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00:00ТНТ, the Pistons with a historic playoff comeback in Orlando
00:05and an absolutely wild finish in Toronto in overtime.
00:10Taylor and the gang, they've got you covered.
00:15The Lakers, strong defensive showing tonight
00:19and the offense has been there as well for LeBron James and Los Angeles.
00:25They lead it by 18.
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00:48Welcome back to the NBA Playoffs, presented by Google.
00:52We're getting you ready for second-half action here in Houston
00:55where the Lakers lead the Rockets 49-31.
00:59They lead this series three games to two.
01:02Time right now for Delivering the Heat, presented by Wingstop.
01:07LeBron James, 18 points, 7 of 14 from the field.
01:11He's made a couple of three-pointers.
01:13He's grabbed three rebounds, dished out five assists.
01:20And LeBron continues to deliver the Heat everywhere he goes.
01:25Yeah, that pass was incredible.
01:26And his five assists, they've only scored 11 buckets other than his.
01:30So he's doing everything.
01:32We've seen him at the rim, hitting jumpers, making passes.
01:37Look, for 23 years, we've watched this guy, and he's still the best player on the floor.
01:44And the question now, does Houston have a run left in them to force a Game 7?
01:49Eastern Conference, we've seen a lot of drama.
01:52These playoffs, look, we've seen crazy things.
01:55So this is far from over, but Houston's really going to have to turn things around.
02:01The Lakers have taken control of the boards and the turnover battle.
02:05Moments ago, Cassidy with Rui Hachimura.
02:09Thanks, Zion.
02:09Rui, you hit two big threes in that first half, adding to your consistency this series.
02:14How confident are you in your three-point shot right now?
02:17You know, I think it's all about Brown.
02:18You know, the Brown being, getting all this defense, everything's contracted.
02:23So that's why I'm getting those open looks, so I've got to keep doing that.
02:26Third chance of trying to close this thing out.
02:28What is it going to take here in the second half?
02:29Defense.
02:30So I'll be good to go on and get a defense box.
02:32Thanks for your time and good luck.
02:33Back to you, Ian.
02:35And the first possession of the second half belongs to LeBron James.
02:38Pick it up where he left off.
02:41I mean, I just am a little surprised that the Rockets came out with that same matchup of Tari Eason
02:51on LeBron James.
02:52The lead is now 20.
02:54It's the largest cushion of the night.
02:56Thompson rises up and hits.
03:0251-33 Los Angeles.
03:13Reeves behind the back.
03:15And that jumper is halfway down and out.
03:20Smith, the push up the floor.
03:22Pulls up.
03:24Off the rim, Hachimura locates it.
03:27Smart ahead for Reeves.
03:28Houston gets back defensively.
03:31And LeBron, the last man down the floor, will handle it.
03:39James lines it up.
03:41Knew he missed it.
03:43And Smith clears it.
03:45Shepard one-on-one with Reeves.
03:47Gets cut off.
03:48Trailer is Shang-Goon.
03:51Thompson, hard drive into two defenders.
03:55He couldn't finish.
03:56Smart to LeBron.
04:01Waits for his teammates.
04:03Hachimura, bottom.
04:04A three.
04:05His shooting is incredible.
04:07The consistency.
04:09This will be his 11th straight game going back to the regular season.
04:13Shooting 50% or better from three.
04:17Even great shooters from three have nights where, I mean, go two for five.
04:23That's not a bad night.
04:24He's not even doing that.
04:26He is three of four from three Portland.
04:29Eason answers with a triple.
04:31It's his second above the break at three tonight.
04:36And he had none coming into the series.
04:39Ten points in 18 minutes.
04:42For the fourth-year swingman, Tari Eason.
04:46First rocket into double figures tonight.
04:49Reeves.
04:49All the way to the rim.
04:51Austin Reeves gets there.
04:54Austin Reeves is just going to get better with every game that goes on.
04:58A month off is hard to get back into any kind of rhythm.
05:04Shang-Goon is going to the free throw line.
05:06It was a strained oblique muscle for Austin Reeves.
05:11Cost him nine games.
05:14You see him right to the rim there.
05:16And then Marcus Smart, a great pass.
05:20And Rui Hachimura, when he gets his feet set,
05:23and his shot selection is so good.
05:25He doesn't shoot off balance.
05:27He doesn't force things.
05:29He doesn't turn the ball over.
05:31Great complimentary guy for this Laker offense.
05:37Well, this Rockets team is going to make any kind of comeback.
05:40It's probably going to fall on the shoulders of Alperin Shang-Goon.
05:46All-star each of the last two years.
05:53Shang-Goon misses on the second attempt.
05:56Lakers lead by 19.
05:58Well, the free throws have been the only thing where Shang-Goon hasn't been real solid.
06:06Under 70% on the year.
06:08James against Eason.
06:10Off the rim.
06:12Well, he missed that one, but he was right at the rim again.
06:16Thompson leaves it for Shang-Goon.
06:18Spin on Aiden.
06:19Shang-Goon stops, pops, and he can't finish it.
06:23Lakers in attack mode.
06:26Excellent job by Aiden defensively, and that was his 10th rebound of the night.
06:35James give it up.
06:37Aiden lays it in.
06:38No answers right now for Houston, and a foul call.
06:47DeAndre Aiden chanted a three-point play.
06:51Look at LeBron James here, though, and then late on the rotations for Houston.
07:06The lead is now 21 for Los Angeles.
07:12Foul called on Smart, defending Shepard.
07:20Historic comeback by the Detroit Pistons in the second half in Orlando.
07:24I've never seen anything like that.
07:2619 points Detroit held them to in the second half.
07:3019.
07:33Shepard for Thompson.
07:36Two-man game.
07:38Shepard can't find it.
07:42Shepard is now 2 of 11.
07:44LeBron James is fouled.
07:48The Lakers have just done such a great job on the defensive glass, though,
07:53in the first four games of this series.
07:57They didn't once even grab 70% of Houston's misses.
08:02Got 77% of them the other night.
08:05And tonight, they are just dominating on the glass.
08:08Over 90% on the defensive board.
08:11And that is the fourth foul on Jabari Smith, Jr.
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08:27This is now the largest lead of the night.
08:31LeBron shot it at 74% during the regular season.
08:36He is 4 of 6 at the line tonight.
08:3922 points.
08:416 assists in 24 minutes of action.
08:47Eason hands to Shang-Goon.
08:4910 to shoot.
08:50Thompson accelerates.
08:54Eason short in the paint.
08:56Thompson got his hands on it.
08:58Smart ahead.
08:59LeBron.
09:00It's blocked by Smith.
09:03LeBron ends up on his backside.
09:08And he comes up smiling.
09:15That is a big-time block.
09:23Out of bounds.
09:24Lakers will retain.
09:29Hachimura defended by Shepard.
09:32Huge size advantage.
09:3412 to shoot.
09:36And James turns it over.
09:39Shepard on the push.
09:41Shifting gears on a kick for Thompson.
09:46Lakers transition defense has been great all night also.
09:50Shang-Goon is there off the Shepard miss.
09:53Never hit the rim.
09:54Shang-Goon missed it on a spin.
09:56Thompson on a fadeaway.
09:58In and out.
09:59And that's Houston's night in a nutshell.
10:04The offense has escaped them.
10:0880.
10:10The baby hook doesn't go.
10:14The Rockets are at 27% from the field.
10:1921% from three.
10:21Shepard nearly lost it.
10:23Put it out near the rim.
10:24Shang-Goon is there.
10:26Layup doesn't go, but a foul.
10:29Fast break points at 16-4 L.A.
10:32Houston's in a deep hole in game six.
10:37Movement presented by Lilly.
10:39The Lakers' bigs have done a great job on Shang-Goon tonight.
10:45Really all of them playing him one-on-one.
10:48He's three for ten from the floor and only has one assist.
10:53They have made it tough on him, just making him take tough shot after tough shot, and then Aiden gets
11:00the block there.
11:04Nine points for Shang-Goon comes in, averaging 21 in the series.
11:09Houston's shooting has gotten progressively worse tonight.
11:1237% in the first quarter, 23% in the second quarter, and 20% in the third.
11:19Right now, Imei Yudoka is searching for the right combination.
11:24He's going to get Ja'Shawn Tate some minutes.
11:28And Aaron Holiday returns.
11:30Shang-Goon misses another free throw.
11:35He's trying to get some energy into the game.
11:38Thompson, Holiday, Tate, Smith, and Shang-Goon.
11:44Tate's a hard-playing guy.
11:46Has not had a lot of success in this series.
11:48Did not play in game five.
11:52Lakers have Kennard, Hachimura, Reeves, James, and Aiden, the five on the floor.
12:02Reeves has looked sharp here.
12:05Nine points in 23 minutes.
12:08Swing it, Hachimura.
12:09Hot shooter.
12:11Rui Hachimura can't miss.
12:14My gosh.
12:16What this guy has done consistency-wise for three or four weeks here is amazing.
12:2416 points in 23 minutes.
12:29Tate misses from the outside,
12:30and a foul is called off the rebound action as Reeves secured it.
12:37I mean,
12:39Bron James to Aiton,
12:40and then Aiton does a great job moving the ball,
12:44but Lui Hachimura always ready to shoot.
12:47He gets those feet set,
12:48and he's just tough to deal with.
12:51I think for a long time,
12:54the thought process in defending Hachimura was,
12:56hey, you've got to respect his mid-range game,
12:59which is very confident,
13:00but he's just continued to extend that range.
13:03East in the steal,
13:04and he's fouled.
13:15And J.J. Redick telling his team,
13:17we're good.
13:18We're good.
13:22Wants to be very solid,
13:23though.
13:24You don't want to get sloppy.
13:25You're up 25.
13:26You do not want to get sloppy
13:28and start giving Houston any life right here.
13:35Redick said that he could feel the desperation from Houston in Game 4,
13:41and that's what the playoffs are all about.
13:43Team's back is against the wall.
13:45You expect them to respond,
13:47but Game 5,
13:48he just felt the Lakers played poorly,
13:50and they were flat,
13:51and defensively,
13:53they made more mistakes in that game
13:55than he could remember his team making in months.
13:58Yeah, he was obviously clearly disappointed,
14:01but then he also said
14:02he was very confident
14:04that they would come out
14:05and play very, very well tonight.
14:08He said,
14:08you never know the result
14:09because the other team could play very well, too,
14:12but he was confident
14:13what he'd get out of his team tonight.
14:15And he's been right.
14:16Reeves drives it,
14:17and the man can scoop to the hoop.
14:2211 points.
14:24Austin Reeves is back.
14:2965-40, Los Angeles.
14:31Lane opens up.
14:32Thompson is fouled.
14:38The question's going to be
14:39if the foul took place
14:40before he got to the rim.
14:43Look at Reeves.
14:45I mean, there's three guys there,
14:46but nobody puts their body in front
14:48to stop him,
14:50and he's just able to scoop the ball in.
14:53So Reeves is making the case
14:54that it's a shooting...
14:56should be a...
14:59on the side,
15:00but they're over the limit,
15:01so it's irrelevant.
15:04So Thompson goes to the free throw line.
15:08and his team now down by 24.
15:13This one hit.
15:15This one hit.
15:15Here we go.
15:17This one hit.
15:18Here we go.
15:20This one hit.
15:21Houston really took advantage
15:22of Lakers turnovers in this series,
15:24averaging just under 21 points
15:26off of turnovers
15:27in the first five games,
15:29but tonight L.A.
15:31has limited the turnovers.
15:33It's been crisper.
15:35Right now,
15:36L.A. has two fewer turnovers
15:38in Houston.
15:39They have not had fewer turnovers
15:42in any game in this series.
15:43Shot clock down to five.
15:46James goes to work.
15:47LeBron on a turnaround.
15:49Doesn't go.
15:50Go, go, go, go!
15:52Go, go, go!
15:52Go, go, go!
15:54Go, go, go!
15:54Go, go, go!
15:58Tate on a handoff for Smith.
16:01James draws the assignment.
16:03Off the double team.
16:04Holiday,
16:05shot clock winding down.
16:06Gets in the air.
16:07Gives it up.
16:08And Thompson puts it down.
16:12The patience.
16:15Excellent playmaking.
16:17Can they string together
16:18a bunch of stops
16:20is the question now
16:21for the Rockets.
16:25Reeves lines it up.
16:26Way off.
16:28Thompson with a long rebound.
16:31Swings.
16:32Smith hits three.
16:33Short.
16:35Trucked down by Smith.
16:37Over to Holiday.
16:38Turns the corner.
16:39Leaves it for Tate.
16:40He draws the foul.
16:43This is the best pace of play
16:45we've seen from Houston
16:46all night.
16:47They are moving
16:48at a much higher rate of speed
16:51than we've seen.
16:52They've been a little lethargic
16:54for a game six here
16:56where your season is on the line.
17:00But now we're seeing
17:01a little more energy.
17:03Doing it once again
17:05without Kevin Durant.
17:06He has missed five
17:08of the six games
17:09in this series
17:10with injuries.
17:13Upcoming playoff schedule
17:15tomorrow night
17:16NBC and Peacock
17:17for the Sixers
17:19and the Celtics
17:20in a game seven
17:21winner
17:22advances
17:23to a second round matchup
17:25with the New York Knicks.
17:26Go to NBA.com
17:27or visit the NBA app
17:28to get more info.
17:31Tate goes one out of two.
17:33With Joel Embiid back
17:35and playing better.
17:37Tyrese Maxey,
17:39B.J. Edgecombe,
17:40I think it's going to be
17:40a good game in Boston Garden.
17:42I'd still probably
17:43take the Celtics
17:45but Philadelphia team
17:47is dangerous.
17:48Aiden is fouled.
17:53He went in hard.
17:55Thompson was there
17:56to greet him
17:56and that is
17:57number three
17:59on Thompson.
18:00Fourteen foul.
18:08DeAndre Aiden
18:09one of five
18:10from the field
18:10but he does have
18:1111 rebounds
18:12in 24 minutes.
18:17Just two of five
18:19at the line.
18:19Well, the other thing
18:20is he's been part of
18:22Holden Shingun
18:24to three for ten
18:25from the floor.
18:29Shingun getting a rest
18:30on that Houston bench.
18:31This is where
18:32the Rockets go
18:33without a natural center.
18:37A free throw shooting
18:38tonight both ways
18:39has not been good.
18:42Ten of sixteen
18:44for L.A.
18:45Twelve of eighteen
18:46for the Rockets.
18:48telling you
18:49they need to watch
18:50that Dirk Nowitzki
18:51shooting instruction
18:53he did in the studio
18:54I don't know
18:55probably a month
18:56or so ago.
18:57Google it.
18:59Thompson
19:00is fouled.
19:05So,
19:06a man Thompson
19:06now will
19:07shoot a pair.
19:10He is two of four
19:12at the free throw
19:13line tonight
19:14and that's the
19:15fourth foul
19:15on Aiton.
19:18When will
19:20the availability
19:21of Luka Doncic
19:24be part of the story
19:26for L.A.?
19:27Let's get more
19:27from Cassidy.
19:28Yeah, guys.
19:29Well, there's been
19:29no timeline.
19:30There has been
19:31some progress
19:32on the court.
19:33He's now doing
19:33some movement work
19:35in drills
19:35getting up shots
19:36but it is controlled.
19:38He hasn't advanced
19:38to one-on-one
19:39or full contact
19:40work yet
19:41and he's not
19:41into any scrimmages
19:42so it's a little
19:43more than just
19:44spot shooting
19:45but still a step
19:46away from anything
19:47live.
19:48But in the meantime
19:48teammates say
19:49just having him
19:49back around
19:50the group matters
19:51but this remains
19:52a slow build
19:53towards a return
19:54not an imminent
19:55one, guys.
19:56It's really
19:57unfortunate.
19:58Luka Doncic
20:00MVP candidate
20:01was having
20:02a great season
20:03led the league
20:04in scoring
20:05led the league
20:07in three-pointers
20:10made an attempt
20:11to free throw
20:12attempts
20:14one of the best
20:15assist guys
20:16in the league
20:16just a great
20:17great play.
20:19Smart is fouled
20:20and we're getting
20:21a free throw fest
20:23now
20:23as Smith
20:25inadvertently
20:26clipped Smart
20:27as he was heading
20:28towards the line
20:29and Thompson
20:30picks up the foul
20:31so that's number
20:32four on him.
20:37Smart's first
20:38free throws
20:39of the night.
20:41Good numbers
20:42in this series.
20:44He has yet
20:46to score though
20:46here in game six.
20:49Game one
20:50a 107-98
20:51L.A. win
20:52at home.
20:53Kennard had 27.
20:54Game two
20:55LeBron takeover
20:57101-94
20:58Los Angeles.
20:59Game three
21:00was a classic.
21:02Lakers
21:02stole a win
21:04in overtime
21:04112-108
21:06LeBron James
21:07had 29 points
21:0813 rebounds
21:09and then in game four
21:10Houston bounces back
21:11115-96
21:13they control
21:14the action
21:15against L.A.
21:16and then they go
21:16to Los Angeles
21:17and get a 99-93
21:19win to force
21:20a game six.
21:27Changun back in.
21:29He's messed up with
21:30LaRavia.
21:31Hayes is in for L.A.
21:33Changun drops it
21:35for Thompson.
21:36Turns
21:36to Eason
21:38and it's rejected
21:39by Smart.
21:40He got him
21:40at the apex.
21:42Wow.
21:44Kennard running.
21:45Smart
21:45back for Kennard.
21:47Give and go.
21:49Hayes off the deflection.
21:50Shot clock is down
21:51to 12.
21:53Smart will set
21:54a screen for Reeves.
21:56Switch out front
21:56with Shepard.
21:58Another screen.
21:59Hayes.
21:59Reeves
22:00knifing to the rim
22:01for two.
22:03Wow.
22:05You can just see it
22:06almost with every
22:08move, Ian,
22:09that he just
22:10looks a little bit
22:11better and he's
22:12a little bit more
22:13confident in his body.
22:15Houston has three
22:16makes in the
22:17third quarter.
22:18They're three of
22:1914 from the field.
22:212.32 to go
22:24in the third.
22:25The Euro,
22:26Smith,
22:27he banks it in.
22:319 points now
22:33for Javari
22:33Smith, Jr.
22:35The Lakers lead
22:36is 20.
22:41Hey!
22:43Oh, yeah!
22:44Shang-Goon now
22:45defending
22:46Reeves.
22:47The handles,
22:49the drives.
22:50Oh, the bucket!
22:51That is tough stuff!
22:52Wow, he's just
22:53taking over now.
22:5715 for Reeves.
22:58He's got
22:59eight in the quarter.
23:04Shepard
23:05couldn't fake out
23:06Laravia.
23:07Issa now
23:07with seven to shoot.
23:09Kicks it
23:10for the
23:10Thompson three.
23:12Buttock!
23:13And a foul called.
23:15Shang-Goon
23:15and Smart
23:17made contact
23:18with one another.
23:19I'm not sure
23:20they got a foul
23:20if they just
23:21took a timeout.
23:22Look at Reeves
23:23just operating
23:24out of that
23:25high pick and roll
23:26where he's so good
23:27all the way
23:28to the rim.
23:31And then
23:32Marcus Smart
23:34going up
23:35and meet
23:36Taris
23:37at the rim.
23:39Lakers
23:39by 19.
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24:13Let the games
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24:15Late third
24:16quarter here.
24:17Lakers 71.
24:18Rockets 51.
24:21Kogi
24:22back in the game
24:23for Houston.
24:24And now
24:24he draws
24:25the assignment
24:25on Reeves.
24:27Kennard
24:27the fire.
24:31LaRavia
24:31the offensive
24:32board
24:32but it got
24:33knocked out
24:33of his hands.
24:36Thompson
24:37pushing
24:38tempo
24:39underneath.
24:41Scooped up
24:42there by
24:42Shang-Goon.
24:43He'll kick it
24:43for Eason.
24:45Ready,
24:45waiting
24:46and misses
24:46on a three.
24:47A Kogi
24:48with the
24:49offensive board.
24:52Eason drives.
24:53Gives it up.
24:54Shang-Goon
24:55lost it
24:55on the way
24:56up.
24:56He's fouled.
24:59Two free
25:00throws here
25:00for Alperen
25:01Shang-Goon.
25:02Well and that
25:03looked more
25:04like a Houston
25:05Rockets possession
25:06quite honestly.
25:08Missed shot,
25:09multiple guys
25:10on the
25:10offensive glass.
25:12We just
25:12really haven't
25:13seen that
25:13as much
25:15tonight
25:15or even
25:16in game
25:16five.
25:17They get
25:18LaRavia
25:18on the
25:19foul.
25:22Shang-Goon
25:23has put up
25:2411 points.
25:26And it's
25:27grabbed
25:2710 rebounds.
25:30Leading
25:31score for
25:32Houston
25:32is Thompson
25:33with 14
25:34and Eason
25:35with 12.
25:36Shang-Goon
25:37can match him
25:38with a make.
25:41LeBron James
25:42leads all
25:42scores
25:43with 22
25:44points.
25:45Hachimura
25:4616.
25:47Both of them
25:47though on the
25:48bench
25:48for Los Angeles.
25:51Reeves
25:52to Hayes.
25:54Kick it
25:55back out.
25:56A logo
25:56jumper
25:57is off
25:58for Reeves.
25:59No reason
25:59it had to be
26:00that deep.
26:01Reeves could
26:02have stepped
26:02in on that
26:03plenty of times
26:04to step in
26:05and get his
26:05feet set.
26:06Eason tried
26:06to drive it
26:07on smart,
26:08work it to
26:08the other
26:09side.
26:09Akoge
26:09feed the post.
26:11Shang-Goon
26:11turns
26:12and finishes.
26:14Great job
26:15sealing.
26:16Huge
26:17size advantage.
26:22Reeves
26:22loses it.
26:24Shepard
26:24gets it
26:25ahead of
26:25Kogi.
26:26It's a
26:26three-on-one.
26:27Shang-Goon
26:28and Euros
26:28flips it.
26:29Offensive
26:30foul!
26:32Shang-Goon
26:33wants him
26:33to challenge.
26:35Immediately
26:35looking behind
26:36his bench.
26:39And they
26:40are going
26:40to challenge.
26:44Houston
26:45had the
26:45numbers.
26:48Now the
26:49question is
26:49will they
26:50win it?
26:51Looks to
26:51me like
26:52Smart was
26:53there and
26:53just held
26:54his spot.
26:55I did
26:56not see
26:56move.
26:58We'll
26:59see what
27:00Scott Foster,
27:02Curtis Blair
27:03and Carl
27:03Lane think.
27:05They had
27:06a three-on-one
27:08before the
27:09Lakers got
27:09back
27:10defensively.
27:11With
27:12Kennard
27:12and
27:13Laravia
27:13trailing
27:14the play
27:15with
27:15Hayes.
27:17Well the
27:18Laker
27:18transition
27:18defense
27:19tonight
27:19has been
27:20outstanding.
27:21The effort
27:22has been
27:23great.
27:23It's been
27:24a very
27:24good
27:25defensive
27:25effort
27:27overall
27:27but in
27:28transition
27:28they've
27:29been great.
27:29Houston
27:30has four
27:30fast break
27:31points.
27:32Yeah
27:32look I
27:32mean
27:34it's
27:34the Lakers
27:36have been
27:36very very
27:37focused
27:37tonight.
27:43this series
27:44Rockets
27:44were averaging
27:4514.6
27:47offensive
27:47rebounds per
27:48game.
27:49Determined
27:49the defender
27:49was able to
27:50get to a
27:50legal spot
27:51on the floor
27:51the offensive
27:52player went
27:53through him
27:53illegally
27:53therefore
27:54an offensive
27:55foul will be
27:55standing
27:56it's an
27:56unsuccessful
27:57challenge
27:57that we
27:58charge the
27:58timeout
27:58and they
27:59will not
27:59be able to
28:00challenge
28:01so that
28:03was an
28:03open and
28:04shut case
28:04for Scott
28:05Foster
28:05and company
28:12the Rockets
28:13get an
28:13empty
28:14possession
28:15and they
28:16trail
28:17the Lakers
28:1771 to
28:1855
28:20and that
28:21is the
28:21third charge
28:22Marcus
28:23Smart
28:23has taken
28:24tonight
28:25there's a
28:25lot of
28:25ways
28:26to impact
28:27the game
28:28I remember
28:29a game
28:29we had
28:30earlier
28:30this year
28:31I think
28:32Cassidy
28:32was interviewing
28:34Jalen Brunson
28:35after the
28:36game
28:36and he
28:36had taken
28:37a bunch
28:37of charges
28:37and he
28:38called himself
28:39a below
28:40the rim
28:40rim protector
28:41and that
28:42is what
28:43Marcus
28:43Smart
28:43has done
28:44tonight
28:44half second
28:45different
28:46shot clock
28:46to game
28:46clock
28:47final moments
28:48of the
28:48third quarter
28:48James back
28:49in there
28:51LeBron
28:52back in
28:52on Eason
28:54LeBron
28:55comes up
28:56short
28:56rebounded
28:57by Tate
28:58he'll just
28:59chuck it
28:59down the
29:00floor
29:00and bang
29:00it
29:01off the
29:01shot clock
29:02nearly hit
29:02our camera
29:03in the
29:03process
29:04is there
29:05a fine
29:05if he hits
29:06our camera
29:07yeah
29:07he gets
29:07a bill
29:08good
29:11end of
29:12three
29:12Lakers
29:1371
29:14Rockets
29:1555
29:15you're watching
29:16first round
29:17coverage
29:17on prime
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29:2414
29:25points
29:26and 10
29:26rebounds
29:27on 4 of
29:2811
29:28from the
29:29field
29:29and LeBron
29:30James
29:3022 points
29:32he's 8 of
29:3220 shooting
29:336 assists
29:35he is
29:35logged
29:3528 minutes
29:37get better
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29:38playoffs
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29:42your game
29:4571-55
29:47The Lakers
29:48On top of the Rockets
29:49L.A. trying to wrap up this series
29:52In six
29:54Dorian Finney-Smith now in the game
29:56For Houston
29:57Shepard gets the step
29:58But couldn't finish
30:02James
30:03Ahead
30:04Extra
30:05Hachimura
30:06Man he is on another level right now
30:09Shooting the ball
30:10The Lakers speed though
30:13With energy up and down the floor
30:16Has just been incredible
30:18All my mind
30:19Shepard
30:20Picks on the shortboard
30:23Hachimura
30:24My gosh
30:27Shepard is 3 of 14 from the field
30:30He's 0 of 6 from three point territory
30:32Yeah look
30:32He's had a very rough series
30:34A little better in the last two games
30:36But overall for Reed Shepard
30:40It has not been a good shooting series
30:44That's deflected
30:46With 8 to shoot
30:47I mean here's Hachimura
30:51Again on the pass from Kinnard
30:53It's almost like
30:54If really Hachimura were to miss a shot
30:57Tonight
30:57We'd be shocked
30:58Yeah
31:01James 1 on 1 with Eason
31:03No help
31:05Turns
31:06And gets it to go
31:10The lead is back to 19
31:13For Los Angeles
31:16Eason against Smart
31:19Eason will fire
31:21And a good box out there
31:238 and uncontested rebound
31:32This is the 4-5 matchup of the Western Conference
31:35Kinnard
31:36Doesn't get the roll
31:37It dances on the rim
31:38Smith comes out of there with it
31:40Great block out by Finney Smith
31:44With nobody underneath for Houston
31:47Misses on a 3-ball
31:542 minutes gone by in the 4-th
31:57Smart swing Kinnard
31:59Hachimura
32:01He's human
32:04Kinnard
32:05Save it
32:06Out of bounds
32:07It bounced off of Houston
32:09Out of bounds
32:14Rui Hachimura
32:15Has 19 points on 12 shots
32:19And that's with no free throws
32:215 of 7 from 3-point territory
32:26James
32:27No good with a left hand
32:29I like that they changed the matchup
32:32And at least got somebody else on him
32:35Jabari Smith
32:38Not bulky either
32:39But he's got more
32:40And that's a kickball
32:42So reset the shot clock to 14
32:45Part of
32:46The many issues tonight for Houston
32:49They've made
32:503-3's
32:52They are 3 of 19
32:53From long range
32:54L.A. has made 9
32:59It's an 18-point difference
33:01In made 3's
33:02Smith
33:03That's off
33:05And it's popped over to James
33:13Kinnard
33:14On a kick
33:16Hachimura
33:17Fades
33:20The follow goes
33:21Goes for Aiden
33:22Crashing the glass
33:25The Andre Aiden
33:26Has just done great work
33:27On the glass
33:28Really all series
33:30But these last couple of games
33:33Thompson circles
33:34He is fouled by Aiden
33:43Demonstrating to the referee
33:44That Aiden Thompson just swept
33:48The rebounding numbers are 44-29
33:52Los Angeles
33:55The Andre Aiden
33:58Absolutely right
33:58Yep Aiden recreated it
34:00Didn't matter on the call
34:02And Hachimura brings down
34:04Shang-Goon
34:05Thompson just pushed Hachimura
34:07Out of the way
34:15Nothing extracurricular
34:25And Thompson took exception that
34:28He didn't want Hachimura to help up Shang-Goon
34:30I'm not sure Shang-Goon would have taken his hand either way
34:36So Shang-Goon at the free throw line
34:39With the Rockets trailing by 21
34:418-46 mark of the fourth
34:48At no point in the second half
34:51Did you feel as if
34:52Houston was in
34:53Within striking distance
34:56Lakers
34:57Anytime Houston even went on a mini run
35:00Answered
35:00With a run of their own
35:02Yeah and it's not just
35:04At least in my opinion tonight
35:06It's not just if they miss shots
35:08And everything else
35:10I just think
35:11What has surprised me
35:14Is the Lakers energy level
35:16Has been so much higher than Houston's
35:2120-point game
35:23Smart working around the perimeter
35:26Aiden to James
35:29Turnaround
35:30Doesn't go
35:32It's a five on four
35:36Thompson
35:36Couldn't turn the corner on Kennard
35:38Spray it out for the Shepard three
35:40And it died at the rim
35:42And he's now 15 for 51
35:45From three in the series
35:47Under 30%
35:49And a foul is called on the inside
35:51Smart
35:53Ends up on the hardwood
35:58And a foul is against Shepard
36:05JJ Redick will make a change here
36:07With Hayes checking in to replace Aiden
36:10So that combination
36:13Aiden has scored seven
36:14Hayes has scored two
36:18Three rebounds for Hayes
36:2016 rebounds for Aiden
36:22So that's nine points
36:2419 boards
36:25From the center position
36:27Smart gets to the cup
36:29Hayes
36:31Nearly got the banker
36:32He is going to the free throw line
36:36Also very surprised
36:38I mean Houston's
36:40Team
36:41Their season
36:42Was built in large part
36:44On their rebounding
36:45Number one in the NBA
36:46And the Lakers
36:48Have dominated them
36:50On the glass tonight
36:51That's number four
36:52On Shang-Goon
36:55Crime 101
36:56Starring Chris Hemsworth
36:58Mark Ruffalo
36:59Barry Keoghan
37:00And Halle Berry
37:01One Crime connects them all
37:03Directed by Bart Layton
37:04Streaming now
37:06On Prime
37:06And you're right
37:07That's just a movie
37:08Not a series
37:09Okay
37:11I'm gonna
37:11You're just picking up
37:12A conversation that we had
37:13Off the air
37:14As soon as the NBA playoffs
37:16Are over
37:16I'm getting on that one
37:17That one looks good to me
37:18You mentioned earlier
37:19You thought it was a miniseries
37:21I told you it was a movie
37:21Now you believe me
37:22As Houston
37:24Turns it over
37:25And with 741
37:27Left in the fourth
37:29The Rockets showing
37:31No signs
37:32Of a rally
37:35And it leaves
37:36Emei Yudoka
37:39Shaking his head
37:43They just didn't have it tonight
37:45No they didn't
37:46And look
37:47There's a lot of positives
37:49Going forward
37:49In this Rockets team
37:51The guys we're seeing
37:52Out here now
37:53The youngest
37:55Second youngest
37:56Starting lineup
37:57Ever in the playoffs
37:58And then they've got
38:00Steven Adams
38:01Who's missed
38:03The entire second half
38:04Of the year
38:05The best offensive rebounder
38:07In the league
38:08They've got Kevin Durant
38:09Still a great bucket getter
38:11And probably the
38:12Guy they've missed
38:13More than even
38:14Those guys
38:15Fred Van Vliet
38:17Who missed the entire
38:18Year
38:18So the future's bright
38:20For this team
38:21Emei Yudoka
38:22Has done a terrific job
38:24Keeping them afloat
38:25This year
38:26And bringing them back
38:27From 3-0
38:28To get to this point
38:29But it looks like
38:30They've just run out
38:31Of gas
38:32Here tonight
38:36The Lakers lead by 21
38:43Screen Hachimura
38:46Fake on a 3
38:47Back in
38:49Hachimura
38:49Has reached
38:51Flow state
38:53Well it's about time
38:54He made one
38:54He missed two in a row
38:5621 points for Hachimura
38:58Shepard can't answer
39:00Shangun with a follow jam
39:13Another one
39:13No Hachimura doesn't take it
39:15Well that's the one thing
39:16With Hachimura
39:17And
39:18Is he's great
39:19As a complimentary guy
39:22Eason
39:23Steal and slam
39:25JJ Redick upset
39:27Right now
39:29And I get this
39:31As a coach
39:32You do not want to get lazy
39:35Want to finish the game
39:37The right way
39:38Very upset
39:39With the way they handled
39:41The pressure there
39:42Lakers are up big
39:43But JJ Redick
39:44Wants them to run
39:46Run through the tape
39:48Try to put the finishing
39:49Touches on a game six win
39:51And a first round series win
39:53Here against Houston
39:55Here's tonight's rewarding
39:56Performance presented by
39:57Capital One
40:00Tonight LeBron James has gone
40:02For 24 points
40:06Big scoring numbers in games
40:08Two and three
40:10Had 25 in game five
40:12In a losing effort
40:15But he's the high man tonight
40:17Followed by Hachimura
40:18With 21
40:19Leading score for Houston
40:21Is Shang-Gun
40:22With 17
40:24Rockets out there
40:25Starting five
40:25On the floor
40:27Lakers have
40:28James
40:28Hachimura
40:29Reeves
40:30Kennard
40:31And Hayes
40:38Switch
40:39Back out
40:41Reeves
40:42Ball is moving
40:44James
40:44Attack mode
40:47And I just love that last time out
40:49From JJ Redick
40:50Up 21 points
40:53Or 19 at the time
40:55But didn't like what he saw
40:57And he stopped it right there
41:00And got things under control
41:01And my brother
41:02Has said throughout his career
41:05One of the things he tells coaches
41:06All the time is do not
41:09Tolerate in victory
41:10What you would not tolerate
41:12In defeat
41:13JJ Redick wants these guys
41:15To play the right way
41:16All the time
41:17It's all a matter of habits
41:19He was upset
41:20With
41:21A defensive
41:24Blown assignment
41:25And then
41:26As they were trying to
41:27Inbound the ball
41:27He didn't believe
41:28That any of his players
41:29Came over to help
41:30And that's when he called
41:31The timeout
41:32And basically looks at him
41:33So what are you doing
41:33He was very upset
41:35At Austin Reeves
41:36And you know
41:37When a guy will get on
41:38When a coach will get on
41:39His star like that
41:40Especially up big
41:42It puts everyone else
41:43On a load
41:44The foul was called
41:45Against Thompson
41:47Hachimura
41:47Outside
41:48Smart
41:49Got a three
41:50His first bucket
41:51Of the night
41:5486-62
41:55The Lakers
41:56Are running away with it
41:59They could not
42:01Get the game
42:03Five victory
42:03To wrap up the series
42:04Had to get back
42:05On a plane
42:06Fly to Houston
42:07But
42:07They are five minutes
42:08And 17 seconds away
42:10From sealing the deal
42:12Shang-Goon
42:14Lost it
42:14Out of bounds
42:24The Laker defense
42:25Just tremendous
42:27All Los Angeles
42:28Right now
42:32And a foul is called
42:34As Smith
42:35Tried to go for the steal
42:39Thompson just grabbed
42:41At the arm of Reeves
42:45Yes he did
42:48And then he took
42:49Luke Kennard
42:50And then he took
42:52Luke Kennard
42:53And Reeves
42:54That left arm
42:57Was
42:58Hanging a bit
42:59Awkwardly
43:00As he went
43:01To the sideline
43:01And
43:03Now
43:04Just gathering himself
43:07You know
43:08That's the other part too
43:09Is
43:09You could come back
43:10Which he did
43:11And
43:12JJ Redick gave him
43:13A great deal of credit
43:14Said that
43:15He did everything
43:16Within his ability
43:17To return from the injury
43:19But there's no way
43:20To simulate
43:21Playoff basketball
43:22No
43:23In your ramp up
43:23No
43:24No way to simulate that
43:25And no way to get that
43:27Kind of conditioning
43:28In either
43:28No matter how hard
43:29You're working
43:31And you see that
43:32In guy's legs
43:33Which is part of the reason
43:34He's two for twelve
43:35From three
43:37In the two games
43:37That he's come back
43:38He will get better
43:40As time goes on
43:41And obviously
43:42He'll need to
43:43If they go ahead
43:44And finish this off
43:46And they've got to play
43:47The Oklahoma City Thunder
43:49They will need
43:51Everything
43:51Out of Austin Reeves
43:53And everyone else
43:54For that matter
43:54Sheppard hits on the three
43:5788-65 Los Angeles
44:03James has got
44:0428 points
44:06Cross court
44:08Smart
44:09Yes sir
44:14Next LeBron James
44:15His seventh assist
44:17To go
44:17With his 28 points
44:18Spin
44:19Thompson
44:20With the flush
44:29Gonna hit the four minute mark
44:31Of this fourth quarter
44:33Lakers took control early
44:35And have never looked back
44:41Keep the ball moving
44:42Six to shoot
44:44Hachimura
44:44Fend off
44:45And it's taken away
44:47By Sheppard
44:48Sheppard has got
44:49Great hands
44:50Defensively
44:51One of the leading
44:52Steel leaders
44:53In the lead
44:54Just missed on a three ball
45:00And a final
45:01338
45:02Here in the fourth
45:03Been a rough night
45:04For Jabari Smith
45:06Who had had
45:0616 points
45:08In every game
45:08Of this series
45:09Coming in
45:10To lob it up
45:11Hayes
45:12Throws it down
45:14Perfectly placed
45:15By LeBron James
45:20Sheppard
45:20A deep one
45:21And James
45:23Grabs the rebound
45:25That is
45:26Seven boards
45:27For him
45:27To go along
45:28With eight assists
45:29And 28 points
45:32He's going to call
45:33Timeout
45:34Here
45:34And LeBron James
45:35I think
45:35Would like to exit
45:36This game
45:37Getting that sense
45:38And he has
45:40Earned that right
45:44He's played a team
45:45High
45:4637 minutes
45:47The Lakers
45:48Up big
45:51Six
45:51It has been
45:52The LeBron James
45:53Show
45:54For the
45:54Los Angeles
45:55Lakers
45:56Little bit of
45:57Everything
45:58For LeBron
46:0328 points
46:05Eight assists
46:07Seven rebounds
46:10And his night
46:11Has come to a close
46:15But there's still
46:16A James on the floor
46:17Yes
46:18Bronny James
46:19At the
46:20307 mark
46:23And Yimei
46:25Udoka
46:25Leaving his
46:26Starters
46:27In the game
46:30Fastest Laker
46:31To reach
46:321500 points
46:34Since Shaquille O'Neal
46:39Zero in
46:42Smith
46:42Connect
46:43And Bronny James
46:48Along with
46:49LaRabia
46:49That's the five
46:50On the floor
46:51For L.A.
46:51For the final
46:52259
46:57Foul
46:58Was called
46:58On
46:58Eason
47:01And it
47:02Sends
47:03Thero
47:03To
47:04The
47:04Free
47:04Throw
47:04Line
47:10Well maybe not
47:11Exactly
47:11How the Lakers
47:12Thought this
47:13One
47:13Would go
47:13After
47:14Where they took
47:14The 3-0 lead
47:15In the series
47:15But
47:17You take a first round win
47:19Anywhere you can get it
47:20In fact
47:21They lost in the first round
47:22Each of the last two years
47:24Absolutely
47:24And to not have
47:26The league's leading scorer
47:28And Luka Doncic
47:29You got to be very happy
47:31Coming out of this series
47:32With a victory
47:3418 now for Thompson
47:36LaRabia
47:37Takes it to the rack
47:38Stripped of the ball
47:39By Eason
47:40Brawny saves it
47:41For Smith
47:42Floats it up
47:44Well off
47:45And Brawny James
47:47Playing free safety
47:49Comes away with a turnover
47:51Smith
47:51Steps into it
47:53And cans a triple
47:55Brawny James
47:56Just continuing
47:57Doing the Lakers
47:59Great effort
48:00In transition
48:01Defensively
48:02Tonight
48:03Shepard over
48:04Nick Smith Jr
48:05Short
48:06And it's grabbed
48:07By Konek
48:11There are the quick hands
48:13Of Shepard
48:14He knocks it out of bounds
48:16Wholesale substitution
48:17Here for the Rockets
48:19For the last
48:202-0-7
48:23Holiday in
48:25Davison in
48:27Akogi
48:28Tate
48:29And Capella
48:30And the
48:31Rockets season
48:32Will come to a close
48:34Tonight
48:39Just too many
48:40Injuries
48:41For the Houston Rockets
48:43They overcame them
48:44Throughout the year
48:45Did a great job
48:46But you can only
48:48Overcome so many
48:49Brownie James
48:50Missed it
48:50Oh the crank
48:52By Theroux
48:54Wow
49:00Lakers bench
49:01Loved it
49:01And a foul
49:03Called with
49:041.51 to play
49:08Wow
49:08The full extension
49:15Jackson Hayes is thinking
49:17Maybe if I brought that
49:18Out in the dunk contest
49:19There would have been
49:20A different result
49:20Man
49:21That was
49:24What proved to be
49:25The easiest bet of the night
49:27Was that over
49:28Under at 200
49:31Glad you're monitoring
49:32That, Stan
49:32We're at 170
49:34Right now
49:34There would need to be
49:35An explosion
49:36Here
49:37In the last
49:381.41
49:39Kogi hits on the
49:40Three ball
49:43Smith against Capella
49:45Eight to shoot
49:50Smith
49:51Step back
49:52Jay
49:52Short
49:53Long rebound
49:54Tracked down by Tate
49:55Running to the rim
49:57And Tate lays it in
49:59Final minute
50:0019
50:01Here, Stan
50:02Any early thoughts
50:03On Lakers
50:03OKC
50:04Well, it's gonna be tough
50:05Without Luka Doncic
50:08I just don't know
50:10I mean, Oklahoma City
50:11Defense is so good
50:13I don't know if the Lakers
50:14Will be able to
50:14Generate enough offense
50:18One minute to play
50:19Here in game six
50:26Tremendous all-around effort
50:27By the Los Angeles Lakers
50:31You could feel it early
50:32And then it just continued
50:34Through each quarter
50:36Oh, yeah
50:36Look, I mean
50:38They were the
50:39More energetic team
50:42Played at a greater pace
50:43Were more committed
50:45All night long
50:46To getting this done
50:50Final 46 seconds
50:56In their third chance
50:58To close out this series
50:59The Lakers
51:00Get it done
51:07Moravia leaves it
51:08For Smith
51:09His jump shot
51:09Doesn't go
51:13Tate once again
51:14Will push it
51:14And pull up
51:15Miss on the rainbow
51:16Three
51:17Capella
51:17Cleans it up
51:21And now
51:22All the Lakers
51:22Have to do
51:23Is get it
51:23Across the line
51:26Coming up
51:27NBA nightcap
51:28Presented
51:29By Patron
51:36The Western Conference
51:38Second round
51:39Is all set
51:41The Lakers advance
51:45They get it done
51:46In six games
51:47Over the Rockets
51:49LeBron James
51:51And company
51:54Moving on
51:55To the conference
51:55Semifinals
51:56To meet
51:57The defending champion
51:58Oklahoma City Thunder
52:00Ninety-eight
52:01Ninety-eight
52:01Seventy-eight
52:01The final
52:05Lakers had a 3-0 lead
52:06In the series
52:07Rockets won
52:08Two straight
52:09And now
52:10J.J. Redick
52:11Has coached his team
52:12Into
52:12The second round
52:22So
52:22It will be
52:23Thunder
52:24And Lakers
52:25Won four
52:26Matchup
52:26In the conference
52:27Semifinals
52:28And San Antonio
52:29Meeting
52:30Minnesota
52:31Two six
52:36That's the story
52:37From
52:37Houston
52:39Lakers
52:40Win at
52:40Ninety-eight
52:41Seventy-eight
52:41For Stan Van Gundy
52:42Cassidy Hubbard
52:43The rest of our NBA
52:44On Prime Crew
52:46Ian Eagle
52:47Saying goodbye
52:48From Toyota Center
52:49Let's send it
52:50To the studio
52:50At Taylor Rooks
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