Houston Rockets @ Los Angeles Lakers
West 1st Round - Game 5 • LAL lead series 3-2
52-30, 22-19 Away
99
52-30, 22-19 Away
53-29, 28-13 Home
93
53-29, 28-13 Home
Shot Chart
Shot Made
Shot Missed
- Marcus Smart makes 27-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
- Jabari Smith Jr. makes 10-foot pullup jump shot (Reed Sheppard assists)
- Jabari Smith Jr. misses 22-foot three point jumper
- Deandre Ayton misses 14-foot pullup jump shot
- Tari Eason makes 3-foot two point shot
- Reed Sheppard misses 28-foot three point jumper
- Marcus Smart makes free throw 1 of 2
- Marcus Smart makes free throw 2 of 2
- Alperen Sengun misses 8-foot fade away jump shot
- Rui Hachimura misses 17-foot pullup jump shot
- LeBron James misses 28-foot three point jumper
- Alperen Sengun makes 9-foot two point shot (Amen Thompson assists)
- Rui Hachimura makes 2-foot running dunk (LeBron James assists)
- Marcus Smart makes 26-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
- Jabari Smith Jr. makes 26-foot three pointer (Alperen Sengun assists)
- LeBron James misses driving layup
- Deandre Ayton misses tip in dunk
- Amen Thompson misses driving layup
- Amen Thompson misses 22-foot three point jumper
- Deandre Ayton makes alley oop layup (Marcus Smart assists)
- Reed Sheppard misses 29-foot three point jumper
- Rui Hachimura misses 8-foot two point shot
- Deandre Ayton makes tip shot
- Jabari Smith Jr. misses 25-foot three point step back jumpshot
- Alperen Sengun makes tip shot
- Deandre Ayton makes 4-foot layup (Austin Reaves assists)
- Luke Kennard misses 27-foot running jump shot
- Jabari Smith Jr. makes free throw 2 of 2
- Jabari Smith Jr. makes free throw 1 of 2
- Austin Reaves makes 30-foot three pointer
- Josh Okogie makes driving layup (Alperen Sengun assists)
- Rui Hachimura misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Aaron Holiday misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Tari Eason misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Austin Reaves makes driving layup (Jaxson Hayes assists)
- Amen Thompson misses free throw 1 of 2
- Amen Thompson misses free throw 2 of 2
- Austin Reaves makes free throw 1 of 3
- Austin Reaves makes free throw 2 of 3
- Austin Reaves makes free throw 3 of 3
- Austin Reaves misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
- LeBron James makes two point shot (Jake LaRavia assists)
- Amen Thompson makes 22-foot three point jumper (Jabari Smith Jr. assists)
- LeBron James makes alley oop layup (Austin Reaves assists)
- Tari Eason makes two point shot (Dorian Finney-Smith assists)
- Tari Eason makes free throw 1 of 1
- LeBron James misses 26-foot three point jumper
- LeBron James misses 18-foot fade away jump shot
- Dorian Finney-Smith makes 26-foot three point jumper (Amen Thompson assists)
- Marcus Smart misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Jabari Smith Jr. makes 26-foot three point jumper (Amen Thompson assists)
- Austin Reaves misses driving layup
- Dorian Finney-Smith misses 25-foot running jump shot
- LeBron James misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Aaron Holiday misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Jarred Vanderbilt makes running layup (Austin Reaves assists)
- Jabari Smith Jr. misses 15-foot pullup jump shot
- LeBron James makes 16-foot jumper (Austin Reaves assists)
- Dorian Finney-Smith makes 24-foot three point jumper (Alperen Sengun assists)
- Jarred Vanderbilt misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Amen Thompson makes free throw 1 of 2
- Amen Thompson makes free throw 2 of 2
- Rui Hachimura makes 16-foot pullup jump shot (LeBron James assists)
- Reed Sheppard makes 26-foot three pointer
- Rui Hachimura misses 14-foot turnaround jump shot
- Deandre Ayton misses 2-foot tip shot
- Reed Sheppard misses 23-foot running jump shot
- Reed Sheppard makes 3-foot two point shot
- LeBron James makes free throw 1 of 2
- LeBron James makes free throw 2 of 2
- Jabari Smith Jr. misses 33-foot three point jumper
- Josh Okogie makes 26-foot three point jumper (Reed Sheppard assists)
- Deandre Ayton makes 9-foot jumper (Austin Reaves assists)
- Amen Thompson makes 1-foot dunk (Josh Okogie assists)
- Marcus Smart makes 27-foot three pointer
- Tari Eason misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Luke Kennard misses running pullup jump shot
- Alperen Sengun misses driving layup
- Amen Thompson makes running layup (Tari Eason assists)
- Austin Reaves makes 28-foot three pointer
- Alperen Sengun makes driving layup
- Tari Eason misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Tari Eason makes two point shot (Josh Okogie assists)
- Jabari Smith Jr. misses 15-foot step back jumpshot
- Rui Hachimura makes 27-foot three point jumper (Austin Reaves assists)
- Tari Eason makes 23-foot three point jumper (Reed Sheppard assists)
- Austin Reaves misses 15-foot pullup jump shot
- Tari Eason makes 3-foot dunk (Alperen Sengun assists)
- Austin Reaves makes free throw 1 of 2
- Austin Reaves makes free throw 2 of 2
- Jabari Smith Jr. misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Austin Reaves makes free throw 1 of 2
- Austin Reaves makes free throw 2 of 2
- Reed Sheppard makes 29-foot three point jumper (Alperen Sengun assists)
- Amen Thompson misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Austin Reaves misses driving layup
- Tari Eason makes 26-foot running jump shot (Jabari Smith Jr. assists)
- LeBron James misses 19-foot jumper
- Amen Thompson misses 13-foot pullup jump shot
- Jabari Smith Jr. misses free throw 1 of 2
- Jabari Smith Jr. makes free throw 2 of 2
- Marcus Smart misses 23-foot three point jumper
- LeBron James makes 7-foot turnaround jump shot
- Jabari Smith Jr. makes 6-foot fade away jump shot (Alperen Sengun assists)
- Reed Sheppard misses 28-foot running jump shot
- Austin Reaves makes free throw flagrant 1 of 2
- Austin Reaves misses free throw flagrant 2 of 2
- Rui Hachimura misses 15-foot pullup jump shot
- Jabari Smith Jr. makes 27-foot running pullup jump shot (Reed Sheppard assists)
- Rui Hachimura makes 3-foot two point shot (LeBron James assists)
- Alperen Sengun misses 11-foot turnaround jump shot
- Marcus Smart misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Amen Thompson misses 12-foot two point shot
- LeBron James misses free throw 1 of 2
- LeBron James makes free throw 2 of 2
- Josh Okogie misses 26-foot three point jumper
- LeBron James makes 15-foot two point shot
- LeBron James misses free throw 1 of 2
- LeBron James makes free throw 2 of 2
- Aaron Holiday makes 5-foot driving floating jump shot (Alperen Sengun assists)
- Austin Reaves misses 7-foot fade away jump shot
- Deandre Ayton makes tip shot
- Alperen Sengun makes 11-foot two point shot
- Deandre Ayton makes driving layup (LeBron James assists)
- Aaron Holiday misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Aaron Holiday makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jabari Smith Jr. assists)
- Alperen Sengun makes free throw 1 of 2
- Alperen Sengun makes free throw 2 of 2
- Luke Kennard misses driving floating jump shot
- Jabari Smith Jr. misses 30-foot running jump shot
- Josh Okogie misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Luke Kennard makes free throw 1 of 2
- Luke Kennard misses free throw 2 of 2
- Josh Okogie makes 1-foot dunk (Amen Thompson assists)
- LeBron James misses layup
- Jake LaRavia makes 2-foot layup (LeBron James assists)
- Dorian Finney-Smith misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Austin Reaves makes free throw 1 of 2
- Austin Reaves makes free throw 2 of 2
- Dorian Finney-Smith misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Marcus Smart misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Amen Thompson makes 23-foot three point jumper (Reed Sheppard assists)
- Austin Reaves misses two point shot
- Jabari Smith Jr. makes 26-foot three point jumper (Alperen Sengun assists)
- LeBron James makes 4-foot driving floating jump shot
- Jabari Smith Jr. misses free throw 1 of 2
- Jabari Smith Jr. makes free throw 2 of 2
- Deandre Ayton makes 5-foot two point shot (Marcus Smart assists)
- Austin Reaves misses running pullup jump shot
- Austin Reaves misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
- LeBron James makes free throw 1 of 2
- LeBron James misses free throw 2 of 2
- Amen Thompson misses 27-foot three point step back jumpshot
- Rui Hachimura misses 19-foot pullup jump shot
- Amen Thompson makes free throw 1 of 2
- Amen Thompson makes free throw 2 of 2
- LeBron James misses 5-foot turnaround jump shot
- Reed Sheppard misses driving floating jump shot
- Alperen Sengun makes 13-foot two point shot (Reed Sheppard assists)
- LeBron James makes free throw 1 of 2
- LeBron James makes free throw 2 of 2
- Josh Okogie misses 22-foot three point jumper
- LeBron James makes running layup
- Rui Hachimura makes 26-foot running jump shot (Luke Kennard assists)
- Tari Eason misses free throw 1 of 2
- Tari Eason makes free throw 2 of 2
- LeBron James misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Reed Sheppard misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Austin Reaves misses 3-foot two point shot
- Deandre Ayton makes two point shot
- Amen Thompson misses 11-foot two point shot
- LeBron James makes driving layup (Luke Kennard assists)
- Reed Sheppard makes 15-foot pullup jump shot
- Reed Sheppard makes 3-foot running dunk
- LeBron James makes driving layup
- Tari Eason makes free throw 1 of 2
- Tari Eason makes free throw 2 of 2
- Austin Reaves misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Alperen Sengun makes free throw 1 of 2
- Alperen Sengun makes free throw 2 of 2
- Austin Reaves makes driving layup
- Tari Eason misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Austin Reaves makes free throw 1 of 2
- Austin Reaves makes free throw 2 of 2
- Amen Thompson misses 13-foot jumper
- LeBron James misses 30-foot running jump shot
- Austin Reaves misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Deandre Ayton makes tip in dunk
- Amen Thompson misses free throw 1 of 2
- Amen Thompson makes free throw 2 of 2
- LeBron James misses 28-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Jabari Smith Jr. makes free throw 1 of 2
- Jabari Smith Jr. makes free throw 2 of 2
- Austin Reaves misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
Shot Made
Shot Missed
PLAYS
Win %: LAL, 53.6
Win %: LAL, 58.7
Win %: LAL, 56.8
Win %: LAL, 54.6
Win %: LAL, 53.8
Win %: LAL, 56.1
Win %: LAL, 56.8
Win %: LAL, 54.5
Win %: LAL, 53.8
Win %: LAL, 51.3
Win %: HOU, 51.8
Win %: LAL, 50.6
Win %: LAL, 51.3
Win %: LAL, 55.1
Win %: LAL, 55.9
Win %: LAL, 53.7
Win %: LAL, 55.9
Win %: LAL, 56.6
Win %: LAL, 54.4
Win %: LAL, 56.6
Win %: LAL, 54.4
Win %: LAL, 53.7
Win %: LAL, 53.9
Win %: LAL, 51.2
Win %: HOU, 51.3
HOU @ LAL Videos
Houston Rockets vs. Los Angeles Lakers: Game Highlights
LeBron goes 1-on-1 to bring Lakers within 5 with 2 minutes left
Jabari Smith Jr.'s triple gives Rockets 13-point lead in 4th
Matchups
Game Information
Los Angeles, CA
Referee:Pat Fraher
Referee:Marat Kogut
Referee:Tony Brothers
Referee:Mitchell Ervin
2025-26 Standings
Western Conference
| Southwest | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Antonio | 62 | 20 | .756 | - | L1 |
| Houston | 52 | 30 | .634 | 10 | W1 |
| New Orleans | 26 | 56 | .317 | 36 | L2 |
| Dallas | 26 | 56 | .317 | 36 | W1 |
| Memphis | 25 | 57 | .305 | 37 | L8 |
| Pacific | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LA Lakers | 53 | 29 | .646 | - | W3 |
| Phoenix | 45 | 37 | .549 | 8 | W1 |
| LA Clippers | 42 | 40 | .512 | 11 | W1 |
| Golden State | 37 | 45 | .451 | 16 | L3 |
| Sacramento | 22 | 60 | .268 | 31 | L1 |
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