Jalen Green scores 34 points and Rockets beat Spurs 106-101 to split 2-game set

Jalen Green scored 34 points and nan Houston Rockets ne'er trailed successful a 106-101 triumph complete Victor Wembanyama and nan San Antonio Spurs

SAN ANTONIO -- Jalen Green scored 34 points and nan Houston Rockets ne'er trailed successful a 106-101 triumph complete Victor Wembanyama and nan San Antonio Spurs connected Monday night.

Jabari Smith added 17 points and Alperen Sengun had 12 points and 12 rebounds for Houston.

The Rockets rebounded from a 109-106 nonaccomplishment to nan Spurs connected Saturday to adjacent retired a two-game group successful San Antonio.

Jeremy Sochan had 22 points and 9 rebounds, and Wembanyama had 12 points and 18 rebounds for nan Spurs.

Rockets: Houston gave up six consecutive points to let San Antonio to get wrong 101-99 pinch 36 seconds remaining. Veteran constituent defender Fred VanVleet, who was 3 for 13 from nan section astatine nan time, calmly drained a 3-pointer pinch 18 seconds remaining. VanVleet vanished pinch 11 points.

Spurs: Chris Paul had 16 points aft scoring a mixed six successful San Antonio’s first 2 games. It was his highest-scoring crippled since he had 19 points against nan Spurs connected March 11 while pinch Golden State. Paul had conscionable 3 assists aft averaging 8.5 successful his first 2 games.

San Antonio missed 5 consecutive shots connected 1 possession successful nan 3rd quarter, including 4 astatine adjacent point-blank range. Sochan opened nan possession by missing a floater. Keldon Johnson past missed a 3-pointer, Sochan missed a hook shot, Zach Collins missed a 3-pointer and Sochan ended nan futility by missing a layup. After failing to unafraid nan erstwhile 4 rebounds, Houston gained possession and quickly drove down nan tribunal to people connected a hook changeable by Steven Adams.

After shooting 60% successful nan opening play connected Saturday, San Antonio changeable 32% successful nan first 4th Monday and fell down 29-15.

The Rockets sojourn Dallas connected Thursday and nan Spurs play astatine Oklahoma City connected Wednesday.

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