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It was a wild first home game for Lebron and his crew not only did they got beaten by the Houston Rockets but their two key players in Brandon Ingram and Rajon Rondo are in the verge of getting multiple game suspension after a short brawl inside the Staples Center. The Rockets ousts the LA Lakers 124 to 115 after a brilliant performance from CP3 and James Harden.
Talking about Chris Paul, there seems to be a bad blood between him and Rondo ever since according Rajon's former team mate Paul Pierce. The altercation started with Harden's drive to the basket that somehow pushed B.I. where Ingram didn't like it and pushed back Harden out of frustration and anger. While the scene looks calmer there's suddenly a Rondo-Paul clash which resulted both players to throw punches at each other which Ingram as well join the fun and throw a flying punch into thin air.
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Despite Carmelo Anthony's poor performance the Rockets still able to pull it off in the late minutes of the 4th quarter and with how they took advantage of three point shots where knocked 16 out of 42 attempts compared to the Lakers only 8 out of 32 from beyond the arc. It winds as Lebron's first home loss and second straight loss to start the season.
Lonzo Ball quite play pretty well off the bench after dropping 50% from the three point line out of 8 attempts and able to score 14 points in the game. Lebron's three are still out of sync after hitting only one shot out of 7 tries, Lakers next game is against their long time rival the San Antonio Spurs with its new superstar Demar DeRozan. It is really a hard fought each time in the West, will the Los Angeles Lakers made the playoffs when all is said and done.