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| All Games | 30-14 | +6.3 | 25-18 | 22-22 | 103.1 | 52.5 | 44.2% | 53.0 | 99.3 | 49.8 | 44.4% | 52.2 | | Road Games | 15-7 | +5 | 12-9 | 15-7 | 106.3 | 51.9 | 45.5% | 52.8 | 103.8 | 52.3 | 45.3% | 51.0 | | Last 5 Games | 3-2 | +1.2 | 3-2 | 5-0 | 110.8 | 56.0 | 47.0% | 49.0 | 113.4 | 55.2 | 48.2% | 54.6 |
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| Team Stats (All Games) | 103.1 | 52.5 | 37-83 | 44.2% | 12-33 | 35.4% | 18-25 | 71.7% | 53 | 12 | 21 | 23 | 10 | 17 | 4 | | vs opponents surrendering | 100.4 | 49.8 | 37-83 | 45.0% | 8-22 | 35.1% | 18-23 | 75.3% | 51 | 11 | 22 | 20 | 8 | 14 | 5 | | Team Stats (Road Games) | 106.3 | 51.9 | 38-83 | 45.5% | 12-33 | 36.5% | 18-25 | 73.1% | 53 | 12 | 22 | 23 | 9 | 17 | 4 | | Stats Against (All Games) | 99.3 | 49.8 | 37-83 | 44.4% | 7-22 | 31.7% | 18-24 | 77.3% | 52 | 11 | 21 | 21 | 9 | 16 | 6 | | vs opponents averaging | 100.3 | 49.9 | 38-83 | 45.3% | 8-21 | 35.1% | 17-23 | 75.6% | 51 | 11 | 22 | 21 | 8 | 14 | 5 | | Stats Against (Road Games) | 103.8 | 52.3 | 38-84 | 45.3% | 8-21 | 36.2% | 20-25 | 78.5% | 51 | 12 | 22 | 21 | 9 | 15 | 5 |
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| All Games | 12-32 | -5.2 | 20-20 | 20-23 | 99.6 | 49.2 | 43.5% | 51.5 | 106.3 | 52.6 | 46.8% | 54.1 | | Home Games | 6-15 | -6.4 | 9-9 | 10-11 | 101.0 | 48.9 | 44.0% | 52.0 | 104.7 | 52.1 | 45.5% | 54.8 | | Last 5 Games | 0-5 | -4 | 0-4 | 2-3 | 90.4 | 47.4 | 43.9% | 48.8 | 102.6 | 50.2 | 45.6% | 51.0 |
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| Team Stats (All Games) | 99.6 | 49.2 | 37-85 | 43.5% | 7-19 | 35.2% | 19-25 | 74.5% | 51 | 11 | 20 | 21 | 7 | 12 | 4 | | vs opponents surrendering | 100.3 | 49.6 | 38-84 | 44.9% | 8-22 | 34.7% | 18-23 | 75.6% | 51 | 11 | 21 | 21 | 8 | 14 | 5 | | Team Stats (Home Games) | 101.0 | 48.9 | 38-85 | 44.0% | 7-20 | 32.8% | 19-26 | 73.8% | 52 | 11 | 22 | 22 | 7 | 12 | 5 | | Stats Against (All Games) | 106.3 | 52.6 | 39-84 | 46.8% | 9-24 | 37.2% | 19-26 | 74.6% | 54 | 11 | 24 | 20 | 7 | 13 | 4 | | vs opponents averaging | 102.2 | 50.7 | 38-84 | 45.6% | 8-23 | 35.5% | 18-23 | 75.9% | 52 | 11 | 22 | 20 | 8 | 14 | 5 | | Stats Against (Home Games) | 104.7 | 52.1 | 38-83 | 45.5% | 9-23 | 36.4% | 21-28 | 74.9% | 55 | 10 | 24 | 21 | 6 | 13 | 4 |
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| | Average power rating of opponents played: HOUSTON 96.2, LA LAKERS 97.2 |
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| 12/17/2014 | @ DENVER | 115-111 | W | -3 | W | 204.5 | O | 35-85 | 41.2% | 64 | 16 | 40-99 | 40.4% | 61 | 15 | | 12/18/2014 | NEW ORLEANS | 90-99 | L | -4.5 | L | 200 | U | 33-86 | 38.4% | 52 | 11 | 38-82 | 46.3% | 54 | 12 | | 12/20/2014 | ATLANTA | 97-104 | L | -5 | L | 197 | O | 34-86 | 39.5% | 49 | 16 | 38-74 | 51.4% | 49 | 15 | | 12/22/2014 | PORTLAND | 110-95 | W | -5 | W | 198.5 | O | 41-87 | 47.1% | 50 | 16 | 34-76 | 44.7% | 44 | 22 | | 12/26/2014 | @ MEMPHIS | 117-111 | W | 2 | W | 193 | O | 41-91 | 45.1% | 65 | 14 | 43-104 | 41.3% | 58 | 6 | | 12/28/2014 | @ SAN ANTONIO | 106-110 | L | 1 | L | 200 | O | 38-77 | 49.4% | 54 | 24 | 39-83 | 47.0% | 45 | 19 | | 12/29/2014 | WASHINGTON | 103-104 | L | -3.5 | L | 200 | O | 40-86 | 46.5% | 51 | 18 | 35-73 | 47.9% | 44 | 18 | | 12/31/2014 | CHARLOTTE | 102-83 | W | -11.5 | W | 197.5 | U | 38-88 | 43.2% | 52 | 14 | 29-76 | 38.2% | 54 | 16 | | 1/2/2015 | @ NEW ORLEANS | 83-111 | L | -2 | L | 204 | U | 35-88 | 39.8% | 45 | 19 | 44-83 | 53.0% | 55 | 18 | | 1/3/2015 | MIAMI | 115-79 | W | -6.5 | W | 198 | U | 41-82 | 50.0% | 57 | 16 | 30-68 | 44.1% | 40 | 21 | | 1/5/2015 | @ CHICAGO | 105-114 | L | 3 | L | 199.5 | O | 47-102 | 46.1% | 50 | 16 | 41-85 | 48.2% | 54 | 17 | | 1/7/2015 | @ CLEVELAND | 105-93 | W | -6 | W | 197.5 | O | 39-86 | 45.3% | 61 | 17 | 34-82 | 41.5% | 47 | 15 | | 1/8/2015 | @ NEW YORK | 120-96 | W | -13 | W | 194.5 | O | 41-77 | 53.2% | 48 | 19 | 37-80 | 46.2% | 51 | 21 | | 1/10/2015 | UTAH | 97-82 | W | -11 | W | 195.5 | U | 33-77 | 42.9% | 42 | 20 | 29-70 | 41.4% | 48 | 27 | | 1/12/2015 | @ BROOKLYN | 113-99 | W | -7 | W | 193.5 | O | 41-86 | 47.7% | 48 | 14 | 39-84 | 46.4% | 49 | 16 | | 1/14/2015 | @ ORLANDO | 113-120 | L | -9 | L | 201 | O | 42-83 | 50.6% | 42 | 20 | 44-90 | 48.9% | 51 | 15 | | 1/15/2015 | OKLAHOMA CITY | 112-101 | W | 3 | W | 208.5 | O | 41-86 | 47.7% | 47 | 12 | 35-81 | 43.2% | 57 | 17 | | 1/17/2015 | GOLDEN STATE | 106-131 | L | -2 | L | 215 | O | 37-88 | 42.0% | 50 | 17 | 50-91 | 54.9% | 62 | 14 | | 1/19/2015 | INDIANA | 110-98 | W | -9.5 | W | 196 | O | 37-72 | 51.4% | 45 | 19 | 39-85 | 45.9% | 49 | 19 | | 1/21/2015 | @ GOLDEN STATE | 113-126 | L | 8 | L | 219 | O | 37-87 | 42.5% | 52 | 19 | 49-98 | 50.0% | 55 | 16 | | 1/23/2015 | @ PHOENIX | 113-111 | W | 2 | W | 221.5 | O | 44-84 | 52.4% | 51 | 14 | 42-91 | 46.2% | 50 | 12 | | 1/25/2015 | @ LA LAKERS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1/28/2015 | DALLAS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1/30/2015 | @ BOSTON | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1/31/2015 | @ DETROIT | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2/4/2015 | CHICAGO | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2/6/2015 | MILWAUKEE | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2/8/2015 | PORTLAND | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2/10/2015 | @ PHOENIX | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| 12/19/2014 | OKLAHOMA CITY | 103-104 | L | 5.5 | W | 204.5 | O | 41-85 | 48.2% | 53 | 10 | 37-86 | 43.0% | 51 | 7 | | 12/21/2014 | @ SACRAMENTO | 101-108 | L | 7.5 | W | 207 | O | 33-87 | 37.9% | 56 | 16 | 38-79 | 48.1% | 55 | 14 | | 12/23/2014 | GOLDEN STATE | 115-105 | W | 10 | W | 216.5 | O | 46-89 | 51.7% | 51 | 16 | 39-84 | 46.4% | 45 | 19 | | 12/25/2014 | @ CHICAGO | 93-113 | L | 12 | L | 206.5 | U | 36-92 | 39.1% | 47 | 4 | 42-86 | 48.8% | 64 | 13 | | 12/26/2014 | @ DALLAS | 98-102 | L | 13 | W | 215 | U | 36-99 | 36.4% | 69 | 16 | 42-83 | 50.6% | 51 | 13 | | 12/28/2014 | PHOENIX | 107-116 | L | 5 | L | 217.5 | O | 42-81 | 51.9% | 44 | 17 | 44-87 | 50.6% | 52 | 12 | | 12/30/2014 | @ DENVER | 111-103 | W | 5.5 | W | 214 | P | 40-76 | 52.6% | 56 | 18 | 39-87 | 44.8% | 47 | 11 | | 1/2/2015 | MEMPHIS | 106-109 | L | 4 | W | 203.5 | O | 43-81 | 53.1% | 42 | 13 | 41-84 | 48.8% | 54 | 12 | | 1/4/2015 | INDIANA | 88-87 | W | 0 | W | 202.5 | U | 27-71 | 38.0% | 43 | 11 | 33-90 | 36.7% | 65 | 14 | | 1/5/2015 | @ PORTLAND | 94-98 | L | 13 | W | 209 | U | 37-88 | 42.0% | 58 | 10 | 33-83 | 39.8% | 50 | 9 | | 1/7/2015 | @ LA CLIPPERS | 89-114 | L | 10.5 | L | 215 | U | 37-85 | 43.5% | 54 | 12 | 40-85 | 47.1% | 54 | 6 | | 1/9/2015 | ORLANDO | 101-84 | W | -2.5 | W | 199 | U | 36-90 | 40.0% | 71 | 12 | 30-76 | 39.5% | 43 | 15 | | 1/11/2015 | PORTLAND | 94-106 | L | 5.5 | L | 204.5 | U | 36-81 | 44.4% | 48 | 13 | 41-86 | 47.7% | 52 | 11 | | 1/13/2015 | MIAMI | 75-78 | L | 3 | T | 198 | U | 29-92 | 31.5% | 58 | 12 | 33-78 | 42.3% | 60 | 18 | | 1/15/2015 | CLEVELAND | 102-109 | L | 6.5 | L | 207.5 | O | 39-76 | 51.3% | 45 | 11 | 37-79 | 46.8% | 51 | 9 | | 1/16/2015 | @ UTAH | 85-94 | L | 8 | L | 196 | U | 31-65 | 47.7% | 49 | 19 | 36-85 | 42.4% | 41 | 12 | | 1/19/2015 | @ PHOENIX | 100-115 | L | 10 | L | 214.5 | O | 34-75 | 45.3% | 53 | 23 | 43-86 | 50.0% | 48 | 15 | | 1/21/2015 | @ NEW ORLEANS | 80-96 | L | 7 | L | 202.5 | U | 28-77 | 36.4% | 47 | 16 | 38-83 | 45.8% | 54 | 15 | | 1/23/2015 | @ SAN ANTONIO | 85-99 | L | 14 | T | 197 | U | 33-83 | 39.8% | 50 | 8 | 36-84 | 42.9% | 61 | 10 | | 1/25/2015 | HOUSTON | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1/27/2015 | WASHINGTON | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1/29/2015 | CHICAGO | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2/1/2015 | @ NEW YORK | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2/4/2015 | @ MILWAUKEE | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2/6/2015 | @ ORLANDO | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2/8/2015 | @ CLEVELAND | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2/10/2015 | DENVER | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| |  | HOUSTON: GUARDS: The postseason was a different story for JAMES HARDEN, but he was a dominant all-around performer during the past two regular seasons. He'll do the bulk of the ball-handling for the up-tempo Rockets . . . After looking for an upgrade during the offseason, it's back to PATRICK BEVERLEY at the point. He's the No. 4 or 5 option on offense, but his defense will keep him on the floor . . . There's little backcourt depth, so rookie NICK JOHNSON has a shot at the rotation. He's NBA-ready as a defender, but his offensive game is shaky . . . ISH SMITH will push for that back-up point guard job . . . ISAIAH CANAAN will have to shoot the lights out early to get a look in the rotation . . . FRANCISCO GARCIA is still here as a 3-and-D option. FORWARDS: TREVOR ARIZA slides into Chandler Parsons' old role, providing defense and three-point shooting. He has a chance for a career-best output offensively . . . The Rockets know they need an upgrade over TERRENCE JONES, but they struck out during the offseason. He's a hustle guy, but he's too much of a defensive liability at the 4-spot . . . After disappearing last season, DONATAS MOTIEJUNAS has a chance to play himself into a thin frontcourt rotation. He's a potential 7-foot floor spacer . . . JEFF ADRIEN will be a "little things" guy in the second unit . . . They wanted to leave CLINT CAPELA overseas, but he'll be in Houston. He might be the future at the 4-spot, but he's years away . . . KOSTAS PAPANIKOLAOU has potential as a versatile bench option. CENTERS: DWIGHT HOWARD looked healthy again and was, at times, dominant. His game still has obvious flaws, namely free-throw shooting and an inability to step away from the basket, but there's no reason he can't flirt with 20-10 nightly while being among the league leaders in blocks . . . Ex-Rocket JOEY DORSEY returns after a strong stint in Spain. He'll bring some muscle (and six fouls) behind Howard. | | LA LAKERS: GUARDS: At 36 and coming off multiple injuries, it seems unlikely that vintage KOBE BRYANT will ever return. Still, he'll get to the line enough to be among the league's scoring leaders . . . JEREMY LIN will start and be useful when his streaky shot gets hot . . . NICK YOUNG demanded the Lakers re-sign him, and what Swaggy P wants, Swaggy P gets (after L.A. struck out on every free agent). He'll miss the first couple weeks of the season as he recovers from thumb surgery . . . XAVIER HENRY will try to establish himself as a deep threat off the bench . . . JORDAN CLARKSON is the kind of big guard they've paired with Bryant over the years. He could be a year or two away from contributing . . . STEVE NASH is out for the season with a back injury. He's likely played his last game as a member of the Lakers. FORWARDS: You know it's been a rough offseason when CARLOS BOOZER, who no contending team wanted, is your prize. He's still a zero at the defensive end, but Boozer can shoot from mid-range and could see more minutes in a thin L.A. frontcourt . . . WESLEY JOHNSON gives them a spot-up shooter on the wing who brings some defensive versatility . . . They'll probably pair Boozer and teenager JULIUS RANDLE together often. The rookie has drawn comparisons to Zach Randolph . . . RYAN KELLY is a serviceable stretch-4 for the second unit. CENTERS: JORDAN HILL will see time at the 4 and 5 spots. His per-minute rates are strong, but his stamina is not . . . C'mon, who doesn't like ED DAVIS? . . . The Lakers will likely use Boozer, Hill and Davis as undersized centers, because entering the year they only have lead-footed ROBERT SACRE as a true 5. He's not a candidate to play more than 20 minutes per night. |
| | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PA SPORTSTICKER PRO BASKETBALL PREVIEW (HOUSTON-LA LAKERS) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
*Rockets-Lakers Preview* ========================
By KEVIN CHROUST STATS Writer
Houston (30-14) at Los Angeles (12-32), 9:30 p.m. EDT
Los Angeles Lakers fans are unlikely to see Kobe Bryant on the court anytime soon, but the Hollywood crowd won't have to go entirely star-starved Sunday night.
James Harden has filled that role just fine when the Houston Rockets have taken on the Lakers at Staples Center, where Bryant's teammates will be in danger of matching the franchise's longest losing streak in nearly a decade.
Whether former Lakers center Dwight Howard is able to play has yet to be determined.
Harden, the league's leading scorer at 27.3 points per game, had 33 points and 10 assists in Friday's 113-111 win in Phoenix, including a 20-foot jumper as time expired. The shooting guard is averaging 37.0 points in his last three games while connecting on 13 of 24 from 3-point range.
"It's a great feeling," Harden told the team's official website. "They're a very good team, we had a pretty solid lead and we knew they were going to make a run and they made it at the perfect time. But, we had the last shot. You either make it or you miss it and go into overtime, and I made it."
Harden and his teammates have made plenty of shots against the Lakers at Staples in the past year. Harden has averaged 31.3 points on 54.0 percent shooting in three straight road wins in the series as Houston has put up 129.0 per game.
The Rockets (30-14), however, have traded wins and losses in their last six overall as Memphis has passed them for first place in the Southwest Division.
Consistency could be harder to find if Howard misses time. He exited Friday's game in the first quarter with a sprained right ankle, and his status for a third return to face his former team is unknown. Houston is 8-4 without him.
"I really couldn't put any pressure on it," said Howard, who left Phoenix in a walking boot. "But we got the win, so that's the only thing that matters."
The Lakers (12-32) return for a three-game homestand with Bryant sidelined indefinitely. His torn right rotator cuff will be re-examined Monday before the team decides whether the guard needs potentially season-ending surgery.
Bryant was examined Friday in Los Angeles after the third-leading scorer in NBA history suffered the injury Wednesday in New Orleans.
"We know it's a tear, but we don't know to what degree," coach Byron Scott said. "Monday we'll find out if he's going to have surgery or not. That's disappointing in and of itself. We know we're going to miss him for a length of time, we just don't know how long yet."
Friday's 99-85 loss in San Antonio was the Lakers' seventh straight, and another would match an eight-game skid from March 14-27, 2005. The Lakers are 10-25 with Bryant and 2-7 without.
Former Houston point guard Jeremy Lin could also be absent. Lin, in his first season with the Lakers after spending the previous two with the Rockets, was healthy but didn't  the Spurs as Scott gave Jordan Clarkson his first career start at point guard and used Ronnie Price to back up the rookie.
The Lakers were led by Nick Young's 17 points off the bench, and they're seeking some sort of offensive direction while shooting 41.9 percent during this skid. Clarkson added 11 points in a personal-high 29 minutes.
"I did a better job of controlling (the pace) today," Clarkson said. "Now I've just got to work on getting guys in their spots and just getting what we want in the half-court offense."
Los Angeles is 2-13 at home against Western Conference opponents.
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