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The Los Angeles team, which started the game fantastically in attack, scored 33 points in the first 8 minutes of the game and even tripled after Carius’s colon (33:11), but in the “dead or alive” game, the Rockets made it out of the deep hole of the game.
At least for a short time. In the decisive third quarter, the team scored just six points (59:65) a moment after Harden’s basket serve, but the Lakers used wonderfully articulated artillery in this game, which often rescue their opponents, and inevitably escaped. .
Up to 19 3-pointers from 37 attempts (51.4%), the Lakers had a safe 26-point lead after three halves, and the remaining minutes of the game were a formality.
By the way, 19 made 3-pointers in the playoffs, a new club record.
For its part, the Texas team attacked from afar with a poor accuracy of 26.5% (13 of 49).
Although the end of the game was almost clear, Russell Westbrook got into a nasty verbal conflict in the fourth half, and the Lakers, who sat on the podium for the players’ families, played District Rondo’s brother William, to whom the sand guard had to escape the match.
After contacting ESPN after the game, R. Rondo revealed that his brother R. Westbrook called him “garbage,” and when he approached, he decided to say hello.
“Probably because Rondo was talking nonsense, his brother decided to join as well,” Westbrook said after the game.
In the ranks of the winners, near the triple-double was LeBron James, who had 29 points, 11 rebounds and 7 assists.
Markieff Morris, who replaced midfielder Javale McGee in the top five, played another productive game in 24 minutes. scored 16 points, hitting all 4 triples.
The Lakers’ rivals in the Western Conference semifinals will be the Los Angeles Clippers or the Denver Nuggets. The Clippers currently lead 3: 2.
“Los Angeles Lakers”: LeBron James 27, Kyle Kuzma 17, Markieff Morris 16, Danny Green 14, Anthony Davis 13 (Rev. 11), Kentavious Caldwell-Pope 10.
“Houston Rockets”: James Harden 30 (Rev.6, Rev.5), Jeff Green 13, Russell Westbrook 10 (Rev.6).
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