How Lakers can be first team in NBA history to blow a 3-0 series lead in embarrassing collapse
The Los Angeles Lakers are at risk of becoming the first team in NBA history to blow a 3-0 series lead after the Houston Rockets forced a Game 6 in their first-round playoff matchup. Despite holding a commanding lead and the return of Austin Reaves, the Lakers have struggled to close out the series with Kevin Durant and Luka Doncic sidelined. A loss in both Game 6 and Game 7 would mark a historic and embarrassing collapse for the Lakers, while the Rockets would make franchise history with a comeback.
- ▪The Lakers took a 3-0 lead in their first-round playoff series against the Houston Rockets but have since allowed the Rockets to win two consecutive games.
- ▪No NBA team has ever come back from a 3-0 deficit to win a best-of-seven series in league history.
- ▪Austin Reaves returned for Game 5, but Kevin Durant remained absent for the Rockets.
- ▪If the Rockets win Game 6 and Game 7, they would become the first team to complete a 3-0 series comeback in NBA history.
- ▪A 3-0 collapse would make the Lakers the first team in NBA history to suffer such a reverse sweep.
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