Jae'Sean Tate had a career-high 32 points (20 in the paint) and 10 rebounds, and the Houston Rockets rallied from 15 points down in the second quarter to beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 114-110 for their fourth straight win.
The Rockets trailed 45-30 with 6:33 left in the second quarter. They were still down 96-85 with 7:58 left in the fourth quarter, with a 4.3% chance to win, and outscored the Thunder 29-14 the rest of the way.
Tate’s layup with 26.6 seconds left made it 111-108, and Garrison Mathews’ 2 free throws with 2.6 seconds left put it away at 114-110.
During clutch time, the Rockets outscored the Thunder 19-13. Tate scored 10 of the Rockets’ 19 on 3 for 4 shooting and 4 for 4 at the line.
For the Thunder, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 39 points (22 in the paint) but went 1 for 8 from 3.
The Rockets shot 50.6% from the field and 40.5% from 3 to the Thunder’s 47.1% and 25.0%. They outscored the Thunder 50-25 off the bench. The Thunder outscored the Rockets 20-8 in 5 minutes with Watson, Dort, Jerome, Roby and Pokusevski on the floor together.