Houston Rockets @ New Jersey Nets

2-3, 1-1 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Rockets HOU	27	21	22	29	99
Nets NJ	22	15	27	27	91

New Jersey NetsNetsNJ

3-4, 2-2 Home

Houston Rockets

starters
Juwan HowardJ. Howard
Yao MingY. Ming
Rafer AlstonR. Alston
Derek AndersonD. Anderson
Tracy McGradyT. McGrady
bench
Stromile SwiftS. Swift
Ryan BowenR. Bowen
Dikembe MutomboD. Mutombo
Bob SuraB. Sura
Luther HeadL. Head
Jon BarryJ. Barry
Dion GloverD. Glover
David WesleyD. Wesley
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
27	8	4-8	0-0	0-0	2	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	0
22	18	5-7	0-0	8-9	2	0	2	1	1	1	1	4	0
22	3	0-2	0-1	3-4	5	6	0	0	0	0	5	3	0
21	6	2-3	2-2	0-0	4	1	2	0	0	0	4	5	0
38	35	13-26	4-5	5-6	10	4	2	1	3	3	7	2	0
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
21	2	1-3	0-0	0-0	6	0	3	0	1	1	5	3	0
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	2	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	0
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	9	3-10	3-6	0-0	2	3	1	1	0	0	2	3	0
12	3	1-2	1-1	0-0	3	4	0	0	0	1	2	1	0
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	15	4-9	3-6	4-4	2	4	2	0	0	0	2	6	0
	99	33-71	13-21	20-23	38	23	13	4	5	8	30	29
		46%	62%	87%

New Jersey Nets

starters
Richard JeffersonR. Jefferson
Jason CollinsJ. Collins
Nenad KrsticN. Krstic
Jason KiddJ. Kidd
Vince CarterV. Carter
bench
Marc JacksonM. Jackson
Scott PadgettS. Padgett
Clifford RobinsonC. Robinson
Linton JohnsonL. Johnson
Antoine WrightA. Wright
Jeff McInnisJ. McInnis
Jacque VaughnJ. Vaughn
Zoran PlaninicZ. Planinic
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
46	17	3-9	1-3	10-12	5	3	2	0	0	1	4	3	0
17	2	1-3	0-0	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	3	0
29	5	2-10	0-0	1-2	5	2	1	0	2	3	2	4	0
41	20	7-16	4-8	2-2	9	5	1	2	0	1	8	1	0
29	16	6-19	1-6	3-4	4	5	4	1	0	1	3	4	0
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
21	8	3-7	0-0	2-2	8	1	0	0	0	5	3	3	0
6	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	2	0-3	0-0	2-2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	16	5-7	2-2	4-4	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0
2	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	5	2-4	1-1	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0
	91	29-78	9-20	24-28	37	19	9	3	2	11	26	23
		37%	45%	86%

+/- denotes team's net points while the player is on the court

Matchups

HOU

HOU leads season

1-0

Game 1•@ NJ

Final

Game 2•@ HOU

Final

Game Information

East Rutherford, NJ

Referee:Derrick Stafford

Referee:Leon Wood

Referee:Eli Roe

Western Conference

Southwest	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
San Antonio	45	17	.726	-	W2
Houston	39	23	.629	6	W1
Memphis	23	38	.377	21.5	L2
Dallas	21	42	.333	24.5	L6
New Orleans	20	44	.313	26	W1

NBA News

Sengun and Thompson help the Rockets beat the Trail Blazers 106-99

— Alperen Sengun scored 28 points, Amen Thompson had 26 and the Houston Rockets used a dominant fourth quarter to beat the Portland Trail Blazers 106-99 on Friday night.

Heat stop Hornets' 6-game winning streak behind 35 points from Tyler Herro

— Tyler Herro had 35 points, nine rebounds and nine assists and the Miami Heat snapped the Charlotte Hornets' six-game winning streak with a 128-120 victory Friday night.

Jayson Tatum on return to play: ‘It was surreal’

Jayson Tatum shares what it felt like returning to play 298 days after tearing Achilles in 2025 East semifinals.

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