Lakers blow out Rockets with second-half surge

HOUSTON — The chants started with just over five minutes left.
The Lakers were leading by 16, and streams of red-clad fans were heading up the Toyota Center aisles. Emboldened, a remaining cadre of Lakers’ faithful filled the arena with shouting: “LET’S GO LAKERS!”
Clad in a blazer, a gold polo and Chuck Taylors, Anthony Davis waved his fingers in time as if he were directing them. As the arena pumped music in, the dissidents only got louder.
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