Up next for the Lakers: Tuesday vs. Houston

Lakers tonight

VS. HOUSTON

When: 7:30.

Where: Staples Center.

On the air: TV: FS West; Radio: 710, 1330.

Records: Lakers 33-15, Rockets 22-27.

Record vs. Rockets: 1-1.

Update: Lakers center Andrew Bynum has a sore left knee from a collision Sunday but is expected to play, though he didn’t practice Monday. Ron Artest told Lakers Coach Phil Jackson he was kneed in the thigh by Shaquille O’Neal during Sunday’s loss to Boston, but he’s also expected to play. The Lakers lost to the Rockets in Houston, 109-99, the last time the teams played on Dec. 1.

—Broderick Turner