Los Angeles Lakers vs Houston Rockets Play-by-Play

30 April 2026
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See what happened in the vs – NBA basketball game with out play-by-play commentaries.

NBA This article offers a quick review of the key moments from the NBA game between and that took place on . It is presented in a manner to update basketball enthusiasts who couldn’t catch the live action, covering all the pivotal developments throughout the four quarters of the match.

Time Period Team Shooting Scoring Type Action
12:00 1st Quarter Los Angeles Lakers False False Jumpball Alperen Sengun vs. Deandre Ayton (Rui Hachimura gains possession)
11:37 1st Quarter Los Angeles Lakers True True Jump Shot Marcus Smart makes 27-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
11:10 1st Quarter Houston Rockets True True Pullup Jump Shot Jabari Smith Jr. makes 10-foot pullup jump shot (Reed Sheppard assists)
10:53 1st Quarter Los Angeles Lakers True False Cutting Layup Shot Alperen Sengun blocks Deandre Ayton ‘s 3-foot layup
10:51 1st Quarter Houston Rockets False False Defensive Rebound Tari Eason defensive rebound
10:43 1st Quarter Houston Rockets True False Jump Shot Jabari Smith Jr. misses 22-foot three point jumper
10:41 1st Quarter Los Angeles Lakers False False Defensive Rebound Deandre Ayton defensive rebound
10:33 1st Quarter Los Angeles Lakers True False Pullup Jump Shot Deandre Ayton misses 14-foot pullup jump shot
10:30 1st Quarter Houston Rockets False False Defensive Rebound Tari Eason defensive rebound
10:13 1st Quarter Houston Rockets True True Turnaround Hook Shot Tari Eason makes 3-foot two point shot
9:54 1st Quarter Los Angeles Lakers False False Bad Pass Turnover Luke Kennard bad pass turnover (Amen Thompson steals)
9:45 1st Quarter Houston Rockets True False Jump Shot Reed Sheppard misses 28-foot three point jumper
9:41 1st Quarter Los Angeles Lakers False False Defensive Rebound Deandre Ayton defensive rebound
9:33 1st Quarter Houston Rockets False False Shooting Foul Tari Eason shooting foul
9:33 1st Quarter Los Angeles Lakers True True Free Throw – 1 of 2 Marcus Smart makes free throw 1 of 2
9:33 1st Quarter Los Angeles Lakers True True Free Throw – 2 of 2 Marcus Smart makes free throw 2 of 2
9:10 1st Quarter Houston Rockets True False Fade Away Jump Shot Alperen Sengun misses 8-foot fade away jump shot
9:08 1st Quarter Los Angeles Lakers False False Defensive Rebound Luke Kennard defensive rebound
8:55 1st Quarter Los Angeles Lakers True False Pullup Jump Shot Rui Hachimura misses 17-foot pullup jump shot
8:51 1st Quarter Los Angeles Lakers False False Offensive Rebound Deandre Ayton offensive rebound
8:49 1st Quarter Los Angeles Lakers True False Jump Shot LeBron James misses 28-foot three point jumper
8:48 1st Quarter Houston Rockets False False Defensive Rebound Rockets defensive team rebound
8:48 1st Quarter Los Angeles Lakers False False Loose Ball Foul Luke Kennard loose ball foul
8:31 1st Quarter Houston Rockets True True Turnaround Hook Shot Alperen Sengun makes 9-foot two point shot (Amen Thompson assists)
8:17 1st Quarter Los Angeles Lakers False False Out of Bounds – Bad Pass Turnover Marcus Smart out of bounds bad pass turnover
8:02 1st Quarter Houston Rockets False False Bad Pass Turnover Reed Sheppard bad pass turnover (Luke Kennard steals)
7:58 1st Quarter Los Angeles Lakers True True Running Dunk Shot Rui Hachimura makes 2-foot running dunk (LeBron James assists)
7:49 1st Quarter Houston Rockets True False Pullup Jump Shot Luke Kennard blocks Reed Sheppard ‘s 11-foot pullup jump shot
7:49 1st Quarter Houston Rockets False False Offensive Rebound Rockets offensive team rebound
7:47 1st Quarter Houston Rockets False False Out of Bounds – Bad Pass Turnover Alperen Sengun out of bounds bad pass turnover
7:35 1st Quarter Los Angeles Lakers True True Jump Shot Marcus Smart makes 26-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
7:19 1st Quarter Houston Rockets True True Pullup Jump Shot Jabari Smith Jr. makes 26-foot three pointer (Alperen Sengun assists)
6:55 1st Quarter Los Angeles Lakers True False Driving Layup Shot LeBron James misses driving layup
6:54 1st Quarter Los Angeles Lakers False False Offensive Rebound Deandre Ayton offensive rebound
6:53 1st Quarter Los Angeles Lakers True False Tip Dunk Shot Deandre Ayton misses tip in dunk
6:52 1st Quarter Houston Rockets False False Defensive Rebound Amen Thompson defensive rebound
6:43 1st Quarter Houston Rockets True False Driving Layup Shot Amen Thompson misses driving layup
6:42 1st Quarter Houston Rockets False False Offensive Rebound Amen Thompson offensive rebound
6:29 1st Quarter Houston Rockets True False Jump Shot Amen Thompson misses 22-foot three point jumper
6:26 1st Quarter Los Angeles Lakers False False Defensive Rebound Luke Kennard defensive rebound
6:11 1st Quarter Los Angeles Lakers True True Alley Oop Layup Shot Deandre Ayton makes alley oop layup (Marcus Smart assists)
5:58 1st Quarter Houston Rockets True False Jump Shot Reed Sheppard misses 29-foot three point jumper
5:54 1st Quarter Los Angeles Lakers False False Defensive Rebound Luke Kennard defensive rebound
5:42 1st Quarter Los Angeles Lakers True False Turnaround Fade Away Jump Shot Rui Hachimura misses 8-foot two point shot
5:39 1st Quarter Los Angeles Lakers False False Offensive Rebound Deandre Ayton offensive rebound
5:39 1st Quarter Los Angeles Lakers True True Tip Shot Deandre Ayton makes tip shot
5:39 1st Quarter Houston Rockets False False Full Timeout Rockets Full timeout
5:39 1st Quarter Los Angeles Lakers False False Substitution Austin Reaves enters the game for Marcus Smart
5:39 1st Quarter Houston Rockets False False Substitution Josh Okogie enters the game for Amen Thompson
5:29 1st Quarter Houston Rockets True False Step Back Jump Shot Jabari Smith Jr. misses 25-foot three point step back jumpshot
5:28 1st Quarter Houston Rockets False False Offensive Rebound Alperen Sengun offensive rebound
5:28 1st Quarter Houston Rockets True True Tip Shot Alperen Sengun makes tip shot
5:28 1st Quarter Los Angeles Lakers False False Defensive Goaltending Rui Hachimura defensive goaltending violation
5:16 1st Quarter Houston Rockets False False Personal Foul Josh Okogie personal foul
5:04 1st Quarter Los Angeles Lakers True False Cutting Dunk Shot Jabari Smith Jr. blocks Deandre Ayton ‘s 4-foot dunk
5:04 1st Quarter Los Angeles Lakers False False Offensive Rebound Deandre Ayton offensive rebound
5:04 1st Quarter Houston Rockets False False Substitution Amen Thompson enters the game for Tari Eason
4:58 1st Quarter Los Angeles Lakers True True Cutting Layup Shot Deandre Ayton makes 4-foot layup (Austin Reaves assists)
4:42 1st Quarter Houston Rockets False False Bad Pass Turnover Alperen Sengun bad pass turnover (Luke Kennard steals)
4:35 1st Quarter Los Angeles Lakers False False Bad Pass Turnover Austin Reaves bad pass turnover (Amen Thompson steals)
4:29 1st Quarter Houston Rockets False False Bad Pass Turnover Amen Thompson bad pass turnover (LeBron James steals)