Rockets
Houston
Western Conference
Southwest
21
8
29
3539
3457
38
6
16
92
35
38
27
24
89
31
20
51
5
22
10
16
17
100
4
613
03
0
2527
108
4
52
42
81
85
67
152
11
74
14
15
2421
6060
109
21
19
2218
116
5
1010
99
10
108
34
142
12
83
32
37
3322
6060
6
0
0
25
10
40
5
4
80
8
6
14
1
7
1
1
24
60
13
3
23
27
8
30
2
2
100
5
7
12
1
4
4
5
21
60
10
2
20
22
11
50
10
9
90
10
3
13
1
8
3
3
33
60
9
1
11
18
6
33
10
9
90
8
4
12
2
3
2
7
22
60
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Ryan
Anderson
Ryan Anderson
True
37
2
8
25
1
3
33
2
2
100
2
4
6
2
0
0
1
3
7
-2
none
James
Harden
James Harden
True
36
10
26
38
1
11
9
10
10
100
2
8
10
7
1
0
3
1
31
1
double
Trevor
Ariza
Trevor Ariza
True
35
6
14
43
3
9
33
1
2
50
0
6
6
2
4
1
4
5
16
2
none
Patrick
Beverley
Patrick Beverley
True
32
2
7
29
0
4
0
0
0
0
3
5
8
1
2
1
1
3
4
-11
none
Nenê
Hilário
Nenê Hilário
True
18
4
6
67
0
0
0
2
2
100
5
2
7
2
1
0
1
1
10
9
none
Eric
Gordon
Eric Gordon
False
32
4
15
27
1
8
12
4
4
100
0
1
1
4
0
2
3
2
13
-5
none
Montrezl
Harrell
Montrezl Harrell
False
22
4
7
57
0
0
0
1
3
33
2
3
5
2
1
0
1
2
9
-5
none
Sam
Dekker
Sam Dekker
False
20
3
9
33
0
3
0
4
4
100
5
2
7
1
1
1
2
0
10
6
none
Corey
Brewer
Corey Brewer
False
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
-5
none
Tyler
Ennis
Tyler Ennis
False
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
none
K.J.
McDaniels
K.J. McDaniels
False
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
none
Chinanu
Onuaku
Chinanu Onuaku
False
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
none
Kyle
Wiltjer
Kyle Wiltjer
False
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
none
21
December
2016
Wednesday
Talking Stick Resort Arena
Phoenix
Suns
Phoenix
False
Spurs
San Antonio
Western Conference
Southwest
23
5
28
3415
2680
23
12
52
77
36
47
25
18
72
33
10
43
5
21
13
19
17
102
4
37
04
11
2514
128
5
37
26
70
109
50
159
23
46
14
27
2626
6060
310
08
3
1919
79
4
510
55
11
86
14
100
00
47
35
46
1931
6060
3
0
0
25
12
48
3
2
67
10
5
15
2
4
1
2
26
60
7
4
57
14
8
57
7
6
86
9
0
9
3
6
4
7
26
60
3
0
0
19
7
37
5
5
100
8
1
9
0
4
3
4
19
60
10
8
80
19
9
47
10
5
50
6
4
10
0
7
5
6
31
60
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Kawhi
Leonard
Kawhi Leonard
True
36
5
15
33
0
4
0
11
13
85
0
5
5
4
5
0
7
1
21
0
none
LaMarcus
Aldridge
LaMarcus Aldridge
True
35
6
15
40
0
0
0
5
6
83
5
5
10
5
0
1
0
2
17
-8
double
Danny
Green
Danny Green
True
33
4
8
50
4
8
50
0
0
0
1
2
3
2
2
1
2
2
12
2
none
Pau
Gasol
Pau Gasol
True
26
5
8
62
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
9
10
2
0
2
2
3
10
0
double
Tony
Parker
Tony Parker
True
24
3
7
43
1
1
100
1
2
50
1
1
2
1
1
0
0
0
8
-3
none
Patty
Mills
Patty Mills
False
23
5
8
62
3
5
60
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
2
1
13
5
none
Manu
Ginóbili
Manu Ginóbili
False
19
4
9
44
4
5
80
0
2
0
0
4
4
3
3
0
2
2
12
4
none
David
Lee
David Lee
False
16
3
5
60
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
4
1
0
1
0
1
6
0
none
Dewayne
Dedmon
Dewayne Dedmon
False
10
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
3
0
0
0
1
2
0
2
none
Jonathon
Simmons
Jonathon Simmons
False
9
1
2
50
0
0
0
1
2
50
0
2
2
1
0
0
2
2
3
8
none
Dāvis
Bertāns
Dāvis Bertāns
False
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
none
Kyle
Anderson
Kyle Anderson
False
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
none
Nicolás
Laprovíttola
Nicolás Laprovíttola
False
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
none
22
December
2016
Thursday
Staples Center
Los Angeles
Clippers
Los Angeles
False
For the Rockets top two scorers , MVP-candidate James Harden and Sixth Man of the Year-candidate Eric Gordon , it was an uncharacteristically bad shooting night . In fact , for both , in their own regard , it was their worst of the season . For Harden , it was his 3 - point shooting performance that was his worst of the season , as his nine percent ( 1 - of - 11 ) mark from long range beat out his previous worst of 2 - of - 11 ( 18 percent ) from deep . Meanwhile , Eric Gordon came off the bench Tuesday to not only shoot a season - worst 4 - of - 15 ( 26 percent ) from the field overall , but also managed to hit just 1 - of - 8 shots from behind the arc - - his worst percentage of the season when making at least one 3 - point attempt . The shooting performances from the backcourt were contagious in the end , as the Rockets finished the game making just six of their 38 attempts from long range . The San Antonio Spurs defeated the Houston Rockets 102 - 100 Tuesday at Toyota Center . The Spurs ( 23 - 5 ) entered the fourth quarter down seven points after the Rockets ( 21 - 8 ) put together a dominant performance in the third period to take the lead . But San Antonio , being the road warriors they are , managed to extend their record away from home to 15 - 1 thanks to a game - winning Patty Mills jumper with just 12 seconds left . Eric Gordon and James Harden both had their shot at game - winners after that , but failed to convert on their home floor . Mills finished with 13 points off the bench for the Spurs , but it was Kawhi Leonard who once again led the way for his team , scoring a team - high 21 points on top of five rebounds , four assists and five steals . LaMarcus Aldridge added a double - double of 17 points and 10 rebounds . For the Rockets , Tuesday 's defeat put an end to their 10 - game win streak , but , for the team being , they remain in third place in the Western Conference standings . James Harden led the way for Houston with 31 points , 10 rebounds and seven assists , but he shot just 10 - of - 26 from the field and 1 - of - 11 from behind the arc . And that cold streak from 3 - point range was contagious , as the team as a whole shot a miserable 6 - of - 38 ( 16 percent ) from long range after being nearly unstoppable from behind the arc over their win streak . Up next , the Spurs will look to continue their winning ways on the road Thursday when they take on the Clippers , while the Rockets look to get back on track Wednesday in Phoenix .
For the Rockets top two scorers, MVP-candidate James Harden and Sixth Man of the Year-candidate Eric Gordon, it was an uncharacteristically bad shooting night. In fact, for both, in their own regard, it was their worst of the season. For Harden, it was his 3 - point shooting performance that was his worst of the season, as his nine percent (1 - of - 11) mark from long range beat out his previous worst of 2 - of - 11 (18 percent) from deep. Meanwhile, Eric Gordon came off the bench Tuesday to not only shoot a season - worst 4 - of - 15 (26 percent) from the field overall, but also managed to hit just 1 - of - 8 shots from behind the arc - - his worst percentage of the season when making at least one 3 - point attempt. The shooting performances from the backcourt were contagious in the end, as the Rockets finished the game making just six of their 38 attempts from long range.
For the Rockets top two scorers, MVP-candidate James Harden and Sixth Man of the Year-candidate Eric Gordon, it was an uncharacteristically bad shooting night. In fact, for both, in their own regard, it was their worst of the season. For Harden, it was his 3 - point shooting performance that was his worst of the season, as his nine percent (1 - of - 11) mark from long range beat out his previous worst of 2 - of - 11 (18 percent) from deep. Meanwhile, Eric Gordon came off the bench Tuesday to not only shoot a season - worst 4 - of - 15 (26 percent) from the field overall, but also managed to hit just 1 - of - 8 shots from behind the arc - - his worst percentage of the season when making at least one 3 - point attempt. The shooting performances from the backcourt were contagious in the end, as the Rockets finished the game making just six of their 38 attempts from long range. The San Antonio Spurs defeated the Houston Rockets 102 - 100 Tuesday at Toyota Center. The Spurs (23 - 5) entered the fourth quarter down seven points after the Rockets (21 - 8) put together a dominant performance in the third period to take the lead. But San Antonio, being the road warriors they are, managed to extend their record away from home to 15 - 1 thanks to a game - winning Patty Mills jumper with just 12 seconds left. Eric Gordon and James Harden both had their shot at game - winners after that, but failed to convert on their home floor. Mills finished with 13 points off the bench for the Spurs, but it was Kawhi Leonard who once again led the way for his team, scoring a team - high 21 points on top of five rebounds, four assists and five steals. LaMarcus Aldridge added a double - double of 17 points and 10 rebounds. For the Rockets, Tuesday's defeat put an end to their 10 - game win streak, but, for the team being, they remain in third place in the Western Conference standings. James Harden led the way for Houston with 31 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists, but he shot just 10 - of - 26 from the field and 1 - of - 11 from behind the arc. And that cold streak from 3 - point range was contagious, as the team as a whole shot a miserable 6 - of - 38 (16 percent) from long range after being nearly unstoppable from behind the arc over their win streak. Up next, the Spurs will look to continue their winning ways on the road Thursday when they take on the Clippers, while the Rockets look to get back on track Wednesday in Phoenix.
<GAME> <DATE> 20 December 2016 <DAY> Tuesday <STADIUM> Toyota Center <CITY> Houston <HOME> <TEAM> Rockets <CITY> Houston <TEAM-RESULT> lost <TEAM-PTS> 100 <WINS-LOSSES> 21 8 <QTRS> 24 21 33 22 <TEAM-AST> 22 <3PT> 6 <TEAM-FG> 35 <TEAM-FT> 24 <TEAM-REB> 51 <TEAM-TO> 16 <NEXT-HOME> <NEXT-DATE> 21 December 2016 <NEXT-DAY> Wednesday <NEXT-STADIUM> Talking Stick Resort Arena <NEXT-CITY> Phoenix <NEXT-OPPONENT-PLACE> Phoenix <NEXT-OPPONENT-NAME> Suns <NEXT-IS-HOME> no <VIS> <TEAM> Spurs <CITY> San Antonio <TEAM-RESULT> won <TEAM-PTS> 102 <WINS-LOSSES> 23 5 <QTRS> 26 26 19 31 <TEAM-AST> 21 <3PT> 12 <TEAM-FG> 36 <TEAM-FT> 18 <TEAM-REB> 43 <TEAM-TO> 19 <VIS-NEXT> <NEXT-DATE> 22 December 2016 <NEXT-DAY> Thursday <NEXT-STADIUM> Staples Center <NEXT-CITY> Los Angeles <NEXT-OPPONENT-PLACE> Los Angeles <NEXT-OPPONENT-NAME> Clippers <NEXT-IS-HOME> no <PLAYER> James Harden <TEAM> Houston Rockets <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> HOME-0 <MIN> 36 <PTS> 31 <FG> 10 26 38 <FG3> 1 11 9 <FT> 10 10 100 <REB> 10 <AST> 7 <STL> 1 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 8 <OREB> 2 <TO> 3 <DOUBLE> double <PLAYER> Trevor Ariza <TEAM> Houston Rockets <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> HOME-1 <MIN> 35 <PTS> 16 <FG> 6 14 43 <FG3> 3 9 33 <FT> 1 2 50 <REB> 6 <AST> 2 <STL> 4 <BLK> 1 <DREB> 6 <OREB> 0 <TO> 4 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Eric Gordon <TEAM> Houston Rockets <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-2 <MIN> 32 <PTS> 13 <FG> 4 15 27 <FG3> 1 8 12 <FT> 4 4 100 <REB> 1 <AST> 4 <STL> 0 <BLK> 2 <DREB> 1 <OREB> 0 <TO> 3 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Sam Dekker <TEAM> Houston Rockets <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-3 <MIN> 20 <PTS> 10 <FG> 3 9 33 <FG3> 0 3 0 <FT> 4 4 100 <REB> 7 <AST> 1 <STL> 1 <BLK> 1 <DREB> 2 <OREB> 5 <TO> 2 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Nenê Hilário <TEAM> Houston Rockets <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> HOME-4 <MIN> 18 <PTS> 10 <FG> 4 6 67 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 2 2 100 <REB> 7 <AST> 2 <STL> 1 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 2 <OREB> 5 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Montrezl Harrell <TEAM> Houston Rockets <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-5 <MIN> 22 <PTS> 9 <FG> 4 7 57 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 1 3 33 <REB> 5 <AST> 2 <STL> 1 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 3 <OREB> 2 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Ryan Anderson <TEAM> Houston Rockets <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> HOME-6 <MIN> 37 <PTS> 7 <FG> 2 8 25 <FG3> 1 3 33 <FT> 2 2 100 <REB> 6 <AST> 2 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 4 <OREB> 2 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Patrick Beverley <TEAM> Houston Rockets <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> HOME-7 <MIN> 32 <PTS> 4 <FG> 2 7 29 <FG3> 0 4 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 8 <AST> 1 <STL> 2 <BLK> 1 <DREB> 5 <OREB> 3 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Kyle Wiltjer <TEAM> Houston Rockets <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-DIDNTPLAY <MIN> 0 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 0 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Chinanu Onuaku <TEAM> Houston Rockets <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-DIDNTPLAY <MIN> 0 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 0 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> K. J. McDaniels <TEAM> Houston Rockets <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-DIDNTPLAY <MIN> 0 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 0 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Tyler Ennis <TEAM> Houston Rockets <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-DIDNTPLAY <MIN> 0 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 0 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Corey Brewer <TEAM> Houston Rockets <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-12 <MIN> 5 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 0 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 1 <AST> 1 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 1 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Kawhi Leonard <TEAM> San Antonio Spurs <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-0 <MIN> 36 <PTS> 21 <FG> 5 15 33 <FG3> 0 4 0 <FT> 11 13 85 <REB> 5 <AST> 4 <STL> 5 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 5 <OREB> 0 <TO> 7 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> LaMarcus Aldridge <TEAM> San Antonio Spurs <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-1 <MIN> 35 <PTS> 17 <FG> 6 15 40 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 5 6 83 <REB> 10 <AST> 5 <STL> 0 <BLK> 1 <DREB> 5 <OREB> 5 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> double <PLAYER> Patty Mills <TEAM> San Antonio Spurs <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-2 <MIN> 23 <PTS> 13 <FG> 5 8 62 <FG3> 3 5 60 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 1 <STL> 2 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 2 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Manu Ginóbili <TEAM> San Antonio Spurs <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-3 <MIN> 19 <PTS> 12 <FG> 4 9 44 <FG3> 4 5 80 <FT> 0 2 0 <REB> 4 <AST> 3 <STL> 3 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 4 <OREB> 0 <TO> 2 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Danny Green <TEAM> San Antonio Spurs <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-4 <MIN> 33 <PTS> 12 <FG> 4 8 50 <FG3> 4 8 50 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 3 <AST> 2 <STL> 2 <BLK> 1 <DREB> 2 <OREB> 1 <TO> 2 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Pau Gasol <TEAM> San Antonio Spurs <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-5 <MIN> 26 <PTS> 10 <FG> 5 8 62 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 10 <AST> 2 <STL> 0 <BLK> 2 <DREB> 9 <OREB> 1 <TO> 2 <DOUBLE> double <PLAYER> Tony Parker <TEAM> San Antonio Spurs <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-6 <MIN> 24 <PTS> 8 <FG> 3 7 43 <FG3> 1 1 100 <FT> 1 2 50 <REB> 2 <AST> 1 <STL> 1 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 1 <OREB> 1 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> David Lee <TEAM> San Antonio Spurs <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-7 <MIN> 16 <PTS> 6 <FG> 3 5 60 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 4 <AST> 1 <STL> 0 <BLK> 1 <DREB> 4 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Jonathon Simmons <TEAM> San Antonio Spurs <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-8 <MIN> 9 <PTS> 3 <FG> 1 2 50 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 1 2 50 <REB> 2 <AST> 1 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 2 <OREB> 0 <TO> 2 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Nicolás Laprovíttola <TEAM> San Antonio Spurs <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-DIDNTPLAY <MIN> 0 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 0 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Kyle Anderson <TEAM> San Antonio Spurs <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-DIDNTPLAY <MIN> 0 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 0 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Dāvis Bertāns <TEAM> San Antonio Spurs <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-11 <MIN> 2 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 0 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 1 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Dewayne Dedmon <TEAM> San Antonio Spurs <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-12 <MIN> 10 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 0 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 3 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 1 <OREB> 2 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none