In a hard fought effort from both teams, the Brooklyn Nets edged out the Houston Rockets at home in a wild thriller that featured plenty of turnovers, slam dunks and crazy bench reactions.
The Nets controlled the pace of the game early, outscoring the Rockets by seven in the first quarter. They followed that up by outscoring the Rockets 26-22 in the second quarter to improve their lead to 11 points at the half.
On a night where their defense and focus were lacking, the Rockets bench and three-point shooting kept them in the game late. Coming off the bench, Marcus Thornton and Corey Brewer combined for 54 of the Rockets’ 105 points, and the Rockets as a team shot 43 percent from behind the arc.
Neither team was able to effectively hold on to the ball, though, which led to a combined 48 turnovers in 48 minutes.
James Harden was a no-show for the Rockets, ending the game with 10 points on 2-for-9 shooting, three rebounds, nine assists and seven turnovers.
The Rockets did make a push late to pull within one, but the Nets never really let go—holding on to win off a questionable travel-rebound by point guard Jarrett ...
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