in the fourth quarter, winning a contentious duel with Ron Artest, and the Los Angeles Lakers ended Houston's 12-game, home-court winning streak with a 102-96 win over the Rockets on Wednesday night. Pau Gasol scored 20 points and Josh Powell added 17 for the Lakers, who overcame the absence of Lamar Odom to snap a three-game road losing streak. Odom, the Lakers' second-leading rebounder, served a one-game suspension for leaving the bench during an altercation in Monday's loss to ...