The Los Angeles Lakers pulled off a bit of a shocker Wednesday night, pouring in the points on their way to a 120-114 win over the Houston Rockets.
The Lakers survived an offensive explosion from James Harden, who looked like an MVP candidate with 34 points, 17 assists and eight rebounds. Their effort was led by Jordan Clarkson's 25 points off the bench and a 20-point effort from D'Angelo Russell.
“That’s just one (game),” Clarkson said. “We’ve got to keep it going. We want to go on a streak. We want to win more games. That’s what we’re going on this road trip to do.”
Russell looked comfortable in his skin for perhaps the first time under new coach Luke Walton. He knocked down four of his 10 three-point attempts, was one of two Lakers starters to get to the free-throw line—the other being Julius Randle—and looked unburdened, something you could rarely say during a tumultuous rookie season.
Speaking to Adrian Wojnarowski of The Vertical, Russell admitted it's nice to get out of the shadow of last season:
I’ll tell you what it felt like: It felt like a h ...
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