SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Christian Wood had 23 points and 14 rebounds, Eric Gordon made a clutch bucket with 12.5 seconds remaining and the Houston Rockets held off the Sacramento Kings 118-112 on Sunday night.
Kevin Porter Jr. added 23 points and seven assists for the Rockets. Garrison Mathews scored 17, while Eric Gordon and Jalen Green had 15 points apiece.
“We were ready to play tonight,” Rockets coach Stephen Silas said. “We’re not a playoff team yet but when we are this is what it’s going to look like. We’re trying to learn as many lessons as we can. I was proud of them for that.”
De’Aaron Fox added 14 points before getting ejected in the fourth after getting called for a Flagrant 2 against Garrison Mathews.
The Rockets, who lost to the Kings 126-114 on Friday, trailed going into the fourth but took control with an 18-5 run. Mathews had eight points during the run, including a four-point play, moments after he crashed to the court following the hard foul by Fox.
After Sacramento got within 114-112 with 47.8 seconds remaining, Green grabbed an offensive rebound and fed it low to Gordon who scored. Porter added two free throws.
“Everybody played big,” Wood said. “It’s good to see everybody click on the same page. We can build off of this.”
Houston held a 47-37 rebounding advantage. Both teams scored 50 points in the paint.
“We didn’t keep them out of the paint and they kept enough of a lead that it puts a lot of pressure on you to score,” Kings interim coach Alvin Gentry said. “We created some really good shots. It’s just a matter of us knocking them down.”
Негізгі бет ROCKETS at KINGS | GARRISON MATHEWS HIGHLIGHTS - 17 PTS | January 16, 2022
Пікірлер