LeBron James returns with a triple-double, but struggling Houston gets 62 points in the paint and dominates OT to hand the Lakers their ninth loss in 11 games.
HOUSTON — As LeBron James and Russell Westbrook traded baskets with Jalen Green and Kenyon Martin Jr., it was hard to tell which team was which except for the names on the back of the jerseys.
In the extra period, they were demolished by the young, inexperienced Rockets , who earned just their third win in their last 20 games by outlasting their guests, 139-130. Led by the high-skipping rookie Green , Houston looked positively energized as the moribund Lakers slogged to the finish of a largely joyless affair.
The Lakers themselves are skating on thin ice, just 1½ games ahead of the 10th-place New Orleans Pelicans in the Western Conference standings . But just when urgency should be building for the run the Lakers still publicly say is coming, they’ve let down in a big way losing nine of their last 11 games and going just 1-6 since the All-Star break. They have dropped nine consecutive road games.
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