Mikal Bridges posted his third consecutive 30-point sport, Spencer Dinwiddie added 23 factors and the Brooklyn Nets prolonged their successful streak to 3 video games with a 118-96 street victory over the Houston Rockets on Tuesday.
Bridges completed with 30 factors and 5 assists to tempo a balanced Nets scoring assault that featured a double-double from Nic Claxton (18 factors, 13 rebounds) and a mixed 35 factors from Joe Harris, Seth Curry and Royce O’Neale off the bench.
Houston had its modest two-game win streak snapped. Jalen Green led the Rockets with 25 factors whereas Alperen Sengun added 16 factors and 12 rebounds however had 4 turnovers. Jabari Smith Jr. completed with 15 factors and eight rebounds for the Rockets, who gave the ball away 19 instances.
The Nets, up by 5 at halftime, smothered Houston early within the second half and siphoned off any alternative for a Rockets rally. Brooklyn opened the third quarter on an 11-2 run capped by a Dinwiddie three-point play that prolonged the result in 70-56.
The Rockets’ prolonged droop continued for one more two minutes, with Kenyon Martin Jr. offering simply Houston’s second discipline purpose of the interval with an 8-foot floater with 6:34 left to chop the deficit to 16.
The Rockets shot simply 7 for 21 within the third and missed 6 of seven 3-point makes an attempt. Houston left a further six factors on the free-throw line, with Green lacking 3 of 8 makes an attempt on the line in the course of the interval. Two O’Neale free throws on the 5:53 mark offered Brooklyn its first 20-point benefit.
Houston led by as many as 11 factors within the first quarter on the power of 58.3 % capturing and 22 factors within the paint. Dinwiddie saved the Nets afloat with 13 factors within the body, and the Rockets took a 32-27 lead into the second.
A 16-0 run gave the Nets a 43-35 lead with Harris and Curry combining for 3 3-pointers throughout that stretch. Curry added a midrange jumper and Cameron Johnson one other trey as Brooklyn pushed to a 48-37 lead earlier than the Rockets rallied behind Green with a 17-6 surge.
Green tallied seven factors to steer the comeback, and when Smith transformed a second-chance basket with 48.2 seconds left within the half, Houston pulled even at 54-54. However, Bridges beat the buzzer with a 3-pointer and the Nets by no means seemed again, pulling away at the beginning of the third.
