Jalen Green and Rockets thrash Lakers

Rockets rookie Jalen Green scored a career-high 32 points for the team and powered the team in overtime with 10 points as well. Rockets powered by Green’s strong performance thrashed Los Angeles Lakers with 139-130 triumphs on Wednesday. Rockets even with their worst record in the League survived LeBron James’ triple-double and also the 30 points barrage by Russell Westbrook.

This was the team’s second win in 15 games as they dished out the ninth straight loss on the road to the Lakers, whose hopes to land a playoff spot seem to be a distant reality. Despite his streak of 25 plus points in consecutive games which ended at career-long 23 matches recently as he went just 9 of 26 overall making just one three-pointer of 9 attempts.