ATLANTA – – Jalen Inexperienced scored 12 of his 25 factors within the third quarter and the Houston Rockets prevented a late collapse to beat the Atlanta Hawks 100-96 Tuesday night.
Alperen Sengun added 18 factors and 10 rebounds for the Rockets, which led 96-80 after the Inexperienced and Lay flight with 5:41 remaining earlier than Atlanta closed in two within the final minute.
Dillon Brooks and Amen Thompson every completed with 11 factors for the Rockets, who adopted their victory in Boston on Monday with their fourth consecutive victory.
Trae Younger has collected 21 factors and 9 assists for Atlanta, who lowered his high of the season.
Rockets: Houston received 10 of the 12 and moved 1 1/2 video games in entrance of Memphis for the top of the West Convention 2.
Hawks: Atlanta has not received the Celtics 119-115 since its beat on January 18.
The Hawks diminished the advance to 98-96 with 46 seconds to play. De’Andre Hunter missed a possible of three factors with 12 seconds to the left and the ball bounced on the panel, giving the rockets the ball with 10 seconds to the left. Sangun freed himself on the go of Houston Inbounds who adopted and his dunk sealed the victory.
The Hawks fired 11 out of 47 from the three -point seaside. After hitting three of his first seven 3 factors, Atlanta went 8 out of 40 the remainder of the match.
The Hawks go to Cleveland play the riders on Thursday whereas the Rockets are heading for Memphis to play the grizzly ones in a key match of the Western Convention on Thursday.
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