Lakers Douse Rockets in 84-79 Victory
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Lamar Odom had 20 points and 13 rebounds, and the Los Angeles Lakers held on to give coach Rudy Tomjanovich a victory over the Houston Rockets 84-79 Saturday night.
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MEMPHIS - Pau Gasol scored 22 points and Shane Battier added 18 as the Memphis Grizzlies won for the first time this season, a 110-87 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on Wednesday night.
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Kobe Bryant scored 12 of his 26 points in the third quarter, Andrew Bynum had 23 points and 13 rebounds, and the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Indiana Pacers 112-96 Sunday night for their 12th win in 15 games.
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Rasheed Wallace led five Pistons in double figures scoring with 24 points as the Detroit Pistons beat the Houston Rockets, 87-to-79, in their season openers.
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Tayshaun Prince scored 20 points and Chris Webber had 18 points and 11 rebounds, leading the Detroit Pistons to a 93-78 win over the Los Angeles Lakers on Thursday night.
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The Detroit Pistons maintained their home-court hoodoo over the Los Angeles Lakers with a 93-78 win on Thursday.
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Kobe Bryant scored a season-high 53 points, making 14 of 16 free throws, and the Lakers rallied from a 21-point deficit to beat the Houston Rockets, 112-101, in double overtime last night in Los Angeles.
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Kobe Bryant had 20 points, six rebounds and seven assists, and the Los Angeles Lakers struggled to an 89-76 victory over the injury-depleted New Orleans Hornets on Sunday night.
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Tracy McGrady scored 31 points and dished out seven assists and Yao Ming added 27 points as the Houston Rockets routed the Golden State Warriors 118-90 on Tuesday night.
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Kobe Bryant scores a season-high 53 points and adds 10 rebounds and eight assists, leading the Los Angeles Lakers back from down 21 points to a 112-101 double-overtime win over the Houston Rockets.
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Kevin Garnett scores 26 points and Paul Pierce, above, adds 19 as the Celtics improve to 27-3 to match the best 30-game start in the shot-clock era with a 97-93 victory over the Rockets.
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Hometown hero Yao Ming scored 14 points to lead the Houston Rockets to an 88-86 win over the Sacramento Kings Thursday night in the first ever NBA game played in China.
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Lamar Odom poured in 21 points and  Kobe Bryant chipped in with 19 to power the Los Angeles Lakers  to a 99-93 win over the New Jersey Nets on Sunday.
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SHANGHAI, China - Yao Ming was the star in the NBA&#39;s first China game, scoring 14 points and grabbing seven rebounds to lead the Houston Rockets past the Sacramento Kings 88-86 on Thursday.
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Yao Ming scored 22 points and  pulled down 12 rebounds to lead the Houston Rockets to a 92-77  victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Thursday.
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Kobe Bryant scored 46 points and the Los Angeles Lakers defeated the host Toronto Raptors, 121-101, on Friday night, hours after acquiring the 7-footer Pau Gasol in a trade with the Memphis Grizzlies.
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Kobe Bryant had 23 points and the Los Angeles Lakers overcame the loss of Lamar Odom and a near-historic comeback to beat the Houston Rockets 102-94 Tuesday night.