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Rockets vs LA Lakers - Second Round of 2020 NBA Playoffs
Updated: September 12, 2020 -- 11:53 p.m. CT
Posted: September 3, 2020 -- 7:18 a.m. CT
The best-of-7 second round series between the Houston Rockets and the Los Angeles Lakers tips off Friday night at 8 p.m. Central Time on ESPN. The Rockets won two of the 3 'regular season' meetings: LA won 124-115 on January 18; Houston won 121-111 on February 6 and 113-97 on August 6. The August 6th matchup was 1 of 8 "seeding" games in the Orlando Bubble to finish the regular season.
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Here is the schedule for the No. 4-seed Houston Rockets vs No. 1-seed L.A. Lakers Second Round Series:
Day |
Date |
Time (CT) |
Game |
Away |
Home |
Arena |
TV / Result |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fri | Sep. 4 | 8:00 p.m. | 1 | L.A. Lakers | Houston | AHA | Houston 112, Lakers 97 |
Sun | Sep. 6 | 7:30 p.m. | 2 | L.A. Lakers | Houston | AHA | Lakers 117, Houston 109 |
Tue | Sep. 8 | 8:00 p.m. | 3 | Houston | L.A. Lakers | AHA | Lakers 112, Houston 102 |
Thu | Sep. 10 | 6 p.m. | 4 | Houston | L.A. Lakers | AHA | Lakers 110, Houston 100 |
Sat | Sep. 12 | 7 p.m. | 5 | L.A. Lakers | Houston | AHA | Lakers 119, Houston 96 |
AHA – AdventHealth Arena
Prediction: Lakers in 6. LeBron and AD get enough help from teammates -- especially from 3-point range -- to top the Rockets.
Result: Lakers eliminate the Rockets in 5 games, 4 games to 1.
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