Unable to escape a Heat sort of game, the Rockets had to win Miami's way.
The Rockets don't win games like this, which only partially seemed because they don't play games like that. They had no other way.
The Rockets could not string together made baskets, could not run, only occasionally splashed their way through a string of 3s. With the game on the line, however, they did something they had not all season, shutting down the Heat down the stretch to win without breaking 100 for the first time, 99-90, Monday at Toyota Center.
With the game tied with four minutes left, the Heat made just 1 of 6 shots with a turnover.