The Houston Rockets were down the vast majority of the night to the Oklahoma City Thunder. However, they hung tough and battled back, not getting their first lead until late in the fourth quarter, but they closed it out down the stretch for a 114-110 victory, despite several setbacks tonight with injuries.
The Rockets, who were already down Jalen Green who’s been out with a hamstring injury, also lost Christian Wood to an ankle injury and Kevin Porter Jr. to a thigh injury. Porter and Wood played a combined 22 minutes tonight.
However, it was Jae’Sean Tate who stepped up to the tune of a career-high 32 points, to go along with 10 rebounds, 7 assists, 2 steals, and 5 blocks on 11-15 shooting from the floor and 1-2 from beyond the arc.