Christian Wood led Houston with 20 points, and Jae'Sean Tate and Garrison Mathews both had 15. Jalen Green had 12 points, and Kevin Porter Jr. added 11 points. The Mavericks got off to a hot start, scoring a season-high 43 first-quarter points to enter the second quarter with a 20-point lead. Dallas also had a season-high 80 first-half points and led 80-60 at the break. After a 114-111 win in Washington snapped Houston's eight-game losing streak, the Rockets struggled defensively, allowing Dallas to shoot 54.4% from the field. ''They were picking us apart,'' Mathews said. ''That's got to be where we're playing the hardest is on the defensive end. We're a young team. They scored, what, 80 points in the first half? That's inexcusable. We need to play a lot better.'' Rockets coach Stephen Silas said he thought energy was a factor in the Rockets' defensive struggles. ''Quite a bit,'' Silas said. ''We were a step slow, a step late on everything.'' Dallas fell just shy of its season high of 19 3s, making 17 3-pointers on 38 attempts (44.7%). Hardaway and Bullock both hit five 3s in less than 25 minutes of playing time.
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Houston Rockets center Christian Wood (35) and guard Jalen Green (0) hug as they walk to the locker room after the Houston Rockets lost to the Portland Trail Blazers on Friday, Jan. 28, 2022, at the Toyota Center in Houston. The Rockets were right there, within six, five minutes left, close enough to believe they could complete the comeback and win a game on their home floor. They had repaired the broken offense that put them in an 18-point first half hole. They mixed in occasional stops. They had five minutes to chase the homecourt win that had eluded them since early December. The Rockets’ defense, however, remained what it has been throughout their Toyota Center skid. With the game on the line, the Trail Blazers poured in 18 points in the final 4 ½ minutes on Friday, easily pulling away to top the Rockets, 125-110, the Rockets 10th consecutive loss on their home floor. “They’re a very talented offensive team,” Rockets coach Stephen Silas said. “We struggled down the stretch to guard them, for sure.” While Anfernee Simons and C.J. McCollum, who combined for 53 points, lit up the Rockets on one end down the stretch, the Rockets made just 1 of 7 shots in the final five minutes. “It just came down to getting stops at the end,” Rockets guard Garrison Mathews said. “They kept iso-ing me at the end. I couldn't get stops. Put it on me. Toward the end, that's the most important time to get stops."
Garrison Mathews scored 23 points, including five 3-pointers, 4 rebounds, 2 assists, & 2 steals to send the Houston Rockets to a 116-111 victory over the Utah Jazz on Wednesday night. Jae’sean Tate chipped in with 18 points and Eric Gordon scored 16. Kevin Porter Jr. had 15 points and eight assists, while Christian Wood added 13 points and 16 rebounds. The Rockets won for the third time in four games after shooting 22 of 45 from 3-point range. Utah trailed the entire fourth quarter but pulled to 111-109 on a pair of free throws from Bogdanovic with 42.4 seconds left. Porter answered with a 3 on the other end to seal a comeback win for Houston. Houston went 7 of 12 from 3-point range during the first quarter to carve out a 36-27 lead. Mathews hit back-to-back 3s and drained three free throws to bookend a 13-7 run that put the Rockets up nine.
Mathews posted 14 points (5-13 FG, 4-10 3Pt, 0-1 FT), three rebounds, two assists, one block and one steal across 31 minutes during Sunday's 141-123 loss to the Timberwolves. Mathews dealt with an ankle injury ahead of Sunday's matchup but was able to play through the issue against Minnesota. Although the Rockets struggled to keep pace with the Timberwolves in the loss, Mathews converted 40 percent of his attempts from beyond the arc to score in double figures for the third time in the last four games.
Garrison Mathews in only his 10th NBA game shocks the world with a 28 point performance! Watch the clips before and after the game, as this talented rookie creates a name for himself on and off the court!