Btw, I wonder what would have been the odds that the first (and so far the only - Thunder can do it tonight) team that will go 3 - 0 in this season postseason will be the Lakers playing without Doncic and Reeves? I think it speaks more to the fact how Rockets are bad, but you can't ignore the amazing job that Bron, Smart, Kennard and Hayes are doing!
Hachimura is someone I been watching closely far too much. He was with Avdija and Wizards games were broadcoasted here every time and in the Lakers obviously I watch closely and this postseason, it's the first time I seen Rui pass the ball and/or playing on defense... He did very nice job defense wise in Game 2 and was huge surprise for me.
As for Rockets, first one to blame has to be a GM. I seen at least 8-10 games of the Rockets this season and each time, both US broadcasting crew and Israeli asked the same question - how on earth, losing your starting PG before the season started, didn't result in signing a PG all season long?! I think they wouldn't have lost at least Game 3 if there was another PG on their roster...
Here is one example - Cameron Payne - came back from Euroleague to Sixers in February. Rockets couldn't have used his services?!