Houston 84, L.A. Lakers 98

April 19, 2004

Opening Round - Los Angeles wins 4-1

crypto.com Arena (Los Angeles, California)

Attendance: 18,997

Officials: Bennie Adams, Joe DeRosa, Bernie Fryer

Team Rebounds: Houston (14) Los Angeles (8)

Technicals: Houston (0) Los Angeles (0)

  1 2 3 4 Final
HOU (45-37) 22 24 18 20 84
LAL (56-26) 23 21 30 24 98

Advanced Poss ORtg DRtg
HOU 84 99.9 116.6
LAL 84 116.6 99.9

Four Factors eFG% TO% OR% FTR
HOU .458 0.119 0.250 0.268
LAL .500 0.095 0.184 0.307

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 16:00 1-5 0-0 0-0 -3.0 1 1 2 1 6 0 0 1 2
3 Steve Francis Starter PG 44:00 6-11 1-3 5-8 27.5 3 7 10 12 3 3 1 2 18
21 Jim Jackson Starter SF 45:00 7-13 1-4 4-5 11.1 0 5 5 1 2 0 0 0 19
11 Yao Ming Starter C 40:00 8-19 0-0 5-7 6.9 1 3 4 3 1 0 1 4 21
5 Cuttino Mobley Starter SG 41:00 4-11 0-2 1-2 3.2 2 3 5 2 4 0 0 1 9
31 Mark Jackson Bench PG 11:00 0-1 0-0 0-0 0.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Bostjan Nachbar Bench SF 02:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 -0.5 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0
35 Scott Padgett Bench PF 02:00 1-2 1-1 0-0 3.2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 3
2 Mo Taylor Bench PF 26:00 3-7 0-0 2-4 4.8 1 6 7 0 2 0 0 1 8
30 Clarence Weatherspoon Bench PF 11:00 1-2 0-0 2-4 1.0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 4
29 Mike Wilks Bench PG 02:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
  Team                   14         2  
        240 31-71 3-10 19-30 69.2 9 27 50 20 21 4 3 12 84
          43.7% 30.0% 63.3%                    

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 45:00 9-20 2-6 16-17 20.1 0 4 4 4 3 1 0 1 36
17 Rick Fox Starter SF 22:00 0-2 0-1 0-0 4.2 2 5 7 1 4 0 1 0 0
11 Karl Malone Starter PF 38:00 7-12 0-0 3-4 15.8 1 7 8 4 2 1 0 1 17
34 Shaquille O'Neal Starter C 33:00 3-9 0-0 1-3 10.9 2 5 7 4 4 0 4 0 7
20 Gary Payton Starter PG 30:00 3-8 0-2 0-0 6.8 0 1 1 7 2 1 0 1 6
43 Brian Cook Bench PF 02:00 1-2 0-0 0-0 0.2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 2
2 Derek Fisher Bench PG 25:00 4-7 2-2 1-1 5.9 1 2 3 0 2 1 0 2 11
3 Devean George Bench SF 06:00 0-1 0-0 0-0 2.0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0
14 Slava Medvedenko Bench PF 13:00 2-7 0-0 2-2 4.8 1 1 2 3 2 0 1 0 6
21 Kareem Rush Bench SG 15:00 4-5 2-3 0-0 6.0 0 1 1 1 4 0 0 0 10
9 Bryon Russell Bench SF 02:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Luke Walton Bench SF 09:00 1-2 1-1 0-0 2.2 0 3 3 1 1 0 0 2 3
  Team                   8         1  
        240 34-75 7-15 23-27 82.9 7 31 46 27 24 4 6 9 98
          45.3% 46.7% 85.2%                    

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 Mark Jackson
2.5p, 1.7r, 2.8a		  
 		  
 		 Mo Taylor
11.5p, 5.1r, 1.4a		  
 
Rotation  
 		  
 		  
 		 Clarence Weatherspoon
5p, 3.9r, 0.6a		  
 
Lim PT Mike Wilks
1.9p, 0.6r, 0.7a		  
 		 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		  
 		 Slava Medvedenko
8.3p, 5r, 0.8a		  
 
Lim PT  
 		  
 		 Luke Walton
2.4p, 1.8r, 1.6a		 Brian Cook
4.4p, 2.9r, 0.6a		  
 
Lim PT  
 		  
 		 Devean George
7.4p, 4r, 1.4a		  
 		  
 
Lim PT  
 		  
 		 Bryon Russell
4p, 2r, 1a		  
 		  
 

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