Should Rockets fans blame Leslie Alexander

Kelley L Cox-USA TODAY SportsKobe gives the Rockets all that he could, but the Rockets were still able to snag the win.

The Rockets get back on the winning side of things after a 130-110 beating of the Lakers Sunday afternoon. Both teams fought back and forth throughout the game till the fourth quarter when the Rockets started to catch fire and really push past the 16-win team. James Harden scored 40 points, including 20 of those in the Rockets' big fourth quarter.

The Rockets with the win now sit one game behind the Jazz for the eighth and final seed in the west with only two games remaining. If the Jazz go 1-1 and the Rockets go 2-0, Houston is in the playoffs. Below are three takeaways…