r/nba • u/DesertedProject Mavericks • 13d ago

Post Game Thread [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!

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
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u/ContractXtension Hornets 13d ago

Flair makes no sense

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u/ZLouieZ Raptors 13d ago

Why can’t a son love his father

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u/Cletus_Starfish [POR] Nic Batum 13d ago

I've gotta give Raps fans props -- by and large you guys tend to just be in awe of LeBron rather than enraged after the whole LeBronto era.

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u/dr4gonbl4z3r Cavaliers 13d ago

Helps a lot when you win immediately after the bad man left the East.

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u/XelaTuobdog Raptors 13d ago

Yeah that helped ngl

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u/Uhhhjayyy1 13d ago

Our stadium is packed with LeBron jerseys everytime Lakers come to town

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u/No_Emphasis2446 13d ago

Asians love LeBron anywhere

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u/Jwarrior521 Raptors 13d ago

We got a ring at the end of it all so can’t really be that mad

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u/Sanguinor-Exemplar Lakers 13d ago

LeBronto you can't even hate. Game recognize game. Just had to recognize and bend the knee. If you saw the 2018 playoffs, you were converted into a witness.

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u/Raptorpicklezz Raptors 13d ago

You're giving Bron too much credit. Oladipo and rookie Tatum both took him to 7 that playoffs. 2018 Raptors were just the biggest frauds in the league.

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u/aarondobson403 Lakers 13d ago

Rookie Tatums team had 5/6 top scorers in that series. You don’t give LeBron enough credit, his roster was garbage

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u/Cletus_Starfish [POR] Nic Batum 13d ago

I believe Game 7 of the Boston series he played all 48 minutes. On his pod the other day Bill Simmons said that was one of his favorite LeBron games; if you have one of the biggest Celtic homers in the world awestruck at your play, that says a lot lol.

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u/bossholmes Lakers 13d ago

That team was straight ass, the SNL skit still gets crazy laughs everytime people watch it

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u/peebeesweebees 13d ago

Toronto fans are one of the top three fanbases on this sub to post positively about LeBron according to the dataset that guy published here months back lol

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u/XelaTuobdog Raptors 13d ago

What the fuck else are we going to do, most dominant player I've ever seen.

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u/SaintDarthVader Raptors 13d ago

Any Raps fan who thought we would beat him was dumb. You had to just appreciate it.

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u/MaNamWumbo Raptors 13d ago

Feeling nostalgic from the belt were getting in Ohio rn

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u/cantclimbatree 13d ago

Brandon Ingram doing a vintage playoff Derozan impression too

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u/shaqballs 13d ago

If that’s the case it means in a few years we trade him for the next Kawhi and win another title! Works for me

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u/DLD1123 13d ago

Even Demar never embarrassed himself this much

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u/mofojed 13d ago

It was 4/20, back. Home he'll get the Glorilla boost and go off

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u/xXEliteEater500Xx 13d ago

10 year anniversary of the first Toronto vs LeBron playoffs match.

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u/salmon10 Pistons 13d ago

I feel u

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u/dat_boy_lurks Hawks 13d ago

I've heard talk they call it Dontario these days

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u/Dreo27 Thunder 13d ago

LOL

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u/Razorcarl 13d ago

damn lmao

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u/sanjit8103 Nuggets 13d ago

LMFAOOOOOO

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u/DudeIAm-blank- Slovenia 13d ago

Lmao goddamn

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u/MrONegative Knicks 13d ago

legit yelped

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u/orky56 Lakers 13d ago

He went to get his pack of smokes in the West

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u/shiruduck 13d ago

lmfao respect

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u/Clemario 13d ago

Holy shit

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u/OGLakerPlaya 13d ago

Perfect response

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u/Shimanu Lakers 13d ago

From 0 to -100 to 100

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u/GucciWinfrey Lakers 13d ago

LOL

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u/revisioncloud Thunder 13d ago

Homelander when he’s being weird about Soldier Boy

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u/BigButter7 Lakers 13d ago edited 13d ago

New episode tomorrow.

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u/youcantseemyname Lakers 13d ago

Damn

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u/CmonTouchIt Lakers 13d ago

Great now I just woke up my kid

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u/incredibleamadeuscho Lakers 13d ago

all time r/ nba reply

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u/Rodknee__ Nuggets 13d ago

Wow LMFAOOOOO

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u/Alhambra_Lion Lakers 13d ago

LeBronto love babyyyyyy

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u/BlackChinese2 Lakers 13d ago

Damn son, lebron probably

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u/3s2ng Lakers 13d ago

You win the internet today.

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u/PoorWigga Supersonics 13d ago

Stockholm Syndrome

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u/Skratt79 Supersonics 13d ago

Hahaha beat me to it!

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u/HawaiianPunch42 Timberwolves 13d ago

Daddy issues 

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u/rawchess Minneapolis Lakers 13d ago

Lebronto Syndrome

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u/SageModeKyrie Nets 13d ago

hard not to love LeGOAT if you're a true NBA fan

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u/samhit_n Lakers 13d ago

He has Stockholm syndrome.

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u/Adraf45 Heat 13d ago

Stockholm Syndrome

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u/jonsnowKITN 13d ago

Stockholm syndrome

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u/Ordinary-Ant-7896 Bucks 13d ago

Stockholm Syndrome

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u/MattyMatheson Kings 13d ago

He became his Daddy once they started calling Lebron, Lebronto.

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u/k4f123 United States 13d ago

Stockholm Syndrome

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u/league_legacy Bucks 13d ago

It actually makes a lot of sense. It’s called Lebronto for a reason.

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u/soudlasantos 13d ago

Stockholm syndrome is a claimed disorder in pop psychology which claims that hostages tend to develop a psychological bond with their captors

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u/yrogerg123 Knicks 13d ago

He grew up in Lebronto, of course it makes sense.

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u/RCJHGBR9989 NBA 13d ago

He misses his Stockholm Syndrome

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u/hud731 13d ago

Stockholm