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Kristen Wong

What Reed Sheppard Said About His Brutal Turnover After Ime Udoka Criticism of Rockets’ Collapse

On the brink of winning their first game of their first-round playoff series, the Rockets choked. Houston shockingly gave up a six-point lead in the final 30 seconds of regulation, allowing LeBron James and the Lakers to force overtime. Los Angeles then closed out Game 3 with a 112–108 comeback win in Houston on Friday night to deal the Rockets one of their worst postseason losses in franchise history.

The loss was mathematically hard to stomach: NBA teams were 1713–1 when leading by six points or more in the last 30 seconds of regulation in the playoffs in the last 29 years, per NBA stats analyst Keerthika Uthayakumar. Now, teams are 1713-2, with Houston joining the 2024 Knicks.

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