Skeets

I think Kelly Dwyer in his newsletter put it well this morning.

At some point last night, the Rockets realized, oh yeah, we do miss Kevin Durant.

We don't really want to do this anymore.

I don't want to be here anymore, which is disappointing for the young Rockets players.

to watch Marcus Smart and LeBron James, you know, out-hustling them.

Like they're the ones trailing in the series.

That's a tough look.

And, you know, again, these are the youthful, in theory, Rockets versus the older Lakers.

And the Lakers were the one playing with the urgency.

And LeBron, he understands the assignment.

um he wasn't definitely not going to be the first team to give up a 3-0 lead as much as the internet started buzzing about it right oh could you imagine can you imagine this is lebron's final playoff series and he is the one leading a team that gives up a 3-0 lead no no no he had uh his probably most impactful stretch there uh of the series he scored 14 points in the second quarter

set the tone for the entire group just like he's done hundreds of times before and they built the lead in the first half there's a ton of game left as we just saw in the Pistons Magic game but LA came out firing on all cylinders in the second half they put the game away at the start of the second half it was done goodbye Houston enjoy the beach

LeBron scored on the first possession.

Rui Hachimura knocked down a three.

Austin Reeves, obviously, you know, rounding into form a little bit more.

He scored a basket.

LA's up by 20.

Good night.

Especially on a night where nobody could score for the Rockets.

In fact, I saw this tweet from Chris Steed.