ClutchFans Game Thread: Rockets @ Lakers 4/18/2026 (Playoffs Round 1, Game 1)

And LBJ gets away with just throwing Okogie to the ground after that last 3

 

The nba wanted this. No way KD is injured enough not to play

 

Rockets just don't have IT..... for whatever reason.

We saw the writing when they lost Game 3 with Butler DNPing. Now it's a hurt Lakers team.

Real teams don't lose those games.

 

Your franchise player can’t shoot or defend. Remember, this is your future.
- Kevin Dickerson

I didn’t want him on the team but he was 100%r right.

 

I say run it back next year....

 

Casuals blaming Ime is hilarious

Sengun & Reed are not it

 

He got some Kennard to him

 

The only reason our offense looked halfway decent this year was because Durant could make the iso style work. Now we have a group of guys that can't do what he does, and it takes an actual offensive gameplan to bring out the best in them, and....that we don't have. Everyone sees it, Barkley said it at halftime, other commentators have said the same....there's no gameplan for our offense. It's awful to watch.

 

Half of the league is capable of out coaching Ime Udoka

 

Kennard having the Buddy Hield game

 

Stone and Ime gotta go

 

And I thought getting bounced by a G-league Warriors team was embarrassing last year. This is off to a much more pathetic start.

 

So many flaws within this team, starting from the top with the gm all way down to the players. So many flaws to count

 

If you don’t get kd back game 2x and they get Luka back games 3 or 4, it’s a wrap. This team was like -600 to win the series lol

 

Hachimura, Kennard, Vanderbilt are better than Tari, Okogie and Tate.

 

Yeah our wings outside of Amen have all been bad this game, really bad.

 

Who injured KD? We need answers

whoever it was, stone them

 

Grand Canyon size gap between healthy OKC, SA, DEN and healthy Houston (that Fred/steven can’t fix)

 

How do neither Stone or Ime not make a single adjustment

 

Yeah except he’s gonna come back and try to do it all while everyone stands around and watches.

This was the game to win and we played terrible. Refs made sure we wouldn’t cut the lead in the 3rd. And 4th quarter experience wins.

A team like that Rockets that has zero heart and plays with fake effort isn’t beating a team of actual try hards like Marcus Smart and Kennard, when LeBron is leading the show. Durant isn’t fixing anything.