Overview
- Kevin Durant scored 26 points on 8-of-11 shooting in 30 minutes as seven Rockets reached double figures in a wire-to-wire win.
- Amen Thompson posted 17 points, nine rebounds and eight assists and helped hold Jaylen Brown to 12 points in 32 minutes.
- Houston shot 54.5% from the field and 19-of-29 from three, owned a 53-36 rebounding edge, and took 35 free throws to Boston’s 7.
- The Rockets improved to 3-2 with a third straight victory, snapping Boston’s three-game streak, and next host Dallas on Monday.
- Coach Ime Udoka used last year’s Thompson game-winner as pregame motivation, and multiple reports noted Boston was on a back-to-back with five games in seven nights.