Up next for the Lakers: Wednesday vs. Houston Rockets

Rockets point guard Jeremy Lin (7) tries to dribble past Lakers guard Wesley Johnson during a game earlier this season in Houston.

By Mike Bresnahan

Feb. 18, 2014 12 AM PT

When: 7:30.

Where: Staples Center.

On the air: TV: ESPN, TWC SportsNet, TWC Deportes; Radio: 710, 1330.

Records: Lakers 18-35, Rockets 36-17.

Record vs. Rockets: 1-1.

Update: The Lakers won in Houston, 99-98, on Steve Blake’s last-second three-pointer in November but lost there last month, 113-99, with James Harden scoring 38 points for the Rockets. Harden and Dwight Howard represented the Rockets in last weekend’s All-Star game, but small forward Chandler Parsons is quietly having a good season (17 points, 5.6 rebounds and 3.7 assists a game).

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Mike Bresnahan

Mike Bresnahan previously covered the Lakers for the Los Angeles Times. He started the beat in 2004, a month after Shaquille O’Neal was traded, and covered several seasons of mediocrity before the Lakers won back-to-back championships in 2009 and 2010. Now they’re back to mediocrity. Bresnahan is from Los Angeles, started with The Times after graduating the University of Wisconsin in 1994, and has also covered the L.A. Kings, pro beach volleyball and numerous colleges and high schools. He left The Times in 2016.

Up next for the Lakers: Wednesday vs. Houston Rockets

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