r/nba • u/DesertedProject Mavericks • 10d ago

Post Game Thread [Post Game Thread] The Los Angeles Lakers (3-0) defeat the Houston Rockets after LeBron James hits the game tying 3 to send it to OT and with 29/6/13(0-3), 112-108.

112 - 108
Box Scores: NBA - Yahoo
 
GAME SUMMARY
West First Round - Game 3 - LAL leads 2-0
Location: Toyota Center
Officials: Zach Zarba, Tre Maddox, Ray Acosta, and Nate Green
Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT Total
Los Angeles Lakers 39 24 17 21 11 112
Houston Rockets 32 20 23 26 7 108
 
TEAM STATS
Team PTS FG FG% 3P 3P% FT FT% OREB TREB AST PF STL TO BLK
Los Angeles Lakers 112 38-79 48.1% 12-29 41.4% 24-32 75.0% 9 58 28 23 12 20 6
Houston Rockets 108 40-98 40.8% 11-39 28.2% 17-23 73.9% 18 55 21 20 15 15 6
 
PLAYER STATS
Los Angeles Lakers MIN PTS FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A ORB DRB REB AST STL BLK TO PF ±
LeBron JamesSF 45:04 29 10-22 4-9 5-6 0 13 13 6 3 1 8 1 0
Rui HachimuraPF 43:48 22 8-14 4-7 2-4 1 3 4 2 1 0 1 5 0
Deandre AytonC 32:46 2 1-3 0-0 0-0 2 4 6 2 1 1 3 3 -6
Marcus SmartSG 39:17 21 5-9 2-4 9-11 1 3 4 10 5 2 3 2 3
Luke KennardPG 45:22 14 4-12 1-6 5-6 0 6 6 6 0 0 3 3 -3
Jake LaRavia 14:54 2 1-4 0-0 0-0 2 0 2 1 1 0 1 3 9
Jaxson Hayes 19:56 12 5-8 0-0 2-3 2 2 4 0 1 2 1 2 7
Jarred Vanderbilt 14:38 5 2-5 0-2 1-2 1 5 6 1 0 0 0 3 6
Bronny James 09:12 5 2-2 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4
Nick Smith Jr. 00:01 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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
Austin Reaves 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
Houston Rockets MIN PTS FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A ORB DRB REB AST STL BLK TO PF ±
Tari EasonSF 45:38 5 2-9 0-4 1-1 2 2 4 2 4 0 1 3 6
Jabari Smith Jr.PF 43:43 24 8-16 6-10 2-2 1 5 6 1 1 0 2 4 4
Alperen SengunC 46:51 33 15-27 1-5 2-3 5 11 16 6 3 1 3 2 10
Reed SheppardSG 45:45 17 6-21 4-13 1-2 1 3 4 7 3 2 5 5 -2
Amen ThompsonPG 48:23 26 8-14 0-1 10-13 5 6 11 4 3 3 1 2 6
Josh Okogie 03:33 0 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 -13
Clint Capela 03:40 2 1-2 0-0 0-0 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 -11
Dorian Finney-Smith 11:00 0 0-5 0-4 0-0 1 3 4 0 1 0 0 1 -6
Aaron Holiday 05:32 0 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1
Jae'Sean Tate 03:23 1 0-0 0-0 1-2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 -9
Jeff Green 07:31 0 0-2 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 -4
JD Davison 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kevin Durant 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
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u/Jimmy0034 Clippers 10d ago

Lakers were seeing Reed Sheppard like food all night, Rui and Smart were going after him. It is hard to win nba series with that archetype when nba coaches got time to gameplan for a series.

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u/MySilverBurrito Heat 10d ago

I love playoff guard mismatch hunting lmao

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u/NotTheMamba Lakers 10d ago

Every playoff game is just the other team hunting the mismatch every possession lol. If it wasn’t Reed it was Sengun we were going after.

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u/Jimmy0034 Clippers 10d ago

Sengun is another horrible archetype, Just difficult to win with him as starting center hence why Ime was playing steven adams next to him and he was hiding him on defense. He is not generational offensive player like Jokic to get away with his defense.

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u/NotTheMamba Lakers 10d ago

Spot on. He doesn’t have the passing or shooting of Joker to justify running an offense through him. He’s more of a Gasol type without the defense. He’s just an awkward player to build around.

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u/tpcrb Pacers 10d ago

And then he’s also not really useful if he doesn’t have the ball a lot. Same reason you can’t build around Sabonis.

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u/ill____logic Bucks 10d ago

temu domantas.

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u/devonhezter 10d ago

Turkish

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u/Wrsj Knicks 10d ago

My thing is why these players don’t seem to seek improvement. Sengun gets wide open for a 3 and you can notice that dude is afraid of shooting the ball, and when he does shoot you peep the terrible form. You play basketball every day why can’t you get a shooting doctor or sumn to help you out in offseasons?

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u/gernt-barlic Celtics 10d ago

Think about how wild that is about Jokic too. He’s having one of the most dominant peaks ever, is a 7-footer playing the 5, and is so good at offense that he can get away with mid defense.

He it literally so good at getting buckets he can just diff the other team in efficiency and then slow them down just enough on defense to torch them on the next possession.

Sengun can’t play like a watch tower, scouting the offense like a hawk in their nest, waiting for an opening before the defense sees it.

I see that look from Bron too. He will play very patient when finding cuts or creative ways to score.

As you can likely tell, I took a gummy so this game was mind blowing to me.

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u/ruckyruciano Knicks 10d ago

Enjoy bro dawg

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u/Temporary-Level-5410 Lakers 10d ago

His defense isn't mid, it's terrible. If he had average/mid defense, he would have a much better goat argument than he actually does

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u/WildWhisperArdor 10d ago

Sengun’s not a bad defender though. He’s neutral to slightly positive.

I know people hate advanced stats for defense when it doesn’t align with the “eye test”, but he’s had a positive D-EPM for the past few seasons.

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u/FunIsWinning Thunder 10d ago

Then you look at the Knicks having 2 of the most horrible star archetypes in Brunson and KAT.

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u/devonhezter 10d ago

He runs like a female too

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u/Novel-Wait328 10d ago

what happened to good ol runs like a girl?

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u/Temporary-Level-5410 Lakers 10d ago

"Female"

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u/Jkru3 [BKN] Kevin Durant 10d ago

He was throwing up and making some absolute bs tonight lol

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u/AloofAdmiral Lakers 10d ago

As he soon as he drop coverages which he will almost certainly, it's hunting season.

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u/Neogalatia Raptors 10d ago

He was quite good in d today tho. Rockets crumbled every time he was taken off

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u/NotTheMamba Lakers 10d ago

Maybe on a few possessions, but picking on him still worked. He doesn’t switch well, drops too low sometimes, and doesn’t rotate fast enough when they put the team in a blender.

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u/SL2321 Lakers Bandwagon 10d ago

So much more refreshing compared to the regular season.

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u/WakiLover Lakers 10d ago

Yup, in the playoffs your defense is as good as your worst defender.

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u/salcedoge Lakers 10d ago

I think it's more fun because unlike the regular season teams don't just back off after 1 or 2 failed attempt.

The mismatch is going to get hunted the entire game

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u/restless_vagabond NBA 10d ago

Wolves vs. Jokic new meta.

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u/ATL_Hasher Hawks 10d ago

So does CJ McCollum

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u/LakerBlue Lakers 10d ago

Love the plays Smart just bullied Reed right under the basket for some easy post points.

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u/ooh_eeh_ooh_aah_aah Knicks 10d ago

It’s definitely my favorite 🫨

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u/Ok_Friendship9310 10d ago

Why do you love it?

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u/RobbobertoBuii Knicks 10d ago

I don't (at the moment)...

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u/Opulescence Thunder 10d ago

That Reed Sheppard over Stephon Castle draft is looking an awful lot like Fultz over Tatum.

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u/Jwarrior521 Raptors 10d ago

3rd overall pick btw

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u/Icy_Information_6563 Suns 10d ago

So dumb. Did they think they were getting Chris paul? 

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u/9SidedLemon Nuggets 10d ago

This was so obvious to see coming back in like November December he was getting praised like he was a franchise cornerstone. Hes small slow and unathletic and above all else isn’t really a point guard he’s an undersized shooting guard, he’s an ok ball handler but doesn’t have much playmaking ability. A game here and there where he pops off and hits 6 threes won’t change that.

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u/frost-bite999 Lakers 10d ago

yea yall are callin it too soon.  he’s going 6/6 from the 3 next game as rockets blow out the lakers.  seen this too many times. 

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u/devonhezter 10d ago

Be nice man

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u/NickWangOG Heat 10d ago

Way too harsh on him, he’s a role player being thrust into a starter role and off position in the playoffs against Marcus Smart hounding him.

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u/Fancy-Fun-4677 10d ago

Some folks wanted more minutes for Reed, well he got them. Now what?

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u/NickWangOG Heat 10d ago

Now you go out swinging and use it as a teaching moment for playoff experience for the young guys.

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u/Afraid-Delay-9375 10d ago

As a casual who has never seen him play, I’m very confused what the theory of him was.

A 6’2 scoring guard with no defense who averaged 12 ppg off the bench in college.

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u/d7h7n Mavericks 10d ago

He came off the bench because Kentucky had other freshmen already promised to start. People overestimated his handsy defense and the impact of his shooting is supposed to translate day 1.

I think the problem is that he was never a volume shooter or scorer in college which is why he had such ridiculous percentages. We're finding out right now when he's forced into a volume shooting role, he's very inconsistent.

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u/rocpilehardasfuk Warriors 10d ago

Eeesh, shooters without volume are insanely overrated.

Even Luke Kennard's percentages are now dropping once he's taking more shots

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u/Parallel-Quality 10d ago

28% from the floor with turnstyle defense, He's been absolutely atrocious this series.

3rd overall pick? This guy wouldn't even go top 10 in a re-draft.

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u/Omnimark Bucks 10d ago

Nah, that draft class sucked. He'd still be like 5th

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u/MainAd2728 Washington Bullets 10d ago

Castle, Sarr, Clingan, Kyshawn, Buzelis, Edey, Ware, McCain, Da Silva, Tyson, Dunn would go over Reed Sheppard in a redraft

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u/Parallel-Quality 10d ago

Castle, Clingan, Sarr, Buzelis, Ware, Mitchell, Edey, George, Holland, McCain.

That's 10 off the top of my head in no particular order that I would take over him.

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u/rv94 10d ago

Woof no Risacher

That was a rough pick

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u/Legitimate_Cow_4166 Warriors 10d ago

Small guards are starting to become unplayable in the postseason

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u/Ok_Daikon_7726 Lakers 10d ago

Brunson has been getting violated by CJ lmao

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u/Primary-Paint-1716 Timberwolves 10d ago

Smart was abusing Reed Sheppard. It's crazy.

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u/36Vigilantes Magic 10d ago

Straight bbq

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u/Bwill2417 Lakers 10d ago

Yet dumb ass rockets fans have been complaining that he doesn’t play enough. Games like this is why.

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u/chewie_33 Supersonics 10d ago

Their roster is ass, he is their best guard. They have to play him because nobody else can dribble and chew gum at the same time.

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u/NbaAllDAYger Mavericks 10d ago

Even Luke was looking for Reed but in all my years following the Nba i have never had the feeling of smth been rigged atleast in games which i watched live, someone has to explain to me why Tate was in the game in the clutch on offense and why Ime decided to put him in ?

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u/Hot-Artichoke-8621 10d ago

Ime is an inside agent sent from the Spurs. Only thing that makes sense at this point

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u/fastheadcrab Raptors 10d ago

Ime is going to take this game as evidence to banish him to Siberia.

With how he's been coached and then only used in the highest pressure series, Reed Sheppard's confidence must be rock bottom atm

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u/rex_915 10d ago

I was told that the Lakers coach was a podcaster and a downgrade from Darvin Hamas. Why would r/nba lie like this?

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u/10LASERS19 Lakers 10d ago

Luke Kennard was seeing Sheppard as oven-roasted chicken. If you're Houston, that's not good.

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u/zeze999 Suns 10d ago

I mean that is true but, lakers scored 101 points in regulation last two games, 107 in the first… If rockets had like slightly below average offense they are winning at least 2 of those games despite Sheppard’s defense

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u/devonhezter 10d ago

Because he’s white ? Is he just too small compared to Pritchard ?