
- Bostjan Nachbar made Free Throw 1 of 1.
- Jim Jackson made Technical Free Throw.
- Karl Malone made Free Throw 1 of 2.
- Karl Malone missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
- Maurice Taylor missed 14 ft Two Point Shot.
- Gary Payton missed 17 ft Jumper.
- Yao Ming missed 22 ft Jumper.
- Shaquille O'Neal made Dunk. Assisted by Derek Fisher.
- Yao Ming missed 10 ft Hook Shot.
- Gary Payton made 6 ft Two Point Shot.
- Steve Francis missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Shaquille O'Neal missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
- Shaquille O'Neal missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
- Yao Ming made 21 ft Jumper. Assisted by Mark Jackson.
- Karl Malone made Layup. Assisted by Shaquille O'Neal.
- Yao Ming missed 14 ft Two Point Shot.
- Gary Payton missed 7 ft Two Point Shot.
- Shaquille O'Neal missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
- Shaquille O'Neal made Free Throw 2 of 2.
- Mark Jackson missed 26 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Karl Malone made Layup. Assisted by Gary Payton.
- Karl Malone made Free Throw 1 of 1.
- Jim Jackson missed 26 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Shaquille O'Neal missed 10 ft Two Point Shot.
- Eric Piatkowski missed Two Point Shot.
- Derek Fisher missed 22 ft Jumper.
- Maurice Taylor made 19 ft Jumper. Assisted by Steve Francis.
- Rick Fox missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
- Rick Fox made Free Throw 2 of 2.
- Stanislav Medvedenko made Two Point Shot. Assisted by Kobe Bryant.
- Stanislav Medvedenko made Free Throw 1 of 1.
- Steve Francis made Two Point Shot.
- Stanislav Medvedenko missed 19 ft Jumper.
- Steve Francis missed Two Point Shot.
- Karl Malone missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
- Karl Malone made Free Throw 2 of 2.
- Steve Francis missed 40 ft Three Pointer.
- Jim Jackson made 22 ft Jumper. Assisted by Cuttino Mobley.
- Kobe Bryant missed 26 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Jim Jackson missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Kobe Bryant missed Two Point Shot.
- Cuttino Mobley missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Devean George made 15 ft Jumper.
- Yao Ming made Jumper. Assisted by Steve Francis.
- Karl Malone missed 16 ft Jumper.
- Kelvin Cato missed Two Point Shot.
- Devean George made 24 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Gary Payton.
- Gary Payton made Layup.
- Jim Jackson made 21 ft Jumper.
- Karl Malone made Layup. Assisted by Kobe Bryant.
- Kelvin Cato made Dunk. Assisted by Steve Francis.
- Karl Malone missed 21 ft Jumper.
- Cuttino Mobley missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Shaquille O'Neal made Two Point Shot. Assisted by Gary Payton.
- Gary Payton made Free Throw 1 of 2.
- Gary Payton missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
- Jim Jackson made 23 ft Jumper.
- Karl Malone made 21 ft Jumper.
- Yao Ming missed 21 ft Jumper.
- Jim Jackson missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Shaquille O'Neal missed 7 ft Hook Shot.
- Kelvin Cato made Slam Dunk. Assisted by Steve Francis.
- Kobe Bryant missed 10 ft Two Point Shot.
- Shaquille O'Neal made Free Throw 1 of 2.
- Shaquille O'Neal missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
- Cuttino Mobley missed 16 ft Jumper.
- Shaquille O'Neal made Free Throw 1 of 2.
- Shaquille O'Neal missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
- Steve Francis made Free Throw 1 of 2.
- Steve Francis made Free Throw 2 of 2.
- Devean George made 26 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Shaquille O'Neal.
- Steve Francis missed Layup.
- Karl Malone made Free Throw 1 of 2.
- Karl Malone made Free Throw 2 of 2.
- Cuttino Mobley missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Stanislav Medvedenko missed 19 ft Jumper.
- Gary Payton made 26 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kobe Bryant.
- Yao Ming made Dunk. Assisted by Steve Francis.
- Kobe Bryant missed 9 ft Two Point Shot.
- Jim Jackson made Two Point Shot.
- Kareem Rush missed 26 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Jim Jackson made 8 ft Two Point Shot.
- Kobe Bryant made Two Point Shot.
- Yao Ming made Free Throw 1 of 2.
- Yao Ming made Free Throw 2 of 2.
- Shaquille O'Neal made Dunk. Assisted by Derek Fisher.
- Shaquille O'Neal missed Free Throw 1 of 1.
- Shaquille O'Neal missed 8 ft Two Point Shot.
- Maurice Taylor missed 21 ft Jumper.
- Luke Walton missed Layup.
- Jim Jackson made Free Throw 1 of 2.
- Jim Jackson made Free Throw 2 of 2.
- Derek Fisher missed 18 ft Two Point Shot.
- Kelvin Cato made Free Throw 1 of 2.
- Kelvin Cato made Free Throw 2 of 2.
- Cuttino Mobley missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Derek Fisher missed 21 ft Jumper.
- Maurice Taylor made 15 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Cuttino Mobley.
- Shaquille O'Neal made 6 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Derek Fisher.
- Maurice Taylor missed 20 ft Jumper.
- Kobe Bryant made Two Point Shot.
- Steve Francis made Two Point Shot. Assisted by Kelvin Cato.
- Kobe Bryant missed 16 ft Two Point Shot.
- Steve Francis made Two Point Shot. Assisted by Cuttino Mobley.
- Kobe Bryant missed 16 ft Two Point Shot.
- Cuttino Mobley made Free Throw 1 of 2.
- Cuttino Mobley made Free Throw 2 of 2.
- Shaquille O'Neal made Two Point Shot. Assisted by Gary Payton.
- Maurice Taylor made Free Throw 1 of 2.
- Maurice Taylor made Free Throw 2 of 2.
- Gary Payton made Two Point Shot.
- Steve Francis missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Maurice Taylor missed 21 ft Jumper.
- Steve Francis missed 8 ft Two Point Shot.
- Shaquille O'Neal missed 9 ft Two Point Shot.
- Yao Ming missed 21 ft Jumper.
- Gary Payton missed 16 ft Jumper.
- Cuttino Mobley made Two Point Shot.
- Karl Malone missed 19 ft Jumper.
- Kobe Bryant missed 26 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Steve Francis made 21 ft Jumper.
- Kobe Bryant missed Two Point Shot.
- Steve Francis missed 21 ft Jumper.
- Kobe Bryant missed 22 ft Jumper.
- Kobe Bryant missed Two Point Shot.
- Gary Payton missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
- Gary Payton made Free Throw 2 of 2.
- Yao Ming made 20 ft Jumper. Assisted by Cuttino Mobley.
- Steve Francis missed Two Point Shot.
- Cuttino Mobley made Two Point Shot.
- Kobe Bryant missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
- Kobe Bryant made Free Throw 2 of 2.
- Cuttino Mobley missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Cuttino Mobley made Two Point Shot.
- Derek Fisher missed 26 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Kobe Bryant missed Two Point Shot.
- Cuttino Mobley missed Jumper.
- Karl Malone made 9 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Gary Payton.
- Karl Malone made Free Throw 1 of 1.
- Kobe Bryant made 8 ft Two Point Shot.
- Steve Francis made Free Throw 1 of 2.
- Steve Francis missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
- Kobe Bryant made Two Point Shot.
- Kobe Bryant made Free Throw 1 of 1.
- Derek Fisher missed 19 ft Jumper.
- Karl Malone made Free Throw 1 of 2.
- Karl Malone missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
- Scott Padgett missed 31 ft Three Point Jumper.
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Matchups
2025-26 Standings
Western Conference
| Pacific | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LA Lakers | 53 | 29 | .646 | - | W3 |
| Phoenix | 45 | 37 | .549 | 8 | W1 |
| LA Clippers | 42 | 40 | .512 | 11 | W1 |
| Golden State | 37 | 45 | .451 | 16 | L3 |
| Sacramento | 22 | 60 | .268 | 31 | L1 |
| Southwest | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Antonio | 62 | 20 | .756 | - | L1 |
| Houston | 52 | 30 | .634 | 10 | W1 |
| New Orleans | 26 | 56 | .317 | 36 | L2 |
| Dallas | 26 | 56 | .317 | 36 | W1 |
| Memphis | 25 | 57 | .305 | 37 | L8 |
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