Overview
- Kevin Durant scored 26 points in 30 minutes on 8-of-11 shooting, adding a postgame note that Houston is tough to stop when fully in rhythm.
- Houston shot 54.5% from the field and 19-of-29 from three while winning the boards 53-36 and taking 35 free throws to Boston’s seven.
- Alperen Sengun (16 points, 10 rebounds, nine assists) and Amen Thompson (17, nine, eight) flirted with triple-doubles as seven Rockets hit double figures.
- The Rockets led 37-24 after the first quarter, pushed the margin to 66-48 by halftime, and were up 97-72 entering the fourth in a wire-to-wire route.
- Boston shot 38.8% overall and 31.8% from deep, with Derrick White going 2-for-11, in what was the Celtics’ fifth game in seven nights; Houston hosts Dallas on Nov. 3.