Houston Rockets 99, Los Angeles Lakers 93 — Recap

April 29, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (playoffs): Houston Rockets 99, Los Angeles Lakers 93. Scoring by quarter: Q1 HOU 21-28 LAL; Q2 HOU 30-19 LAL; Q3 HOU 25-20 LAL; Q4 HOU 23-26 LAL.

Top performers (box score): LeBron James (LAL) 25 points, 3 rebounds, 7 assists on 9-of-20 shooting; Jabari Smith Jr. (HOU) 22 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists, 4 threes on 6-of-13 shooting; Austin Reaves (LAL) 22 points, 4 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 threes on 4-of-16 shooting; Deandre Ayton (LAL) 18 points, 17 rebounds, 0 assists on 9-of-14 shooting; Tari Eason (HOU) 18 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assists, 2 threes on 6-of-11 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · LAL

LeBron James

25 PTS, 3 REB, 7 AST · 9-20 FG

Scoring · HOU

Jabari Smith Jr.

22 PTS, 7 REB, 3 AST, 4 3PM · 6-13 FG

Scoring · LAL

Austin Reaves

22 PTS, 4 REB, 6 AST, 2 3PM · 4-16 FG

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

📊 Game Flow

HOU 13 largest lead Q4 9:56 (HOU 82, LAL 69) · 9-0 run, Q1 0:13–Q2 10:36

LAL 11 largest lead Q1 1:06 (HOU 15, LAL 26) · 7-0 run, Q1 2:09–Q1 1:06

Swings 5 lead changes Tied 3 times

Ahead for good: Alperen Sengun makes driving layup (Q2 2:04, HOU 46, LAL 44).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
HOU	21	30	25	23		99
LAL	28	19	20	26		93

🧮 How They Scored

HOULAL

36Points in the paint44

12Fast-break points10

6Second-chance points13

18Points off turnovers13

18Bench points26

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

53.3%Effective FG%46.7%

10.4%Turnover %14.6%

17.6%Offensive rebound %31.7%

0.333Free-throw rate0.355

Box Score

Houston Rockets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Amen Thompson G-F	46	15	7	4	4	0	3	4-14	2-5	5-8	+5
Alperen Sengun F-C	44	14	9	8	2	1	5	5-9	0-0	4-4	+8
Jabari Smith Jr. F	42	22	7	3	0	2	0	6-13	4-9	6-8	+5
Reed Sheppard G	35	12	0	6	3	0	1	5-12	2-7	0-0	+2
Tari Eason F	31	18	5	1	0	1	0	6-11	2-6	4-5	-3
Josh Okogie G	18	7	3	2	1	0	0	3-6	1-4	0-0	+3
Aaron Holiday G	13	5	0	0	0	0	0	2-5	1-4	0-0	+4
Dorian Finney-Smith F	11	6	3	1	0	0	1	2-5	2-5	0-0	+6

Los Angeles Lakers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
LeBron James F	39	25	3	7	2	0	2	9-20	0-6	7-10	-5
Deandre Ayton C	38	18	17	0	0	2	1	9-14	0-0	0-0	+2
Rui Hachimura F	37	12	4	0	1	0	1	5-11	2-3	0-0	+5
Marcus Smart G	37	11	5	2	0	0	6	3-7	3-7	2-2	-7
Austin Reaves G	34	22	4	6	0	1	3	4-16	2-8	12-13	-5
Luke Kennard G	31	1	3	2	2	1	1	0-4	0-2	1-2	-3
Jaxson Hayes C	10	0	1	1	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	-8
Jake LaRavia F	9	2	2	1	0	1	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	-1
Jarred Vanderbilt F	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	1-3	0-1	0-0	-8

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Jabari Smith Jr.	Starter	42	22	66.6	18.9	+7.5	15.3
Tari Eason	Starter	31	18	68.2	20.0	+0.4	12.1
Amen Thompson	Starter	46	15	42.8	22.1	+9.3	7.2
Alperen Sengun	Starter	44	14	65.1	17.8	+8.6	15.7
Reed Sheppard	Starter	35	12	50.0	17.8	+2.9	8.2
Josh Okogie	Bench	18	7	58.3	14.6	+11.0	15.1
Dorian Finney-Smith	Bench	11	6	60.0	26.1	+23.6	11.0
Aaron Holiday	Bench	13	5	50.0	18.5	+26.5	-2.9
Clint Capela	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jeff Green	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jae'Sean Tate	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
JD Davison	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	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	25	51.2	30.0	-6.7	16.5
Deandre Ayton	Starter	38	18	64.3	17.2	-0.1	16.4
Rui Hachimura	Starter	37	12	54.5	14.6	+5.6	4.8
Marcus Smart	Starter	37	11	69.8	17.3	-13.4	5.1
Luke Kennard	Starter	31	1	10.2	8.6	-11.8	0.5
Austin Reaves	Bench	34	22	50.6	31.2	-9.3	11.1
Jarred Vanderbilt	Bench	05	2	33.3	25.0	-80.0	5.4
Jake LaRavia	Bench	09	2	100.0	6.3	-6.7	12.2
Maxi Kleber	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jaxson Hayes	Bench	10	0	0.0	4.8	-51.6	-6.8
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	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Adou Thiero	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0