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Max Christie Takes Blame For Inbounds Turnover In Lakers Loss To Rockets

The Los Angeles Lakers fought back from an early deficit to give themselves a chance to tie the game late in their contest against the Houston Rockets. Down three points with seven seconds left, Max Christie was given the task of inbounding the ball and tried to get it to LeBron James, but Rockets guard Fred VanVleet would steal the pass and seal the outcome.

With the Rockets defending the play well, LeBron tried to call a timeout so the Lakers could reset and try again, but the officials didn’t recognize it. While Christie does feel the Lakers should’ve gotten the timeout, he put the blame on himself, feeling he has to make a better decision in that spot, via Spectrum SportsNet:

“I mean, I think we should have got it.