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For a second consecutive playoffs, the Houston Rockets had their season end with a terrible offensive showing in a home elimination game at Toyota Center. In 2025, it came in Game 7 at the hands of Steph Curry and the Golden State Warriors. In 2026, it came in Friday’s Game 6 (recap) versus LeBron James […] The post What now? In latest home playoff dud, Lakers end Rockets’ season appeared first on ClutchFans .
In most circumstances, advancing out of the first round is hardly a celebratory situation, particularly for a Lakers franchise with banners aplenty hanging. It should be little more than the first of a string of checkpoints on the way to raising the Larry O’Brien trophy. But the win over the Rockets was not a normal […]
The Dodgers and St. Louis Cardinals finish things off on Sunday afternoon at Busch Stadium. Justin Wrobleski makes his first start of May after allowing all of two runs in 26 innings in his four starts in April. Old friend Dustin May, who received his 2025 championship ring from the Dodgers on Friday, starts on […]
After a hard-fought series against the Rockets, the Lakers will move into the second round against an even more daunting opponent in the Thunder. The cream of the crop for the entire season, Oklahoma City’s sweep of the Suns in the first round means the Thunder have been patiently waiting for their next foe. It […]
After blowing the opportunity to end the series in Game 5, the Lakers, on one day’s rest, came out determined to end the young and hungry Houston’s season Friday night. With a Game 7 looming, a Lakers defensive masterclass combined with offensive ineptitude from Houston led to just 31 first-half points for the Rockets, giving […]
It was unsurprising to see the Los Angeles Rams decline the fifth-year option for cornerback Emmanuel Forbes. Opting in would have cost the Rams a fully guaranteed $12.6M for the 2027 season. But that doesn’t mean the Washington Commanders’ 2023 first rounder is expendable in Los Angeles this year. Quite the opposite. The Rams are […]
The Dodgers have lost three games in a row for the first time this season, their overall record Staind due partly because it’s been a while since they last hit a home run. Shohei Ohtani last Sunday in the seventh inning homered off Chicago Cubs reliever Hoby Milner, which snapped Ohtani’s 59-plate-appearance gap without a […]
Last Saturday, after the Game 3 loss against the Ducks, Edmonton Oilers head coach Kris Knoblauch was asked a question about his team’s inconsistent performance. Despite the players saying the right things and despite the Ducks being a beatable opponent, this interaction told me this team wasn’t likely to come back. Mark Spector: “It seems…
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It’s not too often we can say that Connor McDavid just “didn’t have it.” We’ll hear soon about the injuries he was fighting through against the Anaheim Ducks in full detail, but with a team-worst -8 in the series, and with the Edmonton Oilers falling to the Ducks in six games for their first first-round…
Meet the Mets Rejoice! April is over, and the Mets are 1-0 in May thus far after a win to begin a three-game series against the Angels out west. The Amazins fell behind early on, but managed to claw their way back, and a Ronny Mauricio solo homer gave them a 4-3 lead that they […]
Following the sweep of the LA Kings, a week off gave pause and a chance to look ahead at the big picture of the ultimate goal of hoisting the Stanley Cup in June. Here is where the Colorado Avalanche currently stand heading into their second round match with the Minnesota Wild, and what may be […]
While we wait for Blake Snell and Brock Stewart to continue their rehab assignments on Sunday with Triple-A Oklahoma City, here’s a recap of Friday night in the Dodgers minor leagues. Player of the day Earlier on Friday, outfielder Josue De Paula remained in the top spot in Kiley McDaniel’s updated Dodgers team prospect rankings […]
Kurt Warner had a breakdown for Ty Simpson before he was drafted. It’s possible you’ve already seen the video, or you want to see it with new eyes now that Simpson has been drafted by the Los Angeles Rams, so I am going to post this video here. It won’t let me post the video […]
Alright, the Cardinals are back on top of the world following a road sweep of the Pirates and a game one win against the Dodgers on Friday. Today my main objective is to keep the good vibes rolling and focus on what has gone well across the organization so far in 2026! I will sprinkle […]
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Well, the magic ran out last night for the Houston Rockets. After spending two games filling our hearts with the hope, the Rockets essentially laid an egg in Game 6, falling behind in the late first quarter after a somewhat decent start to the game, and they simply never got back into it. The Lakers […]
With the Dodgers back in St. Louis this weekend, Katie Woo at The Athletic wrote about a pep talk last June in St. Louis that Kiké Hernández gave to Miguel Rojas, who was struggling both at the plate and mentally: “I wanted to change the mentality, because if he didn’t, he was going to be […]
All season long, when faced with adversity, the Lakers have responded. When LeBron James missed the first 14 games due to sciatica, LA went 10-4 in his absence. After both Luka Dončić and Austin Reaves went down late in the season, the Lakers fought hard to keep the No. 4 spot in the Western Conference. […]
There will be no Game 7. After dropping consecutive closeout games that simultaneously put the series in jeopardy and gave the Rockets real momentum, the Lakers took care of business in Game 6, dominating the Rockets and leaving no doubt on who the better team was with a 98-78 victory. The Lakers have now punched […]
After a series loss to the Nationals, which had a blowout loss followed by a heartbreaking late-game loss, the Mets headed west again, starting in Anaheim to face the Angels. Christian Scott was getting his second start of the season, hoping to have a much better performance than his first, which would be difficult not […]
After taking care of the Rockets in six games, the Lakers will move to the second round for a matchup against the league’s best team in the Thunder. The series will start on Tuesday, May 5. The defending champions ran riot through everyone not named San Antonio this season, then made quick work of Phoenix […]
After a couple of losses, the Lakers finally finished off the Rockets, beating them 98-78 in Game 6 to advance to the second round. Los Angeles went on an impressive 13-1 run to start the second quarter, giving them control of the game and they never looked back. Now the Lakers will face the defending […]
The Dodgers (20-12) failed to get their bats going in a 7-2 loss to the Cardinals (19-13) Friday night at Busch stadium in St. Louis. The L.A. bats didn’t muster much against the Marlins this week, including in Wednesday’s series finale. They got their first day off in two weeks, and a break was what […]
Thanks to a strong start by Matthew Liberatore and offensive thunder from Nolan Gorman, Jordan Walker and Alec Burleson, the St. Louis Cardinals welcomed the Los Angeles Dodgers to town by beating them 7-2. After a 1-2-3 top of the first from Matthew Liberatore, the St. Louis Cardinals did not hesitate to get on the […]