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Houston Rockets beat Denver Nuggets 110-100 to snap two-game skid as Kevin Durant and Alperen Sengun outlast Jamal Murray’s 38
Kevin Durant and Alperen Sengun each posted 20-plus points, 12 rebounds and 8 assists, and Sengun's late passes held off Denver after Jamal Murray scored 38.
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Kevin Durant had 23 points, 12 rebounds and 8 assists, Alperen Sengun added 20 points, 12 rebounds and 8 assists, and the Houston Rockets beat the Denver Nuggets 110-100 at Toyota Center on Monday, November 9. Houston snapped a two-game losing streak and improved to 8-3. Denver fell to 5-4 despite 38 points from Jamal Murray.
Durant shot 6-of-15 from the field and 10-of-10 at the line in 36 minutes. Sengun went 9-of-17, and Houston won the rebounding battle 51-39, with 15 offensive boards.
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How it turned
Houston led 32-24 after the first quarter and 54-40 at halftime, then pushed the lead to 16 early in the third. Denver answered with an 18-2 run, with threes from Nikola Jokic, Murray and Cameron Johnson, to tie it 60-60 while the Rockets missed nine straight shots. Tari Eason ended Houston’s drought of more than six minutes without a field goal, starting an 11-2 run that made it 71-62, and the Rockets led 77-68 after three.
Murray’s free throws cut it to six with about five minutes left, but Christian Braun missed two free throws on the next trip. Sengun then set up Amen Thompson for a layup that made it 100-90 with 3:56 to play, assisted on Jabari Smith Jr.’s three for 103-92, and found Fred VanVleet for a 27-foot three that made it 106-96 with 2:06 left.
Denver’s side
Murray scored 38 on 14-of-23 shooting, including 5-of-8 from three, and 5-of-5 at the line. It was his fourth game this season with at least 34 points. Jokic had 25 points, 16 rebounds and 9 assists. The rest of the Nuggets went 12-of-39 from the field, and the team shot 8-of-29 from three. Denver’s two-game winning streak ended.
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The supporting cast
Smith scored 14 with 7 rebounds, VanVleet and Eason each scored 12, and Thompson had 8 points and 9 rebounds. Houston had 29 assists on 41 field goals and shot 14-of-38 from three. The Rockets played without Clint Capela and Steven Adams. Attendance was 18,055.
What’s next
The Nuggets play at the Memphis Grizzlies on Wednesday, November 11, at 8 p.m. ET (3 a.m. Thursday Cairo time). The Rockets host the Golden State Warriors on Wednesday, November 11, at 9:30 p.m. ET (4:30 a.m. Thursday Cairo time).
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