San Antonio Spurs @ Houston Rockets
Wednesday, November 6, 2024 at 8:00 PM ET
Toyota Center, Houston, TX | Game ID: 22400173
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
HOU 31 32 31 33 127SAS 19 19 33 29 100
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Green and VanVleet score 21 each as Houston Rockets rout San Antonio Spurs 127-100
HOUSTON -- — Jalen Green and Fred VanVleet had 21 points each and the Houston Rockets built a huge lead early and coasted to a 127-100 win over the San Antonio Spurs Wednesday night.
Houston never trailed and had built a 25-point lead by halftime. The Rockets were up by 27 points when coach Ime Udoka cleared the bench with about 6½ minutes remaining.
Alperen Sengun added 16 points for the Rockets, who won for the fourth time in five games. VanVleet had 10 assists and seven rebounds — both season-highs — to go with his top scoring effort of the season.
Victor Wembanyama had 15 points, six rebounds and three blocks for the Spurs, who lost a second straight game. They were playing a third consecutive game without coach Gregg Popovich, who is out indefinitely while recovering from an illness . Mitch Johnson is filling in as interim coach while the 75-year-old Popovich, who did not travel with the team on this road trip, is out.
Takeaways Spurs: San Antonio’s defense suffered Wednesday in its first game without top on-ball defender Jeremy Sochan , who suffered a fractured left thumb that will require surgery in Monday’s game. Rookie Stephon Castle , who started in his place, will need to step up with Sochan likely out for an extended period.
Rockets: After failing to play consistently for four quarters in the last two games, Houston finally put together a complete game against the Spurs.
Key moment The Rockets were up by 7 with about five minutes left in the first quarter before using a 7-0 run, with the first five points by VanVleet, to make it 22-8. The Spurs didn’t get closer than 10 points after that.
Key stat The Rockets dominated inside, outscoring the Spurs 66-46 in the paint.
Up next San Antonio hosts Portland on Thursday night and the Rockets visit Oklahoma City on Friday night.
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Who
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
HOUAH A. Holiday
AS A. Sengun
AT A. Thompson
CW C. Whitmore
DB D. Brooks
FV F. VanVleet
JG J. Green
JL J. Landale
JM J. McVeigh
JS J. Smith Jr.
JT J. Tate
JG Ja. Green
RS R. Sheppard
TE T. Eason
SASBW B. Wesley
CB C. Bassey
CP C. Paul
DD D. Duke Jr.
HB H. Barnes
HI H. Ingram
JC J. Champagnie
KJ K. Johnson
MB M. Branham
RM R. Minix
SC S. Castle
SC S. Cissoko
SM S. Mamukelashvili
VW V. Wembanyama
ZC Z. Collins
HOU/SAS the team itself, not a player
-- the feed named nobody
What
What happened
the codes in the Events column
M2 / M3 made 2 / made 3
X2 / X3 missed 2 / missed 3
FT / X1 free throw made / missed
AST assist
OR / DR offensive / defensive rebound
STL steal
BLK block
TO turnover
FL foul
OF offensive foul — ends the possession
VIOL violation
JUMP jump ball
TM timeout
IR instant replay
HE heave at the buzzer, filed to the team
Where
Where a shot came from
the middle field of M3.LW.25
RM at the rim inside 4 ft
RC right corner
RW right wing
SO straight on
LW left wing
LC left corner
M3.LW.25 made 3, left wing, 25 ft
X2.RM.01 missed 2, at the rim, 1 ft
When
When it happened
the Offset column
one number per event, in the Events order:
whole seconds from the start of the
possession to that event
Events FL X3.RC.23 OR M2.RM.01
Offset 0 18 22 24
the foul opens the possession at 0s;
the putback ends it at 24s, which is
the possession's own Dur