Houston Rockets

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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.

The NBA playoffs are averaging 3.84 million viewers across NBCUniversal, ESPN/ABC and Amazon's Prime Video through Sunday. The number is up 20% from last year and represents the highest average viewership since 1993. Sunday's Game 4 between the Celtics and Sixers lead the way with 6.3 million viewers. Game 4 between the Lakers and Rockets, also on Sunday, averaged 6.2 million viewers. Saturday's Game 4 between the Knicks and Hawks delivered the largest audience for NBC with 5.3 million viewer...

LeBron James makes his feelings known on Jabari Smith Jr's comments and the Lakers' mistakes tonight in their Game 5 loss to the Rockets.

For the second straight time, the Los Angeles Lakers failed to close out the Houston Rockets in their first-round series in the playoffs. The Lakers succumbed to the Rockets, 99-93, in Game 5 at Crypto.com Arena on Wednesday. The Rockets closed the gap, 3-2, in the best-of-seven matchup. Game 6 will return to Toyota Center […] The post Lakers’ Marcus Smart shares eye-opening take amid rising Rockets threat appeared first on ClutchPoints.

LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles Lakers received a huge boost before Game 5 of their opening round playoff series against the Houston Rockets with Austin Reaves cleared to make his return from injury. The ending didn’t go so well for the Lakers as they fell, 99-93, and will now have to travel to Houston […] The post Austin Reaves opens up on tough 4 weeks before Game 5 return appeared first on ClutchPoints.

LeBron James didn't get overly excited last week when his Los Angeles Lakers rolled to a shocking 3-0 series lead over the Houston Rockets despite playing without their top two scorers. James also isn't ready to panic after his Lakers lost their second straight potential clincher Wednesday night, putting them halfway to making an unwanted bit of NBA history. “We don’t have a lot of time to dwell on it,” James said after the Lakers’ first-round series lead dwindled to 3-2 with the Rockets’ 99-...

The Los Angeles Lakers shocked everyone by winning the first three games of their first round playoff series against the Houston Rockets despite being without leading scorers Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves. Behind the great play of LeBron James and some huge moments from Marcus Smart and Luke Kennard, the Lakers found themselves on the […]

The Los Angeles Lakers missed a chance to close out their first-round series, falling 99-93 to the Houston Rockets in Game 5 on Wednesday night. The loss trimmed Los Angeles’ series lead to 3-2 and forced a Game 6 back in Houston. Head coach JJ Redick didn’t sugarcoat the outcome afterward, pointing directly to the […] The post Lakers HC JJ Redick drops truth bomb on Game 5 debacle vs. Rockets appeared first on ClutchPoints.

LeBron James had a big game on the stat sheet but couldn't come through in the end as the Lakers fell to the Rockets 99-93 in Game 5.

Back-to-back key plays from Reed Sheppard down the stretch helped the Houston Rockets secure the win against the Los Angeles Lakers in Game 5 at Crypto.com Arena on Wednesday and stay alive in their first-round series. Sheppard scored on a pull-up jumper over Deandre Ayton with 2:37 left in the fourth quarter to give the […] The post Reed Sheppard’s health admission makes Rockets’ Game 5 win more impressive appeared first on ClutchPoints.

The young Rockets have responded in a big way after being called out by Ime Udoka following their Game 3 collapse

Failure is the best teacher, as they say. After their terrible loss in Game 3, Alperen Sengun and the Houston Rockets have notched back-to-back wins against the Los Angeles Lakers in their first-round series in the playoffs. The Rockets held on for the victory, 99-93, in Game 5 at Crypto.com Arena on Wednesday, spoiling the […] The post Rockets’ Alperen Sengun adds pressure to Lakers with big statement after Game 5 appeared first on ClutchPoints.

The Houston Rockets ain't done yet.

The Los Angeles Lakers have had two cracks at closing out the Houston Rockets after taking a 3-0 lead in their first-round playoff series, but have not been able to do so. On Wednesday night, the Rockets survived another Lakers push on the road, getting a 99-93 win to send the series back to Houston […] The post Lakers star LeBron James fires a savage response to Jabari Smith’s claim appeared first on ClutchPoints.

After dropping their first game of the series in Game 4, the Los Angeles Lakers returned home and looked to close out the Houston Rockets in Game 5 at Crypto.com Arena. The Lakers got a much-needed boost with Austin Reaves back in the lineup for the first time this series, but the Rockets still kept […]

LeBron James was unhappy with Alperen Sengun and let him know during Game 5 of the Lakers-Rockets series.

The Detroit Pistons shrugged off the fact they entered Game 5 with a 3-1 series deficit and came away with a huge 116-109 victory behind Cade Cunningham.

LeBron James makes more playoff history in Game 5 against the Rockets.