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Rockets Defeat Lakers 115-96 In Game 4 To Avoid Sweep
April 27, 2026
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The Houston Rockets beat the Los Angeles Lakers 115-96 in Game 4 to avoid a series sweep on Sunday. Amen Thompson scored 23 points, with Tari Eason adding 20 in the win. The rest of the Rockets' starting lineup all scored at least 16 points. I'm proud of the guys, Thompson said. Backs against the wall, us coming to perform, but we know we can do that all the time.
And I feel like today we were making shots. It's the first time we were really making shots and we were capitalizing on the turnovers.' Deandre Ayton lead the Lakers with 19 points and 10 rebounds before getting ejected in the third quarter for hitting Alperen Sengun in the face. LeBron James finished with 10 points and 9 assists on 2-of-9 shooting. The Lakers also had 23 turnovers in the game. If we want to win this series, we have to protect the ball and we have to defensive rebound and we have to be able to obviously bring that toughness which we did tonight, James said. I'm not worried about that. But the turnovers obviously killed us from start to finish. Kevin Durant missed the game with a bone bruise in his sprained left ankle. Game 5 takes place on Wednesday in Los Angeles.
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