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

Maybe KD will return out of embarrassment and thwart their efforts with another low energy performance?

Jokes aside, they locked in on defense and we went completely cold even on wide open looks.. have to control the pace and the ball and stop throwing stupid forced passes. We need to attack inside early and open up that 3pt line and only take wide open kick outs.. I think we can easily win this with a 20pt blowout.

 

The first 3 games were won by veteran grit and guile. Unfortunately that only goes so far. Rockets were clearly the better team and that is quite clear now.
I expect Rockets to win this in 7. I thought it would be a sweep or go to 5 at most so going up 3 was definitely surprising.

Unfortunately this looks a lot like the 2006 series against Phoenix when Phil had the team playing way above their heads the first 4 games. Then Phoenix realized they were the better team and won in 7. Unfortunately JJ is not Phil.

 

I really hate watching this guy play basketball



Bron ain't having it either

 

I can appreciate other players' talents. He's a good basketball player. I wish there were less flopping in general, to be fair. The league has turned into soccer, lol. Kind of nuts.

Either way, we have a real chance to lose the next two games. Houston has found a formula, and Luke and Marcus looked like sh** yesterday. We're going to need a herculean Bron performan one both Smart and Marcus to find their respective games for 1 game at least to close this out. This would be embarrasing if they came back and won, and at that point, everybody (aside from Luka) needs to be on the trade block.

 

KD out again for game 6, which is not good news for us