The Rockets did not back down against the Lakers' LeBron James and Anthony Davis, but it...
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The matchup with James, duty that used to fall to Jae’Sean Tate, who is out with a knee injury, and Eric Gordon, who is now with the Clippers, provided an education. But while the Rockets had their hands full with James, Davis was every bit as dominant. He had 40 points with nine rebounds in his 30 ½ minutes, going from tormenting the two youngest Rockets players, Jabari Smith Jr. and Alperen Sengun, in the halfcourt, to repeatedly leaking out to beat the Rockets on first-half fast breaks.
That began with Davis and James, with help from Austin Reaves and Rui Hachimura, who combined for 38 points on 14 of 21 shooting with Reaves adding eight assists, Hachimura matching his career highs with 12 rebounds and three blocked shots. “A.D. was obviously just a tough matchup for us. We didn’t have the physicality; we didn’t have the quickness to keep up with him. And then he was going so quick, and the places he was going from, we couldn’t get to our double-teams. That’s an experienced group over there that really needed a win. And we have a bunch of young guys who are trying to figure it out, who fought and tried and hopefully learned something.
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