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Houston Rockets rout Milwaukee Bucks 132-100 to move to 5-0 without Alperen Sengun as Fred VanVleet scores 24
Fred VanVleet scored 24 and Amen Thompson 23 as the Rockets, without Alperen Sengun, held the Bucks to 14 in the second quarter and stayed unbeaten.
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Fred VanVleet scored 24 points, Amen Thompson had 23, and the Houston Rockets routed the Milwaukee Bucks 132-100 at Fiserv Forum on Wednesday, October 28, to stay unbeaten at 5-0. Houston played without Alperen Sengun (back), Marcus Smart (forearm) and Steven Adams (calf), held Milwaukee to 14 points in the second quarter and led by as many as 35. The Bucks are 1-4.
VanVleet made 7 of 14 shots, 4 of 9 threes and all six of his free throws, with 6 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 steals in 29 minutes. Thompson shot 10-of-16 and scored 15 points in the first half. Kevin Durant had 18 points, 4 assists and 3 blocks on 5-of-9 shooting, and Bogdan Bogdanovic scored 16 in 15 minutes off the bench with four threes.
How it turned
Milwaukee led 19-16 late in the first quarter. Houston closed the quarter and opened the second on a 20-5 run, with Durant making two free throws and a running dunk and Thompson scoring twice inside, to lead 36-24. Jabari Smith Jr. hit two threes in the second quarter, Clint Capela scored twice around the rim in 38 seconds, and VanVleet’s three with three seconds left made it 57-35 at halftime.
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Milwaukee scored 34 points in the third quarter, but the Rockets scored 38. A 14-3 Houston run late in the quarter turned a 73-58 lead into 87-61, and the Rockets led 95-69 going into the fourth. Bogdanovic’s pull-up three with 13.5 seconds left made it 132-97, Houston’s biggest lead.
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The numbers
Houston shot 46-of-84 (55%), made 17 of 38 threes and 23 of 26 free throws, and had 12 steals and 9 blocks. Milwaukee shot 37-of-92 (40%) and 12-of-41 from three. The Rockets led 17-10 in fast-break points, and Milwaukee’s largest lead was three points, in the first quarter. Smith scored 14, Capela had 10 points, 8 rebounds and 3 steals in 22 minutes, and Oscar Tshiebwe added 7 points and 5 rebounds.
Milwaukee’s side
Tyler Herro scored 23 points on 9-of-13 shooting, with 14 in the first half, and Jaime Jaquez Jr. had 19. Ryan Rollins made 2 of 14 shots, Myles Turner went 0-for-5 from three, and Kel’el Ware had 6 points and 8 rebounds off the bench. Brayden Burries scored 10 off the bench.
What’s next
The Rockets visit the Dallas Mavericks on Friday, October 30, at 8 p.m. ET (3 a.m. Saturday Cairo time). The Bucks host the Cleveland Cavaliers on Saturday, October 31, at 8 p.m. ET (3 a.m. Sunday Cairo time).
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