Los Angeles Lakers vs Houston Rockets 98-78 — May 1, 2026 Box Score & Stats | stat.space

Los Angeles

Lakers

–

FINAL

Houston

Rockets

Date

Friday, May 1, 2026

Arena

Attendance

N/A

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
LAL	23	20	22	27	98
HOU	18	13	24	23	78

Game MVPs

Box score star vs. the player whose impact transcended the stat sheet

Key Contributor

Rui Hachimura

LAL

PTS

REB

AST

+20

+/−

Key Contributions

Contested Shots8

Opp FG% When Defending53.8%

Pts Allowed / Poss0.37

Impact Composite44.7

Hustle: 12.0Defense: 29.1Impact: 3.5

5-7 from 38 contested shots+20 plus/minusonly 17 pts allowed on 45.7 possessions

Box Score MVP

LeBron James

LAL

PTS

REB

AST

+26

+/−

Game Performance

FG10-25 (40.0%)

3PT2-5

FT6-8

TS%49.1%

eFG%44.0%

TOV3

ORTG108

DRTG73

NET+36

+26 plus/minusheld opponents to 40.9% FGonly 25 pts allowed on 58.9 possessions

Box Score

LAL	MIN	PTS	REB	OREB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FG%	3PT	3P%	FT	FT%	+/-
Austin Reaves	30:41	15	3	0	2	0	3	2	3	7-14	50%	0-4	0%	1-1	100%	+3
Rui Hachimura	34:44	21	6	1	2	0	1	0	2	8-15	53%	5-7	71%	0-0	0%	+20
Deandre Ayton	28:10	7	16	3	1	0	1	0	5	2-6	33%	0-0	0%	3-7	43%	+5
LeBron James	37:07	28	7	1	8	0	0	3	2	10-25	40%	2-5	40%	6-8	75%	+26
Marcus Smart	34:53	7	7	1	1	2	2	1	1	2-7	29%	2-4	50%	1-2	50%	+25
BENCH
Luke Kennard	29:00	3	3	2	3	1	0	1	1	1-6	17%	1-2	50%	0-0	0%	+22
Bronny James	3:07	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0-1	0%	0-1	0%	0-0	0%	-6
Adou Thiero	3:07	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1-1	100%	0-0	0%	0-2	0%	-6
Dalton Knecht	3:07	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0%	0-1	0%	0-0	0%	-6
Jake LaRavia	16:15	7	5	3	0	0	1	2	2	3-8	38%	1-2	50%	0-0	0%	+2
Nick Smith Jr.	3:07	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1-4	25%	1-2	50%	0-0	0%	-6
Jaxson Hayes	16:43	5	4	2	1	0	1	1	2	1-1	100%	0-0	0%	3-4	75%	+21
TOTAL	—	98	54	15	19	4	9	10	19	36-89	40%	12-28	43%	14-24	58%	—

Maxi Kleber —

Jarred Vanderbilt —

HOU	MIN	PTS	REB	OREB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FG%	3PT	3P%	FT	FT%	+/-
Alperen Sengun	37:35	17	11	3	1	0	2	4	4	5-12	42%	0-0	0%	7-10	70%	-27
Reed Sheppard	36:29	10	0	0	1	2	2	1	2	4-19	21%	1-10	10%	1-1	100%	-24
Amen Thompson	44:33	18	8	1	3	0	3	2	5	7-14	50%	0-0	0%	4-6	67%	-26
Jabari Smith Jr.	41:59	9	12	2	3	0	1	1	5	3-11	27%	1-6	17%	2-3	67%	-24
Tari Eason	36:59	14	5	0	2	3	1	0	4	5-14	36%	2-7	29%	2-2	100%	-14
BENCH
Josh Okogie	13:25	3	4	1	1	1	0	2	1	1-3	33%	1-2	50%	0-0	0%	0
Clint Capela	2:07	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1-1	100%	0-0	0%	0-0	0%	+7
Jae'Sean Tate	5:30	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1-3	33%	0-2	0%	1-2	50%	+10
Aaron Holiday	11:31	2	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	1-1	100%	0-0	0%	0-0	0%	+4
Dorian Finney-Smith	7:45	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0-2	0%	0-1	0%	0-0	0%	-13
TOTAL	—	78	45	8	13	6	9	11	23	28-80	35%	5-28	18%	17-24	71%	—

JD Davison —

Jeff Green —

Shot Chart & Zone Quality

Every shot plotted with zone efficiency vs league average

Team

View

Player

LAL36/89 (40%)

Paint

23/56 (41%)

Mid

5/22 (23%)

3PT

12/28 (43%)

Paint 31%RA 54%ATB3 38%Corner 3 57%Mid 0%

HOU28/80 (35%)

Paint

22/44 (50%)

Mid

5/17 (29%)

3PT

6/29 (21%)

RA 61%ATB3 25%Paint 26%Corner 3 11%Mid 0%

Made

Missed

Hot (+5% vs avg)

Cold (-5% vs avg)

Matchup Breakdown

Matchup Matrix

Defense:

View:

Primary Matchup

Jabari Smith Jr.

defended LeBron James

6.7 min • 0 pts • 0%

Best Defender

Jabari Smith Jr.

held LeBron James

6.7 min • 0 pts • 0%

Got Cooked

Amen Thompson

vs Austin Reaves

2.0 min • 6 pts • 43%

HOU Defense	Adou Thiero	Austin Reaves	Deandre Ayton	Jake LaRavia	Jaxson Hayes	LeBron James	Luke Kennard	Marcus Smart	Nick Smith Jr.	Rui Hachimura
Amen Thompson	—	2.0m 6pts 43%	1.1m 4pts 0%	—	—	2.0m 2pts 33%	2.5m 2pts 100%	4.6m 0pts 0%	—	3.4m 2pts 33%
Jabari Smith Jr.	—	1.8m 0pts 0%	1.1m 2pts 33%	—	—	6.7m 0pts 0%	1.2m 0pts 0%	1.6m 2pts 100%	—	2.4m 3pts 50%
Alperen Sengun	—	1.1m 4pts 100%	5.5m 4pts 33%	2.6m 4pts 33%	1.7m 0pts 0%	—	—	1.6m 0pts 0%	—	2.2m 3pts 33%
Tari Eason	—	3.2m 0pts 0%	—	—	1.8m 0pts 0%	2.5m 2pts 50%	1.5m 0pts 0%	1.5m 3pts 33%	—	1.6m 7pts 75%
Reed Sheppard	—	2.3m 0pts 0%	2.0m 2pts 20%	1.5m 2pts 100%	—	—	1.9m 5pts 40%	2.3m 0pts 0%	—	2.0m 0pts 0%
Josh Okogie	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.3m 0pts 0%	—	—	—
Other	0.6m 4pts 100%	—	—	2.9m 7pts 60%	2.8m 5pts 33%	2.8m 1pts 0%	—	—	0.6m 6pts 75%	—

Game Flow

Score margin over time — positive = HOU leads, negative = LAL leads

HOU Largest Lead

Q1 6:47

LAL Largest Lead

Q4 10:02

Key Scoring Runs (8+)

LAL 9-0 run

Q1 7:09 – Q1 8:29

+3 → -4

LAL 12-0 run

Q1 7:09 – Q1 9:26

+3 → -7

LAL 9-0 run

Q2 0:51 – Q2 2:34

-7 → -14

LAL 8-0 run

Q2 12:00 – Q3 0:18

-18 → -20

Los Angeles Lakers 98 @ Houston Rockets 78 — May 1, 2026 Box Score

Game MVPs

Box Score

Shot Chart & Zone Quality

Matchup Breakdown

Matchup Matrix

Game Flow

Game Flow