Lakers at Rockets has to be the game of the day (on a day with many interesting games too) due to the off season free agent ’swap’ of Trevor Ariza for Ron Artest and the fantastic series between these clubs in last years playoffs after Yao Ming went down for the count.

Will Ariza continue to score for the Rockets to a level he never achieved when wearing gold and purple? Will Ron Artest play a team game or try to make todays matchup all about him? Will the Rockets unorthodox lineup (and Aaron Brooks) give the Lakers problems yet again?

Will Ron Artest play nice or go psycho?

The Lakers should win easily, but then they should have won easily in last years playoffs too. I really have no idea what will happen, and that’s why I’ll be watching.