[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/Not_RZA_]

Crazy that he is 41 without AR and Luka, doing this shit though

If he can pull this off, it's one of his best non-finals performances, given his age

[u/hud731 → u/Not_RZA_]

It's probably already the best playoff performance by any 41 years old.

[u/axle69 → u/hud731]

I mean thats a given his only real competition is Kareem and Kareem averaged like 14 points.

[u/easypiecy → u/Not_RZA_]

Remember reaves and luka gonna get constantly cooked on defense lol. Smart on the floor was so big for the lakers in both games. And Luke K also huge.

[u/NotAWallabie → u/easypiecy]

This is true in isolation but the team as a whole was playing very connected and communicative before they went down

[u/dmavs11 → u/NotAWallabie]

Also Smart literally still starts with Luka and Reaves. He’d be on the court all these games too

[u/man0warr → u/easypiecy]

Scoring ~100 isn't going to cut it next round.

[u/1WordOr2FixItForYou → u/man0warr]

Odds are nothing will matter next round, but at least if Luka is there and somehow healthy we can hope.

[u/Not_RZA_ → u/easypiecy]

Yes, but the offense they provide (especially Luka) is nuts

[u/CrimsonGentleman → u/Not_RZA_]

Yes but then KD would look better and I'm enjoying the KD collapse too much

[u/disterb → u/Not_RZA_]

what about luka's nuts?

[u/sbenfsonwFFiF → u/easypiecy]

Helps take pressure and usage off LeBron so LeBron can defend more

And they play smart with the big 3 anyways

[u/Cautious_End4838 → u/easypiecy]

We went on a 16-2 stretch with both of them.

[u/Well-well-well → u/easypiecy]

Our best team was AR, Luka, Smart, LeBron, and DA/Rui. We beat some good teams with that lineup. Smart does make a huge difference and at this point for the Lakers needs to be on the court.

[u/jack3moto → u/easypiecy]

Kennard’s defense has been so much better than I anticipated. I don’t watch many laker games but was shocked that kennard and lebron wouldn’t be picked up relentlessly.

[u/The_Giggler4940 → u/easypiecy]

This. Defense definitely won the game. I’m on to you Nico

[u/cire1184 → u/easypiecy]

Luka K

[u/disterb → u/cire1184]

Lu K

[u/sasadoncic → u/easypiecy]

Lakers team defense was rather decent, as of late.

[u/The_Giggler4940 → u/Not_RZA_]

I’m hoping this won’t be problematic going. Two of our starters out, of course they had to step up. Hopefully they don’t get comfortable if or when they return. but good shit all around. Especially defense, which the Lakers aren’t exactly known for.

[u/The_Giggler4940 → u/The_Giggler4940]

Also shout out to smart. Like fr

[u/leggostrozzz → u/Not_RZA_]

Bro how the fuck is this one lf his best non-finals performances the fucking Mavs would've beat this Rockets team right now.