Hello, Lakers Nation.

Welcome in to the Lakers Nation.com live postgame show.

I'm Trevor Lane.

The Lakers come up short against the Houston Rockets in game four.

Put the brooms away.

We're going to game five back in L.A.

Happy to have you all here.

We've got a lot to get into from this game.

What happened? What happened to the into from this game. What happened?

What happened to the Lakers?

Why did they struggle so mightily in this one against Houston?

What can they do in game five to make sure this doesn't happen again?

Joining me tonight, it is.

Matt the optimist Peralta.

Matt, good night for a little bit of optimism coming in. How are you doing, my friend? It's like the world knew that they didn't need me for the first three games, Trevor. But here we are Sunday night with the Lakers dropped their first one of the series. So you know what? I'm here to bring some optimism to the series now that the Lakers have finally lost one of these games.

I've already got Lakers fans saying, saying, oh, no, are the Lakers going to blow a 3-0 lead?

Oh, man.

I mean, we've got a long way to go to get to that point, right?

Long way to go.

The Rockets played desperate as they needed to with their backs against the wall. Remember, the Lakers had beaten the Rockets five times in a row going back to the regular season, five straight wins over the Houston Rockets. It's difficult to beat a team that many times. Tonight, the Lakers, and give credit to the Rockets defense, thought their defense was fantastic in this game, but the Lakers did not shoot well at all. They turned the ball over a ton.

They couldn't hang on to the basketball.

The Rockets played with more energy, played with more effort throughout the game.

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