If the San Antonio Spurs and Houston Rockets meet in the playoffs, hopefully it won't be under these circumstances.
The Rockets topped the Spurs, 97-90, rallying back from an early 15-point deficit in a battle of injury-depleted teams on Tuesday night.
Houston was missing James Harden, who was sitting out with a bruised thumb. San Antonio remained without Tiago Splitter, Kawhi Leonard and Danny Green, and during the third quarter, Manu Ginobili injured his hamstring after a dunk and never returned to the game.
Dwight Howard posted 23 points and 16 rebounds for the Rockets, shooting 13-of-25 from the free-throw line. Terrence Jones added 21 and nine.
Boris Diaw led the Spurs with 22 points and 11 boards and Tim Duncan contributed a double-double of his own with 12 and 14.
Houston absolutely dominated the glass, outrebounding San Antonio 55-39. Howard and company grabbed 19 offensive rebounds including several crucial ones down the stretch.
The Rockets shot only 26-of-47 from the charity stripe, but they were superb defensively to compensate for their ineptness at the line, holding the Spurs to 6-of-23 shooting f ...
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