Straight Fire – Rockets Shock Lakers in Game 5, Can a 3-0 Comeback Happen, & Jason’s Game 6 Pick
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4.5 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 30 April 2026
⏱️ 12 minutes
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Summary
On today’s episode, Jason breaks down Game 5 of the Lakers vs. Rockets Western Conference first-round playoff matchup. Jason looks at the Rockets’ massive win in Los Angeles despite Austin Reaves returning to the court and gives credit to Houston’s tough defense, which came away with 10 total steals as a team. Jason also dives into the numbers, noting that no team has ever lost a series after going up 3-0, while imagining a world where it could actually happen. Finally, Jason goes on record with his pick for Game 6 and who will ultimately take the series.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.5 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:04.6 | What is up? |
| 0:05.6 | Street, fire. |
| 0:06.3 | Bam! |
| 0:07.1 | It's me, Jason McIntyre Street. |
| 0:09.7 | Boyer. |
| 0:11.0 | For Thursday, April the 30th. |
| 0:15.5 | And ladies and gentlemen, there's a solemn tone out here in Los Angeles. |
| 0:19.5 | Los Angeles. |
| 0:21.5 | Lakers, go home, extra day arrest to try to close out the rockets. |
| 0:27.1 | And it was not to be. |
| 0:28.6 | And you could tell early, oh, boy, we're in one here. |
| 0:32.8 | This is going to be a problem. |
| 0:35.3 | You could just tell the vibes were not good. |
| 0:37.4 | Lakers came out slow. |
| 0:39.0 | You're waiting for Luke Kinnard to stop popping some shots in. |
| 0:42.5 | Ladies and gentlemen, for me, |
| 0:45.3 | the stat of game five, |
| 0:46.7 | which the Lakers lost 99, 93 of the Rockets, |
| 0:49.3 | is that Luke Kinnard started, |
| 0:51.0 | played 31 minutes, had one point. |
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