HOUSTON, May 15 (UPI) -- Aaron Brooks and Luis Scola halted a third-quarter charge Thursday and Houston downed the Los Angeles Lakers 95-80 to force a Game 7 in their playoff series.
LOS ANGELES, May 13 (UPI) -- Kobe Bryant had 26 points Tuesday and the Los Angeles Lakers routed Houston 118-78 to take a 3-2 lead in their Western Conference semifinal series.
HOUSTON, May 10 (UPI) -- Aaron Brooks had 34 points Sunday and the Houston Rockets blasted off with a 29-point first quarter, going on beat the Los Angeles Lakers 99-87.
LOS ANGELES, April 4 (UPI) -- Kobe Bryant hit back-to-back 3-pointers in the fourth period Friday that broke open the game and sent the Los Angeles Lakers past Houston 93-81.
HOUSTON, Jan. 13 (UPI) -- Kobe Bryant scored 11 of his 33 points in the fourth quarter Tuesday, rallying the Los Angeles Lakers to a 105-100 win over Houston.
LOS ANGELES, April 8 (UPI) -- Tracy McGrady scored 27 points Thursday to lead the Houston Rockets to a 114-100 win over the Los Angeles Lakers, who have lost 14 of their last 17 games.
SAN ANTONIO, March 27 (UPI) -- Manu Ginobili scored 18 points and Brent Barry 17 Sunday as the San Antonio Spurs had a 21-2 fourth-quarter run to post an 83-70 win over the Houston Rockets.
LOS ANGELES, April 28 (UPI) -- Kobe Bryant, after spending most of the day in Colorado, returned in time Wednesday night to lead the Los Angeles Lakers past Houston, 97-78.
HOUSTON, April 25 (UPI) -- Kobe Bryant's three-point play with 40.3 seconds left Sunday snapped a tie and led the Los Angeles Lakers to a 92-88 victory over Houston.
LOS ANGELES, April 18 (UPI) -- Shaquille O'Neal's follow dunk over Yao Ming boosted the Los Angeles Lakers to a 72-71 victory at home Saturday over the Rockets in the Western Conference.
