Three-point shooting will decide which side of history the Lakers end up on
The Lakers cold three-point shooting in Games 4 and 5 flipped their playoff series with the Rockets, exposing deeper issues and raising the stakes for Game 6.
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NBA Three-point shooting will decide which side of history the Lakers end up on By Michael Duarte Published May 1, 2026, 9:34 a.m. ET When the basketball leaves a shooter’s hands they usually know when it’s going in. It feels soft off the fingertips, the rotation is spinning, the shot feels true. But lately for the Lakers, those shots have not been falling. In their first-round series against the Rockets, there’s one statistic that screams out amongst all the others: three-point shooting. 5 The key to the Lakers winning the series is simple: make more threes. The team that’s shot better from deep in every game has won. NBAE via Getty Images The math is simple: whichever team shoots better from three, they win the game.
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