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LeBron scores 28, leads short-handed Lakers past Durant's Rockets again 101-94 for 2-0 series lead

— LeBron James had 28 points, eight rebounds and seven assists, and the short-handed Los Angeles Lakers outlasted the Houston Rockets for a 101-94 victory Tuesday night and a stunning 2-0 lead in their first-round playoff series.
Apr 22, 2026, 06:26 am - AP

Probabilities & Game Flow

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--HOU
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--LAL

According to ESPN Analytics

Shot Chart

Shot Chart
  • 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
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