Rockets 110, Nuggets 100: Kevin Durant and Alperen Sengun Post Double-Doubles as Houston Snaps Its Two-Game Skid
Houston built a 19-point lead at the Toyota Center, then held off Jamal Murray's 38-point night and a late Denver rally to beat the Nuggets 110-100 and end a two-game skid.
HOUSTON — The Rockets remembered how they started the season. Houston beat Denver 110-100 at the Toyota Center on Monday night, riding double-doubles from Kevin Durant and Alperen Sengun and surviving a furious fourth-quarter rally to snap a two-game losing skid.
Durant finished with 23 points, 12 rebounds and eight assists, and Sengun added 20 points, 11 rebounds and eight assists, according to Reuters' game report. Houston's decisive stretch came early: a run that reached 14-0 across the first two quarters pushed the lead to 19 points, and Denver spent the rest of the night chasing it.
The chase nearly worked. Jamal Murray scored 15 of his game-high 38 points in the fourth quarter, and Nikola Jokic added 25 points and a game-high 16 rebounds — but Murray and Jokic were Denver's only double-figure scorers, and Houston's lead, built in the first half, held at 10 when the clock ran out.
The win returns Houston to 8-3 after losses to Minnesota and Phoenix followed a 7-1 start, the Associated Press reported. The Rockets host Golden State on Wednesday night.
