The Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Houston Rockets, 72 to 71, in Game 1 of the 2004 First Round on April 17, 2004.

2003-04 Los Angeles Lakers

Final

HOU

Rockets

0-1

71

LAL

Lakers

1-0

72

Team

1

18

20

2

16

20

3

17

9

4

20

23

Total

71

72

Team Stats

Player Stats

Rockets

Lakers

FG Made - Attempted

29-76

25-76

Field Goal %

38.2

32.9

3PT Made - Attempted

2-12

6-15

3PT %

16.7

40.0

FT Made - Attempted

11-16

16-28

Free Throw %

68.8

57.1

Rebounds

51

41

Offensive Rebounds

12

13

Defensive Rebounds

39

28

Assists

13

21

Steals

8

11

Blocks

5

4

Turnovers

20

15

Personal Fouls

22

20

Rockets

Lakers

Starters

NAME	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG	3PT	FT	TOV	PF	+/-	OREB	DREB	FG%	3P%	FT%
Jim Jackson	46	11	12	1	3	0	5-19	1-7	0-0	2	1	+1	1	11	26.3	14.3
Cuttino Mobley	44	10	7	3	1	2	5-13	0-3	0-0	7	3	0	1	6	38.5	0.0
Steve Francis	43	18	9	5	1	0	6-14	1-2	5-8	7	3	+4	2	7	42.9	50.0	62.5
Yao Ming	37	10	11	3	0	1	4-11	0-0	2-2	2	6	-5	3	8	36.4		100.0
Kelvin Cato	27	6	5	0	1	2	3-7	0-0	0-1	1	2	+7	2	3	42.9		0.0

Bench

NAME	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG	3PT	FT	TOV	PF	+/-	OREB	DREB	FG%	3P%	FT%
Maurice Taylor	16	11	4	1	0	0	4-7	0-0	3-3	0	5	0	2	2	57.1		100.0
Clarence Weatherspoon	11	3	3	0	0	0	1-3	0-0	1-2	0	1	-6	1	2	33.3		50.0
Mark Jackson	6	2	0	0	1	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	-7	0	0	100.0
Bostjan Nachbar	5	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	-1	0	0	0.0
Scott Padgett	5	0	0	0	1	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	1	+2	0	0

Starters

NAME	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG	3PT	FT	TOV	PF	+/-	OREB	DREB	FG%	3P%	FT%
Shaquille O'Neal	45	20	17	3	0	2	8-17	0-0	4-14	5	4	+4	8	9	47.1		28.6
Kobe Bryant	43	16	5	6	5	0	4-19	1-4	7-8	0	2	+2	1	4	21.1	25.0	87.5
Karl Malone	38	7	11	4	3	0	3-14	0-0	1-2	4	3	0	2	9	21.4		50.0
Gary Payton	35	11	3	4	2	0	4-10	1-4	2-2	2	2	-4	0	3	40.0	25.0	100.0
Rick Fox	20	0	2	2	0	0	0-3	0-2	0-0	2	1	-1	0	2	0.0	0.0

Bench

NAME	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG	3PT	FT	TOV	PF	+/-	OREB	DREB	FG%	3P%	FT%
Kareem Rush	22	6	0	1	0	1	2-3	2-3	0-0	0	2	+1	0	0	66.7	66.7
Derek Fisher	13	5	0	0	0	0	1-2	1-1	2-2	1	1	+4	0	0	50.0	100.0	100.0
Devean George	12	3	2	0	1	1	1-2	1-1	0-0	0	0	+1	1	1	50.0	100.0
Stanislav Medvedenko	8	4	1	0	0	0	2-4	0-0	0-0	0	4	-6	1	0	50.0
Luke Walton	4	0	0	1	0	0	0-2	0-0	0-0	1	1	+4	0	0	0.0

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More Lakers Stats

Team Leaders

PPG

30.5

Davis

Anthony Davis

RPG

15.8

Davis

Anthony Davis

APG

9.0

James

LeBron James

Team Rankings

ORTG

115.9

15th

DRTG

115.3

16th

NETRTG

0.6

19th

3P%

37.7

8th

2023-24 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
5	Mavericks	50	32	.610	7.0
6	Suns	49	33	.598	8.0
7	Lakers	47	35	.573	10.0
8	Pelicans	49	33	.598	8.0
9	Kings	46	36	.561	11.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Mon 4/29	LAL	@	DEN	10:00 PM
Thu 5/2	DEN	@	LAL	1:00 PM
Sat 5/4	LAL	@	DEN	1:00 PM

Last Game

LAL

1-3

119

Final

108

DEN

3-1

Sat 27 Apr 2024

NBA 2023-24 Leaders

Playoff PPG Leaders

35.0

Embiid

Joel Embiid

33.0

Brunson

Jalen Brunson

32.3

Lillard

Damian Lillard

Playoff RPG Leaders

15.8

Davis

Anthony Davis

15.3

Jokic

Nikola Jokic

13.8

Allen

Jarrett Allen

Playoff APG Leaders

12.0

Haliburton

Tyrese Haliburton

10.0

Jokic

Nikola Jokic

9.0

Brunson

Jalen Brunson

Playoff SPG Leaders

2.3

Edwards

Anthony Edwards

2.3

Caldwell-Pope

Kentavious Caldwell-Pope

2.0

James

LeBron James

Playoff BPG Leaders

3.7

Holmgren

Chet Holmgren

2.3

Mobley

Evan Mobley

2.0

Porzingis

Kristaps Porzingis

Playoff 3PM Leaders

5.3

Lillard

Damian Lillard

4.3

Harden

James Harden

4.0

Irving

Kyrie Irving

Playoff TS% Leaders

80.5

Gobert

Rudy Gobert

73.1

Harden

James Harden

71.6

White

Derrick White

NBA 2023-24 Rankings

Playoff ORtg Rankings

Timberwolves

123.9

Celtics

120.1

Knicks

117.3

Pacers

117.1

76ers

116.2

Thunder

115.8

Playoff DRtg Rankings

Thunder

96.2

Magic

97.3

Timberwolves

104.8

Cavaliers

107.2

Celtics

108.8

Clippers

111.2

Playoff NetRtg Rankings

Thunder

19.7

Timberwolves

19.1

Celtics

11.3

Magic

9.9

Nuggets

2.4

Pacers

1.7

Playoff Tank Leaderboard

Pelicans

0-3

Suns

0-3

76ers

1-3

Lakers

1-3

Heat

1-2

Bucks

1-2

NBA 2023-24 Betting

Best Record ATS

Magic

53-33

Mavericks

50-36

76ers

50-37

Thunder

48-36-1

Rockets

45-35-2

Celtics

44-37-4

Worst Record ATS

Hawks

29-54

34-48

Suns

36-48-1

Bucks

37-48

Raptors

36-46

Nets

34-44-4

NBA 2023-24 Conference Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Celtics	64	18	.780
2	Knicks	50	32	.610	14.0
3	Bucks	49	33	.598	15.0
4	Cavaliers	48	34	.585	16.0
5	Magic	47	35	.573	17.0
6	Pacers	47	35	.573	17.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder	57	25	.695
2	Nuggets	57	25	.695
3	Timberwolves	56	26	.683	1.0
4	Clippers	51	31	.622	6.0
5	Mavericks	50	32	.610	7.0
6	Suns	49	33	.598	8.0

NBA 2023-24 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Sat 4/27	NYK	@	PHI	97-92
Sat 4/27	LAC	@	DAL	116-111
Fri 4/26	OKC	@	NOP	106-85
Fri 4/26	BOS	@	MIA	104-84
Fri 4/26	DEN	@	LAL	108-119

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 4/28	MIL	@	IND	7:00 PM
Sun 4/28	MIN	@	PHX	9:30 PM
Mon 4/29	BOS	@	MIA	7:30 PM
Mon 4/29	OKC	@	NOP	8:30 PM
Mon 4/29	LAL	@	DEN	10:00 PM