Houston Rockets’ veteran Kevin Durant took the blame on his shoulders for the 92-100 loss against the Los Angeles Lakers at the Toyota Center on Monday night. This was the Lakers’ sixth consecutive win in the season as they continued their rich vein of form.

Meanwhile, the Rockets committed nine turnovers while scoring only 12 points on 4-of-16 shooting in the final quarter and thus could not bring their best to the court.

“I just felt like I lost the game for us tonight,” said Durant, who scored only two of his 18 points in the second half and committed seven of the Rockets’ 24 turnovers. “It’s that simple. Of course we probably could make more 3s, but it’s on me. I mean, to be honest, I’m the offense and the opposing team is going to use all their resources and not let me get comfortable.

“First half, I got comfortable in iso, comfortable coming off of pindowns, pick-and-rolls, and they decided not to let me get comfortable no more. So I got to be smarter, better with the ball. I got to maybe shoot over some of them double-teams, but space out, be ready to catch and shoot, be ready to be a screener, just be in a dunker spot, just being able to be there as a resource for my teammates to provide space. I didn’t need to have the ball as much as I did tonight.”

Meanwhile, Luka Doncic scored 36 points on 14-27 shooting, whereas Los Angeles restricted Houston to 35 points and forced 15 turnovers in the second half, overcoming the Lakers’ own offensive woes (8-of-34 3-point shooting for the game).

“It’s something that we’ve struggled with earlier in the season,” Lakers coach JJ Redick said. “I think that shows the commitment that our guys have right now to that end of the floor, understanding we’re going to win with both sides of the ball. We won a lot of games with the orfensive side of the ball, and we’ve shown, I think, now — whether it’s been the Knicks game, the Wolves game, this game — we can beat good teams with defense.”

The Lakers will once again take on the Rockets on Wednesday.