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Rockets end 5-game skid with close win over Lakers
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The Houston Rockets take some good news, and perhaps some bad, into 2018 after snapping their five-game NBA losing streak with a 148-142 double-overtime victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on Sunday.
James Harden scored 40 points but departed in the final minute of regulation with a hamstring injury.
Point guard Chris Paul scored 15 of his 28 points in the two overtime periods to carry Houston to a much-needed win on their home floor.
Paul played a part in four straight baskets in the first extra period, but Lakers forward Brandon Ingram made two free throws with eight-tenths of a second remaining to force the second.
In the second extra session, Paul made six free throws in the final minute and Houston took the lead for good on a second-chance basket by reserve forward P.J. Tucker — his only points in the contest.
Moments later Tucker swatted away a three-point attempt by the Lakers Kyle Kuzma.
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