For the third straight game, the Los Angeles Lakers were defeated by 15-plus points, this time to the Rockets in a nationally-televised game on Christmas Day Thursday. The contest was never particularly close, as the Rockets raced out of the gate with a dominant first quarter, then never looked back en route to the double-digit victory. And once again, the Lakers' lackluster performance left coach JJ Redick irate, as the second-year coach was visibly frustrated when he took to the podium for his postgame press conference.
Redick's summation of the performance, which saw the Lakers concede 119 points to Houston, including 68 points in the paint, was blunt.
