Lakers beat Rockets 110-100 in Game 4 and takes 3-1 Leads in Western-Conference semi-final 7 game series.Game 5 will be on Saturday at 8:00 PM ET.
Anthony Davis led all scorers with 29 points on 10 of 18 shooting.He also picked up 12 boards along with 5 Assists. LeBron James fills the stats sheet with near tipple-double, 16 points,17 rebounds and 9 assists.
Alex Caruso provided much needed spark off the bench with 16 points on 5 of 9 shooting from the floor.Playoffs Rondo continues his impressive return to the action with 11 point,10 rebounds and 8 Assists.Los Angeles rookie Talen Horton-Tucker made his playoffs debut,he scored 5 points on 2-5 shooting,2 rebounds and 2 steals in just 7 minutes of playing time.
Lakers as a team shot 48.9% from the field but they just shot 30% from the 3-point line.Though Lakers also playing small-ball lineup to match Rockets with Morris at Center,they out rebounded Rockets 52 to 26.Lakers can wrap up the series on Saturday with a Game 5 win to move on to Conference finals.
Russell Westbrook leads Rocket scorers with 25 points for the night on 8 of 16 shooting.James Harden once again struggled from the field,he just shot 18.2% overall and 16.7% from three point line, The MVP finalist managed to score 21 points for the night,with the help of 20 Free throw attempts.He alone attempted 4 more free throws than whole Lakers team.
Eric Gordon once again provided much needed offense for Rockets,scored 19 points on 4 of 8 shooting from 3 point line.Austin Rivers scored 14 points off the bench along with 5 boards and 5 Assists.
Rockets shot well from the deep as a team (42.4%) and they attempted more free-throws (39) than Lakers (just 16) but still failed to win the ball game. They just managed 65 field goal attempts compared to Lakers 88,Lakers half-court defense is causing all-kinds of problems for Harden and Rockets.
Rockets never led the game on Thursday and Saturday game will be win or go home, they have to come-up with different approach to stay alive in the series.
2019-20 NBA Playoffs Lakers vs Rockets Game 4 Highlights
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