Lakers rebound with a win over Houston Rockets
Lakers 109, Rockets 101 (final)
The Lakers didn't let their horrible performance against the Oklahoma City Thunder on Friday night become an issue.
Instead, the Lakers beat up on the so-so Houston Rockets tonight at Toyota Center.
The Lakers got it together in the second quarter, opening a 62-45 halftime lead that grew to as much as 21 points.
Pau Gasol was strong inside against the undersized Rockets, scoring 30 points and grabbing eight rebounds.
Kobe Bryant almost had a triple-double with 17 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists.
Derek Fisher had a solid game with 15 points on six-for-eight shooting.
The Lakers improved to 2-1 on a trip that still has stops in New Orleans on Monday and Atlanta on Wednesday.
-- Broderick Turner, reporting from Houston
Photo: Lakers forward Lamar Odom tries to keep the ball from the long reach of Rockets forward Trevor Ariza in their game Saturday night in Houston. Credit: Dave Einsel / Associated Press
HEY LAKER PEOPLE
Don't look now, but we could end up catching and surpassing Cleveland this season for home court advantage!
After this trip. The Lakers pretty much spend the rest of the season at Staples. They have a back-to-back roadie in Denver and Minny, but the competition is pretty favorable.
Cleveland, on the other hand plays ATL twice plus Boston and Orlando!
Not to mention a rematch with the Bucks, who beat them earlier in the month when LBJ was resting.
Lebron is back, but don't rule out these scrappy Bucks. And Andrew Bogut is finally looking like a top pick.
Other news.
John Calipari is going to go down as the greatest guard producer for an entire era!
Rose, then Evans, now Hall.
And Hall, dispite the mistakes he made today, will be the best out of all of them. If the NBA didn't have the one year out of high school rule, John Wall would be the R-O-Y beyond Evans, Jennings, Curry orCollison.
Posted by: onetime | March 27, 2010 at 08:19 PM
Derek Fisher had a solid game with 15 points on six-for-eight shooting
You better frame this one. Fish had an off night and actually shot well !!!!
Posted by: DFish | March 27, 2010 at 08:36 PM
We win when Kobe shoots less!!!
Posted by: LAKER FAN | March 27, 2010 at 09:50 PM
we win when our role players decide to make shots! (kudos to farmar fish brown mbenga and odom)
Posted by: mambeezy | March 27, 2010 at 11:36 PM
DFish, as O'Reilly would say, "I think you should read the Terms of Service and just shut up."
Posted by: Alibabba | March 28, 2010 at 08:41 AM