Western Conference·First Round
Los Angeles Lakers
Lakers
#453–29
4
Series winnerLAL
Houston Rockets
Rockets
#552–30
2

Series Trajectory

Best of 7
GAME 7
HOU0
LAL0

Team Comparison

Series · 6 games
LAL
HOU
107.5
ORTG
102.7
102.7
DRTG
107.7
+4.8
NET
-5.0

Four Factors

LAL
HOU
54.4%
EFG%
46.9%
17.4%
TOV%
13.3%
25.0%
OREB%
29.3%
35.0%
FTR%
28.8%

Series Averages

6 of 6 games
per-game
PlayerGPMINPTSTS%REBASTSTLBLKTOVFGMFGA3PM3PAFTMFTAFG%3P%FT%
LeBron James
638.523.253.0%7.28.31.30.34.38.018.51.55.05.77.743.2%30.0%73.9%
Kevin Durant
141.023.072.1%6.04.01.01.09.07.012.01.04.08.09.058.3%25.0%88.9%
Alperen Sengun
638.820.351.9%10.24.71.81.33.07.716.50.21.34.87.046.5%12.5%69.0%
Amen Thompson
644.219.255.3%7.05.72.01.22.57.014.30.31.34.86.848.8%25.0%70.7%
Austin Reaves
232.518.551.2%3.54.00.02.02.55.515.01.06.06.57.036.7%16.7%92.9%
Jabari Smith Jr.
641.817.554.4%8.51.81.00.71.05.514.23.28.53.34.338.8%37.3%76.9%
Rui Hachimura
638.515.866.2%3.81.21.00.70.86.311.72.84.80.30.754.3%58.6%50.0%
Marcus Smart
635.214.763.2%3.85.52.71.73.74.39.32.24.83.85.246.4%44.8%74.2%
Tari Eason
632.513.858.7%6.71.72.50.70.85.210.81.75.01.82.247.7%33.3%84.6%
Luke Kennard
636.212.558.3%4.23.01.00.22.04.29.31.74.02.53.244.6%41.7%78.9%
Reed Sheppard
632.212.240.7%1.04.72.20.82.04.514.72.79.00.50.730.7%29.6%75.0%
Deandre Ayton
631.211.861.4%10.81.00.21.01.75.38.80.00.01.21.860.4%—63.6%
Jaxson Hayes
616.04.867.5%2.70.50.31.20.71.52.30.00.21.82.864.3%0.0%64.7%
Josh Okogie
617.34.856.0%2.30.81.20.00.51.84.20.82.20.30.344.0%38.5%100.0%
Dalton Knecht
25.04.082.0%2.00.00.00.00.01.02.01.02.01.01.050.0%50.0%100.0%
Jake LaRavia
615.03.844.9%2.70.80.30.81.31.33.80.20.81.01.034.8%20.0%100.0%
Jarred Vanderbilt
513.03.644.3%4.40.40.40.00.21.63.80.21.60.20.642.1%12.5%33.3%
Nick Smith Jr.
33.72.744.4%0.00.00.00.30.31.03.00.71.70.00.033.3%40.0%—
Aaron Holiday
611.22.736.4%0.30.50.30.20.51.03.70.72.50.00.027.3%26.7%—
Adou Thiero
25.02.575.3%0.50.00.00.00.51.01.00.00.00.51.5100.0%—33.3%
Jae'Sean Tate
56.02.039.6%2.00.00.20.00.00.62.00.00.80.81.230.0%0.0%66.7%
Bronny James
56.82.055.6%0.61.00.20.00.60.81.80.41.20.00.044.4%33.3%—
Dorian Finney-Smith
412.32.026.9%2.00.30.30.30.50.53.50.52.80.50.514.3%18.2%100.0%
Clint Capela
45.51.537.5%1.80.30.00.30.30.82.00.00.00.00.037.5%——
JD Davison
22.51.0113.6%1.00.50.00.01.00.00.00.00.01.01.0——100.0%
Maxi Kleber
17.01.056.8%1.02.01.00.00.00.00.00.00.01.02.0——50.0%
Jeff Green
25.00.00.0%0.00.00.00.00.50.01.00.00.50.00.00.0%0.0%—

Matchups

6 of 6 playoff gamesmatchup data can be messy!
AT
Amen Thompson
faced LAL defenders across 468 possessions
DefenderPOSSPTSeFG%PTS/75FTAASTTOV
R. Hachimura136.81936%10.44124
M. Smart109.9727%4.8454
L. Kennard61.22377%28.2463
L. James46.8738%11.2250
D. Ayton30.62054%49.0742
J. LaRavia26.0425%11.5002
J. Vanderbilt22.8767%23.0330
A. Reaves22.3630%20.2410
B. James5.76100%78.9200
A. Thiero2.7250%55.6000
Total464.810145%16.3303615

The total Pts/75 may not be accurate, but this is the implied total from the nba matchup data.

There are possessions where no one is counted as guarding the player that aren't being picked up by the matchup data.

Data via nba.com.

databallr
Top 12 by DARKO·darko.app
Lakers
DARKORANK
Rockets
  • L. James
    SF·+1.31
    LJ
    #1
    KD
    K. Durant
    SF·+3.17
  • A. Reaves
    PG·+1.02
    AR
    #2
    AT
    A. Thompson
    SG·+1.23
  • M. Smart
    SG·+0.98
    MS
    #3
    AŞ
    A. Şengün
    C·+1.19
  • J. Vanderbilt
    PF·+0.63
    JV
    #4
    CC
    C. Capela
    C·+0.90
  • D. Ayton
    C·+0.17
    DA
    #5
    TE
    T. Eason
    SF·+0.64
  • J. Hayes
    C·+0.07
    JH
    #6
    JO
    J. Okogie
    SG·+0.11
  • L. Kennard
    SG·-0.47
    LK
    #7
    RS
    R. Sheppard
    PG·+0.02
  • J. LaRavia
    SF·-0.67
    JL
    #8
    JS
    J. Smith Jr.
    PF·-0.02
  • R. Hachimura
    SF·-1.08
    RH
    #9
    JD
    J. Davison
    PG·-0.99
  • D. Knecht
    SF·-1.18
    DK
    #10
    DF
    D. Finney-Smith
    SF·-1.06
  • M. Kleber
    PF·-1.22
    MK
    #11
    AH
    A. Holiday
    SG·-1.17
  • A. Thiero
    PF·-1.77
    AT
    #12
    JT
    J. Tate
    PF·-1.63
Bracket