An omnipresent LeBron James propels the Lakers to the Western semifinals

leBron James continues to make history 41 years. The Akron forward boosted his team this Friday night, Los Angeles Lakerstowards a new round of playoffs after beat to the Houston Rocketsdiminished with the loss of Kevin Durant due to injury, due to 78 to 98 in the sixth match of the quarterfinal series. With 28 points, seven rebounds and six assistswas the most prominent from a team that has not missed Doncic in this round and will compete, at least, other four more games in this 25/26.

The Lakers, very fine from the triple

The Los Angeles team was very right from the outside shot: with 12 hits out of 28 attempts, left practically in the canvas to some Rockets who, precisely, did not have the day in that regard (5/28). The best in this section was Rui Hachimura: the Japanese power forward, with 5/7 and 71% of effectiveness, ended with 21 points.

In addition to the performance of LeBron and the Japanese, we must highlight the commendable work of Deandre Aytonwhich, despite its seven points, ended with 16 reboundswhich shows his great work in a paint in which he was noticed. Finally, it is worth highlighting the 15 pointsAustin Reaveswhich little by little returns to show its pre-injury version.

LeBron, proud of his team

After the match, which broke down in second period with a partial 26-13 that put the tie on a plate for the Californians, LeBron James spoke to the media: “We start the series without being the favorites, with Luka and AR out. But we came with a great plan throughout the six games; obviously we let them get back into the tie in the fourth and fifth, but We try to be united even in times of adversity“said the one from Ohio.

I am the one with the most experience on the team and accumulated in these playoffs, so I know how a series can go. I tried to convey that to them, to convey confidence, to go out and play.

LeBron James, after qualifying for the Western semifinals with the Los Angeles Lakers

Finally, the 41-year-old forward with more than 20 seasons in the best league in the world showed his leadership to help the team: “I am the one with the most experience on the teamand the one who accumulates the most experience in ‘playoffs‘, so I know how a series can go. I tried to convey that to them, convey to them trustto go out and play“he noted.

The Rockets have missed Durant a lot

And the Texans greatly missed the absence of Kevin Duranttheir star and one of the best players in the entire league, for practically the entire season. seriesgiven that he could only play one game. With the obvious lack of a leader to guide them, Amen Thompson signed 18 points, AlperenSengun contributed 17 and 10 reboundsand Tari Eason ended with 14 so many.

For the second year in a row, those from Houston they say goodbye to the season in first round, this time before his audience. A crossing that this year they have managed to overcome Lakersthey get into semi-finals and they will play against the current champion, Oklahoma City Thunderthe most feared team in the NBA.