Houston 98, L.A. Lakers 107

April 18, 2026

Opening Round - Los Angeles wins 4-2

crypto.com Arena (Los Angeles, California)

Attendance: 19,057

Officials: Ed Malloy, James Capers, Tyler Ford

Team Rebounds: Houston (11) Los Angeles (11)

Technicals: Houston (1 (Coach)) Los Angeles (0)

  1 2 3 4 Final
HOU (52-30) 29 19 18 32 98
LAL (53-29) 33 17 25 32 107

Advanced Poss ORtg DRtg
HOU 91 107.3 117.2
LAL 91 117.2 107.3

Four Factors eFG% TO% OR% FTR
HOU .435 0.142 0.477 0.183
LAL .682 0.197 0.086 0.258

Houston Rockets

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
20 Josh Okogie Starter SG 26:25 2-4 1-2 2-2 5.2 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 7
28 Alperen Sengun Starter C 35:59 6-19 0-2 7-9 10.9 4 4 8 6 5 1 1 3 19
10 Jabari Smith, Jr. Starter PF 43:02 5-14 3-9 3-5 14.4 5 7 12 0 1 2 0 1 16
1 Amen Thompson Starter SF 43:07 7-18 0-1 3-6 14.5 4 3 7 7 4 3 1 2 17
15 Reed Sheppard Starter PG 35:55 6-20 5-14 0-0 7.8 0 1 1 8 2 1 1 4 17
30 Clint Capela Bench C 11:20 1-2 0-0 0-0 1.2 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 2
8 Jae'sean Tate Bench SF 09:30 1-5 0-1 2-2 3.5 4 0 4 0 2 1 0 0 4
0 Aaron Holiday Bench PG 10:47 0-4 0-2 0-0 -5.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0
17 Tari Eason Bench SF 23:55 7-7 2-2 0-1 20.6 3 7 10 2 4 3 0 1 16
  Team                   11            
        240 35-93 11-33 17-25 93.1 21 23 55 24 22 13 3 13 98
          37.6% 33.3% 68.0%                    

Los Angeles Lakers

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
23 LeBron James Starter PF 38:26 9-15 1-2 0-2 25.5 0 8 8 13 3 2 1 2 19
36 Marcus Smart Starter PG 33:38 5-12 1-5 4-8 8.5 0 2 2 8 4 1 2 5 15
10 Luke Kennard Starter SG 38:16 9-13 5-5 4-6 17.5 0 4 4 3 1 0 0 3 27
28 Rui Hachimura Starter SF 41:30 6-10 2-4 0-0 9.5 0 2 2 0 3 3 2 2 14
5 Deandre Ayton Starter C 35:03 8-10 0-0 3-3 18.9 3 8 11 2 1 0 1 3 19
2 Jarred Vanderbilt Bench PF 18:27 1-2 1-2 0-0 2.8 0 5 5 0 5 0 0 0 3
9 Bronny James Bench PG 03:50 0-0 0-0 0-0 -2.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0
11 Jaxson Hayes Bench C 12:41 1-1 0-0 2-3 0.9 0 1 1 0 4 0 1 1 4
12 Jake LaRavia Bench SG 18:09 1-3 0-1 4-4 6.8 0 2 2 3 2 1 1 1 6
  Team                   11         2  
        240 40-66 10-19 17-26 108.2 3 32 46 29 25 7 8 20 107
          60.6% 52.6% 65.4%                    

Houston Rockets Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Reed Sheppard
13.5p, 2.9r, 3.4a		 Josh Okogie
4.5p, 2.6r, 0.9a		 Amen Thompson
18.3p, 7.8r, 5.3a		 Jabari Smith, Jr.
15.8p, 6.9r, 1.9a		 Alperen Sengun
20.4p, 8.9r, 6.2a
Rotation Aaron Holiday
5.5p, 1r, 1.1a		  
 		 Tari Eason
10.5p, 6.3r, 1.5a		  
 		 Clint Capela
3.8p, 4.6r, 0.7a
Lim PT  
 		  
 		 Jae'sean Tate
2.8p, 1.6r, 0.5a		  
 		  
 

Los Angeles Lakers Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Marcus Smart
9.3p, 2.8r, 3a		 Luke Kennard
8.4p, 2.3r, 2.2a		 Rui Hachimura
11.5p, 3.3r, 0.8a		 LeBron James
20.9p, 6.1r, 7.2a		 Deandre Ayton
12.5p, 8r, 0.8a
Rotation  
 		 Jake LaRavia
8.2p, 4r, 1.8a		  
 		 Jarred Vanderbilt
4.4p, 4.5r, 1.3a		 Jaxson Hayes
7.5p, 4.1r, 0.9a
Lim PT Bronny James
2.9p, 0.5r, 1.2a		  
 		  
 		  
 		  
 

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