Nets beat Rockets 106-98
The Brooklyn Nets beat the Houston Rockets 106-98 to end a 7-game losing streak.
Thomas Robinson’s tip-in put the Nets ahead for good with 4:19 left in the fourth quarter.
The Rockets got within 99-96 on Marcus Thornton’s corner 3-pointer with 3:20 to play, but Bojan Bogdanovic answered with a corner 3-pointer, and the Rockets got no closer than 102-98.
During clutch time, the Nets outscored the Rockets 11-2. Bogdanovic scored 5 of the Nets’ 11 on 2 for 3 shooting. In the fourth quarter, Joe Johnson had 5 of his 10 assists, 1 of them on a basket by Andrea Bargnani that put the Nets ahead.
Bogdanovic had 22 points and 9 rebounds off the bench, and Shane Larkin added 15 points (9 on 3 3-pointers) and 8 rebounds on 6 for 9 shooting off the bench.
For the Rockets, James Harden had 23 points (9 during a 13-0 run in the first quarter), 9 rebounds and 6 assists, and Thornton added 21 points, 7 assists and 4 steals. Dwight Howard had 20 points, 17 rebounds and 5 blocks. The Rockets had 3 20-point scorers.
The Nets grabbed 20 offensive rebounds to the Rockets’ 13 and outscored them 56-15 off the bench. The Rockets’ starters outscored the Nets 60-49 in 25 minutes together.