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The Los Angeles Lakers will have the opportunity to complete a sweep of the Houston Rockets after taking a 3-0 lead in the NBA playoff first-round series. The Lakers have found success in the postseason without Luka Doncic, who has missed time due to a hamstring injury. He suffered the injury on April 2 in a blowout loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder . He has not played in a game since. Doncic led the NBA in points per game with 33.5 this season. He was also third with 8.3 assists per game. The Lakers have not swept a playoff series since beating the Utah Jazz 4-0 in the 2009-10 Western Confere