First round · Game 4

Los Angeles Lakers96atHouston Rockets115 winner

Sun, Apr 26, 9:30 PM EDTToyota Center, Houston, TXPeacock · NBC

First round · Game 4

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LAL leads 3-1

Best of 7 · First to 4 wins · Series score after this game

Series results

The box score

Final numbers

Line score	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	T
LAL	21	26	18	31	96
HOU	26	30	34	25	115

Los Angeles Lakers

Player	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
LeBron JamesSF	33	10	4	9	0	0	8	2-9	0-3	6-6	-18
Rui HachimuraPF	30	13	3	1	1	1	1	6-10	1-2	0-0	-18
Deandre AytonC	25	19	10	0	0	0	2	9-12	0-0	1-1	-19
Marcus SmartSG	31	9	2	5	3	3	4	3-8	0-2	3-3	-20
Luke KennardPG	32	7	3	2	0	0	2	3-8	0-3	1-1	-13
Jake LaRavia	16	6	3	0	0	1	2	2-5	0-1	2-2	-14
Jaxson Hayes	15	2	2	0	0	1	0	1-2	0-0	0-2	-4
Jarred Vanderbilt	14	8	4	0	1	0	1	4-6	0-1	0-1	-1
Bronny James	15	5	2	4	0	0	1	2-5	1-4	0-0	-1
Adou Thiero	6	3	0	0	0	0	1	1-1	0-0	1-1	+4
Dalton Knecht	7	8	3	0	0	0	0	2-3	2-3	2-2	+4
Nick Smith Jr.	7	5	0	0	0	1	1	2-5	1-3	0-0	+4
Maxi Kleber	7	1	1	2	1	0	0	0-0	0-0	1-2	+1
Team		96	47	23	6	7	23	37-74	5-22	17-21

DNP: Austin Reaves (injury), Luka Dončić (injury)

Houston Rockets

115

Player	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Tari EasonSF	30	20	8	2	5	1	2	7-10	2-5	4-4	+31
Jabari Smith Jr.PF	42	16	8	3	3	0	1	4-15	2-10	6-6	+24
Alperen SengunC	33	19	6	2	1	1	2	6-12	0-0	7-13	+7
Reed SheppardSG	29	17	1	3	3	0	1	6-12	4-7	1-1	+22
Amen ThompsonPG	41	23	4	7	1	0	4	10-16	0-0	3-3	+21
Josh Okogie	19	5	4	1	3	0	0	2-5	1-2	0-0	+20
Aaron Holiday	19	9	0	1	1	1	1	3-8	3-5	0-0	-1
Dorian Finney-Smith	19	2	1	0	0	1	0	0-2	0-1	2-2	-13
JD Davison	3	2	2	0	0	0	2	0-0	0-0	2-2	-6
Jae'Sean Tate	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	-6
Jeff Green	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-4
Team		115	43	19	17	4	13	39-81	12-30	25-31

DNP: Clint Capela, Steven Adams (injury), Kevin Durant (injury), Fred VanVleet (injury)

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Lead tracker

Biggest lead · HOU: 28
Biggest lead · LAL: 5
Times tied: 3
Lead changes: 3
Longest run · LAL: 8

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How they entered this matchup

Body clock: LALNational TV

LAL is dealing with minimal pressure: 2h on the body clock and 0h of zone shift.
LAL is in game 2 of 2 on the road with 1,373 mi already logged before tip.
National TV puts extra weight on a matchup that already has real schedule context.

Reading the setup…

Rest, travel, and body clock

Schedule spot	LAL	HOU
Days rest	1 day	1 day
Hours rest	49.5h	49.5h
Rest swing	0h	0h
Travel in	0 mi	0 mi
Zone change	0h	0h
Body clock	2h	0h
Local tip	evening	evening
Segment	Road trip · 2 of 2	Homestand · 2 of 2
Miles before tip	1,373 mi	0 mi
Schedule alerts	—	—
Fatigue Index	4	1 edge

marks the side with the edge in that row.

LAL carries the heavier fatigue load tonight — 4 vs. HOU's 1.

How each side got here0 mi vs 0 mi

How each side got here

LAL

0 mi

Houston, TXNo travel

LAL stayed in Houston, TX between games, so travel is not a real factor in this setup.

Stayed in Houston, TX

HOU

0 mi

Houston, TXNo travel

HOU stayed in Houston, TX between games, so travel is not a real factor in this setup.

Stayed in Houston, TX

Where this game sitsroad 2 of 2 vs homestand 2 of 2

Where this game sits in the run

LAL

Road trip

LAL is on game 2 of 2 on the road, with 1,373 mi already behind it.

Game in segment2 of 2

Miles before tip1,373 mi

Segment miles1,373 mi

HOU

Homestand

HOU is in game 2 of 2 on this homestand.

Game in segment2 of 2

Miles before tip0 mi

Segment miles0 mi

Where it aired

National: streamingPeacockNBC
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Radio: HOU790 AM / S: KLTN TUDNLALESPN LA 710/980 KFWBSiriusXM

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