Lakers vs Rockets

The Houston Rockets need to shore up a defense that is allowing 116.98 points per game before their contest Monday. They and the Los Angeles Lakers will face ...

- Sep 06, 2020 - Los Angeles 117 vs. - Sep 10, 2020 - Los Angeles 110 vs. - Sep 12, 2020 - Los Angeles 119 vs. - Jan 12, 2021 - Los Angeles 117 vs. Regional restrictions may apply.) Houston is expected to lose this next one by 6.5. These two teams will surely be fighting tooth and nail to get back into the win column after losses this week. They and the Los Angeles Lakers will face off at 10:30 p.m. Martin Jr.'s performance made up for a slower game against the Sacramento Kings this past Friday. Houston's loss shouldn't obscure the performances of small forward If the matchup is anything like Houston's 139-130 win from their previous meeting in March of last year, the scorekeeper will be kept real busy. The Houston Rockets need to shore up a defense that is allowing 116.98 points per game before their contest Monday.

LeBron James continues march toward history as Lakers host Rockets. After reaching a major milestone Sunday, Lakers star LeBron James will set his sights on ...

"You know guys have to start lighting a fire within themselves and understand the situation going into every game you have to compete to win and do it together with togetherness," said Houston's Eric Gordon, who had a team-high 24 points. The Rockets also are on a back-to-back scenario following a game at Los Angeles. I feel like if we can continue to play the game like we've been playing it and then we get healthy, it will put us in a good position to see what the standings hold." Adding to the team's positive outlook is that star forward Anthony Davis is progressing from a stress injury in his right foot that has kept him out the last 15 games. "I think we've been playing good basketball, even with some of the Ls that we've had," James said, according to the Los Angeles Times. He had 16 of his 35 points in the first quarter.

Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James is only missing a 40-point game against the LA Clippers.

Whether it was the bottom-tier Clippers of the early 2000's, or the Kawhi Leonard and Paul George led group, LA has found a way to hold LeBron below 40 throughout his career. For whatever the reason may be, LeBron James has not put up his best career numbers when facing the Clippers. His 44.8% shooting against the Clippers is also far below his shooting percentage against any other team, which is very interesting.

The tanking Houston Rockets lost their eleventh game in a row against the L.A. Lakers Monday night.

He played much more today with Bryant’s foul trouble and stayed in the game because of his production. took care of the Kings last time they faced off, winning 136-134 in a rare close game win. They’ll be looking to repeat that result on the penultimate game of this homestand. They went on a 9-0 run midway through the fourth as James took a quick rest and the lead shrunk to three. Bron heated up in the third with ten points giving the Lakers a 16-point lead at one point, but Houston closed the quarter out on a 9-1 run during the non-LeBron minutes. The Rockets went on a 12-2 run midway through the quarter and dominated the paint thanks to Sengun, who had 20 points in the first half to lead all scorers. The Lakers responded by subbing James back into the game and going on a 9-1 run of their own to close the half leading 73-61. It was a lot of ugly basketball in the first half, careless passes, ugly baskets, but as Dominic Torretto once said, “Winning is winning,” and with all the “good” losses the Lakers have had recently, winning ugly will be gladly accepted. was in control the majority of the game — leading by as many as 16 points — but Alperen Segun had a career night with 33 points and 15 rebounds and kept Houston in the game until the fourth, when LeBron James helped the Lakers just squeak by and avoid another crunch-time collapse. In fact, the Lakers as a team had just 2 turnovers, a franchise-low for a whole game. Scoring was plentiful and defense was optional to start the game, and perhaps the pace was why Thomas Bryant found himself in early foul trouble and had to be subbed out. came roaring out in the second and started the quarter with an 8-0 run.