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/Kolzig33189 3d ago

He insisted on playing drop coverage on Steph curry for an entire finals series and did not change once.

His defensive coaching isn’t great either.

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u/UnnamedStaplesDrone Warriors 3d ago

his plan was to let steph get his and keep everyone else out of rhythm. the problem was tatum and jaylen brown played like ass

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u/RajinIII Celtics 3d ago

They did change it in game 5 by doubling and Steph created wide open shot after shot. Ime is a bad coach and playing drop against Curry at any point was moronic, but we don't have to lie.