Harden dribbles the ball the entire possession and is forced into an airball by Claxton

Bryce Hopkins goes coast to coast splits the entire Rockets' defense and scores Bruce Thornton with a turnaround jumper Oscar Cluff with the fastbreak dunk the hook shot Thornton with a 3 and the pass to Isaiah Crawford for the 3-pointer

The Rockets with hustle defense against Mikel Brown Jr force a jumpball and the Rockets' bench gets loud liking the effort with a replay

Darius Acuff splits the free throws Dylan Cardwell hustles for the ball and holds the ball with Egor Dmin as they both refuse to give up the ball even after the whistle Cardwell wins the jump ball Ben Saraf misses the fastbreak layup while being chased down Clifford game-winner

Tristen Newton drives on Labaron Philon and scores the turnaround jumper over him Quadir Copeland strips Johni Broome and Newton passes to Isaiah Crawford for the fastbreak with a replayThe Rockets are up 45-25 in the 3rd quarter

Oscar Cluff misses the tip in gets the ball back for the alley-oop dunk then intercepts the pass scores the fastbreak layup and gets back quickly on defense to deflect the pass inside with replays

Bruce Thornton deflects the incoming pass to the backcourt shows a lot of heart with the hustle dives on the floor for the ball through contact gets it and finds Oscar Cluff for the easy 2 with a replay