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Houston Rockets beat Atlanta Hawks 120-110 to move to 4-0 as Alperen Sengun has 29 points, 9 assists and 6 steals
Alperen Sengun had 29 points, 9 rebounds, 9 assists and 6 steals, and a 14-0 fourth-quarter run lifted the Rockets past the Hawks 120-110 to stay unbeaten.
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Alperen Sengun had 29 points, 9 rebounds, 9 assists and 6 steals, and the Houston Rockets beat the Atlanta Hawks 120-110 at Toyota Center on Monday, October 26, to stay unbeaten at 4-0. Houston also beat the Hawks in Atlanta on Saturday. The Hawks fell to 2-2.
Sengun shot 11-of-15 and scored 12 of his points in the third quarter. Kevin Durant added 22 points, 9 rebounds and 4 blocks and made 9 of 10 free throws. Jabari Smith Jr. had 16 points, 12 rebounds and 5 assists, Amen Thompson scored 15 on 6-of-8 shooting, and Tari Eason and Reed Sheppard had 13 each.
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How it turned
Atlanta scored 35 points in the first quarter and led 66-63 at halftime in a game with 20 lead changes. Aaron Wiggins’ floater gave the Hawks a 76-75 lead with 6:21 left in the third. Houston scored the next nine points on a Sengun three-point play, a Durant jumper, two Durant free throws and a Sengun layup to go up 84-76.
Durant then hit a three and two more free throws for an 89-78 lead. Luguentz Dort answered with seven straight Atlanta points to cut it to 89-85, and the Rockets led 91-85 after three quarters.
The Hawks scored seven in a row early in the fourth, and Nickeil Alexander-Walker’s 28-foot three made it 95-93 with 9:39 left. Houston answered with 14 straight points: a Sheppard three, a Smith dunk and free throw, a Sengun dunk, an Eason three and free throw and an Eason dunk made it 109-93 with 6:52 left. After a Jalen Johnson dunk, the Rockets scored eight more in a row and led 117-95 with 4:44 to go.
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The numbers
Houston shot 43-of-81 from the field, made 26 of 32 free throws and outrebounded Atlanta 52-35. The Rockets outscored the Hawks 64-56 in the paint and led by as many as 22. They also turned the ball over 22 times, and Atlanta had 10 steals. The Hawks shot 42-of-98 and 11-of-39 from three.
Atlanta’s side
Johnson led the Hawks with 21 points and 9 rebounds, scoring 10 of them at the free-throw line on 12 attempts. CJ McCollum had 20 points on 8-of-16 shooting with four threes, 11 of them in the second quarter. Alexander-Walker and Wiggins scored 12 each, and Onyeka Okongwu and Dort had 11 apiece. Houston played without Marcus Smart (forearm) and Steven Adams (calf). Atlanta was without Mouhamed Gueye (foot) and Henri Veesaar (knee).
What’s next
The Hawks host the Miami Heat on Wednesday, October 28, at 7 p.m. ET (2 a.m. Thursday Cairo time). The Rockets visit the Milwaukee Bucks on Wednesday at 8 p.m. ET (3 a.m. Thursday Cairo time).
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