The Houston Rockets handily defeated the Los Angeles Lakers, 102 to 91, in Game 3 of the 2004 First Round on April 23, 2004.

2003-04 Houston Rockets

Final

LAL

Lakers

2-1

91

HOU

Rockets

1-2

102

Team

1

23

29

2

20

27

3

19

18

4

29

28

Total

91

102

Team Stats

Player Stats

Lakers

Rockets

FG Made - Attempted

36-83

37-77

Field Goal %

43.4

48.1

3PT Made - Attempted

5-14

9-16

3PT %

35.7

56.3

FT Made - Attempted

14-24

19-27

Free Throw %

58.3

70.4

Rebounds

42

49

Offensive Rebounds

12

10

Defensive Rebounds

30

39

Assists

23

21

Steals

9

1

Blocks

4

2

Turnovers

5

11

Personal Fouls

21

18

Lakers

Rockets

Starters

NAME	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG	3PT	FT	TOV	PF	+/-	OREB	DREB	FG%	3P%	FT%
Shaquille O'Neal	44	25	11	3	2	2	10-16	0-0	5-14	0	5	-11	4	7	62.5		35.7
Kobe Bryant	43	21	7	6	3	1	7-20	0-3	7-8	1	4	-12	3	4	35.0	0.0	87.5
Karl Malone	39	18	11	2	2	0	9-18	0-0	0-0	1	4	-11	2	9	50.0
Gary Payton	31	7	2	7	1	0	3-12	1-4	0-0	1	0	-11	0	2	25.0	25.0
Rick Fox	24	0	4	2	1	1	0-2	0-0	0-0	1	1	-4	1	3	0.0

Bench

NAME	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG	3PT	FT	TOV	PF	+/-	OREB	DREB	FG%	3P%	FT%
Derek Fisher	19	10	3	1	0	0	3-3	2-2	2-2	1	4	-1	1	2	100.0	100.0	100.0
Kareem Rush	18	6	1	0	0	0	2-6	2-3	0-0	0	0	-3	0	1	33.3	66.7
Luke Walton	13	2	1	2	0	0	1-5	0-2	0-0	0	2	0	0	1	20.0	0.0
Devean George	8	2	2	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	1	-2	1	1	100.0
Brian Cook	1	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0

Starters

NAME	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG	3PT	FT	TOV	PF	+/-	OREB	DREB	FG%	3P%	FT%
Cuttino Mobley	44	21	5	5	0	0	8-20	1-2	4-4	5	0	+10	1	4	40.0	50.0	100.0
Steve Francis	43	27	9	7	0	0	7-16	4-5	9-12	3	3	+13	0	9	43.8	80.0	75.0
Yao Ming	42	18	10	2	0	1	9-13	0-0	0-1	1	4	+7	3	7	69.2		0.0
Jim Jackson	39	11	10	5	0	0	4-11	3-6	0-0	0	2	+6	1	9	36.4	50.0
Kelvin Cato	27	4	8	0	1	1	2-2	0-0	0-2	0	2	+10	3	5	100.0		0.0

Bench

NAME	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG	3PT	FT	TOV	PF	+/-	OREB	DREB	FG%	3P%	FT%
Maurice Taylor	26	16	2	0	0	0	6-10	0-0	4-6	1	5	+7	1	1	60.0		66.7
Bostjan Nachbar	14	5	3	0	0	0	1-3	1-2	2-2	1	2	+4	1	2	33.3	50.0	100.0
Mark Jackson	5	0	2	2	0	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	0	0	-2	0	2	0.0	0.0

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More Rockets Stats

Team Leaders

PPG

21.1

Sengun

Alperen Sengun

RPG

9.3

Sengun

Alperen Sengun

APG

8.1

VanVleet

Fred VanVleet

Team Rankings

ORTG

114.5

20th

DRTG

113.4

9th

NETRTG

1.1

18th

3P%

35.2

23rd

2023-24 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
9	Kings	46	36	.561	11.0
10	Warriors	46	36	.561	11.0
11	Rockets	41	41	.500	16.0
12	Jazz	31	51	.378	26.0
13	Grizzlies	27	55	.329	30.0

Last Game

LAC

51-31

105

Final

116

HOU

41-41

Sun 14 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