Summary

After Houston's practice on Tuesday, Jabari Smith Jr. called the Rockets "obviously the better team" in their first-round matchup with the Los Angeles Lakers . On paper, it's a strange thing for a player to say when trailing 3-1 in a series that his team entered as heavy favorites, and it's the sort of bulletin board material that can get a rise out of opposing players. It's hard to argue too much with Smith's point.

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