UPDATE: Markieff Morris is going to start at center for the Lakers. That should mean JaVale McGee is out of the rotation, and probably Dwight Howard, too. Morris is a solid play.
Not too much going on here today for the one-game slate. Robert Covington is questionable, but he was cleared on Wednesday and he’ll be good to go from his headache.
The star of the injury report is Danuel House. According to Chris Haynes of Yahoo!, House “is under investigation by the league for allegedly allowing a female COVID-19 testing official into his hotel room, and his status for the remainder of the Western Conference semifinals against the Los Angeles Lakers is in question.” What a legend.
We know the Rockets are going to give more minutes to Jeff Green here, and Ben McLemore will get a couple extra spot minutes. House’s defense has been terrific, so it’ll help some of the Lakers’ bench guys like Kyle Kuzma, too.
Los Angeles Lakers vs. Houston Rockets, 7:00 pm ET
LeBron James, Anthony Davis and JaVale McGee are all probable. LeBron and AD have been probable for basically the whole bubble, and they’re good to go.
Danuel House (personal) is out and Robert Covington (head) is questionable, but RoCo should be a full go with minutes in the upper 30s.
