Explosive! Surprise player with 100% shooting accuracy! Lakers secure playoff opening victory

“Huo, you're serious.”

Durant actually missed the Rockets vs. Lakers G1 due to a right knee contusion. Rockets coach Udoka provided detailed explanation, stating Durant was hit above the knee patellar tendon during team training, the injury area is very painful & mobility is limited.

Already 37-year-old Durant is considered an iron man, this regular season he played 78 games, averaging 36.4 minutes per game, including 12 appearances exceeding 40 minutes, averaging 26 points, 5.5 rebounds, 4.8 assists, with three shooting percentages of 52%, 41.3%, and 87.4%.

Originally the Rockets' offense wasn't great, this season average score 115.2 ranked 18th in the league, now missing Durant as an absolute core, obviously makes it even more difficult.

Yes, without Durant, the Rockets' offensive firepower even falls short of the Lakers missing Doncic & Reaves.

The entire first half, Lakers 50-48 Rockets, seemingly only leading by two points, but the opponent couldn't catch up due to lacking a strong scoring point......

In the second and third quarters, the Rockets' scoring per quarter didn't even exceed 20 points, offensive capability was simply unbearable to watch.

After the third quarter, the Lakers' lead expanded to 9 points, this basically equates to securing the victory, as mentioned the Rockets without KD leading the offense have extremely limited comeback ability.

Finally the Lakers won G1 at home 107-98, achieving this year's playoff opening victory, this is a very precious win, meaning they can have more patience waiting for Doncic and Reaves to recover from injuries, even potentially passing the first playoff round without both.

No Rockets player scored 20 points, Amen + Sengun + Sheppard practically dented the basket.

All five Lakers starters scored double-digits, James recorded a near triple-double with 19 points, 8 rebounds, 13 assists.

Before this year's trade deadline, the Lakers acquired Kennard from the Hawks using Vincent + 1 second-round pick, he again became the team's savior, as starting point guard shooting 9/13, including 5/5 from three-point range, scoring game-high 27 points plus 4 rebounds, 3 assists, this white player remains the deadliest sharpshooter even in playoffs.