53pts
Kobe Bryant
LALvsHOU
Mar 30, 2007
NBA head-to-headClassic Rivalry
Houston Rockets vs Los Angeles Lakers Head-to-Head
Los Angeles Lakers lead the all-time record 176-109 across 289 recorded meetings and 4 meetings without a final source score.
Matchup fact
The Los Angeles Lakers lead the playoff series 25-18 in 43 decided meetings.
By Erik AnderssonStats synced May 7, 2026HOU
109
vs
LAL
176
289 meetings4 scores unavailable
All-time
LAL lead 176-109
Recent form
HOU 3-7 over the latest 10
Last meeting
LAL won 98-78 on May 1, 2026
Closeness
67 wins separate the teams
Series context
The average winning margin is 10.8 points across decided games.
Recent Games
Last 10 Games
May 1, 26
HOU 78-98 LAL
LALApr 29, 26
LAL 93-99 HOU
HOUApr 26, 26
HOU 115-96 LAL
HOUApr 24, 26
HOU 108-112 LAL
LALApr 21, 26
LAL 101-94 HOU
LALApr 18, 26
LAL 107-98 HOU
LALMar 18, 26
HOU 116-124 LAL
LALMar 16, 26
HOU 92-100 LAL
LALDec 25, 25
LAL 96-119 HOU
HOUApr 11, 25
LAL 140-109 HOU
LAL| Date | Home | Away | Score | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 2026 | HOU | LAL | 78–98 | LAL |
| Apr 29, 2026 | LAL | HOU | 93–99 | HOU |
| Apr 26, 2026 | HOU | LAL | 115–96 | HOU |
| Apr 24, 2026 | HOU | LAL | 108–112 | LAL |
| Apr 21, 2026 | LAL | HOU | 101–94 | LAL |
| Apr 18, 2026 | LAL | HOU | 107–98 | LAL |
| Mar 18, 2026 | HOU | LAL | 116–124 | LAL |
| Mar 16, 2026 | HOU | LAL | 92–100 | LAL |
| Dec 25, 2025 | LAL | HOU | 96–119 | HOU |
| Apr 11, 2025 | LAL | HOU | 140–109 | LAL |
Last Meeting
May 1, 2026Final
HOU
78
HOME
LAL
98
AWAY
Lakerswon by20
Game 289 of all-time series
Matchup context
Los Angeles Lakers have won 7 of the latest 10 scored meetings. Los Angeles Lakers lead the complete decided record 176-109. The 10.8-point average margin is reported separately from both win records.
- History span
- 1967 to 2026
- 59 seasons
- Average margin
- 10.8 points
- Across decided games
- Playoff history
- 43
- 43 playoff meetings across 9 postseasons
All-Time Record
Win Percentage
109W
176W
HOU
LAL
38%62%
Houston RocketsLos Angeles Lakers
Season Split & Biggest Wins
Regular season vs playoff record, plus each team's largest margin of victory
Regular Season242 games
91
151
Playoffs43 games
18
25
Houston Rockets Biggest Win
134–95+39
Dec 7, 2016
Los Angeles Lakers Biggest Win
118–78+40
May 12, 2009Playoff
Decade Breakdown
Click a decade to filter stats below
Season by Season
| Season ↓ | HOU ↕ | LAL ↕ | Games ↕ |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–26 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 2024–25 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2023–24 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2022–23 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2021–22 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2020–21 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2019–20 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 2018–19 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2017–18 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2016–17 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Matchup Insights
Home / Away Split
AWAY
45-100
HOU
AWAY
76-64
LAL
Streaks & Momentum
Current Streak
Los Angeles Lakers won the most recent meeting
1
Avg. Margin of Victory
Games decided by 10.8 pts on average
10.8pts
Momentum (Last 10 vs All-Time)
HOU-Neutral
Last 1030%
All-Time38.2%
LAL-Neutral
Last 1070%
All-Time61.8%
Last 10 Results
HOU / LAL
Advanced Stats
1996-presentBased on 93 of 289 all-time meetings that have play-by-play dataOvertime History
Total OT Games
13
HOU OT Wins
5
LAL OT Wins
8
Biggest OT Game
148-142 on Dec 31, 2017 (2OT)
Largest Leads
HOU Biggest Leads
+42pts
May 12, 2009
#2:+39 pts·Mar 15, 2017
#3:+36 pts·Feb 19, 2014
LAL Biggest Leads
+42pts
Dec 7, 2016
#2:+31 pts·Mar 7, 1997
#3:+30 pts·Jan 12, 2021
Lead Changes
Most in a Game
20
Oct 20, 2018
Average per Game
6.2
per game
Times Tied
Most Ties in a Game
17
Apr 6, 2012
Average Ties per Game
5.1
per game
Attendance Records
Across covered games (1996+)
Highest
18,997
Nov 2, 2021
Lowest
4,087
May 12, 2021
Reduced capacity (COVID era)
Average
18,056
Shooting Percentages
Average per game, 1996 to 2023. Every bar uses the same 0 to 100% scale.
FG%
HOU44.3%
LAL45.5%
LAL +1.2 pp
3P%
HOU35.6%
LAL34.2%
HOU +1.4 pp
FT%
HOU76.1%
LAL73.3%
HOU +2.8 pp
TS%
HOU54.0%
LAL53.8%
HOU +0.2 pp
Top Scorers (1996-present)
Career points, games, and biggest single-game vs this opponent
HOU Top 15 Scorers
| Player | Pts | G | Avg | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Harden | 1013 | 32 | 31.7 | 51 |
| Yao Ming | 615 | 30 | 20.5 | 39 |
| Steve Francis | 447 | 21 | 21.3 | 44 |
| Cuttino Mobley | 402 | 28 | 14.4 | 29 |
| Eric Gordon | 361 | 23 | 15.7 | 30 |
| Charles Barkley | 304 | 14 | 21.7 | 33 |
| Luis Scola | 276 | 19 | 14.5 | 28 |
| Hakeem Olajuwon | 268 | 17 | 15.8 | 31 |
| Aaron Brooks | 262 | 16 | 16.4 | 34 |
| Trevor Ariza | 223 | 18 | 12.4 | 26 |
| Tracy McGrady | 182 | 9 | 20.2 | 30 |
| Maurice Taylor | 181 | 17 | 10.7 | 19 |
| Shane Battier | 179 | 21 | 8.5 | 23 |
| Russell Westbrook | 175 | 7 | 25.0 | 41 |
| Clint Capela | 163 | 14 | 11.6 | 19 |
LAL Top 15 Scorers
| Player | Pts | G | Avg | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kobe Bryant | 1732 | 68 | 25.5 | 53 |
| Shaquille O'Neal | 726 | 30 | 24.2 | 41 |
| LeBron James | 438 | 17 | 25.8 | 48 |
| Derek Fisher | 385 | 44 | 8.8 | 23 |
| Pau Gasol | 321 | 17 | 18.9 | 30 |
| Kyle Kuzma | 315 | 18 | 17.5 | 38 |
| Anthony Davis | 305 | 12 | 25.4 | 40 |
| Lamar Odom | 297 | 23 | 12.9 | 25 |
| Rick Fox | 267 | 27 | 9.9 | 30 |
| Andrew Bynum | 182 | 15 | 12.1 | 24 |
| Julius Randle | 176 | 12 | 14.7 | 32 |
| Kentavious Caldwell-Pope | 147 | 17 | 8.7 | 20 |
| Brandon Ingram | 142 | 9 | 15.8 | 27 |
| Jordan Farmar | 136 | 19 | 7.2 | 15 |
| Eddie Jones | 134 | 9 | 14.9 | 18 |
Biggest Individual Games (1996-present)
Single-game scoring highs in this matchup
53pts
Kobe Bryant
LALvsHOU
Dec 15, 2006
51pts
James Harden
HOUvsLAL
Dec 20, 2017
50pts
James Harden
HOUvsLAL
Dec 13, 2018
48pts
LeBron James
LALvsHOU
Jan 16, 2023
Rivalry Fingerprint
Focus or tap a row to compare the exact gap. Every value is an average from matched game-level records, not a projection.
Quarter scoring pulse
105 games with complete quarter lines
HOULAL
How they create points
86 games with complete style splits
Selected comparison
Fast-break points: HOU +2.3 points86 games
HOU highest-scoring quarter
Q1 · 25.4
LAL highest-scoring quarter
Q2 · 26.1
Widest fingerprint gap
HOU +2.3 fast-break points
Questions about this record: Houston Rockets vs Los Angeles Lakers
How is the Houston Rockets vs Los Angeles Lakers meeting total counted?
The source contains 289 recorded meetings. 285 meetings have a winner; 4 meetings have no final source score and do not count as a win. This is why the meeting total can be larger than the two win totals combined.
What is the Houston Rockets vs Los Angeles Lakers NBA playoff record?
The playoff subset contains 43 games: Houston Rockets have 18 wins and Los Angeles Lakers have 25. Those games are already included in the complete all-time total.
Methodology & Data Sources
Last updated
Every head-to-head record on SharkBetting is computed from scored game logs. Regular-season and playoff results come from the balldontlie API and historical records cross-checked against basketball-reference.com. All-time records, recent form, postseason splits, margins, streaks, decades, and seasons are calculated from the same listed results. Records without a final score are excluded from decided-game statistics.
Stats are refreshed after completed game days when new source data is available. Each page's Last updated date shows when its underlying data was actually synced. If you spot an error, head to our contact page with the game date and we will verify against the source feeds.
Pre-1996 game scores partially derived from the nbadb dataset by Wyatt Walsh, distributed under CC BY-SA 4.0.