First round · Game 5

Houston Rockets99 winneratLos Angeles Lakers93

Wed, Apr 29, 10:00 PM EDTCrypto.com Arena, Los Angeles, CAESPN

First round · Game 5

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LAL leads 3-2

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
HOU	21	30	25	23	99
LAL	28	19	20	26	93

Houston Rockets

Player	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Tari EasonSF	31	18	5	1	0	1	0	6-11	2-6	4-5	-3
Jabari Smith Jr.PF	42	22	7	3	0	2	0	6-13	4-9	6-8	+5
Alperen SengunC	43	14	9	8	2	1	5	5-9	0-0	4-4	+8
Amen ThompsonSG	46	15	7	4	4	0	3	4-14	2-5	5-8	+5
Reed SheppardPG	35	12	0	6	3	0	1	5-12	2-7	0-0	+2
Josh Okogie	18	7	3	2	1	0	0	3-6	1-4	0-0	+3
Aaron Holiday	13	5	0	0	0	0	0	2-5	1-4	0-0	+4
Dorian Finney-Smith	11	6	3	1	0	0	1	2-5	2-5	0-0	+6
Team		99	46	25	10	4	10	33-75	14-40	19-25

DNP: Clint Capela, JD Davison, Jeff Green, Jae'Sean Tate, Steven Adams (injury), Kevin Durant (injury), Fred VanVleet (injury)

Los Angeles Lakers

Player	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
LeBron JamesSF	39	25	3	7	2	0	2	9-20	0-6	7-10	-5
Rui HachimuraPF	37	12	4	0	1	0	1	5-11	2-3	0-0	+5
Deandre AytonC	38	18	17	0	0	2	1	9-14	0-0	0-0	+2
Marcus SmartSG	37	11	5	2	0	0	6	3-7	3-7	2-2	-7
Luke KennardPG	31	1	3	2	2	1	1	0-4	0-2	1-2	-3
Austin Reaves	34	22	4	6	0	1	3	4-16	2-8	12-13	-5
Jake LaRavia	9	2	2	1	0	1	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	-1
Jaxson Hayes	10	0	1	1	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	-8
Jarred Vanderbilt	6	2	2	0	0	0	0	1-3	0-1	0-0	-8
Team		93	51	19	5	5	15	32-76	7-27	22-27

DNP: Bronny James, Maxi Kleber, Dalton Knecht, Nick Smith Jr., Adou Thiero, Luka Dončić (injury)

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Lead tracker

Biggest lead · LAL: 11
Biggest lead · HOU: 13
Times tied: 3
Lead changes: 5
Longest run · HOU: 9

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How they entered this matchup

Travel tax: HOUBody clock: HOUNational TV

HOU is carrying the heavier travel load at 1,373 mi from its previous stop.
HOU is dealing with west-to-east pressure: -2h on the body clock and -2h of zone shift.
National TV puts extra weight on a matchup that already has real schedule context.

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Rest, travel, and body clock

Schedule spot	HOU	LAL
Days rest	2 days	2 days
Hours rest	72.5h	72.5h
Rest swing	0h	0h
Travel in	1,373 mi	1,373 mi edge
Zone change	-2h	-2h
Body clock	-2h	0h
Local tip	evening	evening
Segment	Road trip · 1 of 1	Homestand · 1 of 1
Miles before tip	0 mi	0 mi
Schedule alerts	—	—
Fatigue Index	4	1 edge

marks the side with the edge in that row.

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

How each side got here1,373 mi vs 1,373 mi

How each side got here

HOU

1,373 mi

Houston, TXLos Angeles, CA

HOU came from Houston, TX with 1,373 mi of travel and -2h of time-zone change.

Houston, TX to Los Angeles, CA

LAL

1,373 mi

Houston, TXLos Angeles, CA

LAL came from Houston, TX with 1,373 mi of travel and -2h of time-zone change.

Houston, TX to Los Angeles, CA

Where this game sitsroad 1 of 1 vs homestand 1 of 1

Where this game sits in the run

HOU

Road trip

HOU is on game 1 of 1 on the road, with 0 mi already behind it.

Game in segment1 of 1

Miles before tip0 mi

Segment miles1,373 mi

LAL

Homestand

LAL is in game 1 of 1 on this homestand.

Game in segment1 of 1

Miles before tip0 mi

Segment miles0 mi

Where it aired

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

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