Game 1 May 4, Staples Center, Los Angeles, California, 10:30 p.m. Houston Rockets 100, Los Angeles Lakers 92 Scoring by quarter: 21–18, 22–22, 27–27, 30–25 Lakers Pts: Kobe Bryant 32 Rebs: Pau Gasol 13 Asts: Bryant, Gasol 4 each Rockets Pts: Yao Ming 28 Rebs: Yao Ming 10 Asts: Ron Artest 7 Game 2 May 6, Staples Center, Los Angeles, California, 10:30 p.m. Houston Rockets 98, Los Angeles Lakers 111 Scoring by quarter: 25–39, 32–18, 20–29, 21–25 Lakers Pts: Kobe Bryant 40 Rebs: Pau Gasol 14 Asts: Luke Walton 5 Rockets Pts: Ron Artest 25 Rebs: Yao, Landry 10 each Asts: Ron Artest 5 Game 3 May 8, Toyota Center, Houston, Texas, 9:30 p.m. Recap Los Angeles Lakers 108, Houston Rockets 94 Scoring by quarter: 30–28, 20–18, 24–16, 34–32 Lakers Pts: Kobe Bryant 33 Rebs: Lamar Odom 13 Asts: Jordan Farmar 7 Rockets Pts: Ron Artest 25 Rebs: Yao Ming 14 Asts: Shane Battier 7 Game 4 May 10, Toyota Center, Houston, Texas, 3:30 p.m. Los Angeles Lakers 87, Houston Rockets 99 Scoring by quarter: 16–29, 20–25, 18–29, 33–16 Lakers Pts: Pau Gasol 30
Rebs: Pau Gasol 9 Asts: Kobe Bryant 5 Rockets Pts: Aaron Brooks 34 Rebs: Luis Scola 14 Asts: Ron Artest 6 Game 5 May 12, Staples Center, Los Angeles, California, 10:30 p.m. Houston Rockets 78, Los Angeles Lakers 118 Scoring by quarter: 24–35, 15–29, 15–30, 24–24 Lakers Pts: Kobe Bryant 26 Rebs: Pau Gasol 13 Asts: Jordan Farmar 6 Rockets Pts: Aaron Brooks 14 Rebs: Luis Scola 13 Asts: Scola, Lowry 4 each Game 6 May 14, Toyota Center, Houston, Texas, 9:30 p.m. Los Angeles Lakers 80, Houston Rockets 95 Scoring by quarter: 15–27, 21–25, 29–22, 15–21 Lakers Pts: Kobe Bryant 32 Rebs: Lamar Odom 14 Asts: Kobe Bryant 3 Rockets Pts: Aaron Brooks 26 Rebs: Luis Scola 12 Asts: Battier, Brooks, Lowry 4 each Game 7 May 17, Staples Center, Los Angeles, California, 3:30 p.m. Houston Rockets 70, Los Angeles Lakers 89 Scoring by quarter: 12–22, 19–29, 19–18, 20–20 Lakers Pts: Aaron Brooks 13 Rebs: Ron Artest 8 Asts: Ron Artest 5 Rockets Pts: Pau Gasol 21 Rebs: Pau Gasol 18 Asts: Kobe Bryant 5 Los Angeles win series, 4–3