The Los Angeles Lakers lost to the Houston Rockets, 111 to 107, in Game 1 of the 1981 First Round on April 1, 1981.
Final
Rockets
Lakers
FG Made - Attempted
46-101
42-84
Field Goal %
45.5
50.0
3PT Made - Attempted
0-0
0-2
3PT %
0.0
FT Made - Attempted
19-24
23-32
Free Throw %
79.2
71.9
Rebounds
55
46
Offensive Rebounds
22
11
Defensive Rebounds
33
35
Assists
31
28
Steals
6
6
Blocks
6
7
Turnovers
11
12
Personal Fouls
24
19
Starters
| NAME | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FG | FG% | 3PT | 3P% | FT | FT% | TS% | OREB | DREB | TOV | PF | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M. Malone | 46 | 38 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15-34 | 44.1 | 0-0 | 8-10 | 80.0 | 49.5 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 3 | ||
R. Reid | 42 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5-13 | 38.5 | 0-0 | 3-6 | 50.0 | 41.6 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 3 | ||
B. Paultz | 35 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7-13 | 53.8 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 100.0 | 55.8 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 5 | ||
M. Dunleavy | 19 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3-6 | 50.0 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 100.0 | 58.1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
T. Henderson | 18 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3-6 | 50.0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
Bench
| NAME | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FG | FG% | 3PT | 3P% | FT | FT% | TS% | OREB | DREB | TOV | PF | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
C. Murphy | 30 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9-17 | 52.9 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 100.0 | 54.5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||
A. Leavell | 28 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2-8 | 25.0 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 100.0 | 33.8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
B. Willoughby | 20 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2-4 | 50.0 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 100.0 | 61.5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | ||
C. Garrett | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Starters
| NAME | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FG | FG% | 3PT | 3P% | FT | FT% | TS% | OREB | DREB | TOV | PF | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
K. Abdul-Jabbar | 44 | 21 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 9-19 | 47.4 | 0-0 | 3-6 | 50.0 | 48.5 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 5 | ||
N. Nixon | 42 | 22 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9-16 | 56.3 | 0-0 | 4-5 | 80.0 | 60.4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||
J. Wilkes | 42 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6-14 | 42.9 | 0-0 | 4-7 | 57.1 | 46.8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
M. Johnson | 41 | 26 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10-21 | 47.6 | 0-0 | 6-7 | 85.7 | 54.0 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 4 | ||
J. Chones | 29 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5-7 | 71.4 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 66.7 | 72.1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 |
Bench
| NAME | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FG | FG% | 3PT | 3P% | FT | FT% | TS% | OREB | DREB | TOV | PF | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M. Cooper | 25 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3-6 | 50.0 | 0-2 | 0.0 | 4-4 | 100.0 | 64.4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
M. Landsberger | 14 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-1 | 0.0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0.0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | |||
J. Brewer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
B. Holland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
E. Jordan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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ORTG
112.3
17th
DRTG
114.9
20th
NETRTG
-2.7
19th
3P%
34.4
22nd
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