Saturday, October 20, 2018

10/20 - LAKERS vs. Rockets 2nd Half Open Thread


2nd half open thread of the Lakers-Rockets in L.A. As usual, leave a comment below and share your thoughts on the game.

Q4

HOU 124 LAL 115

Key threes helped seal this for the Rockets down the stretch. It's early in the season, but this is one of those frustrating losses. With that, we'll see what kind of repercussions will happen regarding that brawl down the stretch that involved a shove from behind by Ingram, then punches thrown by CP3 and Rondo happened and Ingram came from behind with a blindside punch to CP3. We don't know what will happen from there. This may be costly to what is a promising season if Ingram were to miss an extended period of time after this incident. More to come in the full recap.

Q3

HOU 98 LAL 97

That was such a push off from CP3. That put a damper from the Lakers closing this quarter out the right way. The fight in this Laker team is undeniable. It showed last season. Houston built a 10 point lead this quarter and it looked like they were gonna run away with it. But, the Lakers found ways to hung around with good defense and some timely shots. First Zo stays hot from deep with his 3rd three-pointer to give the Lakers the lead. Then Josh Hart hit a three for the Lakers to reclaim the lead. They lead briefly, the Chris Paul went to take over the game for the Rockets. This is possibly coming down to the last offensive possession and the last defensive stop the way this game is going.

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