Posted: Sunday, December 31, 2017 10:21 pm | Updated: 10:49 pm, Sun Dec 31, 2017.

HOUSTON (AP) — With James Harden in the locker room with a hamstring injury and the Houston Rockets desperate to end their losing streak, Chris Paul came to the rescue.

Harden scored 40 points before leaving with the injury late in the fourth quarter, and Paul scored 15 of his 28 points in overtime as the Rockets snapped a five-game skid with a 148-142 double-overtime win over the Los Angeles Lakers on Sunday night.

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