HOUSTON — Desperation, and the Lakers needing to play with a sense of it, had been a talking point during Lakers coach JJ Redick’s recent media availability.
Redick knew the Rockets would be desperate to avoid losing the first two games of the best-of-seven first-round playoff series, a deficit fewer than 10% of teams have overcome since 1984.
The Lakers’ Marcus Smart (36) and his teammates have a commanding 3-0 lead over the Rockets heading to Game 4. Troy Taormina-Imagn Images
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