Wire›2026 05 02›Lakers Defied All Odds In First Round But Can They Do It Again Written Off

The Wire/May 2, 2026

1 outlet

Lakers defied all odds in first round, but can they do it again: ‘Written off’

The Lakers did it. They clawed. They scrapped. They refused to give up. The team that was counted out has reached the second round of the playoffs after clinching their first-round series against the Rockets with a 98-78 win in Game 6 on Friday in Houston. LeBron James led the La

First seen · 2:04 PM UTCMay 2, 2026

How it's being covered

Methodology →

LeftCenterRight

0Left · 0%0Center-Left · 0%0Center · 0%1Center-Right · 100%0Right · 0%

Covering this story

Sorted left → right

New York Post
Center-RightNews Corp
Lakers defied all odds in first round, but can they do it again: ‘Written off’The Lakers did it. They clawed. They scrapped. They refused to give up. The team that was counted out has reached the second round of the playoffs after clinching their first-round series against the Rockets with a 98-78 win in Game 6 on Friday in Houston. LeBron James led the La
2:04 PM UTC

Also happening today

Primož Trubar Day

Primož Trubar Day is observed in Slovenia (dan Primoža Trubarja). Recognized nationally.

Day of Madrid

Day of Madrid is observed in Spain (Fiesta de la Comunidad de Madrid). Regional observance.

Also on this date in history

Two mudslides in Badakhshan, Afghanistan, leave up to 2,500 people missing.

A pastel version of The Scream, by Norwegian painter Edvard Munch, sells for $120 million in a New York City auction, setting a new world record for a work of art at auction.

Osama bin Laden, the suspected mastermind behind the September 11 attacks and the FBI's most wanted man, is killed by the United States Navy SEALs in Abbottabad, Pakistan.