W|L 45-37
78 - 97
W|L 56-26
Attendance: 18,997
Playoff W|L 1-4
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | FNL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOU | 27 | 21 | 48 | 9 | 21 | 30 | 78 |
| LAL | 24 | 23 | 47 | 25 | 25 | 50 | 97 |
Playoff W|L 4-1
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 1-4
Apr. 17 2004HOU@LAL71 - 72
Apr. 19 2004HOU@LAL84 - 98
Apr. 23 2004LAL@HOU91 - 102
Apr. 25 2004LAL@HOU92 - 88
Apr. 28 2004HOU@LAL78 - 97
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Jim Jackson | 34 | 42.0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.67 | .294 | .235 | 17 |
| 2. | Steve Francis | 40 | 39.2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1.25 | .200 | .400 | 16 |
| 3. | Cuttino Mobley | 25 | 36.4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | .500 | .167 | 16 |
| 4. | Kelvin Cato | 25 | 33.2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .500 | 5 |
| 5. | Yao Ming | 30 | 32.3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .500 | 10 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Maurice Taylor | 20 | 22.3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1.50 | .000 | .250 | 8 |
| 2. | Boštjan Nachbar | 10 | 14.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | 2.00 | 4 |
| 3. | Mark Jackson | 6 | 12.4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 | 1.00 | .000 | 0 |
| 4. | Scott Padgett | 5 | 5.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .500 | .000 | 2 |
| 5. | Mike Wilks | 2 | 2.7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 6. | Clarence Weatherspoon | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 7. | Eric Piatkowski | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 197 | 240 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 0.59 | .235 | .324 | 78 | |
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Kobe Bryant | 38 | 40.9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10.00 | .190 | .286 | 31 |
| 2. | Shaquille O'Neal | 33 | 40.1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1.25 | .000 | .154 | 12 |
| 3. | Karl Malone | 40 | 32.2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1.67 | .000 | .714 | 18 |
| 4. | Gary Payton | 14 | 22.8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3.00 | .250 | .250 | 5 |
| 5. | Devean George | 13 | 20.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .600 | .400 | 7 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Derek Fisher | 17 | 25.2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.50 | .333 | .111 | 6 |
| 2. | Kareem Rush | 9 | 23.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | .600 | .000 | 2 |
| 3. | Stanislav Medvedenko | 16 | 18.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | 1.00 | 12 |
| 4. | Luke Walton | 2 | 6.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 5. | Rick Fox | 5 | 4.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| 6. | Brian Cook | 3 | 2.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| 7. | Bryon Russell | 2 | 2.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 192 | 240 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 2.58 | .179 | .346 | 97 |