Kevin Durant to reportedly miss Game 6 vs. Lakers due to ankle injury
Kevin Durant has played in one game against the Lakers this postseason.
If the Houston Rockets are going to battle back and force a Game 7 in their series with the Los Angeles Lakers, they’ll have to do it without Kevin Durant. The 37-year-old Durant will not play in Game 6 on Friday due to an ankle injury, according to ESPN’s Shams Charania. Durant has played just one game in the series so far.
🚨 BREAKING NEWS: @ShamsCharania reports that Kevin Durant will miss Game 6 in the Rockets-Lakers series ⬇️ pic. twitter. com/3DsNOoGfTU — Get Up (@GetUpESPN) April 30, 2026 Despite losing the first three games in the series, the Rockets bounced back, winning Game 4 and Game 5.
No NBA team has ever come back from a 3-0 deficit, so the Rockets will make history if they can pull off a full comeback and win the series. Doing so without Durant will make that task even harder. This story will be updated.