W|L 45-37
71 - 72
W|L 56-26
Attendance: 18,997
Playoff W|L 0-1
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | FNL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOU | 18 | 16 | 34 | 17 | 20 | 37 | 71 |
| LAL | 20 | 20 | 40 | 9 | 23 | 32 | 72 |
Playoff W|L 1-0
Season Head To Head
W|L 2-2
Dec. 25 2003HOU@LAL99 - 87
Feb. 11 2004LAL@HOU87 - 102
Mar. 03 2004LAL@HOU96 - 93
Apr. 01 2004HOU@LAL85 - 93
Playoff Match Up
W|L 0-1
Apr. 17 2004HOU@LAL71 - 72
Apr. 19 2004HOU@LAL-| - |-
Apr. 23 2004LAL@HOU-| - |-
Apr. 25 2004LAL@HOU-| - |-
Apr. 28 2004HOU@LAL-| - |-
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Jim Jackson | 35 | 46.4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.50 | .368 | .000 | 11 |
| 2. | Cuttino Mobley | 33 | 44.5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.43 | .231 | .000 | 10 |
| 3. | Steve Francis | 42 | 43.8 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.71 | .143 | .571 | 18 |
| 4. | Yao Ming | 33 | 38.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1.50 | .000 | .182 | 10 |
| 5. | Kelvin Cato | 18 | 25.9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .143 | 6 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Maurice Taylor | 21 | 17.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .429 | 11 |
| 2. | Clarence Weatherspoon | 12 | 10.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .667 | 3 |
| 3. | Mark Jackson | 3 | 5.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| 4. | Scott Padgett | 4 | 4.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 5. | Boštjan Nachbar | 4 | 3.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 6. | Eric Piatkowski | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 7. | Mike Wilks | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 205 | 240 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0.65 | .158 | .211 | 71 | |
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Shaquille O'Neal | 58 | 45.1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.60 | .000 | .824 | 20 |
| 2. | Kobe Bryant | 36 | 43.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | .211 | .421 | 16 |
| 3. | Karl Malone | 35 | 38.4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1.00 | .000 | .143 | 7 |
| 4. | Gary Payton | 21 | 34.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.00 | .400 | .200 | 11 |
| 5. | Rick Fox | 8 | 20.7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 | .667 | .000 | 0 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Kareem Rush | 8 | 21.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.00 | .000 | 6 |
| 2. | Derek Fisher | 8 | 13.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .500 | 1.00 | 5 |
| 3. | Devean George | 6 | 11.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .500 | .000 | 3 |
| 4. | Stanislav Medvedenko | 11 | 8.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 4 |
| 5. | Luke Walton | 5 | 3.8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 6. | Brian Cook | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 7. | Bryon Russell | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 196 | 240 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 1.40 | .197 | .368 | 72 | |