Los Angeles Lakers: What to expect vs. Rockets without LeBron James

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2. Dion Waiters to (at least try) make some highlight-reel plays

This game is going to be entertaining to watch, even without LeBron James. Dion Waiters made his Laker debut in the Orlando bubble after signing with the team four months ago and instantly started making highlight-reel plays, showing that he is never afraid to take a shot.

Frank Vogel has even allowed Waiters to share the floor with LeBron, something that probably will not happen much in the playoffs. It is better to try it in the seeding games than the playoffs, though.

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With no LeBron and Rajon Rondo being out of action, tonight might be the Dion Waiters-Anthony Davis show. Whenever the team is not feeding the ball to AD in the post they are probably going to be handing off to Waiters and asking the veteran guard to make things happen.

It is either going to be a great site to see or a beautiful disaster, and either way, it is going to be entertaining. We should have no doubts in our mind that Waiters is going to leave it all on the court.

I am hoping for some beautiful fadeaway jumpers and some intricate drive and kicks out of Waiters. If he makes some Shaqtin’ A Fool mistakes in the process I would not mind too much, or be surprised.