NBA Play-offs: Houston surprises Lakers again, LeBron James now worried
No team has ever managed to come back from a 3-0 deficit in an NBA playoff series. The Rockets dream of being the first to do so. After going down 0-3 to the LA Lakers, they won the next two games and now see a great opportunity to force the series to at least Game 7. Other trivia: sonly four of the 159 teams that started a series down 3-0 made it to the last act, albeit always by losing.
Game 5 was won by Houston 99-93. Jabari Smith Jr. scored 22 points, Tari Eason 18, and the Rockets have, thus, avoided elimination from the playoffs for the second consecutive game. It should be noted that Houston won two consecutive games without its top scorer Kevin Durant, who was absent in four of the five games of the series due to injuries.
On the other hand, it did not help the 25 points of the eternal LeBron James (17 in the second half) nor the return of Austin Reeves. The latter scored 22 points and six assists in his return after nine games of absence due to injury (Luka Doncic is always in the pits).
In the other games of the night, nice success for Cleveland: 125-120 against Toronto and a 3-2 lead in the series. Important success also for Detroit, which took home Game 5 against Orlando (116-109) and got back into the series (3-2 to the Magic).
