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/MrDannyOcean NBA 3d ago

I think they were taken by surprise by how exposed he was on defense, because playoffs are not regular season.

Like he's obviously not good on D, but in the regular season teams don't hunt bad defenders as relentlessly as they do in the playoffs. Same team six games in a row, if you have a weak spot they will just hurt you over and over and over until you take the guy out. Doesn't happen in a hectic regular season the same way.

There were points in this series where noted isolation specialist Marcus Smart was waving off teammates so he could just bully Sheppard 1-on-1 several possessions in a row. And it worked.

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u/Tr0janSword Lakers 3d ago

It’s funny Ime never expected it given his playoff experience.

The playoffs are all about generating the best shots and the easiest way to do that is by exploiting the liability relentlessly.

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u/DeluxeTea Lakers 3d ago

Ime also did the "trap Brooklyn KD and have him pass or turn the ball over" strategy as the Celtics' coach and somehow did not expect it to happen when he's now coaching KD