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Posted by seestyle on August 8th, 2022

Houston Rockets young gun Jalen Green delivered the best performance of his rookie season, pouring in a career-high 32 points to lead his team to a 139-130 win over the Los Angeles Lakers in overtime.

Green took over down the stretch, scoring 19 of his 32 points in the fourth quarter and overtime, including Bruce Matthews Jersey a 10-0 Rockets run to start the extra period, buoyed by Green.

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Entering tonight's contest, the Rockets had the second-worst record in the league having NFL Tennessee Titans Jersey won just one of their previous 14 games, but with the Lakers currently in a tailspin, the upstart Rockets seized their moment.

After the win, Green candidly revealed the Rockets' gameplan down the stretch was to attack veteran Carmelo Anthony and rookie Austin Reaves.

"The game plan was to attack Melo and put him in isolation. We were looking for the mismatch. We were trying to get Melo in it and Reaves in it,"

Sure enough, Green buried the dagger 3-pointer in overtime over Anthony.

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It felt good," Green said of his big night. They kept feeding me. Told me Tennessee Titans Jackets to keep attacking until they stop me. So thats what I did. The basket felt super big tonight.

The Lakers were outscored by 14 points with Anthony on the floor and 10 with Reaves on the floor, as the energetic Rockets directed their offense at two of the Lakers' weaker defenders.

Anthony mi sed a potential game-winning shot at the end of regulation, finishing the night with 13 points and six rebounds, while Ru sell Westbrook led the Lakers with 30 points. LeBron James recorded his Trevon Coley Jersey fifth triple-double of the season with 23 points, 14 rebounds and a season-high 12 a sists, but it wasn't enough as they slumped to their ninth-straight Rashaan Evans Jersey road lo s.

We had too many defensive breakdowns throughout the game," Lakers head coach Frank Vogel said. Our guys fought but it just wasnt enough."

The Lakers have now dropped six of their last seven games, sitting at 28-37. They occupy the ninth seed in the Western Conference, with a guaranteed spot in the playoffs fading with each game. They currently hold a 3.0 game lead on the 11th seed Portland Trail Blazers, with the Play-In Tournament their likely route to the postseason.

We have a really small margin of error this season and teams are making us pay," LeBron added.

Racey McMath Jersey The Lakers have one day off before hosting the Washington Wizards on Friday, March 11, while the Rockets are back in action that same night against the Dallas Mavericks.