A 40-point opening quarter, all five starters in double figures and improved bench scoring led to 119 points for the Lakers, whose new coach Mike D’Antoni has already had an impact without even sitting on the bench. When Steve Nash (leg) replaces Darius Morris at PG, Kobe Bryant will start to get more open looks. Last night, Mamba was a facilitator, dropping 11 dimes as part of his triple-double (22 PTS, 11 REB) and Dwight Howard (28 PTS, 13 REB, 3 BLK) was quite a bit better than Omer Asik (8 PTS, 9 REB) in the middle. James Harden had 20 and Chandler Parsons hit four 3-pointers and was 8-10 overall to lead the Rockets with 24.