It’s been a tough time for the Thunder lately. January has a long way to go, with this loss against the Rockets, the third in four games. For Houston, this is the third time this season that the franchise has won two straight.
The Kings are also on a two-game winning streak, after dismissing the Spurs. Gregg Popovich’s troops keep piling up setbacks: seven in a row now. In the end the Suns, who nevertheless remained at two victories, were crushed by the Hawks.
Detroit–Washington (postponed) Memphis–Portland Philadelphia–Orlando Boston–Brooklyn Minnesota–Golden State Utah–Toronto
Houston-Oklahoma City: 112-106
After a 9-0 deficit, then a 7-0 deficit and finally a 7-1 deficit, still in the third quarter, the Thunder must have thought they had done the hardest part. Especially when Tre Mann opened the final act with an award-winning basket. But the Rockets are solid.
Garrison Mathews and Tari Eason (20 points, career high) responded with 3-pts before the latter missed four consecutive shots in the same action, but it took four rebounds to finally score! The Texans go ahead and go 5-0. Sealed by Kenyon Martin Jr. victory by a dunk. Second straight win for the Rockets, second straight loss for Oklahoma City.
Houston / 112
Shots
Bounces
Players
minimum
Shots
3 points
LF
Or
D
T
p.d
party
Int
bp
CT
+/-
Points
Score
J. Smith Jr.
27
3/8
1/3
2/2
2
5
7
0
3
0
3
1
+6
9
9
K. Martin Jr.
32
7/13
1/4
3/5
3
4
7
4
1
0
0
0
+4
18
21
A. Sengun
33
4/10
0/0
2/4
5
7
12
4
4
0
3
3
+15
10
18
E. Gordon
35
8/17
3/6
6/9
0
3
3
3
0
2
3
0
+1
25
18
D. Nix
33
3/9
0/4
2/2
0
7
7
3
1
0
1
2
+11
8
13
B. Fernando
10
1/1
0/0
2/2
1
2
3
0
2
0
0
4
-5
4
11
T. Eason
19
8/21
1/2
3/3
12
1
13
1
4
3
2
2
+1
20
24
J. Tate
20
2/6
0/1
0/0
1
5
6
3
5
0
2
0
+4
4
7
Mr. Mathews
19
1/2
1/2
0/0
0
3
3
1
0
0
1
0
-4
3
5
J. Christopher
14
4/7
0/1
3/4
0
4
4
1
0
1
2
0
-3
11
11
41/94
7/23
23/31
24
41
65
20
20
6
17
12
112
137
Oklahoma City / 106
Shots
Bounces
Players
minimum
Shots
3 points
LF
Or
D
T
p.d
party
Int
bp
CT
+/-
Points
Score
Jay. williams
12
2/5
1/3
2/4
1
3
4
1
2
0
0
1
-3
7
8
Jall. williams
29
2/9
2/4
2/2
2
4
6
3
2
2
3
2
-5
8
11
S. Gilgeous-Alexander
34
7/23
0/3
10/10
5
3
8
4
5
3
1
0
-7
24
22
I. Joe
21
1/6
1/5
0/0
0
0
0
2
1
1
0
0
-9
3
1
J. Giddey
38
9/18
2/6
0/0
4
4
8
8
4
1
3
1
-10
20
26
D. Bazley
15
1/4
0/1
1/2
5
4
9
1
1
0
0
0
-3
3
9
O. Dieng
15
1/6
0/3
0/0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
2
+2
2
1
K. Williams
30
6/12
1/5
0/0
3
3
6
2
3
3
1
0
-1
13
17
Mr Muscala
12
2/5
1/4
1/2
2
1
3
0
1
0
0
0
-6
6
5
T. Mann
17
6/12
4/9
2/2
1
4
5
0
4
1
2
0
+4
18
16
A. Wiggins
17
1/3
0/0
0/0
1
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
+8
2
2
Total
38/103
12/43
18/22
24
28
52
22
23
11
10
6
106
118
San Antonio–Sacramento: 109-119
The Kings are not having a great 3-point night of skill. So they pressed inside with Domantas Sabonis, author of his season-best 34 points. The Lithuanian did the damage in the first quarter with 17 points. In the second quarter, still insisting inside, the Californians passed a 14-2.
Although clumsy behind the arc and imprecise (18 balls lost), the Spurs held on. They were only three points away in the third quarter but Sacramento still had an answer. And again in the last action, after two minutes of play, there was still a small point difference. De’Aaron Fox was responsible for firing Gregg Popovich’s troops, who bowed out for the seventh time in a row.
San Antonio / 109
Shots
Bounces
Players
minimum
Shots
3 points
LF
Or
D
T
p.d
party
Int
bp
CT
+/-
Points
Score
J. Sochan
7
0/4
0/1
0/0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
-3
0
-3
K. Bates-Diop
27
2/8
0/2
0/0
0
6
6
3
0
2
0
0
-11
4
9
K. Johnson
37
8/18
1/5
1/2
2
6
8
5
1
0
2
0
-10
18
18
J. Poeltl
29
9/13
0/0
0/0
4
8
12
3
3
1
5
1
-14
18
26
T. Jones
9
0/0
0/0
0/0
0
0
0
4
0
0
1
0
-3
0
3
I. Roby
8
2/2
1/1
0/0
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
-3
5
5
Z. Collins
19
7/9
0/1
0/0
0
1
1
3
3
0
2
0
+4
14
14
D. McDermott
23
2/4
1/2
0/0
0
1
1
3
3
0
0
0
+4
5
7
S. Johnson
16
1/2
0/0
2/2
0
1
1
1
1
0
2
0
-4
4
3
J. Richardson
29
8/13
2/6
1/1
2
6
8
3
4
2
4
0
-4
19
23
Mr. Branham
32
9/13
3/5
1/2
0
1
1
5
2
0
0
0
+5
22
23
B. Wesley
4
0/2
0/1
0/0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
-11
0
-3
Total
48/88
8/24
5/7
8
32
40
30
17
5
18
1
109
125
Sacramento / 119
Shots
Bounces
Players
minimum
Shots
3 points
LF
Or
D
T
p.d
party
Int
bp
CT
+/-
Points
Score
D. Sabonis
37
15/20
1/2
3/5
2
9
11
4
3
2
3
2
+4
34
43
H. Barnes
36
5/9
2/4
2/2
1
5
6
1
0
1
2
0
+20
14
16
K. Murray
27
0/8
0/6
2/4
1
6
7
2
2
0
0
0
+5
2
1
D. Fox
38
13/23
2/4
3/3
1
1
2
10
3
3
1
1
+17
31
36
K. Huerter
19
2/5
1/3
0/0
1
0
1
2
1
0
0
0
+1
5
5
T. Lyles
20
2/3
0/1
1/1
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
+3
5
4
C. Metu
11
2/5
0/2
0/0
0
3
3
0
2
0
0
0
+6
4
4
D. Mitchell
10
0/2
0/1
0/0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
-7
0
-1
T. Davis
9
1/2
0/1
0/0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
-8
2
2
Mr. monk
33
8/13
2/3
4/4
0
3
3
5
1
3
2
0
+9
22
26
48/90
8/27
15/19
6
28
34
25
13
10
9
3
119
136
Phoenix–Atlanta: 100-132
Nothing passes three and especially a night to forget for Days. Monty Williams’ players breathed a sigh of relief from the opening minutes and quickly trailed 11-4. The Hawks are good at 3-pts, not the Suns, who also lost 16 balls turned into 31 points by Dejounte Murray and his band.
At the start of the second quarter, Atlanta pushed the score to 13-0. The gap was made and Phoenix was never coming back.
40 points were scored in the second quarter then 36 in the next: the Hawks approached the final action with a 35 point lead! Easy win and a good way to bounce back from two losses.
