San Antonio Spurs at Houston Rockets
· National Basketball AssociationGreen and VanVleet score 21 each as Houston Rockets rout San Antonio Spurs 127-100
Houston never trailed and had built a 25-point lead by halftime. The Rockets were up by 27 points when coach Ime Udoka cleared the bench with about 6½ minutes remaining.
Alperen Sengun added 16 points for the Rockets, who won for the fourth time in five games. VanVleet had 10 assists and seven rebounds — both season-highs — to go with his top scoring effort of the season.
Victor Wembanyama had 15 points, six rebounds and three blocks for the Spurs, who lost a second straight game. They were playing a third consecutive game without coach Gregg Popovich, who is out indefinitely while recovering from an illness. Mitch Johnson is filling in as interim coach while the 75-year-old Popovich, who did not travel with the team on this road trip, is out.
Rockets: After failing to play consistently for four quarters in the last two games, Houston finally put together a complete game against the Spurs.
Regular Season Series
HOU leads series 2-1
Matchup Prediction
Recent Plays
4th 0.0 | End of Game | 100 - 127 | |
4th 0.0 | End of the 4th Quarter | 100 - 127 | |
4th 7.2 | shot clock turnover | 99 - 127 | |
4th 29.1 | Jeff Green defensive rebound | 99 - 127 | |
4th 33.1 | David Duke Jr. misses 29-foot three point jumper | 99 - 127 |
Statistics
SA | HOU | |
---|---|---|
37-83 | FG | 54-96 |
44.6 | Field Goal % | 56.3 |
14-36 | 3PT | 10-27 |
38.9 | Three Point % | 37.0 |
12-16 | FT | 9-15 |
75.0 | Free Throw % | 60.0 |
41 | Rebounds | 45 |
8 | Offensive Rebounds | 11 |
33 | Defensive Rebounds | 34 |
20 | Assists | 28 |
6 | Steals | 10 |
6 | Blocks | 5 |
19 | Turnovers | 11 |
1 | Team Turnovers | 1 |
20 | Total Turnovers | 12 |
0 | Technical Fouls | 1 |
0 | Total Technical Fouls | 1 |
0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
20 | Points Conceded Off Turnovers | 8 |
8 | Fast Break Points | 17 |
46 | Points in Paint | 66 |
13 | Fouls | 13 |
0 | Largest Lead | 29 |
Game Information
Location: Houston, TX
Attendance: 16,208 · Capacity:
2024-25 Southwest Standings
TEAM | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Houston | 20 | 9 | .690 | - | W3 |
Memphis | 20 | 10 | .667 | 0.5 | L1 |
Dallas | 19 | 10 | .655 | 1 | W2 |
San Antonio | 15 | 14 | .517 | 5 | L1 |
New Orleans | 5 | 25 | .167 | 15.5 | L7 |
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