With Kobe Bryant serving the first game of his suspension, Shaquille O'Neal did not have to share the load and easily did whatever necessary for the Lakers to take an easy 95-79 rout of the Rockets Sunday at Staples Center.

The Rockets misfired to their worst shooting game of the season, making just 25 of 75 shots, a 33.3 percent actually bolstered by the last few minutes when the rookies and second-year players at the end of the bench

By the time Rockets coach Rudy Tomjanovich cleared the bench, the Rockets had made 21 of 67 shots. Steve Francis and Cuttino Mobley were a combined 9-of-32. Eddie Griffin had missed all eight of his attempts.