Houston Rockets find home comfort

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Harden scored a gamehigh 40 points and Houston won on their home floor for the first time this season.

The Rockets, last in the league in field goal percentage, shot 36 for 74 (48.6 per cent) and converted a season-high 20 3-pointers to beat the Indiana Pacers 115103. Victor Oladipo led Indiana with 22 points and Bojan Bogdanovic chipped in 20.

LeBron James scored 26 points, including a putback lay-up with 15 seconds remaining, and Kyle Kuzma added 18 as the LA Lakers held off a late rally to beat Atlanta Hawks 107106. (Reuters)