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LeBron James and the Lakers have their hands full in their series against the Thunder.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\u2022\u00a0Download the NBA App<\/a><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n LeBron James has trailed 3-0 in an NBA playoff series five times before this season. James and his teams were swept three times and lost the other two series in five games.<\/p>\n James, who helped engineer one of the greatest comebacks in playoff history when Cleveland beat the Golden State Warriors in the 2016 Finals after falling behind 3-1, knows how difficult it is to get back in a series.<\/p>\n Down 3-0 to the Oklahoma City Thunder, the Lakers and James will try to extend the series in Game 4 Monday in Los Angeles<\/a> (10:30 ET, Prime Video).<\/p>\n \u201cWe still got life, and that\u2019s all you can ask for,\u201d James said following the Thunder\u2019s 131-108 victory in Game 3 Saturday. \u201cWe\u2019ve got to be much better on Monday.\u201d<\/p>\n Here are three things to watch in Game 4:<\/p>\n Past results are not always predictive of future outcomes. However, there have been 162 completed series in which a team has taken a 3-0 lead and no team down 3-0 has ever won the next four games.<\/p>\n In the 2026 NBA Playoffs<\/a>, three other teams have trailed 3-0. The Thunder beat the Phoenix Suns<\/a> in four games, the Houston Rockets pushed the Lakers<\/a> to six games before losing and the New York Knicks swept the Philadelphia 76ers<\/a>.<\/p>\n Just four times in those 162 series has a team forced a Game 7: The Boston Celtics lost to the Miami Heat in 2023; the Portland Trail Blazers lost to the Dallas Mavericks in 2003; the Denver Nuggets lost to the Utah Jazz in 1994; and the New York Knicks lost to the Rochester Royals in 1951.<\/p>\n1. History is overwhelmingly on the Thunder\u2019s side<\/h3>\n
2. For the Lakers, it starts with James and Reaves<\/h3>\n