{"id":717393,"date":"2026-04-25T01:54:54","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T01:54:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/717393\/"},"modified":"2026-04-25T01:54:54","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T01:54:54","slug":"how-to-watch-rockets-vs-lakers-nba-playoffs-game-3-tonight-on-prime-start-time-free-live-stream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/717393\/","title":{"rendered":"How to watch Rockets vs. Lakers NBA Playoffs Game 3 tonight on Prime: Start time, free live stream"},"content":{"rendered":"

LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers take a shot at a commanding 3-0 series lead over the Houston Rockets with a Friday night Game 3 in the first round of the NBA\u2019s Western Conference Playoffs. The game is scheduled to start at 8 p.m. ET (7 p.m. CT) with streaming exclusively on Amazon Prime.<\/a><\/p>\n

How to watch: The Lakers vs. Rockets matchup will be carried live on Prime Video<\/a>, which comes with a 30-day free trial<\/a> for new users.<\/p>\n

Los Angeles Lakers at Houston Rockets<\/p>\n

NBA Western Conference Playoffs First Round<\/p>\n

Game 3: Lakers lead best-of-seven series 2-0<\/p>\n

When: Friday, April 24 at 8 p.m. ET (7 p.m. CT)Where: Toyota Center, Houston, TexasTV channel: N\/ALive stream: Amazon Prime exclusive (free trial)<\/a><\/p>\n

Without top scorers Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves, the Lakers rallied as home underdogs in both Games 1 and 2 to take 107-98 and 101-94 victories in LA. Luke Kennard dropped 27 stunning points in sparking that Game 1 win, while James put up 28-8-7 as part of another outstanding group effort in Game 2. Kennard scored 23 in that win, as well, and Marcus Smart added 25 for a backcourt that helped drive a key victory. The Rockets are in a similar position as sizable favorites (-8.5 points) in Game 3 for a contest that borders on must-win or else run into a 3-0 series deficit. <\/p>\n

See also: NBA coverage on PennLive<\/a><\/p>\n

Lakers in the 2026 regular season<\/p>\n

Scoring offense (rank): 116.3 ppg (No. 11). Scoring defense: 114.6 ppg (No. 11). Field goal percentage: 50.2% (No. 1). 3-point percentage: 35.9% (No. 14). Rebounding: 41.0 rpg (No. 27). Steals: 8.5 spg (No. 15). Blocks: 4.3 bpg (No. 22).<\/p>\n

Top scorer: Luka Doncic, 33.5 ppg3-pointers: Doncic, 4.0\/gameRebounds: Deandre Ayton, 8.0 rpgAssists: Doncic, 8.3 apgBlocks: Ayton, 1.0 bpg<\/p>\n

Rockets in the 2026 regular season<\/p>\n

Scoring offense (rank): 115.2 ppg (No. 18). Scoring defense: 110.0 (No. 4). Field goal percentage: 47.9 % (No. 10). 3-point percentage: 36.4 % (No.10). Rebounding: 48.1 rpg (No. 1). Steals: 8.5 spg (No. 16). Blocks: 5.8 bpg (No. 3).<\/p>\n

Top scorer: Kevin Durant, 26.0 ppg3-pointers: Reed Sheppard, 2.8\/gameRebounds: Alperen Sengun, 8.9 rpgAssists: Sengun, 6.2 apgBlocks: Sengun, 1.1 bpg<\/p>\n

The Lakers and Rockets are set for an 8 p.m. ET start exclusively on Prime Video<\/a>, which comes with a free trial.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers take a shot at a commanding 3-0 series lead over the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":717394,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3790],"tags":[7,4034,1698,300,4044,251,150,4033,4043,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-717393","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles-lakers","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-la","10":"tag-la-lakers","11":"tag-lakers","12":"tag-lalakers","13":"tag-los-angeles","14":"tag-los-angeles-lakers","15":"tag-losangeles","16":"tag-losangeleslakers","17":"tag-nba"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116462860678559510","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/717393","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=717393"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/717393\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/717394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=717393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=717393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=717393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}