The Houston Rockets may be the only team missing more players due to injury than the Los Angeles Lakers and that didn’t make for the prettiest game. But the way things have gone for the Lakers this year they will take a victory any way they can get it.
The Lakers set a new franchise record with 86 points in the paint and a Kyle Kuzma layup with 6.9 seconds remaining lifted them to a 124-122 win over the Rockets. The win kept the Lakers’ slim hopes of escaping the play-in tournament alive after both the Dallas Mavericks and Portland Trail Blazers picked up wins earlier in the night as well.