Harden scores 42 to lead Rockets past Wizards 109-103

Harden opened up his scoring with a dribble through the lane, but the Wizards closed up the lane and bounced him to the three-point line were he raised up and nailed a three. The Wizards rank fifth in the National Basketball Association in turnovers, and Beal’s seven were a major reason folks in Houston were toasting The Beard this morning. They didn’t lose their seventh home game until January 31 last season. The Rockets got within three as mentioned, but Brook Lopez tapped out the ball after a missed three from Bojan Bogdanovic. Being dubbed as top contender this season with James Harden and Dwight Howard to lead them, it seems like the team is having a hard time converting expectations into reality. They beat the Cleveland Cavaliers on the road and followed that up with a loss to the Los Angeles Lakers, who lost to the win-less Philadelphia 76ers the night prior. The Grizzlies have suffered all three defeats, the latest a 37-point drubbing by the Thunder on Tuesday.

DALLAS – Atlanta won consecutive games for the first time in more than a month, slipping past Dallas. So, when Matt Barnes hit his way-too-early halfcourt shot, Marc Gasol had a simple reaction. The question now is whether the previous speculation of Dwight Howard wanting to move out from the Rockets will materialize on the said trade rumor.

The Grizzlies almost didn’t get it. Point guard Mike Conley said he, upon seeing Joerger, also requested a timeout. “He was vintage, take me back to 2007”, forward Thaddeus Young said. “But I didn’t see it or hear it. I just went for it”. “I can’t say if it wasn’t broke I wouldn’t play because I did that before, but it was just a time that we really want to play well”. “So, we executed very well”. This isn’t some fluke. Brooklyn recorded season-highs with 27 assists and 57 percent shooting from the field. The best. Better than Cleveland, Chicago, Boston and everyone else. That Charlotte is playing this well despite Michael Kidd-Gilchrist being out for the season injured is a surprise.

Thomas, scoreless in the first half, finished with 20 points, five assists and five rebounds to lead eight Celtics in double figures.

For the team home, John Wall and Bradley Beal will try outlast the quarterbacks of Rockets to continue their winning streak. Plus he played solid defense inside.

But the Wizards (9-11) could not keep up in the final minutes.

Gortat had averaged 16.3 points and 10.3 rebounds over three straight double-doubles before missing the past three while tending to his ailing mother in Poland.

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