Veteran guard Eric Gordon scored a team-high 31 points on incredible shooting efficiency and teammate Kevin Porter Jr. took over with elite shotmaking down the stretch, sending the Houston Rockets to a 128-124 victory (box score) at San Antonio on Wednesday night.
For the Rockets (12-31), it is just their second victory in the last 12 games. The Spurs (15-26) have now lost eight of their last nine.
Gordon scored 31 points against the Spurs on 9-of-10 shooting (90.0%) and 6-of-7 on 3-pointers (85.7%) and Houston was +11 in Gordon’s 32 minutes played. Meanwhile, Porter had 18 points on 3-of-5 shooting from 3-point range (60.0%), with all three of those makes (and 12 total points) coming when the game was close in the final five minutes.
Christian Wood tallied 23 points (52.9% FG) and 11 rebounds, while Jae’Sean Tate scored 13 points on perfect 6-of-6 shooting. Tate also had 7 assists, 6 rebounds, and 3 blocked shots in his 29 minutes. Rookie Jalen Green had 14 points and a career-high 8 rebounds, but he struggled with his shot at 4-of-14 (28.6%) overall, including 0-of-6 on 3-pointers.
Eric Gordon was on fire tonight. KPJ hit several big shots in the fourth. Christian Wood put up 23 and 11. Big plays from Jae'Sean Tate. Impressive win for the Rockets.
— ClutchFans (@clutchfans) January 13, 2022
Dejounte Murray led the host Spurs with 32 points (46.2% FG), 11 assists, 10 rebounds, and 3 steals, and that kept San Antonio within striking distance until the closing seconds on Wednesday night.
Houston continues its five-game road trip with two games in Sacramento on Friday and Sunday, with the first tipping off at 9:00 p.m. CST. Until then, scroll on for Wednesday’s highlights and postgame reaction.
