{"id":717444,"date":"2026-04-25T03:24:23","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T03:24:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/717444\/"},"modified":"2026-04-25T03:24:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T03:24:23","slug":"lakers-take-3-0-series-lead-after-rockets-late-collapse-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/717444\/","title":{"rendered":"Lakers take 3-0 series lead after Rockets&#8217; late collapse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Los Angeles Lakers erased a six-point deficit in the final 40 seconds of regulation and took charge in overtime for a thrilling 112-108 Game 3 win over the Houston Rockets on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>LeBron James tallied 29 points, 13 rebounds, and six assists to help the Lakers take a commanding 3-0 series lead.<\/p>\n<p>The four-time Finals MVP drilled a game-tying triple with 13.1 seconds to go after an ill-advised turnover by Rockets guard Reed Sheppard.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">LEBRON JAMES TIES THE GAME AT 101 \ud83e\udd2f<\/p>\n<p>13.1 SECONDS TO GO ON PRIME. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/V5LqcXlt7I\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/V5LqcXlt7I<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NBA (@NBA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBA\/status\/2047867316688285826?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">April 25, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Alperen Sengun led the way for Houston with 33 points, 16 boards, and six assists.<\/p>\n<p>The Rockets played without Kevin Durant for the second time in three games after the All-Star forward was scratched late due to an ankle sprain.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Los Angeles Lakers erased a six-point deficit in the final 40 seconds of regulation and took charge&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":717441,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3790],"tags":[7,4034,1698,300,4044,251,150,4033,4043,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-717444","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles-lakers","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-la","10":"tag-la-lakers","11":"tag-lakers","12":"tag-lalakers","13":"tag-los-angeles","14":"tag-los-angeles-lakers","15":"tag-losangeles","16":"tag-losangeleslakers","17":"tag-nba"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116463210574442415","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/717444","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=717444"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/717444\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/717441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=717444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=717444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=717444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}