Houston Rockets 94, Los Angeles Lakers 101 — Recap

April 21, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (playoffs): Houston Rockets 94, Los Angeles Lakers 101. Scoring by quarter: Q1 HOU 26-33 LAL; Q2 HOU 25-21 LAL; Q3 HOU 17-21 LAL; Q4 HOU 26-26 LAL.

Top performers (box score): LeBron James (LAL) 28 points, 8 rebounds, 7 assists, 2 threes on 8-of-20 shooting; Marcus Smart (LAL) 25 points, 2 rebounds, 7 assists, 5 threes on 8-of-13 shooting; Kevin Durant (HOU) 23 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 threes on 7-of-12 shooting; Luke Kennard (LAL) 23 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 threes on 8-of-13 shooting; Alperen Sengun (HOU) 20 points, 11 rebounds, 5 assists on 9-of-20 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · LAL

LeBron James

28 PTS, 8 REB, 7 AST, 2 3PM · 8-20 FG

Scoring · LAL

Marcus Smart

25 PTS, 2 REB, 7 AST, 5 3PM · 8-13 FG

Scoring · HOU

Kevin Durant

23 PTS, 6 REB, 4 AST, 1 3PM · 7-12 FG

Every player's line is in the box score below; the play-by-play is available in the BlowOutAlert workspace.

📊 Game Flow

HOU 4 largest lead Q1 5:54 (HOU 16, LAL 12) · 14-0 run, Q2 4:52–Q2 2:19

LAL 15 largest lead Q2 5:34 (HOU 31, LAL 46) · 7-0 run, Q2 7:15–Q2 5:34

Swings 7 lead changes Tied 3 times

Ahead for good: Luke Kennard makes 26-foot running jump shot (LeBron James assists) (Q3 9:50, HOU 55, LAL 57).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
HOU	26	25	17	26		94
LAL	33	21	21	26		101

🧮 How They Scored

HOULAL

54Points in the paint34

20Fast-break points17

21Second-chance points17

15Points off turnovers16

10Bench points6

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

44.4%Effective FG%54.9%

13.3%Turnover %12.5%

37.8%Offensive rebound %26.5%

0.213Free-throw rate0.389

Box Score

Houston Rockets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Amen Thompson G-F	42	16	5	9	1	0	3	6-10	0-1	4-5	+1
Kevin Durant F	41	23	6	4	1	1	9	7-12	1-4	8-9	-2
Jabari Smith Jr. F	39	18	6	1	0	1	1	7-16	3-7	1-2	-11
Alperen Sengun F-C	35	20	11	5	4	2	1	9-20	0-1	2-3	+1
Tari Eason F	27	10	8	1	0	1	1	4-14	2-6	0-0	-4
Josh Okogie G	24	7	2	0	0	0	0	3-6	1-3	0-0	-4
Reed Sheppard G	11	0	0	3	1	0	0	0-4	0-3	0-0	+1
Jae'Sean Tate F	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	-4
Aaron Holiday G	7	0	1	0	1	0	0	0-3	0-3	0-0	-4
Clint Capela C	5	0	2	0	0	1	0	0-3	0-0	0-0	-9

Los Angeles Lakers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Rui Hachimura F	43	13	5	2	0	0	0	5-10	3-6	0-0	0
Luke Kennard G	42	23	6	2	3	0	2	8-13	3-6	4-4	+2
LeBron James F	39	28	8	7	1	0	3	8-20	2-5	10-14	+6
Marcus Smart G	35	25	2	7	5	1	3	8-13	5-7	4-5	+3
Deandre Ayton C	27	6	5	1	0	1	1	3-8	0-0	0-0	-5
Jaxson Hayes C	21	6	4	1	1	2	0	1-2	0-1	4-5	+12
Jake LaRavia F	16	0	2	0	0	1	2	0-2	0-1	0-0	+8
Jarred Vanderbilt F	14	0	5	1	1	0	0	0-3	0-2	0-0	+8
Bronny James G	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0-1	0-0	0-0	+1

🔬 Advanced Stats

Houston RocketsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Kevin Durant	Starter	41	23	72.1	26.0	-2.6	9.5
Alperen Sengun	Starter	35	20	46.9	24.7	-3.3	17.6
Jabari Smith Jr.	Starter	39	18	53.3	19.1	-15.1	10.2
Amen Thompson	Starter	42	16	65.6	15.2	+1.3	14.0
Josh Okogie	Starter	24	7	58.3	11.5	-6.2	2.5
Tari Eason	Bench	27	10	35.7	23.1	-7.8	4.9
Clint Capela	Bench	05	0	0.0	23.1	-90.3	-4.7
Dorian Finney-Smith	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jeff Green	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Aaron Holiday	Bench	07	0	0.0	17.6	-30.8	-8.0
Jae'Sean Tate	Bench	09	0	0.0	5.0	-23.5	-87.5
JD Davison	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Reed Sheppard	Bench	11	0	0.0	12.9	+4.5	0.0

Los Angeles LakersTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
LeBron James	Starter	39	28	53.5	34.5	+6.7	18.1
Marcus Smart	Starter	35	25	82.2	23.7	+4.3	19.6
Luke Kennard	Starter	42	23	77.9	19.1	+1.1	16.9
Rui Hachimura	Starter	43	13	65.0	11.2	-2.9	7.6
Deandre Ayton	Starter	27	6	37.5	16.4	-10.0	5.0
Jaxson Hayes	Bench	21	6	71.4	8.0	+24.0	14.7
Maxi Kleber	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jarred Vanderbilt	Bench	14	0	0.0	9.4	+36.5	7.7
Jake LaRavia	Bench	16	0	0.0	11.1	+31.9	-18.4
Nick Smith Jr.	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Dalton Knecht	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Bronny James	Bench	03	0	0.0	28.6	+16.7	-28.6
Adou Thiero	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0