Inside a half-empty arena, this is how LeBron James and the Lakers broke the Rockets

Ana Maria Rus

The most telling moment of Friday’s Game 3 between the Los Angeles Lakers and Houston Rockets didn’t come in overtime. It came before the ball even went up.  The Toyota Center in downtown Houston sat half-full at tipoff, a quiet indictment of a Rockets team already down 0-2 in the series and playing without superstar Kevin Durant.  Lakers players wondered out loud in the visiting locker room how the arena could be so empty for a playoff game. Maybe some fans chose to watch baseball down the