Drexler Ankle Better Than His Attitude

Houston’s Clyde Drexler, clearly bothered by a sore right ankle Saturday, is close to normal for Game 3 against the Lakers tonight at the Summit. Probably. “I don’t really want to answer any questions about health,� he said after Monday’s practice. “We’re going to keep it on the game.�

But isn’t the injury status of a key player about the game? “We just want to focus on the game,� Drexler replied, “if it’s OK with you guys.�

Or apparently even if it isn’t.

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Magic Johnson, who finished 12th in the league in free throw shooting at 85.6%, has made 89.3% of his free throws, 100 of 112, the last 15 games. . . . Columnist Fran Blinbury in the Houston Chronicle: “If the weekend in El-Lay taught us anything beside the fact that there is most definitely not a silicone shortage in this country, it is that the Rockets are the better team in this series and can beat the Lakers even if they are limping, victimized and half-awake. Which is an approach that earned them a split of Games 1 and 2.� . . . Saturday’s game marked the first time the Lakers were at full strength, between suspensions and injuries, in about 2 1/2 weeks.