Rockets Beat Thunder in Fourth-Quarter Nail-Biter

The Houston Rockets beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 119-116. Fred VanVleet led the team to the win.

Going into this evening's game, Dillon Brooks has averaged 17.7 points against the Thunder in his career. He had 10 in the first quarter tonight. Oklahoma City started the first quarter off inconsistent on its shooting, but caught fire midway through. The Thunder shot 5-for-10, while Houston shot 4-for-12 leading the Rockets to call a timeout. Houston came out hot going on a 12-4 scoring streak before Mark Daigneault called one as well.

Gilgeous-Alexander checked in with Hartenstein and the Thunder started rolling again. They went on a 17-9 run to end the quarter and ended the half down by just two points. The All-Star guard had 15 points and the former Rockets' center had nine points and nine boards at the end of the second quarter. Fred VanVleet ended the half with 15 points as well.

Sengun started being more aggressive in the third, and Hartenstein got put into foul trouble. OKC subbed him out, and the Rockets put Thompson in the game right after to run into the post and get defensive stops. This was exactly how the Rockets got their 11-point lead earlier in the game.

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