Game 4 was a major bounce-back performance for Reed Sheppard. His second straight 17-point game on Sunday looked very different from Friday: 6-for-12 from the field, 4-for-7 from three and an impressive three steals on defense. But that has to be a stepping stone, because the second-year guard wasn't looking pretty at all in the first three game of the Houston Rockets' first-round series against the Los Angeles Lakers. Game 1 saw Ime Udoka attempt to run the offense through Sheppard and Amen Thompson, and it didn't work at all. In Game 2, Udoka only let him see the floor for 11 minutes, finishing with zero points. Game 3 was practically the same performance as the series opener. Reed pic.twitter.com/6fHmjlU8Nl — hoopology (@hoopologyx) April 26, 2026 Considering how rough those nights were, it's extremely impressive that the 21-year-old was able to block out the noise and rise to the occasion. Houston went all in on defense without Kevin Durant (ankle), and it paid off.…