‘Not over’: Down 0-3 to Lakers, can Rockets make NBA playoff history?
“The series is not over,” Rockets star Alperen Sengun said after Friday’s Game 3 loss to the Lakers. “We still believe we can come back.”
In the history of the NBA playoffs, no team has ever overcome a 3-0 deficit to win a best-of-seven series. The cumulative series record is 159-0 . That’s the daunting historical math facing the Houston Rockets , who lost Friday’s Game 3 to face that deficit in their first-round showdown against the Los Angeles Lakers .
“This is very, very disappointing,” Jabari Smith Jr. said after Game 3, in which he finished with 24 points and 6 rebounds while making 6-of-10 shots from 3-point range (60. 0%).
“So, definitely a terrible feeling. But from here on out, we’ve got to win. Every game is a Game 7.
Got to dig deep, find it, and win four in a row. ” #Rockets fall the Lakers in OT 112-108 Jabari Smith Jr. 24 PTS I 6-10 3PT I 6 REB @HoustonRockets Game 4 Sunday at 8:30PM - Join us after the game for postgame coverage on SCHN & SCHN+ pic.