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April 18, 2026 · crypto.com Arena
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Houston Rockets vs Los Angeles Lakers · April 18, 2026

The Los Angeles Lakers beat the Houston Rockets 107-98 on Saturday, April 18, 2026 at home. Luke Kennard led the Lakers with 27 points. Alperen Sengun led the Rockets with 19 points and 8 rebounds. The Lakers are 53-29 and the Rockets 52-30.

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Top performers · fantasy points · tap for shot chart

LeBron JamesLAL · 19 pts · 8 reb · 13 ast23.5 Tari EasonHOU · 16 pts · 10 reb · 2 ast21.9 Deandre AytonLAL · 19 pts · 11 reb · 2 ast17.1 Luke KennardLAL · 27 pts · 4 reb · 3 ast17.0 Amen ThompsonHOU · 17 pts · 7 reb · 7 ast14.2 Rui HachimuraLAL · 14 pts · 2 reb · 0 ast12.9

Shot charts

Rockets · 35/93 FG

Q1 10:59 · Amen Thompson makes driving layup Q1 10:27 · Amen Thompson misses driving floating jump shot Q1 7:57 · Marcus Smart blocks Amen Thompson 's 2-foot driving layup Q1 3:19 · Amen Thompson misses 16-foot step back jumpshot Q2 8:36 · Amen Thompson makes 4-foot driving floating jump shot (Reed Sheppard assists) Q2 5:51 · LeBron James blocks Amen Thompson 's 1-foot driving layup Q2 51.2 · Marcus Smart blocks Amen Thompson 's 7-foot running layup Q2 8.7 · Amen Thompson makes 8-foot driving floating jump shot Q3 8:06 · Amen Thompson misses 19-foot jumper Q3 7:18 · Amen Thompson makes 12-foot jumper (Alperen Sengun assists) Q3 6:10 · Amen Thompson misses driving layup Q3 2:16 · Amen Thompson makes tip shot Q3 1:08 · Jake LaRavia blocks Amen Thompson 's 3-foot running layup Q3 29.6 · Amen Thompson makes 11-foot driving floating jump shot Q4 10:03 · Amen Thompson misses 24-foot three point jumper Q4 4:31 · Rui Hachimura blocks Amen Thompson 's 3-foot driving layup Q4 2:29 · Amen Thompson misses two point shot Q4 1:40 · Amen Thompson makes 3-foot dunk (Alperen Sengun assists) Q1 9:53 · Reed Sheppard misses 26-foot three point step back jumpshot Q1 5:42 · Reed Sheppard makes 11-foot pullup jump shot Q1 5:15 · Reed Sheppard makes 26-foot three point jumper (Amen Thompson assists) Q2 8:01 · Reed Sheppard misses 25-foot three point jumper Q2 7:34 · Reed Sheppard makes 26-foot three point jumper (Amen Thompson assists) Q2 6:58 · Reed Sheppard misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot Q2 5:19 · Reed Sheppard misses 17-foot pullup jump shot Q2 1:22 · Reed Sheppard misses 25-foot running jump shot Q3 11:41 · Reed Sheppard makes 27-foot three point jumper (Amen Thompson assists) Q3 11:01 · Reed Sheppard misses 31-foot three point jumper Q3 6:24 · Reed Sheppard misses two point shot Q3 5:32 · Reed Sheppard misses driving floating jump shot Q3 4:26 · Reed Sheppard misses two point shot Q4 11:20 · Reed Sheppard makes 28-foot three point jumper (Amen Thompson assists) Q4 9:38 · Reed Sheppard misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot Q4 8:04 · Reed Sheppard misses 6-foot two point shot Q4 1:23 · Deandre Ayton blocks Reed Sheppard 's 26-foot three point step back jumpshot Q4 1:20 · Reed Sheppard misses 26-foot three point jumper Q4 50.2 · Reed Sheppard makes 26-foot three point jumper (Tari Eason assists) Q4 36.6 · Reed Sheppard misses 28-foot three point pullup jump shot Q1 9:38 · Jabari Smith Jr. misses 28-foot three point step back jumpshot Q1 8:19 · Jabari Smith Jr. makes 24-foot three point jumper (Amen Thompson assists) Q1 3:58 · Jabari Smith Jr. makes 24-foot three point jumper (Reed Sheppard assists) Q1 2:14 · Jabari Smith Jr. misses layup Q1 2:00 · Jabari Smith Jr. makes 14-foot pullup jump shot Q2 4:48 · Rui Hachimura blocks Jabari Smith Jr. 's 2-foot driving layup Q2 2:46 · Jabari Smith Jr. misses running pullup jump shot Q3 10:53 · Jabari Smith Jr. misses 26-foot three point jumper Q3 10:15 · Jabari Smith Jr. misses 11-foot two point shot Q3 8:59 · Jabari Smith Jr. makes 23-foot three point jumper (Josh Okogie assists) Q4 5:05 · Jabari Smith Jr. misses 28-foot three point jumper Q4 3:57 · Jabari Smith Jr. misses 25-foot three point jumper Q4 3:54 · Jabari Smith Jr. misses 23-foot three point jumper Q4 1:18 · Jabari Smith Jr. makes tip in dunk Q1 8:37 · Alperen Sengun misses 9-foot two point shot Q1 7:24 · Alperen Sengun makes 13-foot two point shot Q1 6:18 · Alperen Sengun makes driving layup (Amen Thompson assists) Q1 1:24 · Alperen Sengun misses 3-foot two point shot Q1 48.8 · Alperen Sengun makes 1-foot layup (Amen Thompson assists) Q2 10:53 · Alperen Sengun misses 2-foot two point shot Q2 4:41 · Alperen Sengun misses 16-foot two point shot Q2 3:13 · Alperen Sengun misses 9-foot two point shot Q2 1:39 · Alperen Sengun misses driving layup Q2 1:36 · Alperen Sengun misses two point shot Q3 9:31 · Alperen Sengun misses 3-foot two point shot Q3 2:18 · Alperen Sengun misses 13-foot two point shot Q3 1:22 · Jaxson Hayes blocks Alperen Sengun 's 6-foot two point shot Q4 7:38 · Alperen Sengun makes 5-foot two point shot Q4 7:03 · Alperen Sengun misses 6-foot two point shot Q4 6:42 · Alperen Sengun makes 1-foot driving dunk (Reed Sheppard assists) Q4 2:48 · Alperen Sengun misses 30-foot three point jumper Q4 2:19 · Alperen Sengun makes driving layup (Reed Sheppard assists) Q4 54.5 · Alperen Sengun misses 27-foot three point jumper Q1 6:50 · Josh Okogie makes 27-foot three point jumper (Alperen Sengun assists) Q2 2:31 · Josh Okogie makes 2-foot dunk (Alperen Sengun assists) Q3 8:33 · Josh Okogie misses layup Q3 7:47 · Josh Okogie misses 26-foot running jump shot Q1 4:33 · Clint Capela makes 4-foot two point shot (Reed Sheppard assists) Q2 5:49 · Clint Capela misses two point shot Q1 1:22 · Aaron Holiday misses 25-foot three point jumper Q1 58.3 · Aaron Holiday misses 24-foot three point jumper Q2 9:14 · Aaron Holiday misses driving floating jump shot Q3 1:41 · Aaron Holiday misses driving floating jump shot Q2 11:34 · Jae'Sean Tate misses 23-foot three point jumper Q3 4:25 · Jae'Sean Tate misses tip shot Q3 4:23 · Jae'Sean Tate misses tip shot Q3 4:13 · Jae'Sean Tate makes running layup (Tari Eason assists) Q3 2:55 · Jae'Sean Tate misses 4-foot two point shot Q3 3:39 · Tari Eason makes 5-foot driving floating jump shot Q4 8:36 · Tari Eason makes 24-foot three point jumper (Reed Sheppard assists) Q4 5:51 · Tari Eason makes 23-foot running jump shot (Reed Sheppard assists) Q4 4:29 · Tari Eason makes two point shot Q4 3:22 · Tari Eason makes driving layup (Alperen Sengun assists) Q4 2:06 · Tari Eason makes 3-foot running dunk (Alperen Sengun assists) Q4 15.8 · Tari Eason makes running layup (Reed Sheppard assists)
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Lakers · 40/66 FG

Q1 11:20 · Deandre Ayton makes 4-foot two point shot (Marcus Smart assists) Q1 7:45 · Deandre Ayton makes 13-foot jumper (LeBron James assists) Q1 4:57 · Deandre Ayton makes 7-foot alley oop dunk (LeBron James assists) Q2 7:14 · Deandre Ayton makes 5-foot floating jump shot (Marcus Smart assists) Q2 4:24 · Deandre Ayton makes 5-foot alley oop dunk (Marcus Smart assists) Q3 10:37 · Deandre Ayton misses two point shot Q3 10:35 · Deandre Ayton makes tip shot Q4 3:31 · Deandre Ayton misses 6-foot two point shot Q4 1:48 · Deandre Ayton makes 2-foot floating jump shot (LeBron James assists) Q4 1:04 · Deandre Ayton makes reverse layup (Marcus Smart assists) Q1 10:39 · Luke Kennard makes 21-foot jumper (LeBron James assists) Q1 5:58 · Luke Kennard makes 4-foot two point shot (LeBron James assists) Q1 4:14 · Luke Kennard makes 28-foot three point jumper (Jake LaRavia assists) Q1 3:38 · Amen Thompson blocks Luke Kennard 's 2-foot layup Q1 3:11 · Luke Kennard makes 10-foot running pullup jump shot (LeBron James assists) Q1 1:43 · Luke Kennard makes 14-foot fade away jump shot (Jake LaRavia assists) Q2 6:03 · Luke Kennard misses 20-foot fade away jump shot Q2 2.5 · Luke Kennard misses driving floating jump shot Q3 6:54 · Luke Kennard makes 25-foot three point jumper (Marcus Smart assists) Q4 9:21 · Luke Kennard makes 27-foot three point jumper (Deandre Ayton assists) Q4 7:58 · Luke Kennard makes 26-foot three pointer Q4 6:25 · Luke Kennard makes 27-foot three point jumper (Deandre Ayton assists) Q4 5:58 · Luke Kennard misses driving layup Q1 10:06 · Rui Hachimura makes 18-foot pullup jump shot (Marcus Smart assists) Q1 7:09 · Rui Hachimura makes 25-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists) Q2 6:41 · Rui Hachimura makes 14-foot turnaround jump shot (LeBron James assists) Q2 3:39 · Rui Hachimura misses 20-foot step back jumpshot Q3 8:24 · Rui Hachimura makes 24-foot three point jumper (Luke Kennard assists) Q3 7:55 · Alperen Sengun blocks Rui Hachimura 's 3-foot layup Q4 11:43 · Rui Hachimura misses 23-foot three point jumper Q4 10:57 · Rui Hachimura makes 15-foot step back jumpshot (LeBron James assists) Q4 9:51 · Rui Hachimura makes 18-foot pullup jump shot (Luke Kennard assists) Q4 6:55 · Rui Hachimura misses 26-foot three point jumper Q1 9:24 · LeBron James makes 21-foot step back jumpshot Q1 8:04 · LeBron James makes 13-foot fade away jump shot (Marcus Smart assists) Q1 1.9 · LeBron James misses 10-foot two point shot Q2 11:11 · LeBron James makes 21-foot jumper Q2 9:38 · LeBron James misses driving floating jump shot Q2 9:00 · LeBron James misses driving floating jump shot Q2 31.4 · LeBron James misses 28-foot three point jumper Q3 9:55 · LeBron James makes 1-foot two point shot Q3 5:52 · LeBron James makes 1-foot two point shot Q3 4:37 · LeBron James misses 15-foot two point shot Q4 8:21 · LeBron James makes 27-foot three pointer Q4 4:43 · LeBron James makes 6-foot two point shot Q4 4:13 · LeBron James misses 6-foot two point shot Q4 2:57 · LeBron James makes 9-foot two point shot Q4 42.1 · LeBron James makes layup (Luke Kennard assists) Q1 8:55 · Marcus Smart misses 27-foot three point jumper Q1 8:31 · Marcus Smart makes running layup (LeBron James assists) Q1 6:29 · Marcus Smart misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot Q2 5:31 · Marcus Smart makes 13-foot fade away jump shot Q2 2:52 · Marcus Smart misses driving layup Q2 1:52 · Marcus Smart makes driving layup Q3 11:10 · Marcus Smart misses 28-foot three point jumper Q3 10:39 · Marcus Smart misses 4-foot two point shot Q3 7:37 · Marcus Smart misses 26-foot three point jumper Q3 2:32 · Marcus Smart makes 2-foot layup (Jake LaRavia assists) Q3 1:59 · Marcus Smart misses 11-foot pullup jump shot Q4 5:29 · Marcus Smart makes 26-foot three point step back jumpshot (LeBron James assists) Q1 5:25 · Jake LaRavia makes driving layup (LeBron James assists) Q3 4:47 · Reed Sheppard blocks Jake LaRavia 's 3-foot layup Q3 9.7 · Jake LaRavia misses 25-foot three point jumper Q1 2:31 · Jaxson Hayes makes layup (Marcus Smart assists) Q2 10:38 · Jarred Vanderbilt makes 23-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists) Q2 7:44 · Jarred Vanderbilt misses 25-foot three point jumper
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Houston Rockets box score

PlayerMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOFG3PTFTPF+/-FP
Jabari Smith Jr. › 4316120201 5-143-93-51-712.8
Amen Thompson › 431777312 7-180-13-64014.2
Alperen Sengun › 361986113 6-190-27-95-210.8
Reed Sheppard › 361718114 6-205-140-02-75.0
Josh Okogie › 26701200 2-41-22-22-108.2
Tari Eason › 2416102301 7-72-20-14-621.9
Clint Capela › 11220001 1-20-00-00-70.1
Aaron Holiday › 11000001 0-40-20-02-1-5.1
Jae'Sean Tate › 10440100 1-50-12-22-53.9
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Los Angeles Lakers box score

PlayerMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOFG3PTFTPF+/-FP
Rui Hachimura › 421420322 6-102-40-03+712.9
LeBron James › 3819813212 9-151-20-23+1123.5
Luke Kennard › 382743003 9-135-54-61+717.0
Deandre Ayton › 3519112013 8-100-03-31+717.1
Marcus Smart › 341528125 5-121-54-84-58.3
Jarred Vanderbilt › 18350000 1-21-20-05+44.5
Jake LaRavia › 18623111 1-30-14-42+99.1
Jaxson Hayes › 13410011 1-10-02-34+23.5
Bronny James › 4000001 0-00-00-02+3-1.5
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Rotation · who was on the floor, quarter by quarter

Houston Rockets
Q1Q2Q3Q4
MIN
A. Thompson S
43
J. Smith Jr. S
43
A. Sengun S
36
R. Sheppard S
36
J. Okogie S
26
T. Eason
24
C. Capela
11
A. Holiday
11
J. Tate
10
Los Angeles Lakers
Q1Q2Q3Q4
MIN
R. Hachimura S
42
L. James S
38
L. Kennard S
38
D. Ayton S
35
M. Smart S
34
J. Vanderbilt
18
J. LaRavia
18
J. Hayes
13
B. James
4

Bars show when each player was on the court (hover or tap for the exact clock). S = starter. Rebuilt from the play-by-play substitutions.

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