Los Angeles Lakers 112, Houston Rockets 108 — Recap

April 24, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (playoffs): Los Angeles Lakers 112, Houston Rockets 108 (overtime). Scoring by quarter: Q1 LAL 39-32 HOU; Q2 LAL 24-20 HOU; Q3 LAL 17-23 HOU; Q4 LAL 21-26 HOU; OT1 LAL 11-7 HOU.

Top performers (box score): Alperen Sengun (HOU) 33 points, 16 rebounds, 6 assists, 1 threes on 15-of-27 shooting; LeBron James (LAL) 29 points, 13 rebounds, 6 assists, 4 threes on 10-of-22 shooting; Amen Thompson (HOU) 26 points, 11 rebounds, 4 assists on 8-of-14 shooting; Jabari Smith Jr. (HOU) 24 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assists, 6 threes on 8-of-16 shooting; Rui Hachimura (LAL) 22 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 4 threes on 8-of-14 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · HOU

Alperen Sengun

33 PTS, 16 REB, 6 AST, 1 3PM · 15-27 FG

Scoring · LAL

LeBron James

29 PTS, 13 REB, 6 AST, 4 3PM · 10-22 FG

Scoring · HOU

Amen Thompson

26 PTS, 11 REB, 4 AST · 8-14 FG

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

📊 Game Flow

LAL 15 largest lead Q2 5:10 (LAL 59, HOU 44) · 9-0 run, Q1 4:03–Q1 2:20

HOU 6 largest lead Q4 0:40 (LAL 95, HOU 101) · 6-0 run, Q1 10:39–Q1 10:03

Swings 8 lead changes Tied 8 times

Ahead for good: Marcus Smart makes 22-foot three point jumper (Rui Hachimura assists) (OT 4:09, LAL 104, HOU 101).

Clutch timeEvery score of the final five minutes

Q4 0:13 LeBron James makes 24-foot running jump shot (Luke Kennard assists)LAL · LAL 101, HOU 101
OT 4:09 Marcus Smart makes 22-foot three point jumper (Rui Hachimura assists)LAL · LAL 104, HOU 101
OT 3:42 Rui Hachimura makes free throw 2 of 2LAL · LAL 105, HOU 101
OT 3:23 Alperen Sengun makes driving layupHOU · LAL 105, HOU 103
OT 2:35 Rui Hachimura makes driving layup (LeBron James assists)LAL · LAL 107, HOU 103
OT 2:09 Alperen Sengun makes 11-foot two point shotHOU · LAL 107, HOU 105
OT 0:52 Marcus Smart makes free throw 1 of 2LAL · LAL 108, HOU 105
OT 0:52 Marcus Smart makes free throw 2 of 2LAL · LAL 109, HOU 105
OT 0:35 Marcus Smart makes free throw 1 of 2LAL · LAL 110, HOU 105
OT 0:35 Marcus Smart makes free throw 2 of 2LAL · LAL 111, HOU 105
OT 0:28 Reed Sheppard makes 25-foot three pointer (Jabari Smith Jr. assists)HOU · LAL 111, HOU 108
OT 0:24 Marcus Smart makes free throw 1 of 2LAL · LAL 112, HOU 108

Linescore

	1	2	3	4	OT		T
LAL	39	24	17	21	11		112
HOU	32	20	23	26	7		108

🧮 How They Scored

LALHOU

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

55.7%Effective FG%46.4%

17.7%Turnover %12.2%

22.5%Offensive rebound %33.3%

0.405Free-throw rate0.235

Box Score

Los Angeles Lakers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
LeBron James F	45	29	13	6	3	1	8	10-22	4-9	5-6	0
Luke Kennard G	45	14	6	6	0	0	3	4-12	1-6	5-6	-3
Rui Hachimura F	44	22	4	2	1	0	1	8-14	4-7	2-4	0
Marcus Smart G	39	21	4	10	5	2	3	5-9	2-4	9-11	+3
Deandre Ayton C	33	2	6	2	1	1	3	1-3	0-0	0-0	-6
Jaxson Hayes C	20	12	4	0	1	2	1	5-8	0-0	2-3	+7
Jake LaRavia F	15	2	2	1	1	0	1	1-4	0-0	0-0	+9
Jarred Vanderbilt F	14	5	6	1	0	0	0	2-5	0-2	1-2	+6
Bronny James G	9	5	0	0	0	0	0	2-2	1-1	0-0	+4
Nick Smith Jr. G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0

Houston Rockets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Amen Thompson G-F	48	26	11	4	3	3	1	8-14	0-1	10-13	+6
Alperen Sengun F-C	47	33	16	6	3	1	3	15-27	1-5	2-3	+10
Reed Sheppard G	46	17	4	7	3	2	5	6-21	4-13	1-2	-2
Tari Eason F	46	5	4	2	4	0	1	2-9	0-4	1-1	+6
Jabari Smith Jr. F	44	24	6	1	1	0	2	8-16	6-10	2-2	+4
Dorian Finney-Smith F	11	0	4	0	1	0	0	0-5	0-4	0-0	-6
Jeff Green F	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0-2	0-1	0-0	-4
Aaron Holiday G	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0-1	0-1	0-0	-1
Clint Capela C	4	2	2	1	0	0	0	1-2	0-0	0-0	-11
Josh Okogie G	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0-1	0-0	0-0	-13
Jae'Sean Tate F	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	1-2	-9