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Without Durant, the Rockets leaned heavily on Şengün, who scored 33 points on 15-of-27 shooting with 16 rebounds, 6 assists and 3 steals. Jabari Smith Jr. and Amen Thompson also combined for 50 points, but the offense was ultimately too disjointed to keep pace with the Lakers.

After creating a new meme in Game 1 of the Los Angeles Lakers' win over the Houston Rockets with a series of nonverbal facial expressions, LeBron James opened about who the looks were directed at following Game 2.

The Lakers’ season was supposed to be over by now. Kevin Durant and the Rockets were expected to take advantage of injuries to Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves. Father Time was expected to prevail over LeBron James at age 41,

The Los Angeles Lakers look to clinch the Western Conference first round over the Houston Rockets in game five