Houston 100, LA Lakers 92: Surprise, surprise. Biggest shocker of the playoffs so far? The Rockets led virtually wire-to-wire and stole homecourt advantage from the heavily-favored Lakers, who shot a woeful 2-for-17 from three. Even worse? Kobe’s cheap-shot elbow to Shane Battier in the first quarter, as seen here. (Mentioned in this column, via here.)

We fully expect Lakers fans to chirp about the whistles today (26 fouls on LA, 14 on Houston). We also expect a dissection of Andrew Bynum, who can’t play more than 15 minutes because he’s consistently in foul trouble, which allows Yao to feast (28 points, 10-for-10 FTs) on Gasol inside. Kobe finished with 32 points on 31 shots.

If you’re wondering what was up with Ron Artest’s mohawk – he lost a bet.

Orlando 95, Boston 90: Entertaining, if not comical 2nd half. Yes, we know the Magic averaged the 2nd most three-point attempts per game in the regular season, but when you lead by 28 on the road in the second half against the defending champs, and that is trimmed in half, you don’t keep jacking three’s. Unless you want to lose, which is what nearly happened.

Cause for concern if you’re a Magic fan: Dwight Howard took a mere 12 shots, while Alston jacked 11 and Pietrus, who was hot in the first half, took 13. This would be like Derek Fisher and Devean George taking more shots than Shaq during his heyday with the Lakers. Orlando has a severe mismatch with Rappaport attempting to defend Rashard Lewis on the wing – why not play the two-man game between he and Howard?

(Quick word on JJ Redick, who drilled two three’s in the midst of a huge Orlando run to push the lead to 28: How long does he take to style that faux-hawk? He was definitely the only player on the court last night with product in his hair.)

Rondo and Ray Allen shot a combined 4-for-24. Rondo, who has been a different player (read: a worse one) since jacking Brad Miller at the end of game five, and who rarely turned the ball over against the Bulls, committed seven last night.