Houston Rockets

Lakers welcome Austin Reaves back on Tuesday after missing nearly a month of action.

The Houston Rockets have won the last two games in their series against the Los Angeles Lakers after being down 3-0, and they’ve done so without Kevin Durant. It looks like they’ll have to win another one with him sidelined, as Shams Charania offered an update on Get Up about the Rockets’ star injury. “Kevin […] The post Kevin Durant out for Game 6 vs. Lakers after Rockets extend series again appeared first on ClutchPoints.

The Lakers' offense has stalled in the last two games, and L.A. is in jeopardy of blowing a 3-0 series lead

Kevin Durant will not play in Game 6 against the Lakers because of the ankle injury that has sidelined the Rockets star for most of Houston's first-round playoff series, sources told ESPN.

Rockets forced to lean on youth again as Kevin Durant misses another playoff game.

Lakers guard Marcus Smart has been on a team that rallied from a playoff deficit and knows his team must dig deeper to fend off the Rockets' surge.

The Lakers still lead the series 3-2 but it feels like the Rockets have figured some things out, and gotten more confident.

After his inspiring play on a Game 3 overtime win against the Rockets in Houston, the 41-year-old star has looked mortal.

No NBA team has ever lost a playoffs series when leading 3-0. The Lakers are hurtling toward becoming the first.

While noting the Rockets' rising confidence after stealing consecutive wins, Marcus Smart revealed what the Lakers would need to do to put an end to this series.

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Back to the Bayou, Lakers.

Game 5 of the NBA playoffs between The Lakers and the Houston Rockets in Los Angeles featured a major celebrity turnout including "Ted Lasso" star Jason Sudekis, Macaulay Culkin, Brenda Song and more.

Grading every Lakers player’s performance from the team’s 99-93 loss to the Rockets in Game 5.

The Lakers’ mission was to take the Rockets’ postseason life away.

The Rockets avoided playoff elimination for the second straight game with a 99-93 victory over the Lakers in Game 5, trimming L.A.'s lead in the series to 3-2.

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Rockets The Rockets are still breathing. And now, they’re heading home with real belief. Facing elimination again, Houston beat the Lakers 99-93 in Game 5, trimming the series to 3-2 and forcing a Game 6 back in Texas. “We put ourselves in a bad position, but we can still make history,” Alperen Sengun said, via […] The post NBA Notes: Rockets, Alperen Sengun, Lakers, LeBron James, Pistons appeared first on Hoops Wire.

The Lakers struggled offensively throughout the night en route to a second straight defeat on Wednesday.