The former NBA All-Defensive Team selection last faced off with LeBron James when No. 23's Lakers eliminated Brooks out of last season's playoffs. Houston hosts LA on Wednesday.
The Houston Rockets have a lot of the season left, but their three-game win streak over the past week, including two against a defending division champion, is hard to ignore.
LA's big three of Lebron James, Anthony Davis, and D'Angelo Russell are holding the 3-4 Western Conference runners-up together despite an uncharacteristic 19-point loss to Orlando and a close defeat in Miami in the past three days.Still, Udoka's team seems to be understanding the assignment against an LA team that has not scored fewer than 100 points in the season so far.
So, what will be the key to the young Rockets' containment of the Lakers? According to small forward Dillon Brooks, slowing down Lebron. "I'm ready to lock him up. They've been shooting the ball well, playing well, so I'm just there to make them tired, make him get into that fourth quarter early," Brooks said in a video captured byMemphis Grizzlies forward Dillon Brooks defends against Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James in Los Angeles, Jan. 20, 2023.The Lakers' small forward has a well-documented record against Brooks, who is a one-time All-NBA Defensive Team selection.
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