Rockets' Mike D'Antoni not altering starting lineup for Lakers game

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LOS ANGELES - A week after Rockets coach Mike D'Antoni toyed with the idea of changing his starting lineup based on power forward matchups, he decided against it – for now.

Though the Lakers would seem to the be the sort of opponent that might make him consider those options he had in mind last week – with power forwards Larry Nance Jr., Kyle Kuzma and Julius Randle bringing very different styles and strengths -- D'Antoni said he would stick with what has worked.

"It feels good," D'Antoni said. "Maybe it was an overthought. We'll see. I kind of threw it out there because as you go on, (if) you do it, it's not like a surprise to everybody. I'm not entertaining that thought right now."

In his past five games, Ryan Anderson has averaged 17.2 points on 56 percent shooting, coming off the bench in one of those games. P.J. Tucker has averaged just six points, but has made 55 percent of his attempts in his past five games.

"I think any matchup we have, we're not going to worry about who we match up with," D'Antoni said. "We're the Rockets. We don't match up with anybody."

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