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Doncic, Finney-Smith and Vincent led the Lakers in scoring with 20 points apiece, and Doncic dished out nine assists. James had 16 points and blocked a layup attempt by Sengun with 8.0 seconds left to help close the door for the Rockets.

A pair of teams jockeying for position at the top of the West standings play their second of three games against each other this regular season on Monday, March 31 when the Houston Rockets visit the Los Angeles Lakers at crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.