Did these Rockets of Houston cook? Yes. Yes they did (Shout out @HumbleTeej). Harden scored 31. Capela had 18 and 9. Paul had eight assists despite shooting poorly. This one was out of the Sixers’ reach by the end of the first quarter.
The Rockets treated us to a wire-to-wire victory over a quality opponent this evening. The defense looked strong, at times suffocating, holding the Sixers to 91 points total and just 44 in the first half. Simmons, Butler, Harris, and McConnell were each in double figures for the Sixers, but none of them shot particularly efficiently: Simmons went for 15 pts on 15 shots, Butler went for 19 on 18 shots, McConnell took 11 shots to score 13 points, and only Harris was soundly Team #MorePointsThanShots with 22 points on 15 attempts.