Julius Randle had his best game of the season but fouled out. Josh Hart had his best game of the season but fouled out. Tyler Ennis had his best game of the season but fouled out.
The trio all stepped up for a Lakers squad missing three starters, but the purple and gold couldn’t close out in a 148-142 double-overtime loss in Houston.
Starting at center for the second time this season, Randle was a runaway bulldozer that the Rockets couldn’t stop for large swaths of the game.
He began with a 14-point first quarter and continued to reach a double-double by halftime.