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NBA · Saturday 2 May · Toyota Center
Houston Rockets – Los Angeles Lakers 78:98: NBA, 02/05/2026
Key facts
Form, table position, scoring and head-to-head in one place
Form: up to the last 5 matches in all competitions, most recent on the left (W = win, D = draw, L = loss). Averages come from the league table; where there is none, from these recent matches.
Form · last 5
League position
Points per game · season
Head to head · 5
wins – draws – wins
Match report
The match in a few sentences: score, scorers, table impact
The text is generated automatically from the match data and updates with it.
NBA: Houston Rockets – Los Angeles Lakers 78:98 (2 May). Los Angeles Lakers won. Venue: Toyota Center.
By quarter: 18:23, 13:26, 24:22, 23:27.
Top scorers: LeBron James (Los Angeles Lakers) — 28; Rui Hachimura (Los Angeles Lakers) — 21; Amen Thompson (Houston Rockets) — 18.
Table now: Houston Rockets — 5th (7–3); Los Angeles Lakers — 1st (9–2).
Head to head (5): Houston Rockets — 2 wins, Los Angeles Lakers — 3.
Score by quarter
Points in each quarter
| Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Σ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Rockets | 18 | 13 | 24 | 23 | 78 |
| Los Angeles Lakers | 23 | 26 | 22 | 27 | 98 |
Game leaders
Top performers in this game
Points
- 1LeBron James28
Los Angeles Lakers37 min
- 221
- 318
Rebounds
- 1Deandre Ayton16
Los Angeles Lakers28 min
- 212
- 311
Assists
- 1LeBron James8
Los Angeles Lakers37 min
- 23
- 33
Box score
Every player's stats in this game
Min = minutes, Pts = points, Reb = rebounds, Ast = assists, 3P = three-pointers (made/attempted), FT = free throws, FG = field goals, FG% = field-goal percentage, Stl = steals, Blk = blocks, TO = turnovers. Greyed out = bench players.
Houston Rockets
| Player | Min | Pts | Reb | Ast | 3P | FT | FG | FG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Amen Thompson | 45 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 0/0 | 4/6 | 7/14 | 50% |
| 10Jabari Smith Jr. | 42 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 1/6 | 2/3 | 3/11 | 27% |
| 28Alperen Sengun | 38 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 0/0 | 7/10 | 5/12 | 42% |
| 17Tari Eason | 37 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2/7 | 2/2 | 5/14 | 36% |
| 15Reed Sheppard | 37 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1/10 | 1/1 | 4/19 | 21% |
| 2Josh Okogie | 13 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 1/3 | 33% |
| Aaron Holiday | 12 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 100% |
| 17Dorian Finney-Smith | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/2 | 0% |
| 8Jae'Sean Tate | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0/2 | 1/2 | 1/3 | 33% |
| 15Clint Capela | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 100% |
| 20JD Davison | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | – |
Los Angeles Lakers
| Player | Min | Pts | Reb | Ast | 3P | FT | FG | FG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23LeBron James | 37 | 28 | 7 | 8 | 2/5 | 6/8 | 10/25 | 40% |
| 36Marcus Smart | 35 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2/4 | 1/2 | 2/7 | 29% |
| 28Rui Hachimura | 35 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 5/7 | 0/0 | 8/15 | 53% |
| 15Austin Reaves | 31 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 0/4 | 1/1 | 7/14 | 50% |
| 2Deandre Ayton | 28 | 7 | 16 | 1 | 0/0 | 3/7 | 2/6 | 33% |
| 10Luke Kennard | 29 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 1/6 | 17% |
| 11Jaxson Hayes | 17 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0/0 | 3/4 | 1/1 | 100% |
| 3Jake LaRavia | 16 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 3/8 | 38% |
| 16James Johnson | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0% |
| 4Dalton Knecht | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0% |
| 8Nick Smith | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 1/4 | 25% |
| A. Thiero | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/2 | 1/1 | 100% |
Team stats
Both teams' numbers side by side
- 45Rebounds54
- 13Assists19
- 5Three-pointers made12
- 28Three-point attempts28
- 17Free throws made14
- 24Free-throw attempts24
- 28Field goals made36
- 80Field-goal attempts89
Teams in the table
Both teams' positions in the league table
Full table on the competition page. Form: recent matches, most recent on the right.
| # | Team | P | W | L | % | +/− | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 70% | +90 | L | |
| 1 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 82% | +82 | WW |
Form
Team leaders
Each team's best players this season
Points per game
Rebounds per game
Assists per game
Recent matches
Both teams' recent results in all competitions
Head to head
Previous meetings between the two teams
Only matches in our data source (usually recent seasons).
Houston Rockets 2 : 3 Los Angeles Lakers