Overview
- Rookie Cam Whitmore scored a season-high 25 points, while Alperen Sengun added 24 points, 13 rebounds, and eight assists in the Rockets' win.
- Amen Thompson, another Rockets rookie, contributed 19 points, helping Houston to lead by double figures for most of the game.
- The Rockets' offense was unstoppable, scoring 84 points in the paint and recording 20 fastbreak points.
- Toronto Raptors struggled without RJ Barrett, losing for the sixth time in the past seven games.
- Houston's victory highlighted by a 16-0 run in the third quarter, extinguishing any hope of a Raptors comeback.