Rockets hand Spurs 1st home loss, 112-106

SAN ANTONIO (AP) -- The Houston Rockets gave away a 23-point lead, Dwight Howard was being fouled advisedly and also the disdain of the urban center Spurs' perfidy crowd was roaring down on them within the final minutes of the sport.
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It was a tense state of affairs that Houston would have bifold below last season, James Harden without delay admits. The Rockets incontestible Saturday night that they're a special team this season, even though it's early.

Harden scored thirty one points, Chandler Parsons had twenty five, and Houston overcame a furious second-half rally to beat urban center 112-106, handing the Spurs their 1st home defeat.

''It's an excellent win for America,'' Harden aforementioned. ''Last year we tend to most likely would have caved in; they'd have overwhelmed America by lots. So, this year the advance we've adjusted to has been tremendous. A succeeding in urban center is often robust, however we tend to showed resiliency and force out an excellent win.''

Harden had sixteen points within the final quarter, going four for eight from the sphere and seven for ten on free throws in leading Houston (13-5) to its fifth straight finish.

Howard had thirteen points and eleven rebounds, Terrence Jones supplementary ten points and sixteen boards, and Apostle Beverly scored eleven points.
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Houston    112     Final
San Antonio    106

Tony Parker had twenty seven points, Tim dancer supplementary twenty and Marco Belinelli scored eighteen for urban center (14-3), that has lost 2 of 3.

San Antonio outscored Houston 39-26 to open the half, with Belinelli grading thirteen points when intermission to line up a furious end.

Harden hit a high-arcing, off-balance 3-pointer to tie the sport at 106 with a moment remaining.

''That was the shot of the sport,'' Spurs coach Gregg Popovich aforementioned.

Parker then incomprehensible  a driving lay-up over Howard, and Beverly tipped in Harden's miss to place Houston up 108-106 with thirty two seconds remaining. Manu Ginobili incomprehensible  a 3-pointer, sanctioning Houston to outlet to Parsons for a dunk and a 110-106 lead with sixteen seconds left to seal a finish over its old state rival.
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''It's attending to be a dogfight on every occasion we tend to see these guys,'' Howard aforementioned. ''And that is what we wish. that is attending to build America higher as a team, and it's attending to build it fun for the fans to look at.''

San Antonio finished nine for twenty six on 3s, as well as two for nine within the half. while not the Spurs' usual crisp ball movement, Parker was forced to require the offense into his own hands, going thirteen for twenty seven from the sphere.

''Definitely,'' Harden aforementioned. ''If you get Tony Parker to place lots of shots up, it takes far from all their guys flattening 3s and obtaining America off balance.''

The Rockets skillful a late first-half spurt by the Spurs by gap the half on a 13-2 run that Parsons and Harden opened and closed with 3-pointers.

The run gave the impression to fan the flames of dancer, UN agency scored seven of the Spurs' thirteen points in one stretch, as well as associate alley-oop-dunk ahead of Howard. The Spurs were energized by their stoic leader showing some hearth, closing at intervals 81-80 with two minutes left within the third quarter.
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''They battled back,'' Rockets coach Kevin McHale aforementioned. ''It got aggressive and dirty, and that they got very physical with America. They got alittle lead, and our guys created some massive plays and battled go into reverse the stretch.''

Belinelli hit consecutive 3s to offer {san associatetonio|San Antonio|city|metropolis|urban center} an 85-83 lead early within the final quarter, its 1st since increasing 12-11 with 6:34 left within the 1st. He supplementary associateother three to offer the Spurs an 88-83 advantage.

''It's an excellent lesson for America,'' Popovich aforementioned. ''When you play a decent team, you have to come back with passion, a footing and aggressiveness for forty eight minutes - and that we did that for a [*fr1]. (The Spurs) got embarrassed for an entire [*fr1]. within the half, their aggressiveness and a focus to detail was superb. They got themselves back within the game.''

San Antonio shot eighty % within the gap minutes compared to twenty-eight % by Houston, however the Rockets were able to keep at intervals a basket till their offense began flowing.

Early within the game Howard ran isolation plays against dancer, acting the ''Dream Shake'' tutored to him within the offseason by Rockets legend doc Olajuwon on one possession to line up a brief hook within the lane.

''On each team that Dwight's on that looks that focus is within and also the shooters get lots additional open appearance,'' dancer aforementioned. ''That's a byproduct of getting him in there and also the shooters shooting the ball well clearly. It's tough. they're robust and we'll see what happens next time.''