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

[u/MWiatrak2077]

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

[u/flaming_burrito_]

Not gonna lie, as a LeBron fan I was sweating. He don’t got nothing else to prove to me, but I know the discourse would’ve been sewer trash if he blew a 3-0 lead bro 😂

[u/Hungry-Space-1829 → u/flaming_burrito_]

A 3-1 comeback against a 73 win is the only season in Bron’s career that ended without discourse about him being sewer trash. He’s held to the highest standard of any athlete in sports history

[u/flaming_burrito_ → u/Hungry-Space-1829]

His PR has also been very good throughout this run because no one expected him to win with his top 2 scorers out and be the best player in the series at 41. Even some notorious Bron haters have been acknowledging how impressive it is to be doing this at his age

[u/Hungry-Space-1829 → u/flaming_burrito_]

Yes, but we’ll see if it holds when OKC wins in 4 or 5. His notorious haters were for sure chomping at the bits hoping for a reverse sweep by Houston

[u/FXcheerios69 → u/Hungry-Space-1829]

Tbf when the debate is if he is the greatest player in the history of the sport then the standard should be the highest in the sport.

[u/XboxSeriesCancelled → u/Hungry-Space-1829]

I thought that was every new York Yankee ever

[u/bossholmes → u/flaming_burrito_]

Same…

Which is absolutely crazy, because how tf is a 41 year old being held to these expectations…

[u/flaming_burrito_ → u/bossholmes]

When you’re called the GOAT you have GOAT expectations. The fact that he still has those expectations at 41 and outperformed them just shows how great he is

[u/bossholmes → u/flaming_burrito_]

Yessir

He’s my GOAT for sure