Dillon Brooks scores 23, Rockets snap a 3-game skid with a 110-101 win over Thunder
HOUSTON (AP) Dillon Brooks scored 23 points and the Houston Rockets snapped a three-game skid with a 110-101 win over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Wednesday night.
Aaron Holiday scored a season-high 22 points off the bench and matched a career best with six 3-pointers. He also added six rebounds in 27 minutes as Houston improved to 9-9 overall, with all of their wins coming at home.
“I think I am a pretty good shooter,” Holiday said. "Every shot I shoot, I think it’s going in. Sometimes it just doesn’t, that’s the way it goes. For the most part, I think they are going in.”
Alperen Sengun added 21 points, six rebounds, and seven assists for the Rockets, and Jabari Smith chipped in a career-high 18 rebounds, helping Houston win the battle of the boards 53-30.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander led the Thunder with 33 points on 13-of-18 shooting. Oklahoma City’s four other starters combined for 29 points while converting on 10 of 38 shots from the field.
Jalen Williams scored 13 points for the Thunder, while rookie center Chet Holmgren finished with four points and six blocked shots. Oklahoma City drops to 13-7 on the season after entering the game winners of eight of its last 10 games.
“We had them in striking distance,” Thunder coach Mark Daigneault said. “It never felt like we had control of the game. I thought they were outplaying us, and it felt like that. We had a chance. We had a chance to string together a little bit of energy and obviously we couldn’t do that tonight.”
Brooks shot 9 for 17 from the field and helped start a run in the third quarter that helped turn a tight game into a lopsided win for the Rockets.
Houston scored the first eight points of the third quarter to push a five-point halftime lead to 13. Oklahoma City cut its deficit to one with 3:30 left, but Brooks scored five straight, and the Rockets took a six point lead into the fourth quarter and then broke the game open.
“We finished (the third quarter) well,” Rockets coach Ime Udoka said. “Rolled that over into the fourth quarter, and the message was, you let this team hang around, and they’re gonna start making shots, and they got some elite scorers.”
Led by Holiday, Houston went on a 20-7 run in the fourth quarter that increased its lead to 17 points. The Rockets maintained at least an eight-point lead the rest of the way.
Jalen Green’s nine points in the first quarter, capped a by a 23-footer at the buzzer, helped the Rockets to a 10-point lead after the game’s first 12 minutes. He finished the game with 15 points on 6-of-12 shooting.
UP NEXT
Thunder: Host Golden State Warriors on Friday.
Rockets: At Denver Nuggets on Friday.
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| Time | Team | Play | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12:00 |  | Chet Holmgren vs. Alperen Sengun (Luguentz Dort gains possession) | ||
| 11:56 | | Jalen Green shooting foul (Luguentz Dort draws the foul) | ||
| 11:56 |  | +1 | Luguentz Dort makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 1-0 |
| 11:56 | | +1 | Luguentz Dort makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 2-0 |
| 11:41 | | +2 | Alperen Sengun makes two point turnaround hook shot | 2-2 |
| 11:24 | | +2 | Jalen Williams makes two point driving floating jump shot (Josh Giddey assists) | 4-2 |
| 11:11 | | Alperen Sengun misses two point turnaround hook shot | ||
| 11:11 | | Chet Holmgren defensive rebound | ||
| 10:58 | | Jalen Williams misses two point fadeaway jump shot | ||
| 10:57 | | Jalen Green defensive rebound | ||
| 10:52 | | Chet Holmgren blocks Jalen Green's two point running finger roll layup | ||
| 10:51 | | Josh Giddey defensive rebound | ||
| 10:46 | | Jalen Williams misses two point running layup | ||
| 10:44 | | Jabari Smith Jr. defensive rebound | ||
| 10:32 | | Dillon Brooks misses three point jump shot | ||
| 10:30 | | Rockets offensive rebound | ||
| 10:21 | | Chet Holmgren blocks Alperen Sengun's two point driving reverse layup | ||
| 10:19 | | Jalen Williams defensive rebound | ||
| 10:06 | | Josh Giddey misses two point driving layup | ||
| 10:04 | | Jalen Green defensive rebound | ||
| 9:55 | | +3 | Jalen Green makes three point jump shot (Fred VanVleet assists) | 4-5 |
| 9:43 | | Rockets technical foul (Defensive three second) | ||
| 9:43 | | +1 | Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes technical free throw 1 of 1 | 5-5 |
| 9:35 | | Chet Holmgren misses three point jump shot | ||
| 9:31 | | Dillon Brooks defensive rebound | ||
| 9:24 | | +2 | Alperen Sengun makes two point running layup (Fred VanVleet assists) | 5-7 |
| 9:24 | | Chet Holmgren defensive goaltending violation | ||
| 9:11 | | Luguentz Dort misses three point jump shot | ||
| 9:08 | | Luguentz Dort offensive rebound | ||
| 9:05 | | Luguentz Dort turnover (bad pass) (Fred VanVleet steals) | ||
| 9:01 | | +2 | Jalen Green makes two point running alley-oop dunk (Fred VanVleet assists) | 5-9 |
| 8:42 | | Josh Giddey misses three point jump shot | ||
| 8:40 | | Fred VanVleet defensive rebound | ||
| 8:35 | | Jalen Williams personal foul (Dillon Brooks draws the foul) | ||
| 8:28 | | +2 | Dillon Brooks makes two point driving layup (Alperen Sengun assists) | 5-11 |
| 8:09 | | Luguentz Dort misses two point pullup jump shot | ||
| 8:09 | | Jabari Smith Jr. defensive rebound | ||
| 7:57 | | Alperen Sengun turnover (traveling) | ||
| 7:32 | | Josh Giddey misses three point jump shot | ||
| 7:32 | | Jalen Green defensive rebound | ||
| 7:22 | | +2 | Jalen Green makes two point driving finger roll layup | 5-13 |
| 7:03 | | +3 | Josh Giddey makes three point jump shot (Shai Gilgeous-Alexander assists) | 8-13 |
| 6:55 | | Jalen Green turnover (out of bounds lost ball) | ||
| 6:55 | | Rockets 60 second timeout | ||
| 6:39 | | Shai Gilgeous-Alexander misses two point pullup jump shot | ||
| 6:38 | | Jabari Smith Jr. defensive rebound | ||
| 6:17 | | Jabari Smith Jr. turnover (bad pass) (Chet Holmgren steals) | ||
| 6:06 | | Jabari Smith Jr. personal foul (Chet Holmgren draws the foul) | ||
| 5:59 | | Jalen Williams turnover (out of bounds bad pass) | ||
| 5:40 | | +2 | Dillon Brooks makes two point turnaround fadeaway jump shot | 8-15 |
| 5:19 | | +3 | Josh Giddey makes three point jump shot (Chet Holmgren assists) | 11-15 |
| 5:02 | | Jalen Green misses three point jump shot | ||
| 5:01 | | Alperen Sengun offensive rebound | ||
| 4:55 | | +3 | Jabari Smith Jr. makes three point jump shot (Alperen Sengun assists) | 11-18 |
| 4:43 | | +2 | Chet Holmgren makes two point driving layup (Josh Giddey assists) | 13-18 |
| 4:20 | | +2 | Dillon Brooks makes two point driving finger roll layup (Fred VanVleet assists) | 13-20 |
| 3:56 | | Jalen Williams misses two point driving hook shot | ||
| 3:55 | | Jalen Green defensive rebound | ||
| 3:46 | | +2 | Alperen Sengun makes two point turnaround hook shot (Jalen Green assists) | 13-22 |
| 3:40 | | Thunder 60 second timeout | ||
| 3:28 | | Jaylin Williams misses three point jump shot | ||
| 3:26 | | Tari Eason defensive rebound | ||
| 3:06 | | +2 | Alperen Sengun makes two point cutting layup (Fred VanVleet assists) | 13-24 |
| 2:49 | | Shai Gilgeous-Alexander misses two point pullup jump shot | ||
| 2:46 | | Aaron Holiday defensive rebound | ||
| 2:35 | | Alperen Sengun misses three point jump shot | ||
| 2:34 | | Shai Gilgeous-Alexander defensive rebound | ||
| 2:25 | | +2 | Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes two point driving layup (Tre Mann assists) | 15-24 |
| 2:08 | | Aaron Holiday misses two point stepback jump shot | ||
| 2:07 | | Tari Eason offensive rebound | ||
| 2:06 | | Cason Wallace shooting foul (Tari Eason draws the foul) | ||
| 2:06 | | +1 | Tari Eason makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 15-25 |
| 2:06 | | +1 | Tari Eason makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 15-26 |
| 1:48 | | Shai Gilgeous-Alexander misses two point turnaround hook shot | ||
| 1:48 | | Aaron Holiday defensive rebound | ||
| 1:42 | | Jae'Sean Tate turnover (lost ball) (Shai Gilgeous-Alexander steals) | ||
| 1:36 | | +2 | Aaron Wiggins makes two point running layup | 17-26 |
| 1:20 | | Shai Gilgeous-Alexander blocks Jalen Green's two point layup | ||
| 1:17 | | Jabari Smith Jr. offensive rebound | ||
| 1:16 | | Tari Eason misses three point jump shot | ||
| 1:12 | | Isaiah Joe defensive rebound | ||
| 1:09 | | +2 | Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes two point jump shot | 19-26 |
| 1:09 | | Jalen Green shooting foul (Shai Gilgeous-Alexander draws the foul) | ||
| 1:09 | | +1 | Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes regular free throw 1 of 1 | 20-26 |
| 0:56 | | +3 | Tari Eason makes three point jump shot (Aaron Holiday assists) | 20-29 |
| 0:36 | | Rockets technical foul (Defensive three second) | ||
| 0:36 | | Shai Gilgeous-Alexander misses technical free throw 1 of 1 | ||
| 0:36 | | Thunder offensive rebound | ||
| 0:32 | | Aaron Holiday shooting foul (Shai Gilgeous-Alexander draws the foul) | ||
| 0:32 | | +1 | Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 21-29 |
| 0:32 | | +1 | Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 22-29 |
| 0:12 | | Thunder technical foul (Defensive three second) | ||
| 0:12 | | +1 | Jabari Smith Jr. makes technical free throw 1 of 1 | 22-30 |
| 0:03 | | Aaron Wiggins personal foul (Fred VanVleet draws the foul) | ||
| 0:00 | | +2 | Jalen Green makes two point pullup jump shot (Fred VanVleet assists) | 22-32 |
| 0:00 | | End of period |
| Time | Team | Play | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11:37 | | Kenrich Williams blocks Tari Eason's two point layup | ||
| 11:35 | | Chet Holmgren defensive rebound | ||
| 11:24 | | +2 | Jalen Williams makes two point driving floating jump shot (Chet Holmgren assists) | 24-32 |
| 11:04 | | Tari Eason turnover (lost ball) (Tre Mann steals) | ||
| 10:58 | | +2 | Tre Mann makes two point running layup | 26-32 |
| 10:42 | | Jae'Sean Tate misses three point jump shot | ||
| 10:41 | | Kenrich Williams defensive rebound | ||
| 10:33 | | Jalen Williams misses two point running pullup jump shot | ||
| 10:32 | | Jabari Smith Jr. defensive rebound | ||
| 10:26 | | Chet Holmgren blocks Jabari Smith Jr.'s two point layup | ||
| 10:26 | | Jabari Smith Jr. offensive rebound | ||
| 10:23 | | +2 | Jabari Smith Jr. makes two point putback layup | 26-34 |
| 9:59 | | +2 | Chet Holmgren makes two point driving finger roll layup | 28-34 |
| 9:43 | | Jae'Sean Tate misses two point turnaround hook shot | ||
| 9:40 | | Chet Holmgren defensive rebound | ||
| 9:32 | | Chet Holmgren misses two point turnaround fadeaway jump shot | ||
| 9:29 | | Jabari Smith Jr. defensive rebound | ||
| 9:21 | | +2 | Aaron Holiday makes two point layup | 28-36 |
| 9:21 | | Kenrich Williams defensive goaltending violation | ||
| 8:58 | | Tre Mann misses two point driving floating jump shot | ||
| 8:56 | | Jabari Smith Jr. defensive rebound | ||
| 8:49 | | Tari Eason misses three point jump shot | ||
| 8:48 | | Chet Holmgren defensive rebound | ||
| 8:38 | | Chet Holmgren misses three point stepback jump shot | ||
| 8:36 | | Rockets defensive rebound | ||
| 8:19 | | Fred VanVleet misses two point pullup jump shot | ||
| 8:18 | | Tre Mann defensive rebound | ||
| 8:07 | | Tari Eason blocks Chet Holmgren's two point layup | ||
| 8:04 | | Aaron Holiday defensive rebound | ||
| 8:03 | | +2 | Reggie Bullock Jr. makes two point running layup (Aaron Holiday assists) | 28-38 |
| 8:03 | | Aaron Wiggins shooting foul (Reggie Bullock Jr. draws the foul) | ||
| 8:03 | | +1 | Reggie Bullock Jr. makes regular free throw 1 of 1 | 28-39 |
| 7:51 | | +2 | Jalen Williams makes two point driving layup | 30-39 |
| 7:33 | | +3 | Aaron Holiday makes three point jump shot (Jabari Smith Jr. assists) | 30-42 |
| 7:18 | | +2 | Aaron Wiggins makes two point driving floating jump shot (Jalen Williams assists) | 32-42 |
| 7:05 | | Reggie Bullock Jr. misses three point jump shot | ||
| 7:05 | | Aaron Wiggins defensive rebound | ||
| 6:51 | | Tre Mann misses three point jump shot | ||
| 6:50 | | Jabari Smith Jr. defensive rebound | ||
| 6:43 | | Fred VanVleet misses two point running finger roll layup | ||
| 6:41 | | Kenrich Williams defensive rebound | ||
| 6:33 | | Kenrich Williams misses three point jump shot | ||
| 6:32 | | Dillon Brooks defensive rebound | ||
| 6:27 | | Rockets 60 second timeout | ||
| 6:21 | | Aaron Wiggins personal foul (Alperen Sengun draws the foul) | ||
| 6:18 | | Alperen Sengun turnover (lost ball) (Cason Wallace steals) | ||
| 6:12 | | Alperen Sengun personal foul (Cason Wallace draws the foul) | ||
| 6:09 | | +2 | Aaron Wiggins makes two point cutting layup (Josh Giddey assists) | 34-42 |
| 5:57 | | Cason Wallace personal foul (Alperen Sengun draws the foul) | ||
| 5:44 | | +2 | Alperen Sengun makes two point turnaround hook shot (Fred VanVleet assists) | 34-44 |
| 5:33 | | Aaron Holiday shooting foul (Aaron Wiggins draws the foul) | ||
| 5:33 | | +1 | Aaron Wiggins makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 35-44 |
| 5:33 | | +1 | Aaron Wiggins makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 36-44 |
| 5:20 | | Fred VanVleet turnover (bad pass) (Josh Giddey steals) | ||
| 5:13 | | +2 | Kenrich Williams makes two point layup (Josh Giddey assists) | 38-44 |
| 5:03 | | +2 | Dillon Brooks makes two point cutting layup (Fred VanVleet assists) | 38-46 |
| 4:47 | | +2 | Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes two point jump shot (Kenrich Williams assists) | 40-46 |
| 4:24 | | Fred VanVleet misses two point jump shot | ||
| 4:24 | | Thunder defensive rebound | ||
| 4:12 | | Kenrich Williams misses three point jump shot | ||
| 4:11 | | Jabari Smith Jr. defensive rebound | ||
| 4:00 | | +2 | Jalen Green makes two point driving finger roll layup | 40-48 |
| 3:45 | | Luguentz Dort misses three point jump shot | ||
| 3:44 | | Jalen Green defensive rebound | ||