Houston – – ZIAIRE Williams collected 21 factors, Angelo Russell added 18 and the Brooklyn Nets have received consecutive matches for the primary time since November with a 110-98 victory in opposition to Houston Rockets within the quick time period of Houston on Saturday night.
The Nets, who beat Charlotte on Wednesday night, received two video games in a row for the primary time since a sequence of three consecutive victories from November 24 to 27.
The Rockets performed with out Alperen Sengun, who missed a second consecutive match with a bruised calf, and misplaced Fred Vanvleet due to an ankle damage within the second quarter.
Brooklyn led two figures for many of the evening and used a giant race in the beginning of the third quarter to carry his benefit to 18 and change to victory.
Jalen Inexperienced had 29 to steer the Rockets, who misplaced a second consecutive after successful their 4 earlier video games.
Nets: Brooklyn used a balanced rating assault to win the victory with the 5 starters marking not less than 13 factors.
Rockets: Houston’s assault fought with out Sengun and Vanvleet, who’re second and third of the workforce by making a mean of 19.1 and 14.9 factors per sport. Vanvleet had three factors earlier than leaving with the damage.
The nets had been up 9 originally of the third quarter earlier than utilizing an 11-2 race, with 3 factors from Williams and Keon Johnson, to make 66-48 with 7 1/2 minutes to play within the quarter.
Amen Thompson and Dillon Brooks of Houston mixed to make solely 11 of the 30 photographs.
Houston is beginning a 4 -game highway journey in opposition to the New York Knicks on Monday night earlier than enjoying the Nets on Tuesday night within the subsequent Brooklyn match.
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