Rockets 85, 
Lakers 93
7:30 PM ET, April 1, 2004
STAPLES Center
Los Angeles, CA
| HOUSTON ROCKETS | |||||||||||||
| STARTERS | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | DREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS |
| Jim Jackson, SF | 40 | 5-15 | 2-5 | 1-1 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 13 |
| Maurice Taylor, PF | 26 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 4-4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 |
| Yao Ming, C | 33 | 3-15 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| Cuttino Mobley, SG | 45 | 12-23 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 26 |
| Steve Francis, PG | 42 | 5-12 | 2-3 | 5-5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 17 |
| BENCH | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | DREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS |
| Clarence Weatherspoon, PF | 28 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| Charles Oakley, PF | 8 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Mark Jackson, PG | 6 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Eric Piatkowski, SG | 11 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Scott Padgett, PF | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Bostjan Nachbar, SF | DNP COACH'S DECISION | ||||||||||||
| Mike Wilks, PG | DNP COACH'S DECISION | ||||||||||||
| TOTALS | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | DREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
| 33-81 | 6-14 | 13-16 | 5 | 30 | 35 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 27 | 85 | ||
| 40.7% | 42.9% | 81.3% | Team TO (pts off): 17 (17) | ||||||||||
| LOS ANGELES LAKERS | |||||||||||||
| STARTERS | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | DREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS |
| Rick Fox, SF | 30 | 1-3 | 1-1 | 3-4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Karl Malone, PF | 37 | 5-12 | 0-1 | 10-10 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 20 |
| Shaquille O'Neal, C | 43 | 7-17 | 0-0 | 4-10 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 18 |
| Kobe Bryant, SG | 45 | 8-19 | 1-2 | 9-12 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 26 |
| Gary Payton, PG | 38 | 4-13 | 0-1 | 4-6 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
| BENCH | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | DREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS |
| Derek Fisher, PG | 13 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Slava Medvedenko, PF | 13 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Devean George, SF | 18 | 3-4 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| Brian Cook, PF | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Luke Walton, SF | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bryon Russell, SF | DNP COACH'S DECISION | ||||||||||||
| TOTALS | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | DREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
| 29-77 | 5-9 | 30-42 | 18 | 40 | 58 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 93 | ||
| 37.7% | 55.6% | 71.4% | Team TO (pts off): 21 (11) | ||||||||||
Technical Fouls: 2 LALAKERS ( K Malone 1 ) HOUSTON ( S Francis 1 )
Officials: Derrick Stafford , Leon Wood , Steve Javie
Attendance: 18,997
Time of Game: 02:39