Rockets rout Lakers 108-90 in Kobe’s return

James Harden scored 32 points, Dwight Howard added 13 points and 11 rebounds before getting into a shouting match with Kobe Bryant, and the Houston Rockets spoiled Bryant's return to the Lakers with a 108-90 victory over Los Angeles on Tuesday night. Bryant's comeback game got even worse when Lakers rookie forward Julius Randle broke his right leg in the fourth quarter. The seventh overall pick out of Kentucky collided with two Rockets under the basket and landed awkwardly, eventually leaving his NBA debut on a wheeled stretcher. ''The last three or four minutes, obviously we weren't thinking a whole lot about basketball,'' Lakers coach Byron Scott said after his somber debut.