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NBA game of the week: Houston at Lakers

Lakers center Chris Kaman knocks the ball away from Houston Rockets forward Dwight Howard during a Lakers' loss.
Lakers center Chris Kaman knocks the ball away from Houston Rockets forward Dwight Howard during a Lakers’ loss.
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By Ben Bolch
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HOUSTON AT LAKERS: Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. TV: ESPN.

Dwight Howard might be able to hear the boos as soon as the Rockets’ charter flight enters Los Angeles airspace. He was last seen as a Laker inside Staples Center walking into a tunnel after his ejection from a season-ending playoff loss to San Antonio. Howard continued to turn his back on the Lakers when he signed a four-year contract with Houston, becoming the most high-profile free agent to spurn the franchise. He then pretended to be asleep earlier this season when asked about the Lakers. The decibel level should be sufficient in his return to keep him awake.

ben.bolch@latimes.com

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Ben Bolch has been a Los Angeles Times staff writer since 1999. He is serving his second stint as the UCLA beat writer, which seems fitting since he has covered almost every sports beat except hockey and horse racing. Bolch is also the author of the recently released book “100 Things UCLA Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die.” He previously covered UCLA basketball from 2010-11 before going on to cover the NBA and the Clippers for five years. He happily traded in gobs of hotel points and airline miles to return to cover UCLA basketball and football in the summer of 2016. Bolch was once selected by NBA TV’s “The Starters” as the “Worst of the Week” after questioning their celebrity journalism-style questions at an NBA All-Star game and considers it one of his finer moments.

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