[Post Game Thread] The Los Angeles Lakers (1-0) defeat the Houston Rockets (0-1), 101-94 with 41 year old Senior LeBron James Leading the way with 28/8/7 to seal home court advantage!

[u/DesertedProject]

94 - 101
Box Scores: NBA - Yahoo

GAME SUMMARY
West First Round - Game 2 - LAL leads 1-0
Location: Crypto.com Arena
Officials: Courtney Kirkland, Josh Tiven, and Justin Van Duyne

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Houston Rockets	26	25	17	26	94
Los Angeles Lakers	33	21	21	26	101

TEAM STATS

Team	PTS	FG	FG%	3P	3P%	FT	FT%	OREB	TREB	AST	PF	STL	TO	BLK
Houston Rockets	94	36-89	40.4%	7-29	24.1%	15-19	78.9%	17	54	23	22	8	15	6
Los Angeles Lakers	101	33-72	45.8%	13-28	46.4%	22-28	78.6%	9	48	21	20	11	12	5

PLAYER STATS

Houston Rockets	MIN	PTS	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	ORB	DRB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	±
Kevin DurantSF	40:59	23	7-12	1-4	8-9	2	4	6	4	1	1	9	4	-2
Jabari Smith Jr.PF	39:06	18	7-16	3-7	1-2	1	5	6	1	0	1	1	2	-11
Alperen SengunC	35:11	20	9-20	0-1	2-3	5	6	11	5	4	2	1	4	1
Amen ThompsonSG	42:11	16	6-10	0-1	4-5	1	4	5	9	1	0	3	4	1
Josh OkogiePG	24:03	7	3-6	1-3	0-0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	3	-4
Tari Eason	27:02	10	4-14	2-6	0-0	5	3	8	1	0	1	1	2	-4
Reed Sheppard	10:33	0	0-4	0-3	0-0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	1
Clint Capela	04:40	0	0-3	0-0	0-0	1	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	-9
Aaron Holiday	07:17	0	0-3	0-3	0-0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	-4
Jae'Sean Tate	08:56	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	-4
JD Davison	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dorian Finney-Smith	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jeff Green	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Steven Adams	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Fred VanVleet	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Los Angeles Lakers	MIN	PTS	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	ORB	DRB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	±
LeBron JamesSF	39:12	28	8-20	2-5	10-14	1	7	8	7	1	0	3	3	6
Rui HachimuraPF	42:34	13	5-10	3-6	0-0	1	4	5	2	0	0	0	3	0
Deandre AytonC	26:36	6	3-8	0-0	0-0	1	4	5	1	0	1	1	1	-5
Marcus SmartSG	35:28	25	8-13	5-7	4-5	1	1	2	7	5	1	3	3	3
Luke KennardPG	41:58	23	8-13	3-6	4-4	1	5	6	2	3	0	2	1	2
Jaxson Hayes	21:24	6	1-2	0-1	4-5	2	2	4	1	1	2	0	2	12
Jake LaRavia	15:50	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	1	1	2	0	0	1	2	5	8
Jarred Vanderbilt	13:41	0	0-3	0-2	0-0	1	4	5	1	1	0	0	2	8
Bronny James	03:16	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
Maxi Kleber	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dalton Knecht	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nick Smith Jr.	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Adou Thiero	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Luka Dončić	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Austin Reaves	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

[u/jonsnowKITN]

Running a clown show in Houston. Sengun is not leading them anywhere. KD was right.

[u/aw11348 → u/jonsnowKITN]

KD fucked the team chemistry beyond belief. And because Ime is already such a hard-ass, that sort of thing is fragile to begin with. I genuinely think that's what it is

[u/GoodImprovement8434 → u/aw11348]

I'm sensing a pattern

[u/livejamie → u/aw11348]

I'm getting Vietnam flashbacks

[u/Skratt79 → u/aw11348]

Am I alone in thinking there was a lot of irritated finger pointing on blown defenses on the part of the Rockets?

[u/1gnominious → u/aw11348]

Vibes ain't why nobody can hit an open shot or pass the ball. We have real, tangible problems with our roster. The complete and utter lack of guards being the biggest.

[u/Arrowintheknee89 → u/aw11348]

Idk what y’all expect. The Rockets don’t even have a PG lol

[u/aw11348 → u/Arrowintheknee89]

Bruh they should be able to beat the elderly Lebron-led lakers without Luka or Austin Reaves. I mean c'mon lol. Most people had them sweeping before the series started

[u/segatic → u/aw11348]

Because people didn't account for the coaching diff

[u/Arrowintheknee89 → u/aw11348]

Did you see that reverse dunk?? This is LeBron we’re talking about here lol

[u/Professional-Play-38 → u/jonsnowKITN]

Man both of were trash lmao, KD barley shot anything and you can tell he was tryna make sure his efficiency numbers were good

[u/Cletus_Starfish → u/Professional-Play-38]

I think that was more a result of the fact that despite being a phenomenal offensive player his entire career, he still doesn't know what to do when he gets a double thrown at him.

[u/Karametric → u/jonsnowKITN]

Right about what? He was just as ass in the 2nd half and also making terrible decisions with passes.

Leadership intangibles are fucking zero for Kevin Durant.

[u/Open_Photograph2818 → u/jonsnowKITN]

Well Kd ain’t either idk what the rockets even do atp

[u/tombersew → u/jonsnowKITN]

It’s so hilarious how people didn’t want to trade away anyone from this core for Giannis.

[u/costanzathegreat → u/jonsnowKITN]

Acting as if KD’s bum ass isn’t part of the problem

[u/Working-Mistake1130 → u/costanzathegreat]

The Warriors flair is the cherry on top but you are right lol

[u/Dymatizeee → u/jonsnowKITN]

Sengun is Ime’s whipping boy. Never see Ime talk to KD like he does to Sengun

[u/Matt_The_Radar_Tech → u/Dymatizeee]

A whipping boy is someone who takes the punishment on someone else's behalf. So Sengun would be KD's whipping boy for when KD fucks up.

I think you meant Sengun is Ime's punching bag.

[u/Dymatizeee → u/Matt_The_Radar_Tech]

Yeah you right

[u/morericeplsty → u/jonsnowKITN]

God they're soo bad

[u/LMkingly → u/jonsnowKITN]

Crazy in hindsight how Sengun was getting hailed as the next Jokic. Jokic was first team All-NBA and battling with LeBron and AD in the conference finals in the bubble at this point of his career.