The Rockets did not win Game 5 with glamour. They won it with pressure. Houston beat the Lakers 99-93 at Crypto.com Arena, turning a hostile road game into a test …
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Draymond Green knows better than most how complicated Kevin Durant discourse can become. He has been Durant’s teammate, opponent, critic, defender and forever-linked co-star in one of the most dissected …
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Vlade Divac remembers the Kobe Bryant trade not as trivia, but as impact. In 1996, the Los Angeles Lakers sent Divac to the Charlotte Hornets in exchange for the draft …
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Playoff games often hinge on possessions, but sometimes they hinge on interpretations. In Game 4 between the Los Angeles Lakers and Houston Rockets, Deandre Ayton’s ejection became exactly that: a …
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The Houston Rockets were not ready for their season to end quietly. Facing elimination, still without Kevin Durant, and already buried in a 3-0 series hole, Houston answered with its …
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Kevin Durant did not play in Game 3, and for the Houston Rockets, that was damaging enough. But on a night when their season all but slipped away in a …
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LeBron James Turns Back The Clock (Again), Lakers Steal Game 3 & Push Rockets To The Edge
The Los Angeles Lakers looked beaten, then LeBron James decided they were not. In a wild Game 3 in Houston, the Lakers erased a late six-point deficit, survived overtime and …
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The hardest part of Michael Beasley’s recent reflection is not a wardrobe mistake itself. It is the grief sitting behind it. Beasley, speaking years after the infamous moment when he …
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The Los Angeles Lakers won Game 1 of their first-round series against Houston, but Shannon Sharpe’s takeaway was less about the scoreboard than about the warning signs buried underneath it. …
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The Los Angeles Lakers opened their first-round series by looking far steadier than a wounded team had any right to. Missing both Luka Dončić and Austin Reaves, the Lakers still …
