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LOS ANGELES, Calif. - After James Harden lit up the Los Angeles Lakers for the first three quarters, he returned in the final minutes to keep the Houston Rockets focused on their finish.Kobe Bryant used to do that job for the Lakers, and they might find out Monday whether hell do it again this year.Harden had 37 points and eight rebounds, and the Rockets rolled to a 99-87 victory without Dwight Howard on Sunday night, sending Los Angeles to its eighth straight defeat.Harden hit four 3-pointers, and the NBAs leading scorer added five assists in the Rockets third victory in four games. He thought he had earned an early night off, but didnt mind returning to the court after Los Angeles trimmed a 25-point lead to 11 in the final minutes.Its my job to be not only a scorer, but a facilitator, said Harden, who scored at least 33 points in his fourth straight game. Make sure everybody is happy, getting good shots. Weve got to do a better job closing out games. Its definitely getting there. Were more than capable of being the best defensive team in the league, but weve got to focus on it every game.Josh Smith and Jason Terry had 11 points apiece as Houston cruised to its fourth straight road victory over the Lakers even without Howard, who sat out after injuring his right ankle two days ago.I thought in the first half, we ran a lot more, Houston coach Kevin McHale said. I think our focus kind of waned later on in the game.Carlos Boozer scored 18 points for the Lakers, who are on their longest losing streak in nearly 10 years.The Lakers werent terribly competitive until the fourth quarter of their latest game without Bryant, who could be out for the season after tearing his right rotator cuff last week.Los Angeles, which committed 21 turnovers and went 1 for 13 on 3-pointers, hadnt lost eight straight games since March 2005. The Lakers missed the playoffs that season for the only time in Bryants career before last year.The effort, that hasnt been an issue, coach Byron Scott said. The turnovers, that has been an issue. When were turning the ball over at that high of a rate, were not giving ourselves a chance.The Lakers could find out Monday whether Bryant needs season-ending surgery. Scott hasnt given up optimism for an eventual return by the third-leading scorer in NBA history.I think we all hold out hope that it goes well, (and) they say he doesnt need surgery or anything like that, Scott said. Maybe rehabilitation for a few weeks or a month or whatever the case may be. But thats the positive part of me hoping that happens.TIP-INSRockets: Joey Dorsey started in Howards place, scoring four points. ... McHale is uncertain when Howard will return to the lineup. At least his absence spared him the relentless booing hell likely face from Lakers fans for the rest of his career after he spurned the club in free agency in 2013. ... Harden is a Los Angeles native who attended Artesia High School.Lakers: Scott showed up slightly late to Staples Center after forgetting that the Lakers Sunday game time is an hour earlier than every other night. The 53-year-old coach claimed he had a senior moment. ... Rookie big man Tarik Black, who was waived by Houston last month, had three points and five rebounds for the Lakers. He had missed the last two games with a sprained right ankle.SWAGGY SADNick Young played just nine minutes for the Lakers and went scoreless, getting benched for the entire second half. The entertaining shooting guard gave an unsatisfactory answer to a halftime question about a defensive assignment from Scott, who said Young looked to me like he didnt want to be here. Young hadnt played in a game without scoring since he joined his hometown team before last season. Young left Staples Center without speaking to reporters.POINT GUARD POPRookie Jordan Clarkson had eight points on 2-for-10 shooting and five turnovers in his second start for the Lakers, while Jeremy Lin had 14 points and six assists off the bench after being a healthy scratch in Fridays loss at San Antonio. Scott intends to keep his current starting lineup together for the next 15 games or so.UP NEXT:Rockets: Host Dallas on Wednesday.Lakers: Host Washington on Tuesday. Paco Alcacer Jersey . Following the Ford Womens World Curling Championship gold medal match that attracted record-breaking audiences to TSN, the networks exclusive live coverage of the tournament begins Saturday at 7am et/4am pt with Canadas opening draw against Denmark. Custom Barcelona Jerseys . 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The start of the first round at the Montgomerie Maxx Royal was delayed three hours due to lightning and flooding on the course, leading to an eventual suspension for darkness. The first round is scheduled to get back underway at 1:00 a.m. ET Friday, with the second round scheduled to begin at 3:05 a.m. Casey and Fichardt, who each have a victory on the European Tour this season, were both through 14 holes when play was halted. They were joined by Steve Webster atop the leaderboard. Webster completed 12 holes before the suspension. Ricardo Gonzalez and Thorbjorn Olesen were two of just 15 players to complete their rounds on Thursday and set the clubhouse mark at 6-under 66. Also at 6-under while still on the course were Rafael Cabrera-Bello, Ricardo Santos, George Coetzee, Peter Uihlein, Thomas Bjorn and Justin Walters. Race to Dubai leader Henrik Stenson was among a group of players tied for 18th place at 4-under. Tiger Woods, who is playing his first stroke-play event since the Tour Championship on the PGA Tour in September, was playing alongside Stenson and was 1-under through 10 holes. Casey raced out of the gate with an eagle at the first, and followed that with a birdie at the second. He traded a birdie at the fourth with a bogey at the fifth to remain at 3-under. The Irish Open winner then reeled off four birdies in a five-hole span from the ninth to reach 7-under andd race to the top of the leaderboard.dddddddddddd. He parred the 14th to remain there before play was halted for the day. "I really thought youve got to get off to a quick one with the two very, very reachable par fives in the first four holes and I did exactly that by knocking a driver and 3-wood to the first and holing it for eagle," said Casey. "It was foot flat to the floor today and just fire at the pins, take advantage of the soft conditions weve got and see what happens." Fichardt, who won the Africa Open, started on the back nine and followed an opening par with three straight birdies. He added a pair of gains from the 15th to make the turn at 5-under. He later poured in back-to-back birdies at the third and fourth to claim his piece of the lead. He then parred the fifth, his final hole of the day. Webster also played bogey-free golf through his 12 holes, notching seven birdies to grab his share of the lead. Gonzalez and Olesen each had two bogeys in their rounds, but Olesen countered his mistakes with eight birdies, while Gonzalez had an eagle and six birdies. NOTES: This is the first time the European Tour has played in Turkey ... Round two tees and tee times will be the same as in the first round draw ... Stenson currently leads Graeme McDowell by 145,865 euros in the Race to Dubai. McDowell is not in the field this week ... 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