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Los Angeles, CA (SportsNetwork.com) - James Harden tallied 37 points with eight rebounds and five assists to lead the Houston Rockets in a 99-87 rout of the Los Angeles Lakers on Sunday night at Staples Center. Josh Smith and Jason Terry each came off the bench to score 11 points, while Corey Brewer had 10 in a reserve role for the Rockets. Houston center Dwight Howard did not play against his former team due to a right ankle sprain. Carlos Boozer had 18 points with 11 rebounds for the Lakers, who have dropped eight straight games. Los Angeles had not lost eight straight since March 14-27, 2005. The Lakers will most likely be without the services of guard Kobe Bryant for the long term, as he recently suffered a torn right rotator cuff. He will be re-examined Monday before the team decides whether the guard needs potentially season-ending surgery. With Bryants absence, the Lakers will look to see more production out of Nick Young, but that wasnt the case on Sunday. I felt with his body language that I didnt want to play him, Lakers coach Byron Scott said of Young, who went 0-for-2 from the field in just under 8 1/2 minutes off the bench. Harden netted seven points over the first five minutes and Houston went up 14-6 on Patrick Beverleys 3-pointer. Josh Smith hit a 3 late in the quarter to put the Rockets up 15 and they led 30-15 after 12 minutes. Harden notched 13 points in the opening frame. It helps our defensive mentality, Harden said when asked about the teams fast start. Brewers dunk gave Houston its largest lead of the first half, 42-23, with under eight minutes to play. Los Angeles chipped away at the deficit and trailed 52-36 at the break. The Rockets sustained a generous lead throughout the third and led 80-60 entering the fourth. They led by as many as 25 in the final quarter, but the Lakers had one last gasp midway through the frame. Jeremy Lin made two free throws to close a 10-0 run that brought Los Angeles within 89-78 with 5 1/2 minutes to play. Brewer countered at the other end with a 3-pointer to stem the momentum and Houston built another comfortable advantage to close out the game. Game Notes LA fell to 2-14 at home against the Western Conference ... Lin finished with 14 points in the loss ... The Lakers made 1-of-13 shots from beyond the arc ... The Rockets scored 21 points off 21 turnovers. Nike Shox Cheap . - Gary Kubiak is John Elways No. Nike Shox Mens Clearance . -- Creighton apparently has Villanovas number. http://www.shoxoutletshoesstore.com/. The Goldeyes (10-7) lost 4-1 to the Saltdogs (8-9) Sunday afternoon before 5,834 sizzling fans at Shaw Park. The loss drops Winnipegs record to 3-4 during this past weeks seven-game homestand. Nike Shox Clearance . The Kings paraded the Stanley Cup through downtown Los Angeles on Monday to celebrate their second NHL title in three seasons. Nike Shox Clearance Sale . Clevelands manager had just watched his team lose 5-3 to Kansas City, which completed a 2-6 homestand and dropped the Indians 2 1/2 games behind Detroit in the AL Central.Following the successful debut of a number of new faces, the Vancouver Canucks try to make it back-to-back victories on Saturday night in a home encounter with the Edmonton Oilers. After missing the postseason in 2013-14, the Canucks fired John Tortorella as head coach and replaced him with Willie Desjardins. The new bench boss had a winning debut on Wednesday night as his club bested the Calgary Flames 4-2. A pair of free agent signings contributed to the new coachs win as Radim Vrbata had a goal and Ryan Miller made 23 saves. Henrik Sedin added an empty-net goal and an assist, while Alexandre Burrows and Zack Kassian also scored. To come on the road and get a win is very important, but I thought what was really important was that we were able to use our whole team, Desjardins said. Everybody played and everybody contributed. The Oilers did not have similar luck the following night when they opened their season aggainst the visiting Flames, falling 5-2.dddddddddddd Calgarys Mason Raymond potted a hat trick, including the go-ahead goal 4:23 into the third period. Teddy Purcell, acquired in the offseason from Tampa Bay in the deal for Sam Gagner, and Taylor Hall scored power-play goals for the Oilers, while Ben Scrivens allowed five goals on 26 shots. Edmonton had 40 shots in the game, including a 14-7 advantage in the first period that still saw them trail by a goal. I cant remember us being that good offensively last year, Edmonton coach Dallas Eakins said. Maybe a couple of times, but off the top of my head I cant remember them, and I would. Leon Draisaitl, the third overall pick of the 2014 draft, made his debut for Edmonton. The 18-year-old had one shot and was a minus-1 in 14 minutes and 47 seconds of ice time. Edmonton opens up a three-game swing in Vancouver, where it has lost 11 of its past 14 games. ' ' '