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The Lakers had a 23-point lead in the fourth quarter, but the Rockets managed to take the lead: James Harden cut the deficit to 5 points with a free throw early in the final minute.
However, Houston basketball players did not score more and the Lakers celebrated their well-deserved victory.
Los Angeles’ last goal was probably the most effective counterattack of the game – District Rondo did not hesitate to take a chance and made a pass to LeBron James from the backboard, and he surrounded by two opponents reached for the ball with one hand and loaded it into the basket .
Rondo left the glass for the oop to Lebron to close the game 😱
The Lakers take a 3-1 lead over the Rockets. pic.twitter.com/jg661RdsQL
– ESPN (@espn) September 11, 2020
Before that, the Lakers star shone after the breakthrough and an over the shoulder acrobatic throw without looking at the basket.
However, the most important thing for the favorites was not the effective shots, but the rebounds: the winners won the fight “under the board” against the tall revolutionaries of basketball 52:26.
On the team nearing the conference final, the most productive this time was midfielder Anthony Davis, who not only scored 29 points but also grabbed 12 rebounds.
At the time, L. James was in the hair of an ordinary triple-double: 16 points, 15 rebounds, 9 assists.
Alex Caruso, a subsidiary who shone on defense late in the game, also scored the same number of points.
The leader of the Rockets, J. Harden, could not attack “offside” (2/11) and was satisfied with 21 points and 10 assists. Russell Westbrook outscored a teammate with 25 points.
No angle is too difficult for @King James 📐
(📺: TNT) pic.twitter.com/LxLhberpYD
– Los Angeles Lakers (@Lakers) September 11, 2020
We remind you that the Lakers were the strongest Western conference team in the regular season, the Rockets ranked fourth.
In the next conference semifinal, the Los Angeles Clippers lead the Denver Nuggets 3-1.
“Lakers”: Anthony Davis 29 (12 Cam., 5 res.), LeBron James (15 Cam, 9) and Alex Caruso 16 each, Rondo District 11 (10 Cam, 8) res.), Danny Green and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, 10 each.
“Rockets”: Russell Westbrook 25, James Harden 21, Eric Gordon 19, Austin Rivers 14.
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