Five takeaways from the Lakers` 118-95 loss to the Rockets
(LA Times Clippers)

The Lakers are in the midst of another losing streak, and this one has included several close calls. Those close calls have given Lakers Coach Luke Walton some cause for optimism. Sunday´s game wasn´t a close call, but it also wasn´t a game in which the Lakers never had a chance. They cut the Rockets´...