Houston 71, L.A. Lakers 72

April 17, 2004

Opening Round - Los Angeles wins 4-1

crypto.com Arena (Los Angeles, California)

Attendance: 18,997

Officials: Ron Garretson, Steve Javie, Blane Reichelt

Team Rebounds: Houston (10) Los Angeles (13)

Technicals: Houston (0) Los Angeles (0)

  1 2 3 4 Final
HOU (45-37) 18 16 17 20 71
LAL (56-26) 20 20 9 23 72

Advanced Poss ORtg DRtg
HOU 88 80.7 81.9
LAL 88 81.9 80.7

Four Factors eFG% TO% OR% FTR
HOU .395 0.227 0.235 0.145
LAL .368 0.171 0.317 0.211

Houston Rockets

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
13 Kelvin Cato Starter PF 27:00 3-7 0-0 0-1 5.6 2 3 5 0 2 1 2 1 6
3 Steve Francis Starter PG 43:00 6-14 1-2 5-8 9.2 2 7 9 5 3 1 0 7 18
21 Jim Jackson Starter SF 46:00 5-19 1-7 0-0 7.5 1 11 12 1 1 3 0 2 11
11 Yao Ming Starter C 37:00 4-11 0-0 2-2 9.0 3 8 11 3 6 0 1 2 10
5 Cuttino Mobley Starter SG 44:00 5-13 0-3 0-0 3.2 1 6 7 3 3 1 2 7 10
31 Mark Jackson Bench PG 06:00 1-1 0-0 0-0 2.2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
9 Bostjan Nachbar Bench SF 05:00 0-1 0-0 0-0 -0.8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 Scott Padgett Bench PF 05:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 -0.5 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0
2 Mo Taylor Bench PF 16:00 4-7 0-0 3-3 6.6 2 2 4 1 5 0 0 0 11
30 Clarence Weatherspoon Bench PF 11:00 1-3 0-0 1-2 2.0 1 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 3
  Team                   10         2  
        240 29-76 2-12 11-16 74.2 12 39 61 13 22 8 5 22 71
          38.2% 16.7% 68.8%                    

Los Angeles Lakers

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
24 Kobe Bryant Starter SG 43:00 4-19 1-4 7-8 12.8 1 4 5 6 2 5 0 0 16
17 Rick Fox Starter SF 20:00 0-3 0-2 0-0 -1.2 0 2 2 2 1 0 0 2 0
11 Karl Malone Starter PF 38:00 3-14 0-0 1-2 6.0 2 9 11 4 3 3 0 4 7
34 Shaquille O'Neal Starter C 45:00 8-17 0-0 4-14 14.8 8 9 17 3 4 0 2 5 20
20 Gary Payton Starter PG 35:00 4-10 1-4 2-2 8.0 0 3 3 4 2 2 0 2 11
2 Derek Fisher Bench PG 13:00 1-2 1-1 2-2 1.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5
3 Devean George Bench SF 12:00 1-2 1-1 0-0 5.2 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 3
14 Slava Medvedenko Bench PF 08:00 2-4 0-0 0-0 0.0 1 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 4
21 Kareem Rush Bench SG 22:00 2-3 2-3 0-0 4.8 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 6
4 Luke Walton Bench SF 04:00 0-2 0-0 0-0 -2.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0
  Team                   13            
        240 25-76 6-15 16-28 71.5 13 28 54 21 20 11 4 15 72
          32.9% 40.0% 57.1%                    

Houston Rockets Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Steve Francis
16.6p, 5.5r, 6.2a		 Cuttino Mobley
15.8p, 4.5r, 3.2a		 Jim Jackson
12.9p, 6.1r, 2.8a		 Kelvin Cato
6.1p, 6.8r, 1a		 Yao Ming
17.5p, 9r, 1.5a
Rotation  
 		  
 		  
 		 Mo Taylor
11.5p, 5.1r, 1.4a		  
 
Rotation  
 		  
 		  
 		 Clarence Weatherspoon
5p, 3.9r, 0.6a		  
 
Lim PT Mark Jackson
2.5p, 1.7r, 2.8a		  
 		 Bostjan Nachbar
3.1p, 1.6r, 0.7a		 Scott Padgett
3.4p, 2.4r, 0.4a		  
 

Los Angeles Lakers Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Gary Payton
14.6p, 4.2r, 5.5a		 Kobe Bryant
24p, 5.5r, 5.1a		 Rick Fox
4.8p, 2.7r, 2.6a		 Karl Malone
13.2p, 8.7r, 3.9a		 Shaquille O'Neal
21.5p, 11.5r, 2.9a
Rotation Derek Fisher
7.1p, 1.9r, 2.3a		 Kareem Rush
6.4p, 1.3r, 0.8a		 Devean George
7.4p, 4r, 1.4a		  
 		  
 
Lim PT  
 		  
 		 Luke Walton
2.4p, 1.8r, 1.6a		 Slava Medvedenko
8.3p, 5r, 0.8a		  
 

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