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When: December 12th, 2015, 8:00 PM EST/5:00 PM PST
Where: Toyota Center in Houston, Texas
How: TV-Sportsnet One,CSN,TWC SN / TWC Deportes, Radio-710 AM ESPN / 1330 AM ESPN DEPORTES,790 AM

Projected starting Lineups (LAL vs. HOU):

PG: #1 D'angelo Russell (6'5, Rookie, Ohio State)

SG: #23 Lou Williams (6'1, 11th Year, South Gwinnett HS)

SF: #24 Kobe Bryant (6'6, 20th Year, Lower Merion HS)

PF: #7 Larry Nance Jr. (6'9, Rookie, Wyoming)

C: #17 Roy Hibbert (7'2, 8th Year, Georgetown)


VS

PG: #2 Patrick Beverly (6'1, 4th Year, Arkansas)

SG: #13 James Harden (6'5, 7th Year, Arizona State)

SF: #33 Corey Brewer (6'9, 9th Year, Florida)

PF: #15 Clint Capela (6'10, 2nd Year, Switzerland)

C: #12 Dwight Howard (6'11, 12th Year, Southwest Atlanta Christian Academy)


Coaches' Tale of the Tape:

Lakers: Byron Antom Scott (Age: 54)
•Years Coached: 15
•Playoff Appearances: 4 (33-24 Record, 2x Finals Appearances from 2001-2003)
•Record: 440-602
•Accolades: NBA Coach of the Year (2008), 2x NBA All-Star Head Coach (2002, 2008)

Rockets: J.B. Bickerstaff (Age: 36)
•Years Coached: 1
•Playoff Appearances: 0
•Record: 7-5
•Accolades: N/A

Projected Bench Matchups:
Marcelo Huertes (Brazil) vs. Ty Lawson (North Carolina)
Nick Young (USC) vs. Jason Terry (Arizona)
Metta World Peace (St. Johns) vs. Marcus Thornton (LSU)
Julius Randle (Kentucky) vs. Terrence Jones (Kentucky)
Robert Sacre (Gonzaga) vs. Donatas Motiejunas (Lithuania)

Injury Report:
-Jordan Clarkson (Questionable - Ankle)
-Trevor Ariza (Questionable - Back)

Eye candy for this game:

Would like a win here just to add to hou misery this season

Let's go Rockets. I'm onboard with the Tank. As long as the young guns get a chance to develop

Houston might just be my least favorite team in the league. I want to see Randle bounce back from yesterday's game and have a big game against Dwight.

Good test for DLo against Pat Bev.

Dlo could of easily had 30 pt back to back games , lets c if he can get it here!

Anyone know how long Clarkson is gonna be out?

Would like to beat Dwight for leaving. I'm actually glad he left but still want to beat his team.

Clarkson is officially out tonight as of a few minutes ago... gave it a try during shoot-a-round felt sort of ok but after discussions they decided to sit him out tonight

[tweet]https://twitter.com/LakersReporter/status/675827884934631424[/tweet]

we might win this game, would love to see that just to add to the rockets (and Dwight's) misery

Ariza is playing tonight

I'm just glad Clarksons injury isn't serious I bet if he played against the Spurs the game would have been a lot closer.

Will Russell set a career high in points for the 3rd straight night?

D'Lo's shot is looking good again

Nance challenging Dwight there...I like it

Dlo please put up 30

Time for D LO to start climbing that ROY ladder

Ckay wrote:

Lol awkward hug