Houston 78, L.A. Lakers 97

April 28, 2004

Opening Round - Los Angeles wins 4-1

crypto.com Arena (Los Angeles, California)

Attendance: 18,997

Officials: Dan Crawford, Monty McCutchen, Tom Washington

Team Rebounds: Houston (5) Los Angeles (13)

Technicals: Houston (0) Los Angeles (0)

  1 2 3 4 Final
HOU (45-37) 27 21 9 21 78
LAL (56-26) 24 23 25 25 97

Advanced Poss ORtg DRtg
HOU 91 85.8 106.7
LAL 91 106.7 85.8

Four Factors eFG% TO% OR% FTR
HOU .449 0.242 0.237 0.250
LAL .513 0.132 0.184 0.218

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 34:00 2-2 0-0 1-1 8.6 4 8 12 0 5 1 0 3 5
3 Steve Francis Starter PG 40:00 5-15 0-3 6-6 10.0 1 8 9 5 3 1 0 4 16
21 Jim Jackson Starter SF 41:00 7-17 2-5 1-4 5.0 0 5 5 2 3 1 0 3 17
11 Yao Ming Starter C 32:00 3-10 0-0 4-5 6.1 1 4 5 0 3 2 4 3 10
5 Cuttino Mobley Starter SG 37:00 6-12 3-6 1-2 4.5 1 1 2 0 3 1 1 4 16
31 Mark Jackson Bench PG 12:00 0-1 0-1 0-0 -0.2 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 0
9 Bostjan Nachbar Bench SF 14:00 1-1 0-0 2-2 4.0 0 2 2 1 2 0 0 0 4
35 Scott Padgett Bench PF 06:00 1-2 0-1 0-0 2.2 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
2 Mo Taylor Bench PF 21:00 3-8 0-0 2-2 0.8 1 0 1 3 5 0 0 2 8
29 Mike Wilks Bench PG 03:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 -1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
  Team                   5            
        240 28-68 5-16 17-22 74.0 9 29 43 13 25 7 5 22 78
          41.2% 31.3% 77.3%                    

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 41:00 12-21 1-4 6-6 28.2 1 5 6 10 3 3 0 1 31
3 Devean George Starter SF 21:00 2-5 1-3 2-2 9.0 0 4 4 0 1 4 0 0 7
11 Karl Malone Starter PF 32:00 7-14 0-0 4-10 11.5 2 7 9 5 3 0 0 3 18
34 Shaquille O'Neal Starter C 40:00 6-13 0-0 0-2 11.8 2 7 9 5 4 0 4 4 12
20 Gary Payton Starter PG 23:00 2-4 0-1 1-1 6.1 1 2 3 3 4 2 0 1 5
43 Brian Cook Bench PF 03:00 1-1 0-0 0-0 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
2 Derek Fisher Bench PG 25:00 3-9 0-3 0-1 0.4 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 6
17 Rick Fox Bench SF 05:00 1-1 0-0 0-0 2.5 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 2
14 Slava Medvedenko Bench PF 18:00 4-5 0-0 4-5 11.6 1 1 2 2 3 3 0 0 12
21 Kareem Rush Bench SG 23:00 1-5 0-3 0-0 1.0 0 1 1 0 2 3 0 0 2
9 Bryon Russell Bench SF 03:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 1.5 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0
4 Luke Walton Bench SF 06:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 2.0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0
  Team                   13            
        240 39-78 2-14 17-27 103.6 7 31 51 31 22 17 4 12 97
          50.0% 14.3% 63.0%                    

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		  
 		 Bostjan Nachbar
3.1p, 1.6r, 0.7a		 Mo Taylor
11.5p, 5.1r, 1.4a		  
 
Lim PT Mike Wilks
1.9p, 0.6r, 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		 Devean George
7.4p, 4r, 1.4a		 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  
 		  
 		 Rick Fox
4.8p, 2.7r, 2.6a		  
 		  
 
Lim PT  
 		  
 		 Bryon Russell
4p, 2r, 1a		  
 		  
 

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Los Angeles Lakers 97
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