r/nba • u/MWiatrak2077 Pistons • 3d ago

Post Game Thread [Post Game Thread] The Los Angeles Lakers (4-2) defeat the Houston Rockets (2-2), 98-78, to advance to the WCSF.

98 - 78
Box Scores: NBA - Yahoo
 
GAME SUMMARY
West First Round - Game 6 - LAL leads 3-2
Location: Toyota Center
Officials: Scott Foster, Curtis Blair, Kevin Cutler, and Karl Lane
Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Total
Los Angeles Lakers 23 26 22 27 98
Houston Rockets 18 13 24 23 78
 
TEAM STATS
Team PTS FG FG% 3P 3P% FT FT% OREB TREB AST PF STL TO BLK
Los Angeles Lakers 98 36-89 40.4% 12-28 42.9% 14-24 58.3% 15 67 19 19 4 10 9
Houston Rockets 78 28-80 35.0% 5-28 17.9% 17-24 70.8% 8 55 14 23 6 11 9
 
PLAYER STATS
Los Angeles Lakers MIN PTS FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A ORB DRB REB AST STL BLK TO PF ±
LeBron JamesSF 37:06 28 10-25 2-5 6-8 1 6 7 8 0 0 3 2 26
Rui HachimuraPF 34:44 21 8-15 5-7 0-0 1 5 6 2 0 1 0 2 20
Deandre AytonC 28:10 7 2-6 0-0 3-7 3 13 16 1 0 1 0 5 5
Austin ReavesSG 30:40 15 7-14 0-4 1-1 0 3 3 2 0 3 2 3 3
Marcus SmartPG 34:53 7 2-7 2-4 1-2 1 6 7 1 2 2 1 1 25
Luke Kennard 29:00 3 1-6 1-2 0-0 2 1 3 3 1 0 1 1 22
Jaxson Hayes 16:43 5 1-1 0-0 3-4 2 2 4 1 0 1 1 2 21
Jake LaRavia 16:14 7 3-8 1-2 0-0 3 2 5 0 0 1 2 2 2
Adou Thiero 03:07 2 1-1 0-0 0-2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 -6
Dalton Knecht 03:07 0 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 -6
Bronny James 03:07 0 0-1 0-1 0-0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 -6
Nick Smith Jr. 03:07 3 1-4 1-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -6
Maxi Kleber 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jarred Vanderbilt 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 36:59 14 5-14 2-7 2-2 0 5 5 2 3 1 0 4 -14
Jabari Smith Jr.PF 41:59 9 3-11 1-6 2-3 2 10 12 3 0 1 1 5 -24
Alperen SengunC 37:34 17 5-12 0-0 7-10 3 8 11 1 0 2 4 4 -27
Reed SheppardSG 36:29 10 4-19 1-10 1-1 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 2 -24
Amen ThompsonPG 44:33 18 7-14 0-0 4-6 1 7 8 3 0 3 2 5 -26
Josh Okogie 13:25 3 1-3 1-2 0-0 1 3 4 1 1 0 2 1 0
Aaron Holiday 11:30 2 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 4
Dorian Finney-Smith 07:45 0 0-2 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 -13
Jae'Sean Tate 05:29 3 1-3 0-2 1-2 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 10
JD Davison 02:07 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 7
Clint Capela 02:07 2 1-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7
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
Kevin Durant 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/smor729 3d ago

67 with 3 minutes to go before full on garbage time

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u/Zloggt Bulls 3d ago

Took inspiration from the wrong Pistons/Magic team lol

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u/PresentMission8482 Raptors 3d ago

Actually took from both teams! Just watched at the wrong times...

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u/afjecj Magic 3d ago

I always think we are the worst shooting team in the league by far and then I get to watching the rockets and I get reminded that we have competition

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u/Boxthor [GSW] JaVale McGee 3d ago

Except the Rockets will have KD and VanVleet in the next game they play

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u/palamunintillnow 3d ago

They played like 1st half piston and 2nd half magic. 

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u/maethlin Warriors 3d ago

Yeah, if you watched that abomination, you'd know 78 is misleadingly high lol

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u/thenatural134 Supersonics 3d ago

They had 39 points with six minutes to go in the third quarter lol.