The Lakers need to swing the tide of their season as soon as possible — perhaps starting against the Rockets on Saturday — before another quarter of the season slips away.

The Lakers are back home after their four-game road trip, which they split at 2-2. Next up for them is the Houston Rockets, who they will face before the in-season tournament knockout round commences.

Start time and TV schedule

Who: Los Angeles Lakers vs. Houston Rockets

When: 7:30 p.m. PT, Dec. 2

Where: Crypto.com Arena

Watch: Spectrum Sportsnet

The last time the purple and gold faced the Rockets was exactly just 12 days ago when they escaped with a 105-104 victory at home thanks to LeBron James’ superb 37-point performance. It has been nearly two weeks for both teams but a lot has happened in that span.

For the Lakers, they won three more times after but have also loss the same amount of games. Two of those three defeats have come against above-average teams — the Dallas Mavericks and Oklahoma City Thunder — on the second night of a back-to-back, which hasn’t been kind to them this season. The other loss was versus the Philadelphia 76ers, who they played against with an eight-man rotation before the game got out of hand.

The last two weeks have been a pretty accurate depiction of the Lakers season so far: They’ve played well against teams that they’re supposed to beat but have lost to the ones that are currently above them in the standings mostly due to their health issues. It’s frankly been a frustrating season in this regard because it’s been difficult to evaluate an incomplete team that has yet to play together 20 games into the season.

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