Houston, We Don’t Have Dwight Howard
On a night where Dwight Howard was ruled out right before tip-off with knee soreness, against his former team the Los Angeles Lakers. The Lakers made a tremendous come back! In fact the Lakers went on a 12-1 run to finish the 4th Quarter. The Lakers have now won 2 games in a row by defeating the Rockets, 98-92.
Carlos Boozer was feasting without no rim protector in Howard for the Rockets and another starter, who was ruled out with a bruise nerve on his leg in Terrence Jones. Boozer had 12 points and 13 rebounds. Kobe also added 29 points, 7 assists and 5 rebounds. Kobe had another rough shooting night going 10-28 from the field. Jordan Hill chipped in with 16 points and 10 rebounds. Swaggy P also know as Nick Young was also great coming off the bench, adding 16 points. Ed Davis also chimed in with 11 rebounds and a game changing block shot on Tarik Black. But the star of the game was Wesley Johnson who added 9 points, 2 assist, & 3 rebounds. Johnson stole the ball from Harden late in the 4th quarter and went coast to coast for a foul and basket putting Lakers up 2 with a min to go.
James Harden struggled early with only 4 points in the 1st half but turned it up in the 2nd finishing with 24pts on 7/11 shooting, 7 assist, & 4 rebounds. Kostas Papanikalou added 19 points off the bench and Ariza had 13 points and 7 rebounds. The Rockets are currently on a 2 game losing streak
