Draymond Green knows that playoff pressure reveals more than just the final score. Every word a coach says carries heavy weight when a team faces elimination.
Back when the courtside cameras caught Alperen Sengun from an odd angle showing respect to LeBron James, the fans in Los Angeles were all jumping in joy.
The Houston Rockets live to fight another day after their Game 4 victory against the Los Angeles Lakers Sunday night at the Toyota Center. The Rockets were coming off their devastating loss to the Lakers in Game 3.
The Houston Rockets might be in trouble against the Los Angeles Lakers, worsened by Kevin Durant's injury. The only upside lately for Durant has been the debut of his 19th signature Nike sneaker earlier this spring.
On Friday, the Rockets melted down, fumbling a six-point lead with just second remaining in Game 3, going down a gut-wrenching three games to zero. No team has ever come back from a 3-0 deficit, with teams being 0-159 in those scenarios.
The Houston Rockets earned a 115-96 Game 4 win over the Los Angeles Lakers on Sunday, forcing a Game 5 for the playoff series. Although Houston needs to string together three more wins to advance to the next round, it sounds like Alperen Sengun and the club are confident heading into the next contest.
Coming into the postseason, not a lot of critics wanted to give the Los Angeles Lakers a chance. Playing without the likes of Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves, the purple and gold brigade were severely shorthanded.
The Houston Rockets did not expect their postseason campaign to turn out in the way it has. Playing against the Los Angeles Lakers, Houston is struggling 1-3 after game 4.
LeBron's career can't go on forever, can it? If it were to end tomorrow, it would be the greatest run of sustained excellence the league has ever seen.
The Houston Rockets are staring down the barrel of a 3-1 deficit in the first round of the NBA Playoffs. And, barring an improbable, unprecedented and downright impossible 3-0 comeback, an exit in the next few days.
There was a general sense of frustration and disappointment surrounding the Houston Rockets after their painful collapse back on Friday night in a 112-108 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers in Game 3 of their first-round series.
While Kevin Durant is trying his dardenest to keep the Houston Rockets alive in the playoffs, his past is coming back to haunt him. On Monday, NBA analyst Chris Broussard argued that Durant’s legacy would be better off had he stayed with the Golden State Warriors, per The Herd with Colin Cowherd.
As hopeful as fans were entering this season, the Houston Rockets are entering a summer filled with uncertainty, assuming they suffer a first-round exit to the Los Angeles Lakers.
The Houston Rockets found a way to avoid the sweep against the Los Angeles Lakers and now head back on the road with some new confidence and a sense of urgency.
The Rockets finally got one. Now comes the harder question. Does it actually matter? Houston’s Game 4 blowout win over the Lakers — a 115-96 result that kept the series alive — snapped an 0-3 hole that, historically speaking, is basically a death sentence.
Credit to the Houston Rockets, they responded after going down 3-0 to the Los Angeles Lakers. Game 4 was supposed to be their funeral, but the Rockets flipped the script for 48 minutes and dominated the Lakers, winning 115-96.
The Houston Rockets, after suffering one of the most devastating losses in not only franchise playoff history but NBA history, looked to prevent the first-round sweep as they took on the Los Angeles Lakers in Game 4 of their first-round series.
The Houston Rockets probably did not flip the series. They did something almost as important in Game 4. They made the Los Angeles Lakers feel it again.
On Sunday evening, the Houston Rockets kept their season alive with a blowout Game 5 win over the Los Angeles Lakers by a score of 115-96. It was a much-needed comfortable win for a Rockets team that had found some unique ways to lose in the first three games of this series.
The ejection stole the spotlight. The reactions kept it there. The Rockets stayed alive with a 115-96 Game 4 win, though the Lakers still lead the series 3-1.
Amen Thompson scored a game-high 23 points, Tari Eason added 20 added 19, and the Houston Rockets averted elimination with a 115-96 victory over the visiting Los Angeles Lakers on Sunday night in Game 4 of their Western Conference first-round playoff series.