Jabari Smith Jr. scored a season-high 30 points (15 on 5 3-pointers), and the Houston Rockets rallied from 25 points down in the third quarter to beat the Philadelphia 76ers 144-137 in overtime for their seventh straight win.
The Rockets trailed 78-57 at halftime and 85-60 with 10:44 left in the third quarter. They were still down 129-121 with 1:04 left in the fourth quarter, with less than a 1% chance to win, and outscored the 76ers 23-8 the rest of the way.
During clutch time, the Rockets outscored the 76ers 17-7. Alperen Sengun scored 7 of the Rockets’ 17 on 2 for 2 shooting and 3 for 5 at the line.
Jalen Green had 30 points (12 in the fourth quarter) and a career-high 13 assists. Dillon Brooks added 25 points with 5 3-pointers, and Tari Eason had 21 points and 8 rebounds. The Rockets had 2 30-point scorers.
For the 76ers, Quentin Grimes had a career-high 46 points and 13 rebounds, and Jared Butler added 21 points. Grimes scored 17 of his 46 points in the fourth quarter. The 76ers had 7 players in double-digit scoring.
The Rockets made 22 3-pointers, 5 of them by Brooks and 5 by Green. The 76ers made 24 3-pointers, 8 of them by Grimes and 4 by Justin Edwards. They gave up 23 offensive rebounds, about 9 more than usual for the shots the Rockets missed. The Rockets outscored the 76ers 52-31 off the bench. They did not make a field goal in the last 3:31. The 76ers were outscored 27-17 in 10 minutes with Brissett, Grimes, Butler, Hood-Schifino and Edwards on the floor together. Eason and Brooks fouled out.