ClutchFans Game Thread: Lakers @ Rockets 5/1/2026 (Playoffs Round 1, Game 6)

Well crap…

 

Someone needs to take one for the team and just stab that mother****er already. If someone pays for my ticket to the US I'll come do it, I don't mind.

 

KAT (Karl Anthony Towns) and his Knicks had a blowout elimination game on the Hawks.


Manifesting Goon Cat for Game 6.

 

Guess I’ll be at the game tonight.

Pure @Snow Villiers

 

This. And it is annoying that Ime or any of his numerous assistants are not calling out the constant moving screens by Ayton and Hayes. They have been doing it all series long, but none of the Rockets are calling them out and complaining to the officials about those illegal screens. The Lakers have been able to free up three point shooters from the top due to these screens. Somebody, let Ime and his cabal of assistants look into this.

 

Udoka still thinks if he doesn’t use his replay review, he has more for the next game and next season.

 

2-9 after tonight. In the words of my older son who coaches basketball for a living: “SO WHAT? GET A STOP!!!!””

Let’s GO ROCKETS!!!!!!!!! It’s my birthday and they owe me a win anyway

 

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Happy Bday! Let’s win one and drink one (or 20) for @MadMax

 

Last game I said, who’s going to be our Hollywood Hogan ? nWo will come thru.

tonight it’s the Wolfpack time. Who’s going to be Kevin Nash?

 

We are cooked with Scott Foster officiating

 

Be better if he shut down the stars tbh, shut down LeBron and we win.

 

Think the opposite. Stars on that team are Smart and Kennard right now. Let Lebron shoot long shots as many times as he wants.

 

Tired legs make players not attack the basket and settle shoot jumpers -- then, those jumpers are short.

 

for sure. First time they don’t get 3 days rest. Teams gotta run and attack any chance they get. Lebrons going to play all game if he has to, don’t let him become facilitator and get other scrubs going.

 

I genuinely think that's a misplaced confidence you've got in that notion. Neither Kennard nor Smart are potent enough to completely take over a game single handedly, LeBron is. Take him out, nobody's even going to be making the plays to get them guys their points. Amen's supposed to be a top tier defender, most athletic and we're saying we need to put him on people who average less than 10 points on the season? Surely one of the other 500 defensive wings can cope with that whilst our premier defender actually does his ****ing job and locks down the star? Just a thought.

 

This is oftentimes right around the time when the Rockets put in a blowout loss performance to end the season.