The Los Angeles Lakers and Houston Rockets squared off in Game 4 of the Western Conference Semifinals on Thursday night with the former having the opportunity to take a commanding 3-1 lead in the series.
The Rockets were without one of their key bench pieces in Danuel House for the second straight game, and Lakers head coach Frank Vogel decided to make a lineup change, inserting Markieff Morris for JaVale McGee.
That change wound up being a positive one as the Lakers were locked in defensively all night, resulting in a 110-100 wire-to-wire victory. It marked the first time in the series the Lakers led going into the fourth quarter.