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Game #36: Los Angeles Lakers vs. Houston Rockets

Mike D'Antoni's Lakers have a historically tragic slew of injuries and yet were somehow able to get a win against the Rockets earlier this season. Look for Dwight Howard to set the tone tonight in Houston on both ends of the floor.

By thomasfenoglio Jan 8, 2014, 6:31pm CST

2013/2014 NBA Season
(14-21)	@	(22-13)
January 8th, 2014
Toyota Center, Houston, TX
7:00 PM CST
CSN Houston, 790AM
Starting Lineups
Kendall Marshall	PG	Jeremy Lin
Jodie Meeks	SG	James Harden
Wesley Johnson	SF	Ronnie Brewer
Pau Gasol	PF	Terrence Jones
Robert Sacre	C	Dwight Howard
2013/14 Advanced Stats
96.9 (3rd of 30)	Pace	95.5 (8th of 30)
102.9 (22nd of 30)	ORtg	109.5 (4th of 30)
107.7 (24th of 30)	DRtg	106.3 (18th of 30)
Also see: Silver Screen and Roll (Preview, Twitter)

Injuries:

Omer Asik: bruised right thigh and ego, out indefinitely

Patrick Beverley: broken right hand, mysterious timetable for return, out tonight

Chandler Parsons: sore knee, game time decision, out tonight

Greg Smith: sprained right knee, out tonight

Steve Blake: torn ligament in right elbow, out six weeks

Kobe Bryant: left tibial plateau fracture, out six weeks

Jordan Farmar: torn left hamstring, out one month

Xavier Henry: strained right knee, out 1-2 weeks

Steve Nash: strained back/hamstrings, out indefinitely

Nick Young: sore back, questionable tonight

Tweets:

Beverley says he'll be back ahead of schedule (shocking) & has target date for return that he's "keeping to himself." (Double shocking)
— Jason Friedman (@JasonCFriedman) January 8, 2014

For all the Rockets regulars that have missed games, Rockets lost both games (Utah, Phoenix) Parsons missed. Game-time decision tonight.
— Jonathan Feigen (@Jonathan_Feigen) January 8, 2014

I reported yesterday he was not going to D-League. RT @chunky37: is D-Mo suppose to be w/ RGV? Saw a report that said he was sent down.
— Jonathan Feigen (@Jonathan_Feigen) January 8, 2014

Told that Lakers and Rockets are in a similar situation with injuries, Mike D'Antoni was shocked. "Really? Are Harden and Howard hurt?"
— ClutchFans (@clutchfans) January 8, 2014

Current stats:

			FG			3PT			FT			Rebounds			Misc
	G	M	M	A	Pct	M	A	Pct	M	A	Pct	Off	Def	Tot	Ast	TO	Stl	Blk	PF	PPG
James Harden	29	38.7	7.3	16.4	44.5	2.1	6.4	32.3	7.7	9.1	85.2	1.1	3.8	4.9	5.2	3.9	1.2	0.5	2.6	24.4
Dwight Howard	35	33.9	6.4	11.0	58.0	0.0	0.1	33.3	4.9	8.9	55.3	3.5	9.4	12.9	1.8	3.3	0.8	1.8	3.5	17.8
Chandler Parsons	33	37.9	6.5	12.7	51.7	1.6	4.4	37.5	2.4	3.4	72.1	0.8	4.6	5.4	3.6	2.0	1.2	0.5	2.4	17.2
Jeremy Lin	25	29.8	4.6	9.5	47.9	1.2	3.3	37.3	3.8	4.8	79.0	0.2	2.3	2.6	4.2	2.8	1.0	0.4	2.2	14.1
Terrence Jones	32	26.1	4.2	8.3	50.6	0.5	1.6	30.8	1.3	2.1	59.7	1.8	5.1	6.8	1.2	0.9	0.5	1.4	1.8	10.1
Patrick Beverley	25	31.5	3.5	8.3	42.0	1.4	4.2	33.3	1.3	1.6	78.0	1.5	2.4	3.9	2.2	1.2	1.3	0.4	2.6	9.6
Omri Casspi	34	20.6	3.0	6.9	43.3	1.0	2.9	35.4	1.2	1.8	67.7	0.8	2.9	3.7	1.4	1.1	0.9	0.3	1.7	8.2
Aaron Brooks	30	17.3	2.7	6.8	39.9	1.2	3.0	39.6	0.9	1.1	87.5	0.6	1.0	1.6	2.1	1.2	0.7	0.1	1.9	7.5
Francisco Garcia	34	20.7	2.3	5.9	39.5	1.4	4.1	34.3	0.3	0.5	58.8	0.4	2.1	2.5	1.2	0.7	0.6	0.7	2.1	6.4
Omer Asik	17	18.2	1.5	3.1	47.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.5	2.3	64.1	1.6	5.1	6.8	0.4	1.2	0.2	0.4	2.0	4.4
Greg Smith	9	8.4	1.7	2.7	62.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	1.1	1.4	2.6	0.0	0.4	0.1	0.1	1.6	3.3
Donatas Motiejunas	17	8.4	1.0	2.8	35.4	0.1	0.9	12.5	0.6	1.1	52.6	0.4	1.2	1.5	0.2	0.3	0.1	0.4	1.2	2.7
Isaiah Canaan	2	3.5	0.5	1.5	33.3	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	100.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0
Ronnie Brewer	16	4.9	0.1	0.5	25.0	0.1	0.3	20.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.4	0.4	0.6	0.1	0.3	0.0	0.1	0.3

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