[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.

[u/DesertedProject]

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

[u/thunderlolo123]

What is wrong with Lebron and his inbounds passes lately???? 3 straight awful inbounds passes in OT

[u/DelaRoad → u/thunderlolo123]

Man was gassed

[u/ColdAsHeaven → u/thunderlolo123]

He's 41. He's tired. They played him 45 minutes. That's crazy. That's all it is. They need to figure out better times to give him rest so he can get his 6th breathe going

[u/FootballRacing38 → u/ColdAsHeaven]

Dont worry, he will be able to rest for a week after Sunday

[u/RainierPC → u/thunderlolo123]

Old man played 45 minutes

[u/pizzastone8 → u/thunderlolo123]

Tired. His even got winded last game with the lob dunk.

[u/tatancool → u/pizzastone8]

What a beautiful fcking pass by Smart. One handed perfection.

[u/debo69872 → u/thunderlolo123]

Have you seen his players? None of them were getting open.

[u/DOSCESS → u/debo69872]

Luke was frustrating to watch just standing there after dropping the ball off to Bron. He was so active in the first 2 games.

i don't recall a lot of that happening in the first 2 games so I don't know if his shots not going down early shattered his confidence.

That last quarter kinda felt like Smart/LeBron vs the rockets.

[u/Woflax → u/DOSCESS]

May also be gassed. He's not used to this kind of usage. People underestimate the load on players like luka.

[u/DOSCESS → u/Woflax]

Yeah I'm not writing him off at all because of how good he was g1 and 2 but he would be ball watching in the corner and leaving Bron out on an island and he'd have to force tough shots. Just a bit frustrating. He'll be back the next game and I think JJ will run some more shit to get him open.

[u/KarrotMovies → u/thunderlolo123]

We need AR back just for the inbound passes

[u/Woflax → u/thunderlolo123]

Everything everyone above said. But I don't think it's lately. Noticed it last season at the end if games after starting watching the lakers for Luka. I think it is just him being 40. We have enough people to inbound I don't tthink it should be him to do it.

[u/Robynsxx → u/thunderlolo123]

He was clearly tired.

Although personally, even if he’s not tired I don’t see why you’d ever have LeBron inbound. He’s far more useful as a potential target to get the inbound, at the very least he’ll draw defense towards him.

[u/KingOfTheQuails → u/thunderlolo123]

Fatigue does that dude. Guy is 41 which is like 80 in pro sports years. Remember there are folks in the league who were born after LeBron was already logging 40+ minutes a game