The Easter Sunday edition of Sunday Night Basketball begins at 7:30 p.m. ET, as the Los Angeles Lakers head to Dallas to face the Mavericks live from the American Airlines Center. The action continues at 10 p.m., as the Houston Rockets fly West to face the Golden State Warriors in a battle of Western Conference powers.

Luka Doncic scored 36 points to lead the Los Angeles Lakers to a 100-92 win over the Houston Rockets on Monday night in the opener of a two-game series between teams fighting for Western Conference playoff position.

NBA Star LeBron James made history during Wednesday's game between the Houston Rockets and Los Angeles Lakers.

A video of the Los Angeles Lakers' bench compared to the Houston Rockets' in clutch time surfaced on social media.

Luka Doncic had 40 points and LeBron James added 30 as the Los Angeles Lakers extended their winning streak to seven games with a 124-116 win over the Houston Rockets.

The Lakers, in the process of carving out a defensive identity, threw a steady diet of double-teams at Kevin Durant in the fourth quarter Monday, leading to disastrous results for Houston. "I just felt like I lost the game for us tonight,

The Houston Rockets scored only 35 points in the second half as they fall to the Lakers 100-92. Here is what I saw and heard pregame, postgame and everything in between

The whispers did not grow loud, though, because then- Rockets general manager Daryl Morey went on record to state his team was not interested in Bryant. As for McGrady, he knew that there was no way he would have been traded for Kobe and saw through the Lakers ' supposed strategy.