Initial thoughts on the Rockets' season ending once again at home in the first round of the playoffs ➡️ youtu.be/7QQKjWIddG0

Just when I thought it couldn’t get worse than the Magic’s 79 tonight, the Rockets score 78 to end the season.

Rockets fans taking their t-shirts and heading home from TC with 5 minutes left in the season. Can't say I blame em. It's late.

Everything should be on the table for the Rockets this offseason. Everything.

Lakers lead by 18 at halftime. Rockets can't buy a bucket. Shooting a dreadful 28 percent from the field, 2-of-12 from 3. Second quarter was about as bad as it gets for Houston, shooting wise. That'll need to change drastically to keep the season alive.

The Rockets were 0-for-11 with one single point in this 2nd quarter before Reed Sheppard's layup five minutes in

Reed Sheppard is 0-for-8 to start this game

It's wild because the Lakers basically took over this half once they brought in their bench. Jake LaRavia and Luke Kennard, especially. And then LeBron caught that second wind.

Two possessions here in the 2nd quarter where the Rockets' best players get just a few feet away from the basket and elect not to shoot. And these are guys who do most of their work in the paint. Can't happen.

Rockets have to dominate if the Lakers are going to do rotations with no LeBron or AR

Needed a timeout there, game went on a binder for a second

Everything for the Lakers so far has been in the paint. One FT and 10 paint points, no 3s taken. Meanwhile, the Rockets have taken seven 3s and made two of them. They're up 14-11 with 6:11 to go in the 1st quarter.

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All of sudden the Rockets shoot 3s! A clinic right now

Actually, Sengun as a hub and facilitator has been really good tonight. Should note that.

Jabari Smith Jr., Tari Eason and the Rockets’ defense are carrying them over the Lakers right now. Better versions of Alperen Sengun and Amen Thompson will be needed to close this out, though.

Lmao & smh at Amen Thompson throwing an entry bounce pass 8 feet from the rim

Love how the Rockets have played since the 2nd quarter. Meanwhile, the Lakers are playing like straight dog 💩. This keeps up and we’ll be at Toyota Center again Friday.

Rockets show what they can do defensively and it’s the Lakers turning it over

4-for-7 from 3 to start the 2nd quarter, 4-for-8 from the field. That’s more like it

Good to get that Tari Eason And 1 to end the quarter and just be down 7 because that was an ugly shooting period for Houston. Went 8-for-18 from the field and 2-for-9 from 3. The five turnovers not great either.

So Austin Reaves is gonna play like this and LeBron is gonna be able to operate on fresh legs? Great 😬

Holiday bailout 3 at the end of the shot clock can’t be the look. Need Amen or Sengun to be more aggressive earlier in that possession.

That Reaves-Ayton pick-and-roll immediately looked different than anything we’ve seen from the Lakers so far in this series.

If that reach-in isn’t a foul on Marcus Smart then I don’t know what is

Cavs win this game and everything sets up nicely for them. Can close it out in Canada on Friday with either an 8th seed Magic, or tired and questionable Pistons squad on the other side. Cleveland arguably had the most on the line of any team in the East.

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Dennis Schröder has been outstanding off the Cavs’ bench tonight, especially in this 4th quarter.

I’ll take as many of these Magic-Pistons playoff games as they’re able and willing to play.

Cade Cunningham has now arrived for these playoffs

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The Rockets' defense has picked up. Can they keep hitting enough shots without KD? Did they find something with the small ball lineup? 📺 Rockets Collective ➡️ www.youtube.com/live/q4Em2vU...

Quentin Grimes with 18 points, 4-of-7 from 3 tonight to help the Sixers avoid elimination. Jamal Shead playing big minutes for Toronto. Shoutout to the Houston kids.

I don’t wanna mute Klay Thompson or Meg Thee Stallion, just these mindless conversations about who is more famous.

Every time I watch the Celtics it’s just marveling at how they consistently run 10-deep. Doesn’t matter who is available, everyone they have can play.

Doesn’t look like Embiid has the legs to be shooting all these 3s

Brice Matthews with his second HR of the season. Kid has been struggling, good to see him get him one

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The Pistons have been one of the great stories in the NBA this season but what Orlando is doing right now, walking them down in the 1-8 matchup, is special.

Aaron Holiday and Adou Thiero have been ejected for reasons I don’t quite understand.

Lakers gonna waive the white flag and empty the bench here, down 23 with 7:25 to go.

Three-point shooting has flipped in this game. Rockets up to 41 percent, Lakers just 2-for-14. Also, the FT shooting. The Lakers took 9 in the first quarter to the Rockets’ 6. Since then, Rockets have taken 21 FTs to the Lakers’ 6.

This group with Amen-Holiday-Eason-DFS-Jabari seems like the Rockets’ ideal defensive lineup. Their offense is … interesting.

Defense picked up in that first quarter. Alperen Sengun picked up where he left off in Game 3. Reed Sheppard hit a couple of shots early but also struggled defensively and kicked up 2 fouls. Amen Thompson also has 2 fouls.

Jaxson Hayes just missed a pair but the Lakers have taken 9 FTs in the first 8 minutes of this game.

This news from the White House Correspondents’ Dinner would happen right as I’m watching Homeland. Mind racing with conspiracy theories I’d never share.

Love how in the middle of NBA playoff games, my basketball timelines are filled with Klay-Meg commentary. I do not care but tickled watching y’all go off.