HOUSTON—With seven minutes to go, the Houston Rockets had shaved a 20-point deficit to six, James Harden was having one of those nights and there had to be some collective tightness creeping into the Toronto Raptors. They were poised any time the Rockets made a run, finished the final five minutes strongly and beat a good team on the road. Harden wound up with 38 points, half of them on free throws, for the Rockets. By piling up 45 points in a franchise-record second quarter, Toronto jumped out to a 76-64 halftime advantage. Tucker would have playing his first game against his former Raptors teammates, it dissipated quickly.

Source: thestar November 15, 2017 03:53 UTC