L.A. Lakers 91, Houston 102

April 23, 2004

Opening Round - Los Angeles wins 4-1

Toyota Center (Houston) (Houston, Texas)

Attendance: 18,226

Officials: James Capers, Mike Callahan, Eddie Rush

Team Rebounds: Los Angeles (5) Houston (9)

Technicals: Los Angeles (0) Houston (0)

  1 2 3 4 Final
LAL (56-26) 23 20 19 29 91
HOU (45-37) 29 27 18 28 102

Advanced Poss ORtg DRtg
LAL 87 104.7 117.3
HOU 87 117.3 104.7

Four Factors eFG% TO% OR% FTR
LAL .464 0.058 0.286 0.169
HOU .539 0.127 0.204 0.247

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 7-20 0-3 7-8 16.0 3 4 7 6 4 3 1 1 21
17 Rick Fox Starter SF 24:00 0-2 0-0 0-0 4.2 1 3 4 2 1 1 1 1 0
11 Karl Malone Starter PF 39:00 9-18 0-0 0-0 14.2 2 9 11 2 4 2 0 1 18
34 Shaquille O'Neal Starter C 44:00 10-16 0-0 5-14 21.5 4 7 11 3 5 2 2 0 25
20 Gary Payton Starter PG 31:00 3-12 1-4 0-0 6.5 0 2 2 7 0 1 0 1 7
43 Brian Cook Bench PF 01:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Derek Fisher Bench PG 19:00 3-3 2-2 2-2 7.5 1 2 3 1 4 0 0 1 10
3 Devean George Bench SF 08:00 1-1 0-0 0-0 2.5 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 2
21 Kareem Rush Bench SG 18:00 2-6 2-3 0-0 2.2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 6
4 Luke Walton Bench SF 13:00 1-5 0-2 0-0 0.0 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 2
  Team                   5            
        240 36-83 5-14 14-24 76.8 12 30 47 23 21 9 4 5 91
          43.4% 35.7% 58.3%                    

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 2-2 0-0 0-2 9.5 3 5 8 0 2 1 1 0 4
3 Steve Francis Starter PG 43:00 7-16 4-5 9-12 19.8 0 9 9 7 3 0 0 3 27
21 Jim Jackson Starter SF 39:00 4-11 3-6 0-0 14.5 1 9 10 5 2 0 0 0 11
11 Yao Ming Starter C 42:00 9-13 0-0 0-1 16.1 3 7 10 2 4 0 1 1 18
5 Cuttino Mobley Starter SG 44:00 8-20 1-2 4-4 8.5 1 4 5 5 0 0 0 5 21
31 Mark Jackson Bench PG 05:00 0-2 0-1 0-0 2.0 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
9 Bostjan Nachbar Bench SF 14:00 1-3 1-2 2-2 2.5 1 2 3 0 2 0 0 1 5
2 Mo Taylor Bench PF 26:00 6-10 0-0 4-6 4.5 1 1 2 0 5 0 0 1 16
  Team                   9            
        240 37-77 9-16 19-27 95.4 10 39 58 21 18 1 2 11 102
          48.1% 56.3% 70.4%                    

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		 Luke Walton
2.4p, 1.8r, 1.6a		  
 		  
 
Lim PT  
 		  
 		 Devean George
7.4p, 4r, 1.4a		 Brian Cook
4.4p, 2.9r, 0.6a		  
 

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  
 		  
 		 Bostjan Nachbar
3.1p, 1.6r, 0.7a		 Mo Taylor
11.5p, 5.1r, 1.4a		  
 
Lim PT Mark Jackson
2.5p, 1.7r, 2.8a		  
 		  
 		  
 		  
 

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