Jimmy Butler led the Golden State Warriors to a road win over the Los Angeles Lakers on opening night while the Oklahoma City Thunder outlasted the Houston Rockets on opening night.

Watch the Dec. 25 Houston Rockets vs. Los Angeles Lakers game with ticket info, start time, stats and how to view information.

The Houston Rockets could be among the top teams that could make a move for this Los Angeles Lakers star player.

That said, a 40-year-old LeBron James will miss the Lakers' opener against the Warriors. The four-time league MVP and four-time NBA champ is dealing with sciatica and is reportedly eying a mid-November return. James' early-season absence could set the stage for the beginning of a Dončić MVP campaign.

The Los Angeles Lakers will try to advance to the Western Conference finals for the first time in 10 years when they meet the Houston Rockets in Game 5 of their semifinal series on Saturday in the NBA bubble near Orlando. The Lakers put the Rockets on the ...

Make what you will of the first few weeks of an NBA season, but know this: These games count the same as the ones after the turn of the calendar, and getting off to a good -- or bad -- start can be all the difference.

Former Lakers forward Dorian Finney-Smith has yet to feature this season with the Houston Rockets. The 3-and-D star has been out since having left ankle surgery in June, leading to Los Angeles' fans trolling the Rockets on social media.

The Los Angeles Lakers' record against teams with losing marks this season before Wednesday was both noteworthy and improbable. It stood as both a testament to their collective professionalism and a representation of a statistical anomaly likely destined ...

If you went in a lab and created the ideal person to be a scoring machine in the NBA, it would spit out Kevin Durant.”