With 12 games to go, the Lakers remain stuck in 10th place in the West after falling 114-110 to the conference-worst Rockets on Wednesday, leading Jarred Vanderbilt to stress that the team needs to play every game as if it's its last.
The Rockets made eight of their first 11 field goal attempts, getting to the rim with ease. By the end of the night, Houston outscored L.A. 78-46 in the paint.
The Lakers made a push to cut it to four with 10:22 remaining in the fourth quarter, but the Rockets reeled off a 9-0 run in the next 1 minute, 27 seconds to blow it back open., who had 13 points, 10 rebounds and 5 assists in the loss. "We're running out of time. I mean I know we got 12 games left? We have no more freebies. We never had none to begin with. We need all these games."
At 34-36, they remain in the 10th and final play-in spot in the Western Conference, but missed an opportunity to improve their lot with two of the teams ranked in the Nos. 5-9 spots -- Minnesota and Golden State -- also losing Wednesday.
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