Lakers’ defense extinguishes Rockets in performance they hope to repeat

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One of the biggest questions entering the Lakers-Rockets first-round playoff series was how the Luka Doncic- and Austin Reaves-less Lakers would generate quality offense against the Rockets’ defense that ranked sixth during the regular season.

But for at least one night, the Lakers flipped the script on the Kevin Durant-less Rockets with suffocating defense en...

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