Houston Rockets @ Los Angeles Lakers
West 1st Round - Game 2 • LAL lead series 2-0
52-30, 22-19 Away
94
52-30, 22-19 Away
53-29, 28-13 Home
101
53-29, 28-13 Home
Shot Chart
Shot Made
Shot Missed
- Alperen Sengun misses running layup
- Jabari Smith Jr. makes 23-foot three point jumper (Alperen Sengun assists)
- Marcus Smart misses two point shot
- Josh Okogie misses 25-foot three point jumper
- LeBron James makes two point shot
- Amen Thompson makes 6-foot fade away jump shot (Jabari Smith Jr. assists)
- Marcus Smart makes driving layup
- Marcus Smart makes free throw 1 of 1
- LeBron James misses free throw 1 of 2
- LeBron James makes free throw 2 of 2
- Josh Okogie misses layup
- Josh Okogie makes tip shot
- Rui Hachimura misses 25-foot running jump shot
- Kevin Durant makes 11-foot pullup jump shot
- Marcus Smart makes 27-foot three pointer (LeBron James assists)
- Alperen Sengun misses 7-foot floating jump shot
- Marcus Smart makes 27-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
- Kevin Durant makes 16-foot pullup jump shot
- Marcus Smart misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Kevin Durant makes 26-foot running pullup jump shot
- LeBron James misses 29-foot three point jumper
- Alperen Sengun misses 7-foot two point shot
- Amen Thompson makes 1-foot dunk (Tari Eason assists)
- Marcus Smart makes 24-foot three point jumper (Luke Kennard assists)
- Alperen Sengun makes 8-foot two point shot (Amen Thompson assists)
- Luke Kennard makes 20-foot pullup jump shot (Deandre Ayton assists)
- Amen Thompson makes 3-foot two point shot
- LeBron James makes 15-foot two point shot
- Alperen Sengun misses 8-foot two point shot
- Kevin Durant makes free throw 1 of 2
- Kevin Durant makes free throw 2 of 2
- Luke Kennard makes 10-foot fade away jump shot
- Kevin Durant makes 12-foot pullup jump shot (Reed Sheppard assists)
- Luke Kennard makes 26-foot three pointer (Marcus Smart assists)
- Clint Capela misses 2-foot reverse layup
- Tari Eason misses tip shot
- Clint Capela misses tip shot
- Tari Eason misses tip shot
- Tari Eason makes tip shot
- Luke Kennard makes 26-foot running pullup jump shot (Jarred Vanderbilt assists)
- Jaxson Hayes makes free throw 1 of 2
- Jaxson Hayes misses free throw 2 of 2
- Kevin Durant misses 18-foot two point shot
- Luke Kennard misses 27-foot running jump shot
- Jaxson Hayes makes free throw 1 of 2
- Jaxson Hayes makes free throw 2 of 2
- Tari Eason misses 26-foot jump bank shot
- LeBron James makes free throw 1 of 2
- LeBron James misses free throw 2 of 2
- Marcus Smart makes tip shot
- Amen Thompson misses 34-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Jabari Smith Jr. misses 8-foot pullup jump shot
- LeBron James makes 27-foot running pullup jump shot
- LeBron James makes 27-foot three point jumper
- Jabari Smith Jr. misses 28-foot three point jumper
- Jabari Smith Jr. makes 26-foot three pointer (Alperen Sengun assists)
- Aaron Holiday misses 25-foot running jump shot
- Bronny James misses driving floating jump shot
- Jarred Vanderbilt misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Alperen Sengun makes 7-foot two point shot
- Deandre Ayton misses dunk
- Jae'Sean Tate misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Aaron Holiday misses 28-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Jabari Smith Jr. misses 23-foot three point jumper
- LeBron James misses 28-foot three point jumper
- Aaron Holiday misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Luke Kennard misses running pullup jump shot
- Rui Hachimura makes 26-foot three point jumper (Marcus Smart assists)
- Jabari Smith Jr. misses 11-foot jumper
- Rui Hachimura misses 8-foot turnaround jump shot
- Reed Sheppard misses driving floating jump shot
- Reed Sheppard misses 30-foot three point jumper
- Luke Kennard makes running layup
- Jabari Smith Jr. misses 22-foot pullup jump shot
- Deandre Ayton makes 1-foot alley oop dunk (Marcus Smart assists)
- Jabari Smith Jr. makes 23-foot three point jumper (Reed Sheppard assists)
- Marcus Smart makes 27-foot three point jumper (Rui Hachimura assists)
- Amen Thompson makes free throw 1 of 2
- Amen Thompson makes free throw 2 of 2
- Alperen Sengun makes two point shot (Amen Thompson assists)
- Deandre Ayton misses layup
- Reed Sheppard misses running pullup jump shot
- Kevin Durant makes 5-foot jumper
- Amen Thompson misses driving layup
- Kevin Durant makes 9-foot driving floating jump shot (Reed Sheppard assists)
- Kevin Durant makes free throw 1 of 1
- Marcus Smart misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Tari Eason makes 23-foot three point jumper (Amen Thompson assists)
- LeBron James misses 21-foot jumper
- Kevin Durant makes free throw 1 of 2
- Kevin Durant makes free throw 2 of 2
- Luke Kennard misses 28-foot three point jumper
- Rui Hachimura makes 22-foot three point jumper (Jaxson Hayes assists)
- Josh Okogie misses 25-foot three point jumper
- LeBron James makes free throw 1 of 2
- LeBron James makes free throw 2 of 2
- Kevin Durant makes free throw 1 of 2
- Kevin Durant makes free throw 2 of 2
- LeBron James misses 14-foot turnaround jump shot
- Jabari Smith Jr. misses free throw 1 of 2
- Jabari Smith Jr. makes free throw 2 of 2
- LeBron James misses 15-foot two point shot
- LeBron James misses 9-foot two point shot
- Jaxson Hayes misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Jabari Smith Jr. misses dunk
- Jabari Smith Jr. makes dunk (Amen Thompson assists)
- Deandre Ayton misses 9-foot floating jump shot
- Jabari Smith Jr. misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Jabari Smith Jr. makes two point shot (Amen Thompson assists)
- Luke Kennard makes 26-foot running jump shot (LeBron James assists)
- Alperen Sengun misses 30-foot three point jumper
- Deandre Ayton makes driving dunk (LeBron James assists)
- Alperen Sengun misses 7-foot two point shot
- LeBron James misses free throw 1 of 2
- LeBron James makes free throw 2 of 2
- Amen Thompson makes driving dunk (Alperen Sengun assists)
- LeBron James makes dunk (Marcus Smart assists)
- Amen Thompson makes 10-foot pullup jump shot
- Deandre Ayton makes 1-foot alley oop dunk (LeBron James assists)
- Kevin Durant misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Rui Hachimura makes 25-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
- Kevin Durant makes free throw 1 of 2
- Kevin Durant misses free throw 2 of 2
- LeBron James misses driving floating jump shot
- Luke Kennard misses 10-foot pullup jump shot
- Jabari Smith Jr. makes running layup
- Jake LaRavia misses driving floating jump shot
- Jabari Smith Jr. misses running pullup jump shot
- Marcus Smart makes 9-foot two point shot
- Rui Hachimura makes dunk (Luke Kennard assists)
- Alperen Sengun makes driving layup (Kevin Durant assists)
- Tari Eason misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Marcus Smart misses driving floating jump shot
- Alperen Sengun makes 1-foot running dunk
- Luke Kennard makes free throw 1 of 2
- Luke Kennard makes free throw 2 of 2
- Reed Sheppard misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Amen Thompson makes free throw 1 of 2
- Amen Thompson misses free throw 2 of 2
- Alperen Sengun misses free throw 1 of 2
- Alperen Sengun makes free throw 2 of 2
- LeBron James makes free throw 1 of 2
- LeBron James makes free throw 2 of 2
- Tari Eason misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Tari Eason misses driving layup
- LeBron James misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Tari Eason misses 27-foot running jump shot
- LeBron James misses two point shot
- Alperen Sengun misses 5-foot two point shot
- Jaxson Hayes makes layup (LeBron James assists)
- Jaxson Hayes makes free throw 1 of 1
- Amen Thompson makes 4-foot layup (Alperen Sengun assists)
- Amen Thompson makes free throw 1 of 1
- Kevin Durant misses 17-foot pullup jump shot
- Jarred Vanderbilt misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Alperen Sengun misses driving layup
- Alperen Sengun makes two point shot
- Luke Kennard makes driving layup
- Josh Okogie makes driving layup (Kevin Durant assists)
- LeBron James makes two point shot
- LeBron James misses free throw 1 of 2
- LeBron James makes free throw 2 of 2
- Rui Hachimura misses 25-foot running jump shot
- Tari Eason makes driving layup (Amen Thompson assists)
- LeBron James misses 9-foot two point shot
- Jabari Smith Jr. makes running layup (Amen Thompson assists)
- Luke Kennard makes 11-foot pullup jump shot (Marcus Smart assists)
- Rui Hachimura misses two point shot
- Josh Okogie makes 23-foot running jump shot (Kevin Durant assists)
- LeBron James makes driving layup
- Kevin Durant misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Jake LaRavia misses 24-foot three point jumper
- LeBron James makes free throw 1 of 2
- LeBron James makes free throw 2 of 2
- Tari Eason misses driving layup
- Tari Eason misses tip shot
- Alperen Sengun makes 6-foot two point shot (Kevin Durant assists)
- Alperen Sengun makes free throw 1 of 1
- Rui Hachimura makes 17-foot step back jumpshot (Marcus Smart assists)
- Kevin Durant misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Tari Eason misses driving layup
- Alperen Sengun misses 6-foot two point shot
- Marcus Smart misses free throw 1 of 2
- Marcus Smart makes free throw 2 of 2
- Kevin Durant makes 5-foot two point shot (Amen Thompson assists)
- Marcus Smart makes 23-foot three point jumper (Rui Hachimura assists)
- Tari Eason makes 23-foot three point jumper (Alperen Sengun assists)
- Marcus Smart makes free throw 1 of 2
- Marcus Smart makes free throw 2 of 2
- Alperen Sengun makes dunk
- LeBron James misses two point shot
- LeBron James makes dunk (Marcus Smart assists)
- Alperen Sengun makes 3-foot reverse layup (Amen Thompson assists)
- Rui Hachimura misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Luke Kennard makes free throw 1 of 2
- Luke Kennard makes free throw 2 of 2
- Jabari Smith Jr. misses 33-foot three point pullup jump shot
Shot Made
Shot Missed
PLAYS
Win %: LAL, 50.7
Win %: HOU, 50.8
Win %: HOU, 51.3
Win %: LAL, 50.2
Win %: HOU, 51.3
Win %: HOU, 56.5
Win %: HOU, 58.6
Win %: HOU, 59.3
Win %: HOU, 57.3
Win %: HOU, 59.3
Win %: HOU, 56.6
Win %: HOU, 54.6
Win %: HOU, 56.6
Win %: HOU, 54.6
Win %: LAL, 50.1
Win %: HOU, 51.6
Win %: LAL, 50.8
Win %: LAL, 54.7
Win %: LAL, 52.9
Win %: LAL, 50.8
Win %: LAL, 50.8
Win %: LAL, 52.9
Win %: LAL, 50.8
Win %: HOU, 51.7
Win %: HOU, 54.1
HOU @ LAL Videos
LeBron cuts for emphatic dunk in final minute of Lakers' Game 2 win
LeBron takes Smith Jr. 1-on-1 to the rim for layup
KD finds Sengun for clutch and-1 with under 5 minutes left
Matchups
Game Information
Los Angeles, CA
Referee:Courtney Kirkland
Referee:Josh Tiven
Referee:Justin Van Duyne
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 |
NBA News
Marcus Smart's breakout game helps Lakers go up 2-0 on Rockets
The Rockets had Kevin Durant back for Game 2 of their first-round matchup Tuesday. But the Lakers had Marcus Smart guard him in their 101-94 win to take a 2-0 series lead.
3m
Cleveland visits Toronto with 2-0 series lead
Cleveland Cavaliers (52-30, fourth in the Eastern Conference) vs. Toronto Raptors (46-36, fifth in the Eastern Conference)
2h
Minnesota, Denver meet with series tied 1-1
Denver Nuggets (54-28, third in the Western Conference) vs. Minnesota Timberwolves (49-33, sixth in the Western Conference)
2h