Houston Rockets @ Los Angeles Lakers
WESTERN CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS - GAME 1 • HOU leads series 1-0
53-29, 20-21 Away
100
53-29, 20-21 Away
65-17, 36-5 Home
92
65-17, 36-5 Home
Game Leaders
Team Stats
48% (35-73)
Field Goal %
44% (39-88)
28% (5-18)
Three Point %
11% (2-18)
86% (25-29)
Free Throw %
63% (12-19)
36
Turnovers
26
52
Rebounds
46
11
Largest Lead
1
Game Information
Los Angeles, CA
Game Flow
--HOU
--LAL
Shot Chart
- Yao Ming makes free throw 1 of 2
- Yao Ming makes free throw 2 of 2
- Kobe Bryant makes 21-foot jumper
- Yao Ming makes 7-foot two point shot (Ron Artest assists)
- Andrew Bynum makes 7-foot two point shot
- Yao Ming misses 10-foot jumper
- Andrew Bynum misses 15-foot jumper
- Shane Battier misses three point jumper
- Kobe Bryant misses 16-foot jumper
- Luis Scola makes 8-foot jumper (Ron Artest assists)
- Derek Fisher misses two point shot
- Luis Scola misses 7-foot jumper
- Kobe Bryant misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Luis Scola misses 19-foot jumper
- Pau Gasol misses 15-foot jumper
- Aaron Brooks misses 23-foot jumper
- Kobe Bryant makes layup
- Ron Artest makes driving dunk
- Derek Fisher makes 20-foot jumper (Pau Gasol assists)
- Yao Ming misses 9-foot jumper
- Ron Artest makes 25-foot three point jumper (Luis Scola assists)
- Lamar Odom misses 19-foot jumper
- Lamar Odom misses free throw 1 of 2
- Lamar Odom misses free throw 2 of 2
- Trevor Ariza makes layup (Derek Fisher assists)
- Ron Artest makes 22-foot jumper
- Trevor Ariza misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Ron Artest misses 11-foot jumper
- Derek Fisher misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Derek Fisher misses layup
- Trevor Ariza makes free throw 1 of 2
- Trevor Ariza makes free throw 2 of 2
- Ron Artest misses 24-foot jumper
- Yao Ming makes tip shot
- Luis Scola makes driving layup
- Lamar Odom misses jumper
- Aaron Brooks makes 5-foot two point shot
- Kobe Bryant misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Sasha Vujacic misses jumper
- Carl Landry misses 18-foot jumper
- Pau Gasol makes jumper (Kobe Bryant assists)
- Aaron Brooks makes 21-foot jumper
- Lamar Odom makes 6-foot running jumper (Pau Gasol assists)
- Aaron Brooks misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Sasha Vujacic makes layup (Kobe Bryant assists)
- Kyle Lowry misses 17-foot jumper
- Pau Gasol misses dunk
- Sasha Vujacic misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Lamar Odom makes layup (Trevor Ariza assists)
- Von Wafer misses 11-foot jumper
- Trevor Ariza makes slam dunk (Sasha Vujacic assists)
- Carl Landry makes layup (Ron Artest assists)
- Trevor Ariza misses three point jumper
- Pau Gasol misses 7-foot hook shot
- Brent Barry misses 28-foot three point jumper
- Trevor Ariza makes 4-foot hook shot (Pau Gasol assists)
- Carl Landry makes free throw 1 of 2
- Carl Landry misses free throw 2 of 2
- Kyle Lowry makes driving layup (Brent Barry assists)
- Josh Powell misses 13-foot jumper
- Brent Barry misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Ron Artest makes 27-foot three pointer
- Kyle Lowry misses 6-foot jumper
- Kobe Bryant misses jumper
- Carl Landry makes layup (Kyle Lowry assists)
- Josh Powell makes 16-foot jumper (Derek Fisher assists)
- Ron Artest misses 20-foot jumper
- Brent Barry makes 28-foot three point jumper (Kyle Lowry assists)
- Andrew Bynum misses 8-foot jumper
- Andrew Bynum makes 13-foot jumper
- Yao Ming makes jumper
- Andrew Bynum misses 6-foot jumper
- Yao Ming misses 13-foot jumper
- Kobe Bryant misses 22-foot jumper
- Andrew Bynum makes jumper
- Derek Fisher makes free throw 1 of 2
- Derek Fisher makes free throw 2 of 2
- Shane Battier makes free throw 1 of 2
- Shane Battier makes free throw 2 of 2
- Kobe Bryant misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Luis Scola misses 5-foot jumper
- Yao Ming makes slam dunk (Shane Battier assists)
- Derek Fisher makes 19-foot jumper (Lamar Odom assists)
- Yao Ming misses 5-foot hook shot
- Kobe Bryant makes 16-foot jumper
- Ron Artest makes 16-foot running jumper
- Kobe Bryant misses 11-foot jumper
- Pau Gasol makes free throw 1 of 2
- Pau Gasol makes free throw 2 of 2
- Yao Ming misses 7-foot hook shot
- Aaron Brooks misses free throw 1 of 2
- Aaron Brooks makes free throw 2 of 2
- Kobe Bryant makes 23-foot jumper
- Ron Artest misses 71-foot three point jumper
- Luis Scola makes 17-foot jumper (Ron Artest assists)
- Yao Ming misses 4-foot jumper
- Yao Ming makes 5-foot hook shot
- Kobe Bryant misses jumper
- Luis Scola makes two point shot (Ron Artest assists)
- Derek Fisher misses three point jumper
- Ron Artest misses 14-foot jumper
- Kobe Bryant makes layup
- Kobe Bryant misses free throw 1 of 1
- Andrew Bynum makes layup (Pau Gasol assists)
- Yao Ming misses 12-foot jumper
- Andrew Bynum makes 9-foot jumper (Derek Fisher assists)
- Trevor Ariza makes driving layup
- Aaron Brooks makes 25-foot three point jumper (Luis Scola assists)
- Andrew Bynum misses 9-foot jumper
- Aaron Brooks makes free throw 1 of 2
- Aaron Brooks makes free throw 2 of 2
- Derek Fisher makes 16-foot two point shot
- Yao Ming makes 13-foot two point shot (Ron Artest assists)
- Pau Gasol misses 17-foot jumper
- Ron Artest makes 29-foot three point jumper (Luis Scola assists)
- Kobe Bryant makes 26-foot three point jumper (Andrew Bynum assists)
- Aaron Brooks makes driving layup
- Andrew Bynum misses 12-foot jumper
- Aaron Brooks misses 56-foot three point jumper
- Kobe Bryant makes 19-foot jumper
- Yao Ming makes dunk
- Kobe Bryant misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Pau Gasol misses layup
- Pau Gasol makes tip shot
- Aaron Brooks makes driving layup
- Kobe Bryant makes 11-foot jumper
- Ron Artest misses free throw 1 of 2
- Ron Artest makes free throw 2 of 2
- Lamar Odom misses two point shot
- Shane Battier misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Kobe Bryant makes jumper (Lamar Odom assists)
- Shane Battier makes layup (Aaron Brooks assists)
- Lamar Odom misses free throw 1 of 2
- Lamar Odom makes free throw 2 of 2
- Luis Scola misses 18-foot jumper
- Kobe Bryant makes 14-foot running jumper
- Ron Artest misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Kobe Bryant misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Aaron Brooks misses 29-foot three point jumper
- Carl Landry makes 4-foot hook shot
- Jordan Farmar makes three point jumper (Kobe Bryant assists)
- Aaron Brooks misses 56-foot three point jumper
- Von Wafer misses 5-foot running jumper
- Pau Gasol misses 14-foot jumper
- Kyle Lowry makes 18-foot jumper
- Kobe Bryant makes 16-foot jumper (Shannon Brown assists)
- Yao Ming makes free throw 1 of 2
- Yao Ming makes free throw 2 of 2
- Kobe Bryant misses jumper
- Lamar Odom makes 8-foot hook shot
- Kobe Bryant misses 16-foot two point shot
- Pau Gasol makes two point shot (Lamar Odom assists)
- Luis Scola makes free throw 1 of 2
- Luis Scola makes free throw 2 of 2
- Kobe Bryant makes 4-foot hook shot
- Shannon Brown makes free throw 1 of 2
- Shannon Brown makes free throw 2 of 2
- Ron Artest makes 19-foot jumper
- Ron Artest makes free throw 1 of 1
- Kobe Bryant misses 22-foot jumper
- Yao Ming makes 19-foot jumper (Aaron Brooks assists)
- Pau Gasol misses layup
- Lamar Odom misses free throw 1 of 2
- Lamar Odom misses free throw 2 of 2
- Ron Artest misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Lamar Odom misses 16-foot jumper
- Aaron Brooks makes 13-foot running jumper
- Kobe Bryant misses 16-foot jumper
- Aaron Brooks makes driving layup
- Pau Gasol makes driving dunk
- Kobe Bryant misses 18-foot jumper
- Trevor Ariza misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Lamar Odom makes 4-foot two point shot
- Yao Ming makes 21-foot jumper (Ron Artest assists)
- Derek Fisher misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Yao Ming misses 10-foot two point shot
- Ron Artest makes 15-foot jumper
- Trevor Ariza misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Yao Ming makes free throw 1 of 2
- Yao Ming makes free throw 2 of 2
- Kobe Bryant misses 28-foot three point jumper
- Pau Gasol makes slam dunk
- Yao Ming makes free throw 1 of 2
- Yao Ming makes free throw 2 of 2
- Kobe Bryant misses free throw 1 of 2
- Kobe Bryant makes free throw 2 of 2
- Shane Battier makes free throw 1 of 2
- Shane Battier makes free throw 2 of 2
- Kobe Bryant makes free throw 1 of 2
- Kobe Bryant makes free throw 2 of 2
- Aaron Brooks misses 9-foot jumper
- Derek Fisher misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Kobe Bryant makes driving layup
- Aaron Brooks misses free throw 1 of 2
- Aaron Brooks makes free throw 2 of 2
- Pau Gasol makes dunk (Kobe Bryant assists)
- Yao Ming makes free throw 1 of 2
- Yao Ming makes free throw 2 of 2
- Kobe Bryant makes driving dunk
- Kyle Lowry makes free throw 1 of 2
- Kyle Lowry makes free throw 2 of 2
- Sasha Vujacic misses 27-foot three point jumper
Shot Made
Shot Missed
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Shot Missed
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Matchups
2025-26 Standings
Western Conference
| Southwest | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Antonio | 35 | 16 | .686 | - | W3 |
| Houston | 31 | 19 | .620 | 3.5 | L2 |
| Memphis | 20 | 29 | .408 | 14 | W2 |
| Dallas | 19 | 32 | .373 | 16 | L6 |
| New Orleans | 13 | 40 | .245 | 23 | L3 |
| Pacific | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LA Lakers | 31 | 19 | .620 | - | W2 |
| Phoenix | 31 | 21 | .596 | 1 | L1 |
| Golden State | 28 | 24 | .538 | 4 | W1 |
| LA Clippers | 23 | 27 | .460 | 8 | L2 |
| Sacramento | 12 | 40 | .231 | 20 | L10 |
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