Fifth Straight Win for the Lakers

On Sunday the Lakers won their fifth straight game of the season against the Houston Rockets at Staples Center. Although the Lakers had a slow start, with a 16-point deficit in the second quarter, they came back and won 111-82. Winning by 29 points, the Lakers tied their third-largest margin of victory in a 41-year history of playing the Rockets. The trend this season has been the Lakers having an “awakening” during the second half of the game. When they played Denver, for example, Kobe Bryant’s fourth-quarter bailout led them to victory and the team also made a comeback toward the end of the game against the Clippers as well.

As for Sunday’s game, Lakers’ coach Phil Jackson told the L.A. Times, “The momentum of this game just turned upside down after the first quarter.” Aaron Brooks issued a layup that gave the Rockets a 16-point advantage with 11:01 left until halftime but Jordan Farmar’s aggressiveness allowed for the Lakers triumphant comeback. Rockets center Yao Ming, who scored 12 points, told the Times, “I think it was the worst game we ever had.” The last time the Lakers beat the Rockets this bad was 1984 when they won 131-102. Ouch.

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