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.

LeBron James reaches the 40-point mark for the eighth time since his 35th birthday, scoring 48 points in the Lakers' 140-132 win over the Houston Rockets.

James stopped to pose for a few seconds, bellowing to the cheering crowd: “I’m a bad … The Lakers dropped a double-overtime game to the Dallas Mavericks last Thursday night, a game in which L.A. James grabbed a defensive rebound and went coast to coast, powering in for a layup while being fouled by Sengun. [Lakers coach Darvin Ham](https://www.latimes.com/sports/lakers/story/2022-12-11/los-angeles-lakers-coach-darvin-ham-saginaw-roots) said about the play of James. The Lakers followed that up with a last-second, one-point loss to the Philadelphia 76ers on Sunday night, another game in which L.A. We just gotta figure out how to finish games in this league.” And you also get a chance to hit the restart button and try to get it right. I kind of wanted to get that out of my taste buds and see if we win a ballgame tonight.” The Lakers still could feel the sting of both defeats. Just a ton of great things that took place against some really top-shelf talent the last couple of games. “I could have very easily took tonight off, but I don’t feel like the momentum of our ballclub could use me taking a night off tonight,” said James, who has been dealing with a sore ankle. ... And it shows his competitive spirit, his no-quit mentality.”

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.

“If you really bored and got nothing else to do, watch that game. That's like two ugly girls fighting. Nobody cares who wins!” Barkley said. Rockets fans, ...

[Click here](https://www.si.com/nba/rockets/news) [Check out the SI.com team page here](https://www.si.com/nba/team/houston-rockets) ... especially after a night in which Alperen Sengun put on a show. It was just a great moment." [the Rockets a 140-132 loss](https://www.si.com/nba/rockets/news/houston-rockets-alperen-senguns-career-night-lebron-james), which extends the Houston losing streak to 11. [a Lakers' victory featuring James reaching 38,000 career points](https://www.si.com/nba/rockets/news/houston-rockets-alperen-senguns-career-night-lebron-james)) - represent the basement of the Western Conference.