Rockets Late Game Woes Continue. | Real Ones

About this episode

The episode discusses the Rockets' struggles in closing games, highlights from the Celtics-Sixers matchup, and player performances in the NBA playoffs.

The Rockets fell to the Lakers in game three of the first round due to some late game blunders that had Logan Murdock, Raja Bell and Howard Beck puzzled. Why has the theme for the Rockets all season been the inability to close out games? Did they miss out on an opportunity to acquire a guard at the deadline to help with these issues? The Celtics defeated the Sixers in a close one in Philly to take the series lead 2-1. Is Jayson Tatum fully back? Has Rudy Gobert gotten the better end of his matchup against Nikola Jokic? What’s wrong with the Knicks offense down the stretch of games? Plus, Real One of the Week! (00:00) Intro (1:09) Fan Duel ad break (1:59) Lakers-Rockets (23:00) Celtics-Sixers (34:17) Amazon Prime ad break (34:49) Nuggets-Wolves (44:55) Hawks-Knicks (55:51) Real One of the Week Hosts: Logan Murdock, Howard Beck, and Raja Bell Producers: Victoria Valencia and Clifford Augustin Additional Production Support: Ben Cruz and Conor Nevins Hit the mailbag! realonesmailbag@gmail.com The Ringer is committed to responsible gaming. Please check out rg-help.com to find out more, or listen to the end of the episode for additional details. Order and it will come. Like today…

People in this episode

Hosts: Logan Murdock, Raja Bell, Howard Beck

Topics covered

• NBA playoffs
• Rockets performance
• Celtics vs Sixers
• player matchups
• Knicks offense
• sports analysis

Keywords

• Rockets
• Lakers
• Celtics
• Sixers
• Jayson Tatum
• Rudy Gobert
• Nikola Jokic
• Knicks
• NBA playoffs
• sports analysis

Sponsors

Fan Duel, Amazon Prime

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Organizations: Rockets, Lakers, Celtics, Sixers, Knicks, The Ringer

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