By Mike McDaniel The Lakers star appeared to have an opportunity for a game-winning layup at the end of regulation, but passed out to Carmelo Anthony instead. View the original article to see embedded media. The Lakers continued their slide into irrelevance with a 139–130 overtime loss to the 17–49 Rockets on Wednesday night in Houston. Wednesday night’s defeat was the latest loss in a disappointing season for the Lakers, one that many fans thought could have been avoided at the end of regulation when it appeared that LeBron James passed up an open layup that would have won the game for Los An…