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Rockets beat Lakers 99-93 in Game 5, avoiding playoff elimination for the 2nd straight game

— Jabari Smith Jr. scored 22 points, Tari Eason added 18 and the Houston Rockets avoided playoff elimination for the second straight game with a 99-93 victory over the Lakers in Game 5 on Wednesday night, trimming Los Angeles' lead in the first-round...
Apr 30, 2026, 04:02 pm - AP

Probabilities & Game Flow

100%
--HOU
0%
--LAL

According to ESPN Analytics

Shot Chart

Shot Chart
  • Marcus Smart makes 27-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
  • Jabari Smith Jr. makes 10-foot pullup jump shot (Reed Sheppard assists)
  • Jabari Smith Jr. misses 22-foot three point jumper
  • Deandre Ayton misses 14-foot pullup jump shot
  • Tari Eason makes 3-foot two point shot
  • Reed Sheppard misses 28-foot three point jumper
  • Marcus Smart makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Marcus Smart makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Alperen Sengun misses 8-foot fade away jump shot
  • Rui Hachimura misses 17-foot pullup jump shot
  • LeBron James misses 28-foot three point jumper
  • Alperen Sengun makes 9-foot two point shot (Amen Thompson assists)
  • Rui Hachimura makes 2-foot running dunk (LeBron James assists)
  • Marcus Smart makes 26-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
  • Jabari Smith Jr. makes 26-foot three pointer (Alperen Sengun assists)
  • LeBron James misses driving layup
  • Deandre Ayton misses tip in dunk
  • Amen Thompson misses driving layup
  • Amen Thompson misses 22-foot three point jumper
  • Deandre Ayton makes alley oop layup (Marcus Smart assists)
  • Reed Sheppard misses 29-foot three point jumper
  • Rui Hachimura misses 8-foot two point shot
  • Deandre Ayton makes tip shot
  • Jabari Smith Jr. misses 25-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Alperen Sengun makes tip shot
  • Deandre Ayton makes 4-foot layup (Austin Reaves assists)
  • Luke Kennard misses 27-foot running jump shot
  • Jabari Smith Jr. makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Jabari Smith Jr. makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Austin Reaves makes 30-foot three pointer
  • Josh Okogie makes driving layup (Alperen Sengun assists)
  • Rui Hachimura misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Aaron Holiday misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Tari Eason misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Austin Reaves makes driving layup (Jaxson Hayes assists)
  • Amen Thompson misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Amen Thompson misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Austin Reaves makes free throw 1 of 3
  • Austin Reaves makes free throw 2 of 3
  • Austin Reaves makes free throw 3 of 3
  • Austin Reaves misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • LeBron James makes two point shot (Jake LaRavia assists)
  • Amen Thompson makes 22-foot three point jumper (Jabari Smith Jr. assists)
  • LeBron James makes alley oop layup (Austin Reaves assists)
  • Tari Eason makes two point shot (Dorian Finney-Smith assists)
  • Tari Eason makes free throw 1 of 1
  • LeBron James misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • LeBron James misses 18-foot fade away jump shot
  • Dorian Finney-Smith makes 26-foot three point jumper (Amen Thompson assists)
  • Marcus Smart misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Jabari Smith Jr. makes 26-foot three point jumper (Amen Thompson assists)
  • Austin Reaves misses driving layup
  • Dorian Finney-Smith misses 25-foot running jump shot
  • LeBron James misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Aaron Holiday misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Jarred Vanderbilt makes running layup (Austin Reaves assists)
  • Jabari Smith Jr. misses 15-foot pullup jump shot
  • LeBron James makes 16-foot jumper (Austin Reaves assists)
  • Dorian Finney-Smith makes 24-foot three point jumper (Alperen Sengun assists)
  • Jarred Vanderbilt misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Amen Thompson makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Amen Thompson makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Rui Hachimura makes 16-foot pullup jump shot (LeBron James assists)
  • Reed Sheppard makes 26-foot three pointer
  • Rui Hachimura misses 14-foot turnaround jump shot
  • Deandre Ayton misses 2-foot tip shot
  • Reed Sheppard misses 23-foot running jump shot
  • Reed Sheppard makes 3-foot two point shot
  • LeBron James makes free throw 1 of 2
  • LeBron James makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Jabari Smith Jr. misses 33-foot three point jumper
  • Josh Okogie makes 26-foot three point jumper (Reed Sheppard assists)
  • Deandre Ayton makes 9-foot jumper (Austin Reaves assists)
  • Amen Thompson makes 1-foot dunk (Josh Okogie assists)
  • Marcus Smart makes 27-foot three pointer
  • Tari Eason misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Luke Kennard misses running pullup jump shot
  • Alperen Sengun misses driving layup
  • Amen Thompson makes running layup (Tari Eason assists)
  • Austin Reaves makes 28-foot three pointer
  • Alperen Sengun makes driving layup
  • Tari Eason misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Tari Eason makes two point shot (Josh Okogie assists)
  • Jabari Smith Jr. misses 15-foot step back jumpshot
  • Rui Hachimura makes 27-foot three point jumper (Austin Reaves assists)
  • Tari Eason makes 23-foot three point jumper (Reed Sheppard assists)
  • Austin Reaves misses 15-foot pullup jump shot
  • Tari Eason makes 3-foot dunk (Alperen Sengun assists)
  • Austin Reaves makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Austin Reaves makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Jabari Smith Jr. misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Austin Reaves makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Austin Reaves makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Reed Sheppard makes 29-foot three point jumper (Alperen Sengun assists)
  • Amen Thompson misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Austin Reaves misses driving layup
  • Tari Eason makes 26-foot running jump shot (Jabari Smith Jr. assists)
  • LeBron James misses 19-foot jumper
  • Amen Thompson misses 13-foot pullup jump shot
  • Jabari Smith Jr. misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Jabari Smith Jr. makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Marcus Smart misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • LeBron James makes 7-foot turnaround jump shot
  • Jabari Smith Jr. makes 6-foot fade away jump shot (Alperen Sengun assists)
  • Reed Sheppard misses 28-foot running jump shot
  • Austin Reaves makes free throw flagrant 1 of 2
  • Austin Reaves misses free throw flagrant 2 of 2
  • Rui Hachimura misses 15-foot pullup jump shot
  • Jabari Smith Jr. makes 27-foot running pullup jump shot (Reed Sheppard assists)
  • Rui Hachimura makes 3-foot two point shot (LeBron James assists)
  • Alperen Sengun misses 11-foot turnaround jump shot
  • Marcus Smart misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Amen Thompson misses 12-foot two point shot
  • LeBron James misses free throw 1 of 2
  • LeBron James makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Josh Okogie misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • LeBron James makes 15-foot two point shot
  • LeBron James misses free throw 1 of 2
  • LeBron James makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Aaron Holiday makes 5-foot driving floating jump shot (Alperen Sengun assists)
  • Austin Reaves misses 7-foot fade away jump shot
  • Deandre Ayton makes tip shot
  • Alperen Sengun makes 11-foot two point shot
  • Deandre Ayton makes driving layup (LeBron James assists)
  • Aaron Holiday misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Aaron Holiday makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jabari Smith Jr. assists)
  • Alperen Sengun makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Alperen Sengun makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Luke Kennard misses driving floating jump shot
  • Jabari Smith Jr. misses 30-foot running jump shot
  • Josh Okogie misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Luke Kennard makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Luke Kennard misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Josh Okogie makes 1-foot dunk (Amen Thompson assists)
  • LeBron James misses layup
  • Jake LaRavia makes 2-foot layup (LeBron James assists)
  • Dorian Finney-Smith misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Austin Reaves makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Austin Reaves makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Dorian Finney-Smith misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Marcus Smart misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Amen Thompson makes 23-foot three point jumper (Reed Sheppard assists)
  • Austin Reaves misses two point shot
  • Jabari Smith Jr. makes 26-foot three point jumper (Alperen Sengun assists)
  • LeBron James makes 4-foot driving floating jump shot
  • Jabari Smith Jr. misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Jabari Smith Jr. makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Deandre Ayton makes 5-foot two point shot (Marcus Smart assists)
  • Austin Reaves misses running pullup jump shot
  • Austin Reaves misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • LeBron James makes free throw 1 of 2
  • LeBron James misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Amen Thompson misses 27-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Rui Hachimura misses 19-foot pullup jump shot
  • Amen Thompson makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Amen Thompson makes free throw 2 of 2
  • LeBron James misses 5-foot turnaround jump shot
  • Reed Sheppard misses driving floating jump shot
  • Alperen Sengun makes 13-foot two point shot (Reed Sheppard assists)
  • LeBron James makes free throw 1 of 2
  • LeBron James makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Josh Okogie misses 22-foot three point jumper
  • LeBron James makes running layup
  • Rui Hachimura makes 26-foot running jump shot (Luke Kennard assists)
  • Tari Eason misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Tari Eason makes free throw 2 of 2
  • LeBron James misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Reed Sheppard misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Austin Reaves misses 3-foot two point shot
  • Deandre Ayton makes two point shot
  • Amen Thompson misses 11-foot two point shot
  • LeBron James makes driving layup (Luke Kennard assists)
  • Reed Sheppard makes 15-foot pullup jump shot
  • Reed Sheppard makes 3-foot running dunk
  • LeBron James makes driving layup
  • Tari Eason makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Tari Eason makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Austin Reaves misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Alperen Sengun makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Alperen Sengun makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Austin Reaves makes driving layup
  • Tari Eason misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Austin Reaves makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Austin Reaves makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Amen Thompson misses 13-foot jumper
  • LeBron James misses 30-foot running jump shot
  • Austin Reaves misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Deandre Ayton makes tip in dunk
  • Amen Thompson misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Amen Thompson makes free throw 2 of 2
  • LeBron James misses 28-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Jabari Smith Jr. makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Jabari Smith Jr. makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Austin Reaves misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
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