LOS ANGELES – Kyle Kuzma's driving layup with 6.9 seconds remaining gave the short-handed Los Angeles Lakers a 124-122 victory over the Houston Rockets on Tuesday night and kept the defending NBA champions' slim hopes of avoiding the play-in tournament alive.
The Lakers led 121-113 with 2:57 remaining, but the Rockets scored nine straight points to go up by a point in the final minute.
After a timeout, Kuzma was able to drive the lane and score the go-ahead points. Houston had a final chance, but Kelly Olynyk had the ball stolen by Ben McLemore with 0.9 seconds remaining.
Talen Horton-Tucker then hit the first free throw, but missed the second. Horton-Tucker scored 23 points, and Andre Drummond added 20 points and 10 rebounds for the