Lakers And Rockets
But the combination of harden s big game and houston s long range shooting were enough to take care of the lakers.
Lakers and rockets. James harden had 39 points and 12 assists to lead the houston rockets to a 113 97 victory on thursday night over the los angeles lakers. The lakers last lost to the oklahoma city thunder and are currently sitting at the top of the western conference table. A scrum ensues.
The los angeles lakers and houston rockets meet thursday in nba action at the. Harden s 39 help rockets past short handed lakers 113 97. Houston 165 los angeles 145 what you need to know about the rockets it was a hard fought game but houston had to settle for a 110 102 loss against the portland.
Los angeles lakers game highlights. Lake buena vista fla. The lakers offensive drought continued thursday in a 97 113 loss to the rockets 43 15.
The rockets made 21 of 57 3 s while los angeles hit just 2 of 19. The los angeles lakers look for a bounce back victory after getting upset last night by the oklahoma city thunder. There might come a time when rockets lakers is a playoff series pitting some of the nba s most vibrant stars and two extremely divergent basketball philosophies at odds.
But the combination of harden s big game and houston s long range shooting were enough to take care of the lakers. The rockets made 21 of 57 3 s while los angeles hit just 2 of 19. The lakers are now 2 3 since the restart with three games left to play in the regular season.
The los angeles lakers are averaging 113 8 points on 48 2 percent shooting and allowing 106 8 points on 44 4 percent shooting. The rockets were also short handed missing russell westbrook because of a bruised right quadriceps.
