The Houston Rockets have been in a minor funk, but they shook off some woes when they defeated the Milwaukee Bucks 111-92 at Toyota Center on Wednesday night.
The win was fueled by a barrage of late three-pointers from James Harden and Eric Gordon, who combined to pave the way and help the Rockets improve to 33-12 a night after looking flat in a loss to the Miami Heat.
As has become expected, Harden led the Rockets in the scoring column with 38 points on 14-of-25 shooting to go with eight assists and six rebounds.
His big fourth-quarter threes allowed the Rockets to pull away:
Gordon added 25 points on 9-of-20 shooting (7-of-17 from three), which was a welcome sight after he shot 3-of-17 against the Heat. The Sixth Man of the Year front-runner also had an outrageous plus-38 rating in 32 minutes off the bench.
The Bucks were paced by 32 points, 11 rebounds and six assists from Giannis Antetokounmpo, but he didn't have much in the way of reinforcements on a night when 54 of Milwaukee's 92 points came in the paint.
All told, the Bucks shot 39.8 percent from the fie ...
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