Deandre Ayton's reaction to the Chris Paul trade: "Dude, when I heard it was official I wanted to do a backflip. You ever seen a 7 footer do a backflip"

Deandre Ayton full highlights vs Houston Rockets tonight 93-99 L - Game 5 - First Round of the 2026 NBA Playoffs18 Points on 914 FG 643 17 Rebounds 10 Off Rebs 2 Blocks 1 TOV 3 PF and a - of 2 in 3811 minutes played

Deandre Ayton contests a three after Marcus Smart went down

Bronny James lobs the ball from behind the backboard to Deandre Ayton for the alley-oop layup to beat the shot clock

Deandre Ayton finishes lob but gets called for offensive goaltending he disagrees with

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander answers LeBron James with a step back corner 3 in Ayton's face with a replay

Deandre Ayton grabs the rebound passes the ball in the back court to Tari Eason who gets poked from behind then the ball reaches to Jabari Smith who also fumbles it and the ball gets to Josh Okogie who scores the layup with a replay