VIDEO: Steve Blake’s Game Winner Over Dwight Howard

The Lakers matchup against the Houston Rockets in early November provided perhaps the best moment of the 2013-2014 season thus far.

The Los Angeles Lakers were fresh off an embarrassing loss to the Dallas Mavericks the night before, but there was added motivation when they made the trip to Houston, as it would be the first game against Dwight Howard.

Without Kobe Bryant and a totally revamped roster, the matchup was not expected to be intense. However, after Howard spurned the Lakers over the summer, this team felt that it was only right to show Howard what he missed out on in leaving the Lakers franchise.

After leading by double digits for the majority of the game, the Lakers saw their lead disappear in the second half and fourth quarter as the Rockets came back and went ahead by six. However, they would fight back and ultimately give themselves a chance to win the game on the final possession.

Here’s what happened:

__________________________________________________________________
Lakers News: Lakers Waive Forward Shawne Williams

You May Also Like

Lakers Nation Hits The Red Carpet At Sports Spectacular 2014 (Video)

Please enable Javascript to watch this video Over this past weekend, Sports…

VIDEO: Byron Scott Calls Chris Paul Best Leader In The NBA

The Los Angeles Lakers took a beating from their hallway rivals, the…

Byron Scott Expects To Butt Heads With Kobe Over Minutes (VIDEO)

Lakers head coach Byron Scott has been making his media rounds this…

Lakers Practice VIDEOS: Kobe Bryant And Chris Kaman Sit Out, Soreness

Lakers guard Kobe Bryant, who returned to practice on Saturday for the…