No Kevin Durant, no answer: Lakers take Game 1 from Rockets

Without their two most prolific 3-point shooters during the regular season, the Los Angeles Lakers had another option at hand.Luke Kennard, acquired in early February from the Atlanta Hawks, was 5 of 5 on 3-pointers and finished with 27 points — more than he had in any regular-season game this season — in the Lakers’ 107-98 win over the Houston Rockets in Game 1 of their first-round series.Advertisement