Houston Rockets @ Los Angeles Lakers
West Semifinals - Game 5 • LAL win series 4-1
44-28, 20-16 Away
96
44-28, 20-16 Away
52-19, 25-10 Home
119
52-19, 25-10 Home
Shot Chart
Shot Made
Shot Missed
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 24-foot three point jumper (Anthony Davis assists)
- P.J. Tucker misses two point shot
- Danny Green misses 23-foot three point jumper
- James Harden makes driving layup (Robert Covington assists)
- Markieff Morris makes 24-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
- P.J. Tucker misses 24-foot three point jumper
- LeBron James makes driving layup
- P.J. Tucker misses hook shot
- Danny Green makes 26-foot running pullup jump shot (Anthony Davis assists)
- Robert Covington misses two point shot
- P.J. Tucker misses tip shot
- LeBron James makes dunk
- Russell Westbrook misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Russell Westbrook makes driving layup (P.J. Tucker assists)
- LeBron James makes driving layup
- LeBron James makes free throw 1 of 2
- LeBron James makes free throw 2 of 2
- Eric Gordon makes 31-foot three pointer (James Harden assists)
- Danny Green misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Russell Westbrook misses driving layup
- Markieff Morris makes 24-foot three point jumper (Kentavious Caldwell-Pope assists)
- James Harden misses 27-foot step back jumpshot
- LeBron James makes 25-foot step back jumpshot
- LeBron James misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Jeff Green makes 1-foot two point shot (Eric Gordon assists)
- James Harden makes driving layup
- Kyle Kuzma makes 25-foot three point jumper (Rajon Rondo assists)
- Jeff Green misses layup
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 25-foot three point jumper (Kyle Kuzma assists)
- Austin Rivers misses free throw 2 of 2
- Austin Rivers misses free throw 1 of 2
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes layup (Anthony Davis assists)
- Austin Rivers misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Alex Caruso makes 1-foot layup (Anthony Davis assists)
- Kyle Kuzma misses 23-foot three point shot
- James Harden misses 26-foot step back jumpshot
- James Harden makes 26-foot three point jumper (Austin Rivers assists)
- Austin Rivers makes three point jumper (Russell Westbrook assists)
- Kyle Kuzma makes layup (LeBron James assists)
- Ben McLemore misses three point jumper
- LeBron James misses 28-foot three point jumper
- Ben McLemore makes 23-foot three point jumper (Russell Westbrook assists)
- Ben McLemore makes 25-foot three point jumper (Russell Westbrook assists)
- James Harden makes two point shot
- James Harden makes technical free throw
- Russell Westbrook makes 9-foot pullup jump shot
- LeBron James makes 24-foot three point jumper (Rajon Rondo assists)
- James Harden makes step back jumpshot
- LeBron James misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Kyle Kuzma makes 5-foot layup (Alex Caruso assists)
- Markieff Morris makes dunk (LeBron James assists)
- Jeff Green misses 4-foot two point shot
- Eric Gordon misses 28-foot three point jumper
- LeBron James misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Russell Westbrook misses free throw 1 of 2
- Russell Westbrook misses free throw 2 of 2
- Talen Horton-Tucker makes 10-foot driving floating jump shot (LeBron James assists)
- Eric Gordon makes driving layup
- Robert Covington misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Talen Horton-Tucker misses two point shot
- Anthony Davis makes free throw 1 of 2
- Anthony Davis makes free throw 2 of 2
- James Harden makes driving layup
- James Harden misses 29-foot step back jumpshot
- Anthony Davis misses 8-foot two point shot
- Eric Gordon misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Russell Westbrook misses 20-foot pullup jump shot
- Robert Covington misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Robert Covington makes 24-foot three point jumper (P.J. Tucker assists)
- Markieff Morris makes 9-foot two point shot (Rajon Rondo assists)
- James Harden makes free throw 1 of 2
- James Harden makes free throw 2 of 2
- Danny Green makes 24-foot three pointer (LeBron James assists)
- Robert Covington makes 2-foot dunk (Russell Westbrook assists)
- Anthony Davis makes free throw 1 of 2
- Anthony Davis makes free throw 2 of 2
- P.J. Tucker makes two point shot (Russell Westbrook assists)
- Anthony Davis makes driving layup
- LeBron James makes free throw 1 of 2
- LeBron James makes free throw 2 of 2
- Russell Westbrook misses 26-foot three point jumper
- LeBron James misses two point shot
- Russell Westbrook makes driving dunk
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses three point jumper
- Kyle Kuzma makes free throw 1 of 2
- Kyle Kuzma makes free throw 2 of 2
- Austin Rivers misses three point jumper
- Austin Rivers misses 23-foot three point jumper
- LeBron James misses free throw 1 of 2
- LeBron James makes free throw 2 of 2
- James Harden makes driving layup
- LeBron James makes driving layup
- Ben McLemore makes three point jumper (James Harden assists)
- Alex Caruso misses 54-foot three point jumper
- P.J. Tucker makes three point jumper (James Harden assists)
- Markieff Morris makes 26-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
- P.J. Tucker makes 26-foot three point jumper (James Harden assists)
- LeBron James misses 26-foot step back jumpshot
- James Harden makes two point shot
- Markieff Morris makes 26-foot three point jumper (Danny Green assists)
- Russell Westbrook makes driving layup
- LeBron James makes 29-foot step back jumpshot
- Robert Covington misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Danny Green misses free throw 1 of 3
- Danny Green makes free throw 2 of 3
- Danny Green makes free throw 3 of 3
- Robert Covington misses layup
- Anthony Davis misses 15-foot two point shot
- Russell Westbrook misses two point shot
- Anthony Davis misses layup
- LeBron James makes two point shot
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes two point shot (Markieff Morris assists)
- Jeff Green misses layup
- Eric Gordon misses 4-foot jumper
- LeBron James makes 20-foot jumper
- James Harden misses 27-foot step back jumpshot
- Anthony Davis makes 5-foot two point shot (LeBron James assists)
- Jeff Green misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Eric Gordon misses 28-foot three point jumper
- LeBron James misses 22-foot jumper
- Anthony Davis misses 20-foot two point shot
- Rajon Rondo misses two point shot
- Anthony Davis makes dunk
- Jeff Green makes free throw 1 of 2
- Jeff Green makes free throw 2 of 2
- Kyle Kuzma misses 25-foot three point jumper
- James Harden makes 10-foot driving floating jump shot (Austin Rivers assists)
- Danny Green makes 23-foot three point jumper (Rajon Rondo assists)
- Ben McLemore misses 26-foot three point jumper
- P.J. Tucker misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Rajon Rondo misses two point shot
- James Harden makes tip shot
- Anthony Davis makes 12-foot two point shot
- James Harden makes 10-foot step back jumpshot
- Alex Caruso makes 25-foot three point jumper (Rajon Rondo assists)
- Russell Westbrook misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Anthony Davis misses 22-foot jumper
- Alex Caruso misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Danny Green makes 23-foot three point shot
- Anthony Davis misses free throw 1 of 2
- Anthony Davis makes free throw 2 of 2
- P.J. Tucker misses 28-foot three point jumper
- Kyle Kuzma makes 24-foot three point jumper (Markieff Morris assists)
- Jeff Green makes free throw 1 of 2
- Jeff Green makes free throw 2 of 2
- Eric Gordon misses layup
- Rajon Rondo makes 25-foot three point jumper (Markieff Morris assists)
- Jeff Green makes 25-foot three point jumper (James Harden assists)
- LeBron James misses 14-foot two point shot
- James Harden misses running pullup jump shot
- Rajon Rondo misses two point shot
- LeBron James makes free throw 1 of 2
- LeBron James makes free throw 2 of 2
- James Harden makes driving layup
- Kyle Kuzma makes free throw 1 of 2
- Kyle Kuzma makes free throw 2 of 2
- Jeff Green makes free throw 1 of 2
- Jeff Green makes free throw 2 of 2
- Russell Westbrook misses free throw 1 of 2
- Russell Westbrook makes free throw 2 of 2
- Jeff Green makes layup (Russell Westbrook assists)
- James Harden makes technical free throw
- LeBron James misses free throw 1 of 2
- LeBron James makes free throw 2 of 2
- Jeff Green misses three point jumper
- LeBron James misses 20-foot pullup jump shot
- Russell Westbrook misses driving layup
- James Harden misses 23-foot three point jumper
- James Harden misses driving layup
- Kyle Kuzma makes 23-foot three point jumper (Alex Caruso assists)
- P.J. Tucker misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Russell Westbrook misses free throw 1 of 2
- Russell Westbrook makes free throw 2 of 2
- Talen Horton-Tucker misses driving layup
- Russell Westbrook misses two point shot
- Talen Horton-Tucker makes three point jumper (Kyle Kuzma assists)
- Austin Rivers makes free throw 1 of 2
- Austin Rivers makes free throw 2 of 2
- Kyle Kuzma misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Austin Rivers makes two point shot
- Alex Caruso misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Dwight Howard makes free throw 1 of 2
- Dwight Howard misses free throw 2 of 2
- Chris Clemons misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Dwight Howard makes free throw 1 of 2
- Dwight Howard misses free throw 2 of 2
- Michael Frazier misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Chris Clemons makes 27-foot three point jumper (Michael Frazier assists)
- Talen Horton-Tucker misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Austin Rivers makes free throw 1 of 2
- Austin Rivers makes free throw 2 of 2
- Dwight Howard misses free throw 1 of 2
- Dwight Howard makes free throw 2 of 2
- Chris Clemons misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
- JR Smith misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
- JaVale McGee misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Austin Rivers misses 26-foot step back jumpshot
- Ben McLemore misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Talen Horton-Tucker makes driving layup
- Chris Clemons misses free throw 1 of 2
- Chris Clemons makes free throw 2 of 2
- Jared Dudley misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Ben McLemore misses 23-foot three point shot
- Talen Horton-Tucker makes driving layup
- Chris Clemons makes 26-foot step back jumpshot
- Chris Clemons misses 33-foot three point jumper
Shot Made
Shot Missed
PLAYS
Win %: LAL, 59.5
Win %: LAL, 57.6
Win %: LAL, 59.5
Win %: LAL, 66.2
Win %: LAL, 66.9
Win %: LAL, 64.9
Win %: LAL, 64.3
Win %: LAL, 62.4
Win %: LAL, 66.4
Win %: LAL, 68.4
Win %: LAL, 69.0
Win %: LAL, 71.3
Win %: LAL, 71.2
Win %: LAL, 72.8
Win %: LAL, 73.3
Win %: LAL, 77.3
Win %: LAL, 78.7
Win %: LAL, 77.3
Win %: LAL, 78.7
Win %: LAL, 79.1
Win %: LAL, 80.7
Win %: LAL, 80.7
Win %: LAL, 82.1
Win %: LAL, 80.8
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Game Information
Lake Buena Vista, FL
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Referee:Bill Kennedy
Referee:Eric Lewis
Referee:John Goble
2025-26 Standings
Western Conference
| Southwest | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Antonio | 62 | 20 | .756 | - | L1 |
| Houston | 52 | 30 | .634 | 10 | W1 |
| New Orleans | 26 | 56 | .317 | 36 | L2 |
| Dallas | 26 | 56 | .317 | 36 | W1 |
| Memphis | 25 | 57 | .305 | 37 | L8 |
| Pacific | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LA Lakers | 53 | 29 | .646 | - | W3 |
| Phoenix | 45 | 37 | .549 | 8 | W1 |
| LA Clippers | 42 | 40 | .512 | 11 | W1 |
| Golden State | 37 | 45 | .451 | 16 | L3 |
| Sacramento | 22 | 60 | .268 | 31 | L1 |
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