The Philadelphia 76ers are on their way to making history… but not the kind to be proud of. The Houston Rockets are averaging 100.8 points on 42.1 percent shooting and allowing 107.2 points on 46.2 percent shooting.
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The Houston Rockets did their level best to end the Philadelphia 76ers losing streak before they broke their own record, but in spite of all their efforts, even they couldn’t dissolve enough under pressure to give Philly fans a happy holiday. I’m too busy laughing to be angry. In a toss up game, I’m siding with the home team.
Jae Crowder scored 17 and Avery Bradley had 16 points for the Celtics, who posted a runaway win against the Wizards for the second time in three weeks.
It was insane and fun and hilarious, but nearly certainly unsustainable. The record does not reflect the fact that these Sixers have held a lead deeply into the fourth quarter of each of the past four games. He also converted 16 of his 20 free throw attempts. They just picked up their 17th loss of the season as they were defeated by the Houston Rockets 116-114, according to Fox Sports.
It was clear from the start Harden was going to have a big night. The Sixers threw a bunch of different defenders at the Beard, most of whom played him pretty well, but it didn’t matter – no one outside of Batman was defending James Harden tonight, and even the Caped Crusader probably woulda got put on skates once or twice. He also came close to a triple-double with nine boards and eight assists. He finished with 15 points on 4-for-16 shooting. At least he only turned the ball over once.
Okafor, the third overall pick in the draft, said after the shootaround that he was “embarrassed” by the incident, and he is dealing with the team and league on possible discipline. Here are the top three takes from last night’s game.
CURRY GOES FOR 41 AS WARRIORS MOVE TO 18-0: Stephen Curry scored 41 points in three quarters as the Golden State Warriors beat Phoenix 135-116, extending their NBA-record start to 18-0. The Houston Rockets have split their last 10 regular season road games.
First QuarterIsaiah Canaan, Robert Covington, Jerami Grant, JaKarr Sampson, and Jahlil Okafor, were the starters for this game with Nerlens Noel ending up as a late scratch – out with knee soreness.
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For all the Sixers did offensively, their defense did them in.
