LA Clippers @ Houston Rockets
WESTERN CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS - GAME 5 • LAC lead series 3-2
56-26, 26-15 Away
103
56-26, 26-15 Away
56-26, 30-11 Home
124
56-26, 30-11 Home
Game Leaders
Team Stats
42% (38-91)
Field Goal %
54% (46-85)
26% (9-35)
Three Point %
31% (9-29)
58% (18-31)
Free Throw %
61% (23-38)
7
Turnovers
11
52
Rebounds
68
Game Information
Houston, TX
Referee:James Capers
Referee:Sean Wright
Referee:Monty McCutchen
Game Flow
--LAC
--HOU
Shot Chart
- Matt Barnes misses driving layup
- Trevor Ariza makes driving dunk (Jason Terry assists)
- Blake Griffin misses layup
- Blake Griffin misses tip shot
- J.J. Redick misses 14-foot Running Jumper
- Josh Smith misses two point shot
- Josh Smith makes two point shot
- Chris Paul misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Matt Barnes misses 25-foot three point jumper
- DeAndre Jordan makes two point shot
- Jason Terry misses 23-foot three point jumper
- J.J. Redick misses 21-foot two point jumper
- Trevor Ariza misses 3-foot jumper
- Matt Barnes misses two point shot
- Jason Terry misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Trevor Ariza misses three point jumper
- Trevor Ariza makes jumper
- J.J. Redick misses 26-foot three point jumper
- J.J. Redick makes 25-foot three point jumper (Chris Paul assists)
- Trevor Ariza misses layup
- Dwight Howard makes two point shot
- Blake Griffin misses two point shot
- DeAndre Jordan makes two point shot
- James Harden misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Matt Barnes misses jumper
- J.J. Redick misses three point jumper
- Trevor Ariza makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jason Terry assists)
- J.J. Redick misses 25-foot three point jumper
- James Harden makes layup (Trevor Ariza assists)
- Chris Paul misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Chris Paul makes 25-foot three point jumper (Blake Griffin assists)
- Josh Smith misses three point jumper
- Jamal Crawford makes 21-foot jumper (DeAndre Jordan assists)
- Corey Brewer misses driving layup
- Blake Griffin makes 4-foot jumper (Chris Paul assists)
- Dwight Howard misses two point shot
- Austin Rivers misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Terrence Jones misses 5-foot jumper
- Blake Griffin makes 18-foot jumper (Austin Rivers assists)
- James Harden misses 11-foot jumper
- Dwight Howard makes two point shot
- Corey Brewer makes dunk
- J.J. Redick misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Dwight Howard makes two point shot (James Harden assists)
- Jamal Crawford misses 17-foot jumper
- James Harden misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Dwight Howard misses layup
- Austin Rivers makes driving layup
- Corey Brewer misses 10-foot jumper
- Terrence Jones makes two point shot
- Blake Griffin misses 6-foot jumper
- Blake Griffin makes two point shot
- Terrence Jones makes two point shot
- Glen Davis misses 18-foot jumper
- Austin Rivers misses 19-foot step back jumpshot
- Glen Davis blocks Dwight Howard 's 8-foot jumper
- Austin Rivers misses 28-foot three point jumper
- Jamal Crawford misses 17-foot two point jumper
- Clint Capela makes two point shot (James Harden assists)
- Trevor Ariza makes two point shot
- Chris Paul makes 18-foot two point shot
- Clint Capela makes two point shot (Pablo Prigioni assists)
- Spencer Hawes makes 8-foot two point shot (Chris Paul assists)
- Pablo Prigioni misses 28-foot three point jumper
- Terrence Jones makes 4-foot two point shot (Clint Capela assists)
- Jamal Crawford makes 24-foot three point jumper (Spencer Hawes assists)
- Jamal Crawford misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Austin Rivers misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Corey Brewer misses three point jumper
- Chris Paul misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Spencer Hawes makes 13-foot two point shot (J.J. Redick assists)
- James Harden makes 15-foot two point shot
- Chris Paul makes 25-foot three point jumper (Matt Barnes assists)
- James Harden misses 25-foot three pointer
- Jason Terry misses 11-foot jumper
- Chris Paul makes driving layup
- Dwight Howard makes two point shot
- Blake Griffin makes driving layup
- James Harden makes driving layup
- Spencer Hawes misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Blake Griffin makes layup (Chris Paul assists)
- Dwight Howard misses 6-foot running hook shot
- Spencer Hawes makes layup (Chris Paul assists)
- Jason Terry makes 25-foot three point jumper (Josh Smith assists)
- Josh Smith blocks Blake Griffin 's 7-foot jumper
- Spencer Hawes makes 25-foot three point jumper (Matt Barnes assists)
- James Harden misses 17-foot two point jumper
- Jason Terry misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Matt Barnes misses three point jumper
- Blake Griffin misses 14-foot jump bank shot
- Jason Terry makes 25-foot three point jumper (James Harden assists)
- Blake Griffin misses 18-foot jumper
- James Harden misses 9-foot two point shot
- Dwight Howard makes two point shot (Jason Terry assists)
- Jamal Crawford misses three point jumper
- James Harden makes driving layup
- Blake Griffin makes layup (Chris Paul assists)
- Spencer Hawes misses 19-foot two point jumper
- Jamal Crawford misses 12-foot two point jumper
- James Harden makes 17-foot two point shot
- Trevor Ariza makes 25-foot three point jumper (James Harden assists)
- Dwight Howard blocks Matt Barnes 's 3-foot layup
- Josh Smith makes two point shot (Jason Terry assists)
- J.J. Redick makes 16-foot two point shot (Chris Paul assists)
- Josh Smith misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Matt Barnes misses 23-foot three point jumper
- James Harden misses 27-foot three point jumper
- J.J. Redick misses 25-foot
- Trevor Ariza makes dunk (Jason Terry assists)
- Chris Paul makes 26-foot (DeAndre Jordan assists)
- Jason Terry makes 19-foot jumper (Josh Smith assists)
- Chris Paul makes 16-foot two point shot
- Trevor Ariza makes 24-foot three point jumper (Josh Smith assists)
- Dwight Howard makes two point shot (Josh Smith assists)
- Dwight Howard makes two point shot (James Harden assists)
- Chris Paul makes driving layup
- Jason Terry misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Dwight Howard blocks Chris Paul 's 7-foot jumper
- Blake Griffin makes layup (J.J. Redick assists)
- Terrence Jones misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Corey Brewer makes two point shot
- Dwight Howard misses driving layup
- Blake Griffin makes 6-foot two point shot
- Dwight Howard misses hook shot
- Corey Brewer makes driving layup (James Harden assists)
- J.J. Redick makes two point shot (Blake Griffin assists)
- DeAndre Jordan blocks Dwight Howard 's 8-foot hook shot
- Blake Griffin makes two point shot (Chris Paul assists)
- Blake Griffin misses 20-foot step back jumpshot
- Terrence Jones makes 11-foot two point shot (James Harden assists)
- Chris Paul misses 18-foot two point jumper
- James Harden makes 15-foot two point shot
- Blake Griffin makes driving layup
- Terrence Jones makes 10-foot two point shot (Pablo Prigioni assists)
- Blake Griffin misses 7-foot jumper
- James Harden misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Chris Paul misses three point pullup jump shot
- Austin Rivers misses two point shot
- Spencer Hawes makes two point shot
- Chris Paul misses 25-foot three point jumper
- J.J. Redick misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Jamal Crawford misses 26-foot three point jumper
- James Harden misses 19-foot step back jumpshot
- Trevor Ariza misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Jamal Crawford misses 13-foot two point shot
- Clint Capela makes layup (James Harden assists)
- Josh Smith makes 14-foot jumper (James Harden assists)
- Austin Rivers misses 10-foot Running Jumper
- Josh Smith makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jason Terry assists)
- James Harden makes 15-foot two point shot
- DeAndre Jordan makes two point shot (Chris Paul assists)
- James Harden misses three point jumper
- Matt Barnes makes 25-foot three point jumper (J.J. Redick assists)
- Jason Terry makes 23-foot three point jumper (Clint Capela assists)
- J.J. Redick misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Clint Capela makes layup (Corey Brewer assists)
- Terrence Jones misses 11-foot jumper
- Blake Griffin makes layup (Chris Paul assists)
- Blake Griffin makes layup
- Corey Brewer makes layup (Jason Terry assists)
- Chris Paul makes driving layup
- Corey Brewer makes two point shot (Trevor Ariza assists)
- Chris Paul makes 26-foot three pointer
- James Harden makes 7-foot two point shot
- Austin Rivers misses driving layup
- James Harden misses 25-foot three pointer
- Lester Hudson misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Trevor Ariza makes 28-foot three point jumper (James Harden assists)
- Austin Rivers makes driving layup
- Jason Terry misses three point jumper
- James Harden makes 23-foot three point jumper (Trevor Ariza assists)
- Jamal Crawford misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Hedo Turkoglu misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Kostas Papanikolaou misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Austin Rivers makes 27-foot three point jumper (Hedo Turkoglu assists)
- Austin Rivers misses 27-foot three point jumper
Shot Made
Shot Missed
Shot Made
Shot Missed
Data is currently unavailable.
Matchups
2025-26 Standings
Western Conference
| Pacific | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LA Lakers | 25 | 16 | .610 | - | W1 |
| Phoenix | 25 | 17 | .595 | 0.5 | W1 |
| Golden State | 24 | 19 | .558 | 2 | W3 |
| LA Clippers | 18 | 23 | .439 | 7 | W5 |
| Sacramento | 12 | 31 | .279 | 14 | L1 |
| Southwest | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Antonio | 29 | 13 | .690 | - | W2 |
| Houston | 25 | 15 | .625 | 3 | W2 |
| Memphis | 18 | 23 | .439 | 10.5 | W1 |
| Dallas | 17 | 26 | .395 | 12.5 | W2 |
| New Orleans | 10 | 35 | .222 | 20.5 | L2 |
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