Rockets at Los Angeles Lakers

When/where: 9:30 p.m. today; Staples Center, Los Angeles. TV/radio: ESPN; 790 AM and 850 AM (Spanish). Rockets update: James Harden averaged 20.2 points, a league-high 10.7 assists and 6.2 rebounds in the preseason. … Ryan Anderson averaged 2.4 3-pointers in the preseason and is one of five NBA players to average 2.3 3s while making at least 37.5 percent of his attempts in the past five seasons. … The Rockets were second to the Warriors in net rating in the preseason. Lakers update: Guard D’Angelo Russell led the Lakers in scoring (17.4 points per game) and assists (5.4) in the preseason. … The Lakers were fifth in pace in the preseason, one spot behind the Rockets, but just 17th in points scored per possession. … The Lakers had four players — Russell, Jordan Clarkson, Nick Young and Lou Williams — scoring in double figures in the preseason. All four are guards. Statistically speaking: The Rockets were the top-scoring team and No. 1 team on offensive ranking in the preseason, while the Lakers were 19th in defensive rating.