The Los Angeles Lakers closed out the Houston Rockets in dominant fashion on Friday night.

LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Houston Rockets to advance to the second round of the NBA playoffs.

Both the Houston Rockets and Los Angeles Lakers may be without multiple key players in Game 6 of their first-round playoff ...

LeBron James, who scored 28 points in Game 6, drives to the basket. Kenneth Richmond / Getty Images After wasting two chances to close out their first-round series against the Houston Rockets earlier ...

The Los Angeles Lakers enter Game 6 with a clearer injury picture — but the one name that remains carries the most weight: Luka Dončić. After a 99-93 Game 5 loss to the Houston Rockets, which trimmed ...

The Rockets take the court tonight in Houston for Game 6 of their series against LeBron James and the Lakers again minus Kevin Durant…and are favored to force a Game 7 after impressive ...

The Houston Rockets’ season inevitably came to a bitter end in Toyota Center with a 20-point loss in Game 6 of the first round against the Los Angeles Lakers, 98-78. It was a terrible offensive ...

The Houston Rockets lost the first three games of their best-of-seven 2026 NBA playoff series with the Los Angeles Lakers. But now the Rockets have won two straight, and can even the series when the ...

Houston may have the formula to reach Game 7, but must thwart the Lakers' rebuttal (and LeBron James in a Game 6) to do so. Jeff Zillgitt Jabari Smith Jr. and the young Rockets are 1 win away from ...