The Houston Rockets host the Los Angeles Lakers in Game 3 of the first-round NBA playoff series Friday night. Here's what to know.

The Los Angeles Lakers, fueled by 29 points from LeBron James, beat the Houston Rockets 112-108 in an overtime thriller on Friday to take a 3-0 stranglehold in their NBA playoff series. No NBA team has come back from an 0-3 deficit to win a playoff series.

Just when it looked like the Rockets were going to get on the board in this series, the Lakers stole victory from the jaws of defeat.

The Houston Rockets snatched defeat from the jaws of victory on Friday to fall one game away from postseason elimination. The Rockets led 101-95 with just over 30 seconds left in Game 3 of their first-round series against the Los Angeles Lakers at Toyota Center in Houston,

One of the league's best home teams will need their best performances in their first home stand of the playoffs.

Before the Houston Rockets fired up Game 3 of the first-round series against the Los Angeles Lakers, the injury report revealed a major issue: Kevin Durant was set to miss his second game in three outings. Ahead of Game 1 against the Lakers, Durant was ...

HOUSTON -- — LeBron James scored 29 points, including a tying 3-pointer with 13 seconds left in regulation, Marcus Smart had eight points in overtime and the Los Angeles Lakers took advantage of a Houston Rockets team missing Kevin Durant for a 112-108 ...

With Durant sidelined, the Rockets are expected to utilize the second-youngest starting lineup in NBA playoff history -- their homegrown core of Reed Sheppard, Amen Thompson, Tari Eason, Jabari Smith Jr. and Alperen Sengun. https://t.co/lixYxZyUiY