The Los Angeles Lakers beat the Houston Rockets, 72 to 71, in Game 1 of the 2004 First Round on April 17, 2004.

Final

Rockets

0-1

71

Lakers

1-0

72

Team

HOU

LAL

Total

Team Stats

Player Stats

Rockets

Lakers

FG Made - Attempted

29-76

25-76

Field Goal %

38.2

32.9

3PT Made - Attempted

2-12

6-15

3PT %

16.7

40.0

FT Made - Attempted

11-16

16-28

Free Throw %

68.8

57.1

Rebounds

Offensive Rebounds

Defensive Rebounds

Assists

Steals

Blocks

Turnovers

Personal Fouls

Rockets

Lakers

Starters

NAME	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG	FG%	3PT	3P%	FT	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
Jim Jackson J. Jackson	46	11	12	1	3	0	5-19	26.3	1-7	14.3	0-0		28.9	1	11	2	1	+1
Cuttino Mobley C. Mobley	44	10	7	3	1	2	5-13	38.5	0-3	0.0	0-0		38.5	1	6	7	3	0
Steve Francis S. Francis	43	18	9	5	1	0	6-14	42.9	1-2	50.0	5-8	62.5	51.4	2	7	7	3	+4
Yao Ming Y. Ming	37	10	11	3	0	1	4-11	36.4	0-0		2-2	100.0	42.1	3	8	2	6	-5
Kelvin Cato K. Cato	27	6	5	0	1	2	3-7	42.9	0-0		0-1	0.0	40.3	2	3	1	2	+7

Bench

NAME	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	FG	FG%	3PT	FT	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
Maurice Taylor M. Taylor	16	11	4	1	0	4-7	57.1	0-0	3-3	100.0	66.1	2	2	0	5	0
Clarence Weatherspoon C. Weatherspoon	11	3	3	0	0	1-3	33.3	0-0	1-2	50.0	38.7	1	2	0	1	-6
Mark Jackson M. Jackson	6	2	0	0	1	1-1	100.0	0-0	0-0		100.0	0	0	0	0	-7
Bostjan Nachbar B. Nachbar	5	0	0	0	0	0-1	0.0	0-0	0-0		0.0	0	0	0	0	-1
Scott Padgett S. Padgett	5	0	0	0	1	0-0		0-0	0-0			0	0	1	1	+2

Starters

NAME	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG	FG%	3PT	3P%	FT	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	45	20	17	3	0	2	8-17	47.1	0-0		4-14	28.6	43.2	8	9	5	4	+4
Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	43	16	5	6	5	0	4-19	21.1	1-4	25.0	7-8	87.5	35.5	1	4	0	2	+2
Karl Malone K. Malone	38	7	11	4	3	0	3-14	21.4	0-0		1-2	50.0	23.5	2	9	4	3	0
Gary Payton G. Payton	35	11	3	4	2	0	4-10	40.0	1-4	25.0	2-2	100.0	50.6	0	3	2	2	-4
Rick Fox R. Fox	20	0	2	2	0	0	0-3	0.0	0-2	0.0	0-0		0.0	0	2	2	1	-1

Bench

NAME	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG	FG%	3PT	3P%	FT	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
Kareem Rush K. Rush	22	6	0	1	0	1	2-3	66.7	2-3	66.7	0-0		100.0	0	0	0	2	+1
Derek Fisher D. Fisher	13	5	0	0	0	0	1-2	50.0	1-1	100.0	2-2	100.0	86.8	0	0	1	1	+4
Devean George D. George	12	3	2	0	1	1	1-2	50.0	1-1	100.0	0-0		75.0	1	1	0	0	+1
Stanislav Medvedenko S. Medvedenko	8	4	1	0	0	0	2-4	50.0	0-0		0-0		50.0	1	0	0	4	-6
Luke Walton L. Walton	4	0	0	1	0	0	0-2	0.0	0-0		0-0		0.0	0	0	1	1	+4