2026 Playoffs: (4) Lakers Vs (5) Rockets - Discussion

especially not this dysfunctional rockets team

 

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No one's ever given up a 3-0 lead, but very rarely does the less talented team (which we still are, Smart and Luke playing really well doesn't change that) go up 3-0. The C Bags probably would have completed the 3-0 comeback a few years ago if Tatum hadn't turned his ankle in the first minute of that Game 7. We had some shooting variance go our way in the first two games and should have lost Game 3, I am in no way taking for granted that we're going to ultimately finish this off. I think we will finish this off on Wednesday, but I would not be shocked at all if there was a Game 7 next Sunday.

 

Yeah I’m not panicking but I’m not able to dismiss the possibility of a Rockets comeback

There were multiple times in the first 3 wins where I’d think to myself “I don’t know how we’re going to score a bucket here with this decimated lineup” only for us to somehow brute force our way into a crucial momentum preserving score.

I think our team has the grit to find enough ways to continue doing that given we have 3 opportunities to get a single win. But it may depend on 41 year old LeBron having another superhero performance and/or some of our roleplayers hitting some timely threes.

If Austin is able to come back, even at 75ish percent, I think that gives us enough of a scoring/playmaking punch to give me a lot more confidence

 

Stop turning the ball over and they will be fine.Highest Turnover % of any team in the playoffs