The Los Angeles Lakers were fortunate to escapeHouston with a victory in their first meeting, pulling out an overtimewin despite not being at their best offensively. 我湖虽然没有找到最佳的进攻状态，但他们还是在和火箭的第一次交锋中加时赛幸运的带走了胜利。
The second half of their latest road performance unequivocally qualifies as their worst. 可是昨天的比赛....湖人表演了史上最差的下半场。
The Lakers look to bounce back from their mostfutile half in franchise history Sunday afternoon when they open ahome-heavy stretch seeking their sixth straight regular-season winagainst the Houston Rockets. 在周日的比赛，湖人希望从打出史上最可笑的那个半场走出来，拿火箭祭旗，赢下常规赛对他们的6连胜。
Los Angeles (7-2) needed overtime to win bothof its first two road games as Kobe Bryant averaged 36.0 points in a101-98 win at Oklahoma City and a 103-102 escape at Houston on Nov. 3and 4. 不过在11.3和11.4，在那次背靠背湖人分别需要打加时才能取得胜利，科比也场均得到36分。最后也只是101-98战胜雷霆，103-102战胜火箭。
Through one half of the Lakers' first roadgame since, it looked like they were headed for another tight finish.Bryant had 19 points in the first half as Los Angeles trailed Denver58-56 on Friday. 可是昨天比赛，在上半场一切看上去都还是那么回事，科比砍下了19分，湖人也只是56-58落后。
A pair of free throws shortly before halftimewould be the last points Bryant would score, however. The Lakers scored23 points in the final 24 minutes - a franchise-low for a half - andBryant was shut out in a half for the first time since April 11, 2004,as the Nuggets cruised to a 105-79 victory. 然而谁也没有想到半场前的两罚全中尽然会是科比本场比赛得到的最后一分。湖人在最后的24分钟只得到了可怜的23分-半场得分的新低-科比也自2004.4.11号以来第一次在半场被冰冻，最后掘金105-79大胜。
"They beat the hell out of us," Bryant said."... They executed extremely well and we tried to keep it within amanageable distance. We weren't able to do that though and they brokeus open pretty good." 科比说：“他们把我们虐了，他们战术执行的非常棒，我们试着跟上他们的脚步。可惜我们没能做到，他们就此打开了缺口.”
The Lakers' eight third-quarter points weretwo more than their worst quarter ever, when they put up six in a102-80 loss to Chicago on Nov. 20, 1977. 不过湖人第三节得到的8分还不是他们史上最低的，1977.11.20号湖人80-102输给公牛的比赛他们只得了6分.
"No one stepped up in the second half andplayed ball," coach Phil Jackson said. "We ended up taking long shotsand turning the ball over at the start of the third quarter. Those arethe results you get." 禅师说：“没人能在下半场站出来，我们基本都是以远投结束进攻，还有就是第三节的开头我们那惊人的失误量。所以比赛的结果也就顺理成章了。”
Ron Artest had 15 points in his return toHouston (5-4) after signing with Los Angeles in the offseason, and thisgame takes Trevor Ariza back to Staples Center for the first time sincehe averaged 11.3 points in a breakout postseason run for the Lakerslast spring. 签约湖人后第一次回到火箭阿泰得到了15分，这回轮到阿里扎重回湖人了，他在上赛季爆发的季后赛场均得到11.3分。
Ariza will be looking for a better shooting effort than he showed Nov. 4 against his former team, when he went 5 of 21. 这次阿里扎得好好找找手感了，一番站他只有21投5中。
Yet the biggest storyline as the Lakers begina stretch of 11 of their next 12 games at home will be whether there'slingering animosity between Ariza and Artest. 接下来湖人的12场比赛将会有11场在家门口进行，可最大的看点还是在扎扎和蓉蓉之间，他们之间的恩怨是否会延续。
In their first meeting after essentiallyswapping uniforms following last season's seven-game playoff series,the two earned offsetting technical fouls early in the first quarter,and at one point Ariza said Artest tried to put his hand around Ariza'sneck. 上赛季季后赛七场大战后，双方新赛季的第一次交手就火花四溅，二人在比赛开始后就双双吃T，扎扎还说蓉蓉想掐他的脖子呢。
Artest said he thought about giving Ariza a hard shot, but backed down for fear of a fine or a suspension. 蓉蓉说他差点回击了扎扎，但考虑到罚款和禁赛他放弃了。
"You know if somebody hits me, I'm going toreact," Artest said. "I got hit with about three elbows. It's just notfair. I don't want to fight, I don't feel like doing it. If you throwan elbow into Ron Artest's chest, do you know who you're hitting?" “你知道如果有人惹我，那我就要做出反击，我吃了三肘子，这太不公平了。我不想打架，但当你的肘子挥向阿泰斯特胸膛的时候，你得知道你打的是谁？”
Ariza, averaging a team-high 19.4 points butshooting 41.9 percent, was 10 of 21 and had a game-high 28 pointsFriday at Sacramento, but Houston was outrebounded 54-35 in a 109-100loss. 阿里扎虽然得到全队最高的场均19.4分，但他只有41.9%的命中率，上场比赛虽然他21投中10得到全队最高的28分，可惜火箭在篮板上差太多（35-54），最后以100-109落败。
"We knew that they were a good reboundingteam, but I believe we could be one too," said Luis Scola, who'saveraged 17.2 points and 11.0 rebounds in his last six games. "Wedidn't come prepared to play and we can't afford to do that." “我们知道国王是一支篮板很好的球队，可我们没有做好准备，我们失败了.”前六场比赛场均17.2分11篮板的斯科拉说到。
Bryant has averaged 30.8 points in leading the Lakers to five consecutive regular-season wins against Houston. 在前五次常规赛湖人和火箭的交手中，科比场均30.8分领先所有球员。
