Rockets
Houston
Western Conference
Southwest
38
17
55
3387
2856
38
16
42
89
44
49
36
24
67
32
10
42
2
31
9
10
15
128
4
108
53
49
2622
1313
50
89
46
52
98
71
169
00
810
42
32
3535
6060
119
35
29
2021
612
30
118
95
81
69
11
80
11
58
12
32
2434
6060
10
5
50
26
13
50
8
4
50
9
7
16
0
8
4
3
35
60
8
3
38
22
13
59
9
6
67
8
1
9
0
10
2
2
35
60
11
3
27
20
6
30
11
9
82
6
1
7
1
5
1
3
24
60
9
5
56
21
12
57
8
5
62
9
1
10
1
8
2
2
34
60
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
James
Harden
James Harden
True
36
6
21
29
3
10
30
10
14
71
1
5
6
13
3
0
4
1
25
18
double
Trevor
Ariza
Trevor Ariza
True
36
7
15
47
4
9
44
2
3
67
3
4
7
4
2
0
1
1
20
18
none
Patrick
Beverley
Patrick Beverley
True
28
6
11
55
1
5
20
1
1
100
1
5
6
7
1
0
2
4
14
7
none
Clint
Capela
Clint Capela
True
28
7
9
78
0
0
0
3
8
38
2
7
9
0
1
1
0
1
17
6
none
Ryan
Anderson
Ryan Anderson
True
27
2
7
29
1
2
50
1
1
100
3
1
4
2
1
0
0
1
6
5
none
Eric
Gordon
Eric Gordon
False
30
5
10
50
4
8
50
4
5
80
0
3
3
2
0
1
2
1
18
26
none
Nenê
Hilário
Nenê Hilário
False
17
6
8
75
0
0
0
1
1
100
0
3
3
0
1
0
1
2
13
15
none
Sam
Dekker
Sam Dekker
False
17
3
5
60
3
4
75
1
2
50
0
1
1
2
0
0
0
2
10
10
none
Corey
Brewer
Corey Brewer
False
12
1
2
50
0
0
0
1
1
100
0
3
3
0
0
0
0
1
3
6
none
K.J.
McDaniels
K.J. McDaniels
False
1
1
1
100
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
3
none
Tyler
Ennis
Tyler Ennis
False
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
3
none
Bobby
Brown
Bobby Brown
False
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
none
Montrezl
Harrell
Montrezl Harrell
False
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
none
9
February
2017
Thursday
Spectrum Center
Charlotte
Hornets
Charlotte
False
Magic
Orlando
Eastern Conference
Southeast
20
34
54
2772
3060
25
6
24
88
42
48
20
14
70
37
10
47
4
28
7
16
23
104
4
107
22
21
2221
129
6
28
26
93
88
14
102
03
85
22
45
2826
6060
08
02
25
2223
129
6
64
60
94
1110
32
1142
01
69
30
34
3020
6060
10
2
20
22
12
55
2
2
100
8
1
9
0
8
2
4
28
60
7
2
29
21
9
43
8
6
75
8
4
12
3
5
2
5
26
60
0
0
0
22
12
55
6
6
100
11
3
14
0
6
3
3
30
60
8
2
25
23
9
39
4
0
0
10
2
12
1
9
0
4
20
60
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Serge
Ibaka
Serge Ibaka
True
40
13
20
65
2
4
50
0
0
0
1
7
8
0
0
1
2
2
28
-5
none
Evan
Fournier
Evan Fournier
True
36
7
16
44
1
8
12
6
6
100
1
2
3
3
0
1
3
4
21
-15
none
Nikola
Vučević
Nikola Vučević
True
30
7
12
58
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
14
19
4
3
1
1
4
14
-3
double
Elfrid
Payton
Elfrid Payton
True
26
5
11
45
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
8
2
0
2
2
10
-12
none
Aaron
Gordon
Aaron Gordon
True
19
3
5
60
1
3
33
0
0
0
1
1
2
4
0
0
1
1
7
-5
none
D.J.
Augustin
D.J. Augustin
False
23
1
5
20
1
3
33
8
12
67
1
2
3
3
0
0
1
0
11
-17
none
C.J.
Watson
C.J. Watson
False
23
1
5
20
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
3
3
4
1
0
1
3
2
-19
none
Bismack
Biyombo
Bismack Biyombo
False
17
2
6
33
0
0
0
0
2
0
1
4
5
1
0
1
2
2
4
-21
none
Mario
Hezonja
Mario Hezonja
False
14
3
6
50
1
2
50
0
0
0
0
2
2
0
1
0
3
3
7
-7
none
Damjan
Rudež
Damjan Rudež
False
7
0
2
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
2
0
-16
none
Jeff
Green
Jeff Green
False
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
none
Jodie
Meeks
Jodie Meeks
False
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
none
C.J.
Wilcox
C.J. Wilcox
False
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
none
9
February
2017
Thursday
Amway Center
Orlando
76ers
Philadelphia
True
The Houston Rockets defeated the Orlando Magic , 128 - 104 , on Tuesday at Toyota Center . Simply put , this game ended up being a breeze for the Rockets ( 38 - 17 ) , who won their second straight game to improve to 20 - 6 at home this season . James Harden led the way with yet another double - double , recording 25 points and 13 assists , to go along with six rebounds in 36 minutes . Additionally , Trevor Ariza shot his way out of a bad offensive slump , scoring 20 points on 7 - of - 15 shooting in 36 minutes of his own . This put an end to a five - game stretch where Ariza failed to score more than 10 points . As a team , shots from the outside were falling in bunches for Houston on Tuesday , as the team shot an impressive 16 - of - 38 from behind the arc ( 42 percent ) . As for the Magic ( 20 - 34 ) , they did n't have the same kind of success shooting the ball from long range , hitting just 6 - of - 25 from three - point land in the losing effort . Tuesday 's loss marked their second straight since upsetting the Raptors and gives them four losses in their last five games . Serge Ibaka , despite the defeat , did manage to put together one of his best performances of the season so far , scoring 28 points on 13 - of - 20 shooting - - his second highest total this year - - and grabbed eight rebounds in 41 minutes . His running mate in the frontcourt , Nikola Vucevic , also had a monster game down low , recording a double - double of 14 points and 19 rebounds in 30 minutes . Up next , the Rockets will look to keep rolling Thursday against the Hornets , while the Magic will head home Thursday to take on the 76ers . Before Tuesday night 's game against the Magic , Trevor Ariza had been serving as an offensive liability for the Rockets . Over his previous eight games , he had failed to score in double figures six times and was shooting just 23 percent from the field and 24 percent from behind the arc over the course of those eight games . Against Orlando , however , Ariza found a way to shoot himself completely out of that slump . The wing shot 4 - of - 9 from behind the arc and 7 - of - 15 from the field overall to put in 20 points Tuesday - - his highest scoring total since Jan. 15 . And while Ariza is primarily known for his prowess on the defensive end , if he can consistently hit a high percentage of his jump shots like he did Tuesday night , it only makes the Rockets more dangerous .
The Houston Rockets defeated the Orlando Magic, 128 - 104, on Tuesday at Toyota Center. Simply put, this game ended up being a breeze for the Rockets (38 - 17), who won their second straight game to improve to 20 - 6 at home this season. James Harden led the way with yet another double - double, recording 25 points and 13 assists, to go along with six rebounds in 36 minutes. Additionally, Trevor Ariza shot his way out of a bad offensive slump, scoring 20 points on 7 - of - 15 shooting in 36 minutes of his own. This put an end to a five - game stretch where Ariza failed to score more than 10 points. As a team, shots from the outside were falling in bunches for Houston on Tuesday, as the team shot an impressive 16 - of - 38 from behind the arc (42 percent). As for the Magic (20 - 34), they didn't have the same kind of success shooting the ball from long range, hitting just 6 - of - 25 from three - point land in the losing effort. Tuesday's loss marked their second straight since upsetting the Raptors and gives them four losses in their last five games. Serge Ibaka, despite the defeat, did manage to put together one of his best performances of the season so far, scoring 28 points on 13 - of - 20 shooting - - his second highest total this year - - and grabbed eight rebounds in 41 minutes. His running mate in the frontcourt, Nikola Vucevic, also had a monster game down low, recording a double - double of 14 points and 19 rebounds in 30 minutes. Up next, the Rockets will look to keep rolling Thursday against the Hornets, while the Magic will head home Thursday to take on the 76ers.
The Houston Rockets defeated the Orlando Magic, 128 - 104, on Tuesday at Toyota Center. Simply put, this game ended up being a breeze for the Rockets (38 - 17), who won their second straight game to improve to 20 - 6 at home this season. James Harden led the way with yet another double - double, recording 25 points and 13 assists, to go along with six rebounds in 36 minutes. Additionally, Trevor Ariza shot his way out of a bad offensive slump, scoring 20 points on 7 - of - 15 shooting in 36 minutes of his own. This put an end to a five - game stretch where Ariza failed to score more than 10 points. As a team, shots from the outside were falling in bunches for Houston on Tuesday, as the team shot an impressive 16 - of - 38 from behind the arc (42 percent). As for the Magic (20 - 34), they didn't have the same kind of success shooting the ball from long range, hitting just 6 - of - 25 from three - point land in the losing effort. Tuesday's loss marked their second straight since upsetting the Raptors and gives them four losses in their last five games. Serge Ibaka, despite the defeat, did manage to put together one of his best performances of the season so far, scoring 28 points on 13 - of - 20 shooting - - his second highest total this year - - and grabbed eight rebounds in 41 minutes. His running mate in the frontcourt, Nikola Vucevic, also had a monster game down low, recording a double - double of 14 points and 19 rebounds in 30 minutes. Up next, the Rockets will look to keep rolling Thursday against the Hornets, while the Magic will head home Thursday to take on the 76ers. Before Tuesday night's game against the Magic, Trevor Ariza had been serving as an offensive liability for the Rockets. Over his previous eight games, he had failed to score in double figures six times and was shooting just 23 percent from the field and 24 percent from behind the arc over the course of those eight games. Against Orlando, however, Ariza found a way to shoot himself completely out of that slump. The wing shot 4 - of - 9 from behind the arc and 7 - of - 15 from the field overall to put in 20 points Tuesday - - his highest scoring total since Jan. 15. And while Ariza is primarily known for his prowess on the defensive end, if he can consistently hit a high percentage of his jump shots like he did Tuesday night, it only makes the Rockets more dangerous.
<GAME> <DATE> 7 February 2017 <DAY> Tuesday <STADIUM> Toyota Center <CITY> Houston <HOME> <TEAM> Rockets <CITY> Houston <TEAM-RESULT> lost <TEAM-PTS> 128 <WINS-LOSSES> 38 17 <QTRS> 35 35 24 34 <TEAM-AST> 31 <3PT> 16 <TEAM-FG> 44 <TEAM-FT> 24 <TEAM-REB> 42 <TEAM-TO> 10 <NEXT-HOME> <NEXT-DATE> 9 February 2017 <NEXT-DAY> Thursday <NEXT-STADIUM> Spectrum Center <NEXT-CITY> Charlotte <NEXT-OPPONENT-PLACE> Charlotte <NEXT-OPPONENT-NAME> Hornets <NEXT-IS-HOME> no <VIS> <TEAM> Magic <CITY> Orlando <TEAM-RESULT> won <TEAM-PTS> 104 <WINS-LOSSES> 20 34 <QTRS> 28 26 30 20 <TEAM-AST> 28 <3PT> 6 <TEAM-FG> 42 <TEAM-FT> 14 <TEAM-REB> 47 <TEAM-TO> 16 <VIS-NEXT> <NEXT-DATE> 9 February 2017 <NEXT-DAY> Thursday <NEXT-STADIUM> Amway Center <NEXT-CITY> Orlando <NEXT-OPPONENT-PLACE> Philadelphia <NEXT-OPPONENT-NAME> 76ers <NEXT-IS-HOME> yes <PLAYER> James Harden <TEAM> Houston Rockets <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> HOME-0 <MIN> 36 <PTS> 25 <FG> 6 21 29 <FG3> 3 10 30 <FT> 10 14 71 <REB> 6 <AST> 13 <STL> 3 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 5 <OREB> 1 <TO> 4 <DOUBLE> double <PLAYER> Trevor Ariza <TEAM> Houston Rockets <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> HOME-1 <MIN> 36 <PTS> 20 <FG> 7 15 47 <FG3> 4 9 44 <FT> 2 3 67 <REB> 7 <AST> 4 <STL> 2 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 4 <OREB> 3 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Eric Gordon <TEAM> Houston Rockets <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-2 <MIN> 30 <PTS> 18 <FG> 5 10 50 <FG3> 4 8 50 <FT> 4 5 80 <REB> 3 <AST> 2 <STL> 0 <BLK> 1 <DREB> 3 <OREB> 0 <TO> 2 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Clint Capela <TEAM> Houston Rockets <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> HOME-3 <MIN> 28 <PTS> 17 <FG> 7 9 78 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 3 8 38 <REB> 9 <AST> 0 <STL> 1 <BLK> 1 <DREB> 7 <OREB> 2 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Patrick Beverley <TEAM> Houston Rockets <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> HOME-4 <MIN> 28 <PTS> 14 <FG> 6 11 55 <FG3> 1 5 20 <FT> 1 1 100 <REB> 6 <AST> 7 <STL> 1 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 5 <OREB> 1 <TO> 2 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Nenê Hilário <TEAM> Houston Rockets <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-5 <MIN> 17 <PTS> 13 <FG> 6 8 75 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 1 1 100 <REB> 3 <AST> 0 <STL> 1 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 3 <OREB> 0 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Sam Dekker <TEAM> Houston Rockets <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-6 <MIN> 17 <PTS> 10 <FG> 3 5 60 <FG3> 3 4 75 <FT> 1 2 50 <REB> 1 <AST> 2 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 1 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Ryan Anderson <TEAM> Houston Rockets <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> HOME-7 <MIN> 27 <PTS> 6 <FG> 2 7 29 <FG3> 1 2 50 <FT> 1 1 100 <REB> 4 <AST> 2 <STL> 1 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 1 <OREB> 3 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Corey Brewer <TEAM> Houston Rockets <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-8 <MIN> 12 <PTS> 3 <FG> 1 2 50 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 1 1 100 <REB> 3 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 3 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> K. J. McDaniels <TEAM> Houston Rockets <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-9 <MIN> 1 <PTS> 2 <FG> 1 1 100 <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> Montrezl Harrell <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> Bobby Brown <TEAM> Houston Rockets <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-11 <MIN> 1 <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-12 <MIN> 1 <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> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Serge Ibaka <TEAM> Orlando Magic <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-0 <MIN> 40 <PTS> 28 <FG> 13 20 65 <FG3> 2 4 50 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 8 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 1 <DREB> 7 <OREB> 1 <TO> 2 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Evan Fournier <TEAM> Orlando Magic <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-1 <MIN> 36 <PTS> 21 <FG> 7 16 44 <FG3> 1 8 12 <FT> 6 6 100 <REB> 3 <AST> 3 <STL> 0 <BLK> 1 <DREB> 2 <OREB> 1 <TO> 3 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Nikola Vučević <TEAM> Orlando Magic <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-2 <MIN> 30 <PTS> 14 <FG> 7 12 58 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 19 <AST> 4 <STL> 3 <BLK> 1 <DREB> 14 <OREB> 5 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> double <PLAYER> D. J. Augustin <TEAM> Orlando Magic <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-3 <MIN> 23 <PTS> 11 <FG> 1 5 20 <FG3> 1 3 33 <FT> 8 12 67 <REB> 3 <AST> 3 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 2 <OREB> 1 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Elfrid Payton <TEAM> Orlando Magic <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-4 <MIN> 26 <PTS> 10 <FG> 5 11 45 <FG3> 0 1 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 2 <AST> 8 <STL> 2 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 2 <OREB> 0 <TO> 2 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Mario Hezonja <TEAM> Orlando Magic <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-5 <MIN> 14 <PTS> 7 <FG> 3 6 50 <FG3> 1 2 50 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 2 <AST> 0 <STL> 1 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 2 <OREB> 0 <TO> 3 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Aaron Gordon <TEAM> Orlando Magic <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-6 <MIN> 19 <PTS> 7 <FG> 3 5 60 <FG3> 1 3 33 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 2 <AST> 4 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 1 <OREB> 1 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Bismack Biyombo <TEAM> Orlando Magic <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-7 <MIN> 17 <PTS> 4 <FG> 2 6 33 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 2 0 <REB> 5 <AST> 1 <STL> 0 <BLK> 1 <DREB> 4 <OREB> 1 <TO> 2 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> C. J. Watson <TEAM> Orlando Magic <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-8 <MIN> 23 <PTS> 2 <FG> 1 5 20 <FG3> 0 2 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 3 <AST> 4 <STL> 1 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 3 <OREB> 0 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> C. J. Wilcox <TEAM> Orlando Magic <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> Jodie Meeks <TEAM> Orlando Magic <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> Jeff Green <TEAM> Orlando Magic <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> Damjan Rudež <TEAM> Orlando Magic <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-12 <MIN> 7 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 2 0 <FG3> 0 2 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 1 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none