5 Houston Rockets vs 4 Los Angeles Lakers
Game 1 · Playoffs First Round
FINAL · Crypto.com Arena Los Angeles, CA ABC
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8/10
Rockets 98, Lakers 107 – LAL lead 1-0
Kennard scores 27, LeBron leads Lakers to surprising 107-98 win over Rockets in playoff opener ESPN
Luke Kennard scored a career playoff-high 27 points, LeBron James had 19 points and 13 assists, and the short-handed Los Angeles Lakers capitalized on Kevin Durant's injury absence for a 107-98 victory over the Houston Rockets in the opener of their first-round playoff series on Saturday night.
| HOU | Pts | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | OR | DR | PF | FG | 3Pt | FT | +/- | Min |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 A. Sengun | 19 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6/19 | 0/2 | 7/9 | -2 | 36 |
| 1 A. Thompson | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 7/18 | 0/1 | 3/6 | 0 | 43 |
| 15 R. Sheppard | 17 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6/20 | 5/14 | 0/0 | -7 | 36 |
| 10 J. Smith Jr. | 16 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 5/14 | 3/9 | 3/5 | -7 | 43 |
| 20 J. Okogie | 7 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2/4 | 1/2 | 2/2 | -10 | 26 |
| 17 T. Eason | 16 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 7/7 | 2/2 | 0/1 | -6 | 24 |
| 8 J. Tate | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1/5 | 0/1 | 2/2 | -5 | 10 |
| 30 C. Capela | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 0/0 | -7 | 11 |
| 0 A. Holiday | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0/4 | 0/2 | 0/0 | -1 | 11 |
| DNP: S. Adams, J. Green, D. Finney-Smith, K. Durant, J. Davison, F. VanVleet | ||||||||||||||
| LAL | Pts | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | OR | DR | PF | FG | 3Pt | FT | +/- | Min |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 L. Kennard | 27 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 9/13 | 5/5 | 4/6 | 7 | 38 |
| 23 L. James | 19 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 9/15 | 1/2 | 0/2 | 11 | 38 |
| 5 D. Ayton | 19 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 8/10 | 0/0 | 3/3 | 7 | 35 |
| 36 M. Smart | 15 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5/12 | 1/5 | 4/8 | -5 | 34 |
| 28 R. Hachimura | 14 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6/10 | 2/4 | 0/0 | 7 | 42 |
| 12 J. LaRavia | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1/3 | 0/1 | 4/4 | 9 | 18 |
| 11 J. Hayes | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 2/3 | 2 | 13 |
| 2 J. Vanderbilt | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 4 | 18 |
| 9 B. James | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 3 | 4 |
| DNP: L. Dončić, A. Thiero, N. Smith Jr., D. Knecht, M. Kleber, A. Reaves | ||||||||||||||
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